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| 2000 | Continental Teves becomes member of the Environmental Alliance of Hessen (a Federal State in Germany) |
| 2000 | Begin of systematic work in the field of product-related environmental management within product development |
| 2000 | Plant Ingolstadt: the energy-efficient and resource-saving construction of the new administration and development building as well as the extension of the existing laboratory buildings causes low operating costs during the use phase. The following items have been realised:
Active cooling of ceilings through groundwater,
Automatically controlled clouding equipments,
Layout of open space in coordination with public authorities,
Constructions for rainwater infiltration in new buildings and parking areas. |
| 2000 | Plant Nuremberg: introduction of new returnable packaging for miscellaneous products. Avoidance of 4 metric tons of waste materials by complete utilisation of routine residual wastes. |
| 2000 | Start of delivering special high-temperature electronical products to our customers in lead-free technology. |
| 2000 | Caliper Life Cycle Assessment
(LCA) according to ISO 14040 |
| 2001 | ISAD (Integrated Starter Alternator Damper) LCA according to ISO 14040 |
| 2001 | Plant Nuremberg: construction of a new administration and production building by considering ecological concerns (rainwater infiltration, green roofs, energy-saving measurements) |
| 2002 | Brake System LCA according to ISO 14040 |
| 2002 | Recycling concepts for the door module TSG C6
and the distance control system ARS 200 |
| 2003 | Substitution of Cr-VI in galvanotechnical processes by eco friendly Cr-III |
| 2003 | Creation of a new function "Environmental Management in Product Development" |
| 2003 | Introduction of a random sampling-based certification sheme according to ISO 14001 (matrix certification) |
| 2003 | Setup of IT-supported balancing on the consumption of hazardous materials (INTUS research project) at Korbach plant |
| 2003 | Ban on the use of heavy metals according to the End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) directive of the European Union |
| 2003 | Introduction of a Recycling Passport for products and of a new environmental specification for our product development |
| 2003 | Setup of a software supported electronical material data reporting (IMDS) for all products of the Automotive Systems division |
| 2003 | Nuremberg plant: Finalization of research project INTUS. Setup of a software-supported balancing on the consumption of hazardous materials |
| 2003 | Start of series production of ISAD Mild Hybrid System. With the help of the ISAD System fuel consumption will be reduced between 10 – 15 %. |
| 2004 | Plant Haldensleben: Saving of 15t plastic waste through recycling of fan impellers |
| 2004 | Organisation of ESH conferences worldwide in America, Asia and Europe; development and adoption of a 5-year ESH strategy of the CAS division |
| 2004 | Certification of Silao (Mexico) as the 30th site of Automotive Systems division according to ISO 14001 |
| 2005 | The plant Cuautla (Mexico) gets the national environmental certificate “Industria Limpia” (Clean Industry) from the Mexican federal environmental institution PROFEPA for outstanding environmental performance. |
| 2005 | Certification of the newly acquired plant Lian Yun Gang (China) according to ISO 14001 |
| 2005 | Certification of the new constructed plant Sibiu (Romania) according to ISO 14001 |
| 2005 | Formulation, introduction and communication of our internal ESH Mission |
2005/
2006 | Changeover to (hexavalent) chromium-VI-free electroplating processes in series production at the following sites: Ebbw Vale, Gifhorn, Rheinboellen, Varzea Paulista and Zvolen. All respective new products will be delivered to our customers only in chromium-VI-free technology. |
| 2006 | First recycled plastics are applied in series production (in housing of electronic modules) |
| 2006 | Certification of our winter test track Arvidsjaur (Sweden) according to ISO 14001 |
| 2007 | Our new constructed plants in Calamba (Philippines) and Zvolen (Slovakia) strive for ISO 14001 certification this year. |
| 2007 | The following plants are validated - partly since 11 years - according to public european law regulated EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) system: Nuremberg, Ingolstadt, Berlin and Haldensleben. |
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