Environmental Statement 2020 Evobus Gmbh Neu-Ulm Location 2 Environmental Statement 2020
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Environmental Statement 2020 EvoBus GmbH Neu-Ulm Location 2 ENVIRONMenTAL STATEMenT 2020 Inhalt 3 Preface 4 The Neu-Ulm Location 10 Our Environmental Policy 12 Environmental Management System 16 Environmental Aspects 18 Our Environmental Program 22 Figures, Data, Facts 36 Validity Declaration Legal Information: Responsible Chief Environmental Officer: Dr. Oytun Hanhan, BUS/OPP Responsible Editor: Dr. Oytun Hanhan Department BUS/OPP Telephone: +49 731 181 2150 Fax: +49 711 1779091110 E-mail: [email protected] Head of Production and Chief Environmental Officer of Daimler Buses: Dr. Marcus Nicolai Printout permitted if reference source is indicated precisely. ENVIRONMenTAL STATEMenT 2020 3 Preface In the spirit of “Arriving today – thinking about tomorrow”, we aim for sustainability along the entire bus line. Our objective is to integrate this as a fixed integral part of our actions in all business processes. With our consistent sustainability strategy and the objective of producing environmentally acceptable and safe buses in an environmentally friendly manner, we are setting benchmarks in terms of safety, quality, design, environmental protection and energy management. The new energy and environmental objective system for the sustainable further development of the product and the entire product creation process adopted by the Daimler Board of Management in April 2018 was revised in April 2019. The objective system will continue to be implemented worldwide within Daimler Buses at all relevant production locations together with the tracking of the achievement of objectives. For the continuous improvement of our environmental management system, we have the effective- ness checked externally according to EMAS, the regulation issued by the European Union for a voluntary environmental management system. We are also certified according to the globally valid ISO 14001 standard for environmental management systems. The location was first validated according to MAE S in 2002 and entered in the EMAS register with the register number DE-104-11101. The current registration certificate is valid until August 16, 2020. The operational environmental protection data for 2019 will be updated in this Environmental Statement. Neu-Um, April 2020 Dr. Marcus Nicolai Dr. Oytun Hanhan Head of Production and Chief Environmental Management Environmental Officer of Daimler Buses Representative 4 ENVIRONMenTAL STATEMenT 2020 The Neu-Ulm Location ENVIRONMenTAL STATEMenT 2020 5 With 3,788 employees (incl. apprentices, interns, and diploma The location can be divided into the following main activities: students), the Neu-Ulm location is the largest manufacturing plant » All BIWs and detachable parts are painted in the Paint Shop; even for of EvoBus GmbH. (Source: commercial register (HRB)) all assembly locations that are part of the coordinated production system. These are the locations Neu-Ulm, Mannheim, and Ligny in On a total area of approx. 64 hectares, buses of the brands Lorraine. Mercedes-Benz and SETRA are produced at the location in a coordinated production system with other European EvoBus » The assembly of touring coaches and intercity buses of the brands locations. The site is located in an industrial area. In the region SETRA and Mercedes-Benz. around the location, the Neu-Ulm administrative district has seven designated landscape conservation areas; one of these – » The Development department at the location also includes an the Pfuhler Ried – is located nearby. experimental workshop and a workshop for sample and prototype construction in addition to design engineering. As a leading full-range supplier in the European bus market, there are also additional service areas situated on-site for bus customers. » Parts production in which a wide variety of parts from the entire bus model range of both brands is produced. » Seat production » Global spare part sales are processed in the Spare Parts Logistics Center. » In the Pre-Owned Bus Center, pre-owned buses are repaired and sold on under the brand name BUSSTORE. » In addition, there are activities such as the trainee workshop, a vintage vehicle work shop, and facilities for training bus drivers. In 2019, the number of painted complete vehicles was 7,612 units (an articulated bus is counted as two units here). In the same period, 2,094 buses were assembled at the Neu-Ulm location. 6 ENVIRONMenTAL STATEMenT 2020 Ulm location - EvoBus GmbH Neu of all plants Location layout Paint shop Assembly CHPP ENVIRONMenTAL STATEMenT 2020 7 General Information and Activities at the Location EvoBus GmbH is Daimler AG’s largest European subsidiary and respon- In the Neu-Ulm plant, the focus is on painting BIWs and detachable sible for the European bus activities of the Daimler Group. With the parts and the assembly of touring coaches. At the EvoBus Mannheim merger of the brands Mercedes-Benz and SETRA in 1995 under the location, city buses are assembled in addition to BIW production. umbrella of EvoBus GmbH, it is today the leading full-line supplier in The Holyšov plant (Czech Republic) produces both BIW segments the European bus market. and complete BIWs. The BIWs are mainly transported to and from the painting facility at the Neu-Ulm location by train. The Neu-Ulm EvoBus location is the largest module in the coordinated production system of EvoBus GmbH. With the specialization of the Another important module in the European coordinated production individual locations (e.g. on BIW production or painting), high quality system is Mercedes-Benz Turk A.S. with its plant in Hosdere, Istanbul. requirements as well as economic efficiency are taken into account. Mercedes-Benz vehicles (from the city bus to the touring coach) and SETRA inter-city buses are produced there. Schematic diagram of the EvoBus GmbH coordinated production system Mannheim Shops: Bodyshop & CDP Assembly Holýšov Shops: BIW segments Bodyshop & CDP Ligny Shops: Assembly Neu-Ulm Shops: Assembly Paint Shop 8 ENVIRONMenTAL STATEMenT 2020 Location Activities Paint Shop Services at the Location EvoBus operates one of the most modern painting facilities in Europe at the location. The Paint Shop acts as a supplier for the respective Spare Parts Logistics Center (ELC) Assembly areas of the Neu-Ulm, Mannheim, and Ligny locations. At the Neu-Ulm location, the Logistics Center is spread over a plot area of more than 9 ha and has over 30,000 m² of buildings where it ensures The BIWs and the detachable parts receive their top coat there. This the global spare parts supply of the EvoBus brands SETRA and Mercedes. consists of functional layers and top coats as well as lettering. The lettering and motif design using wraps is particularly important for bus Service Center customers in the touring coach sector. The possibilities for individual The largest of ten Bus Service Centers (Bus-world Home) in Germany design are almost limitless here thanks to user-defined design options can be found at the Neu-Ulm location. The required facilities are (e. g. with photographs). This is also less expensive than motif painting. available there for all possible repairs. These chiefly involve chassis and engine transmission unit repairs or bodywork as well as electrical The most important environmentally relevant installations are the spray and painting work. The entire organization of the service workshops booths with wet scrubbing systems and/or dry scrubbers and paint in Europe has in the meantime been consolidated in one certificate driers with emissions control systems. The wet scrubbing systems work according to ISO 14001. in a closed loop and are thus to the extent possible free from wastewater. Four of the ten spray booths in the standard process are automated. Pre-Owned Bus Center Here, 8,000 bodies can be painted per year at full capacity utilization. The German location of BusStore, the pre-owned bus brand of Mer- cedes-Benz and SETRA in Europe, can be found in Neu-Ulm. Around Off-line painting was introduced in mid-2019 as an innovation in the 650 pre-owned buses change hands there every year. There is space coordinated production system. This involves separate painting of for up to 200 pre-owned buses on-site, from which bus operators can detachable parts (only in the city bus segment). Additional BIW trans- find the right solution to meet their requirements. portation to our painting location arises due to the fact that BIW and city bus assembly are not carried out at the location. Furthermore, The BusStore Neu-Ulm location has its own highly qualified workshop not installing painted parts until relatively at the end of the assembly especially for pre-owned buses. The service portfolio ranges from the process has the advantage of better accessibility during the previous neutralization of buses to cosmetic improvements and technical repair assembly steps and less damage to already painted parts. to the elimination of accident damage. All BusStore services can also be processed via the location. Assembly Another main activity at the location is the assembly of touring coaches Training Center and intercity buses of the brands SETRA and Mercedes-Benz. In addition There were 186 trainees and 27 dual students working at the Neu-Ulm to high-quality production, our expertise lies in the implementation of location in 2019. The training portfolio includes technical and commercial the most differing customer special requests, which are of particular occupations that require formal training. importance especially in touring coaches. The following Bachelor courses are offered in cooperation with the Heidenheim and Ravensburg campuses of the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW): Business studies/digital business, business studies/transportation and logistics, industrial engineering, computer science and electrical engineering/on-board electronics. ENVIRONMenTAL STATEMenT 2020 9 10 ENVIRONMenTAL STATEMenT 2020 Our Environmental Policy ENVIRONMenTAL STATEMenT 2020 11 The Daimler Group has defined and adopted the “Environmental and Environmental and energy guidelines: Energy Guidelines” for implementing its corporate goals in environmental protection. These can be found on the Internet (at www.daimler.com, 1.