Filed under: Diesel , Emerging Technologies , Etc. , Green Culture , Volkswagen , Natural Gas For the fifth year in a row, Volkswagen has honored some of its employees for their environmental efforts. The top award went to Pablo Romero Zalba from VW's plant in Pamplona, Spain for coming up with a way to use the residual adhesive left over in the barrels that are received at the assembly plant. The change helped reduce hazardous waste disposal and material usage at the plant. One of the problems that are encountered in factories is scrap parts. Often components don't pass inspection and must be thrown away. Another award went to Holger Jerzewski who developed a method to treat rejected connecting rods so that can be re-worked and put to use. Other awards went to people who worked on hardening furnaces and in various product categories. Engineers who developed the new natural gas-fueled Passat and the BlueMotion TDI models were also recognized. The VW press release is after the jump. [Source: Volkswagen] Continue reading Volkswagen gives environmental awards to employees Permalink | Email this | Comments ...
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Filed under: Diesel , Emerging Technologies , Etc. , Green Culture , Volkswagen , Natural Gas For the fifth year in a row, Volkswagen has honored some of its employees for their environmental efforts. The top award went to Pablo Romero Zalba from VW's plant in Pamplona, Spain for coming up with a way to use the residual adhesive left over in the barrels that are received at the assembly plant. The change helped reduce hazardous waste disposal and material usage at the plant. One of the problems that are encountered in factories is scrap parts. Often components don't pass inspection and must be thrown away. Another award went to Holger Jerzewski who developed a method to treat rejected connecting rods so that can be re-worked and put to use. Other awards went to people who worked on hardening furnaces and in various product categories. Engineers who developed the new natural gas-fueled Passat and the BlueMotion TDI models were also recognized. The VW press release is after the jump. [Source: Volkswagen] Continue reading Volkswagen gives environmental awards to employees Permalink | Email this | Comments ...