ENVIRONMENTALACTING STATEMENT 2017 voestalpine Tubulars GmbH & Co KG voestalpine Tubulars GmbH & Co KG www.voestalpine.com/tubulars ACTING>www,voestalpine,com/tubulars ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2017 OF VOESTALPINE TUBULARS 1 2 PREFACE This year’s Environmental Statement of voestalpine Tubulars has been issued with the motto ‘ACTING’. For us, this expression is not only linked with the topics engineering, environment and nature, but it also stands for everything we do. Particularly in today‘s world, the interaction between these areas needs to be brought more strongly into focus. In order to achieve a balance in our company between these three topics, the ‘ACTING’ of all our employees is decisive and of the greatest importance - because only the human beings can be the link between technology and nature. The Environmental Statement 2017 contains illustrations, data and images that show the work of our employees as regards the implementation of en- vironmental requirements, as well as compliance with environment-related regulations, and they are a testimony to our striving for continuous improvement. A company can only be successful in the long term while at the same time ensuring an intact environment when outstanding technology, economic thinking and responsible ‘ACTING’ of all employees are closely linked. voestalpine Tubulars’ Environmental Team ACTING> ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2017 OF VOESTALPINE TUBULARS 3 Environmental statement 2017 in accor- dance with Council Regulation EMAS III (1221/2009 + 761/2001 + 196/2006) concerning voluntary participation by commercial organisa- tions in a Community Eco-Management and Audit scheme (EMAS regulation). NACE Code: 24.20 Technik Umwelt Company Register No.: 165400 k atur N EMAS Location No: AT-000208 ISO 14001 - Cert. No: U1530048 TUN GLN number: 9008390198421 Contact Harald Kohlhofer Environmental Officer Alpinestrasse 17, 8652 Kindberg, Austria Telephone: +43/50304/23-366 Fax: +43/50304/63-346 e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.voestalpine.com/tubulars Kindberg, March 2017 4 CONTENT Preface 3 Ecological Balance Sheet 32 Contents 5 Input materials 34 Organization 6 Waste 35 Organizational Structure of voestalpine Tubulars GmbH & Co KG 7 Water / Wastewater 37 Company History 8 Waste Air 44 Company Profile 10 Energy 46 Activities of the Company 12 Transport 48 Organizational Structure of Production 16 Indirect Environmental Aspects 48 Awards 18 Environmental Indicators 50 Management Policy 20 Accident Statistics 56 Environmental Impact Assessment 21 Environmental Program 2017/18 58 The Company’s Environmental Performance 22 General Information 62 Validation of the Environmental Statement 63 ACTING> ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2017 OF VOESTALPINE TUBULARS 5 ORGANIZATION voestalpine AG Metal Metal Steel Special Steel voestalpine Tubulars GmbH & Co KG is a subsidiary of voestalpine AG - Division Metal Engineering. Engineering Forming The company is owned equally by voestalpine AG and the US-American company National Oilwell Varco (NOV) Grant Prideco. voestalpine Metal Engineering GmbH & Co KG voestalpine voestalpine voestalpine Schienen Stahl Donawitz VAE GmbH GmbH GmbH voestalpine TSTG Schienen voestalpine Klöckner Technik Austria Draht Bahntechnik GmbH& Co KG GmbH GmbH voestalpine voestalpine voestalpine Rail Center Böhler Welding Railpro B,V Duisburg GmbH (70%) GmbH voestalpine Tubulars As of: March 2017 GmbH & Co KG (50%) 6 Seamless Pipe Threading Process Production Pipe Finishing Plant Units Coordination Engineering Engineering Engineering Engineering Projects, Engineering Engineering Management Tech. Docu- Electrics Mechanics mentation ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF Quality Quality Quality Department Management Testing VOESTALPINE TUBULARS GMBH & CO KG Product, Thread Testing Process, Development R & D Technology Materials Thread Development Engineering Management Board Materials Procurement Procurement Management Labour law, Personnel Personnel Management Human Accounting, Administration Systems Resources Work and Time and Develop- Management ment Management Financial Finances, Accounting, Accounting, Controlling Balance Sheets, Controlling Taxes Australasia Industrial Internal Sales Logistics CIS Europe + China Middle East America Africa Products OCTG & NOV Sales, Marketing Technical Business Marketing Sales Development & CD Field Services As of: March 2017 Law ACTING> ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2017 OF VOESTALPINE TUBULARS 7 COMPANY HISTORY 1700 > Long before 1700, the Lord core sections were the puddle mill and was enlarged and a new rolling mill of the Manor, Hart, operated a rolling mill. 1874 > The Sankt Egydy with four steam-powered mill trains, as smithy and a tavern on the neigh- - Kindberg Iron and Steel Company well as additional housing for workers bouring property called ‚the Aun expanded the plant and completed a were constructed. 1908 > The operati- or the Taubmuehle‘ . 1784 > Georg second puddle mill and rolling mill. At on of the puddle mill was abandoned Scheikl established a hammer mill. the same time, additional housing was for economic reasons. 1927 > An an- The concession was registered for constructed for the workers, which for- nealing and steel tempering plant was a ferrier, rake and toolsmith with a med the heart of a residential estate. added for processing stainless steel. bloomery furnace with a hammer, and 1882 > The Austrian - Alpine Montan- 1929 > The conversion of the mill a drawing furnace with hammer. 1821 gesellschaft built a railway connection trains to electric power was started in > The ‘Taubhammer‘, owned by Franz between Kindberg railway station and this year. 1935 > A hammer mill went Pfeffinger, was declared bankrupt and the mill. 1885 > The company emplo- into operation. 1943 > The cold rolling was auctioned off to Mathias Jandl. yed 507 employees, amongst them mill was transferred from Rottenmann 1843 > The hammer mill employed approx. 30 women and 20 youths. The to Kindberg. 1948 > On October 1, seven workers and three woodcut- daily working time was twelve hours, the first production of steel pipes in ters. At that time, the workers were but longer if necessary. Sometimes Austria went into operation. 1962 > firmly established in the guild system work was also carried out on Sundays. The newly built conveyor line I was and received food and housing in The average monthly wage was 40 commissioned. 1969 > The state-of- addition to an annual salary. When Guilders, and in the event of illness, the-art hammer mill was put into oper- they became unable to work due to 50% of the salary was paid. The ation. 1977 > Beginning of the plant‘s old age, they continued to receive monthly old-age pension was approx. restructuring which in the following ‘charity sustenance‘. In the same year, 20 Guilders. However, only very few years envisaged the closure of the production reached approx. 1,450 workers actually benefitted from this, hot rolling mill, the hammer mill and hundredweight, which corresponds as they generally had to work well into also the cold rolling mill. 1980 > The to approx. 81 tons. 1866 > Anton old age. Annual production reached seamless tube rolling mill commenced Fischer constructed a smelter which approx. 10,000 tons. 1904 > The mill operations. 1982 > The OCTG plant was completed in December 1866. Its was further expanded. The puddle mill started production. 1998 > Introduction 8 of the CPE technology (Crossroll-Pier- VOESTALPINE TUBULARS - cing-Elongating). 1999 > Environmen- WHERE TRADITION MEETS tal Management System according to ISO 14001 / EMAS. 2001 > Renamed INNOVATION. HIGH-QUALITY as voestalpine Tubulars GmbH & PRODUCTS TO MEET THE HIGHEST Co KG. 2004 > Safety Management DEMANDS DEVELOPED AND System according to OHSAS 18001. 2008 > Commissioning of a produc- PRODUCED IN AUSTRIA. tion line for axle pipes. 2012 > Energy QUALITY TUBES FOR THE ENTIRE Management System according to ISO 50001. 2014 > Installation of WORLD. a new Test Center incl. an acid gas laboratory and a thread connection test centre. ACTING> ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT 2017 OF VOESTALPINE TUBULARS 9 COMPANY PROFILE voestalpine Tubulars GmbH & Co KG, a subsidiary of the voestalpine Group, is located in Kindberg. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION The company is located at the confluence of the rivers Mur and Mürz, near the town of Kindberg (District of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag) in the Province of Styria. The factory premises are bordered by the river Mürz to the north, and the S6 Semmering dual carriageway to the south. The tracts of land making up the site are zoned as industrial areas I and II. There are residential areas in the immediate vicinity of the plant. The plant is protected by a flood protection dam. The main wind direction is west. INFRASTRUCTURE The site is connected to: • the S6 dual carriage way • natural gas , power 110 kV • the ÖBB rail network Industrial water is supplied by a company-owned deep well, and the drinking water by the local municipality. 10 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT The Kindberg plant has a long tradition of iron manufacturing. The antiquated production sites in Kindberg dating back to the 1970s - hammer mill, hot and cold rolling mill, as well as the bright steel unit - were confronted with increasing competition on the market. At the beginning of the 1980s, the plant was completely restructured in order to focus on the production of seamless pipes. Thanks to constant research and continuous development, the company can now offer its customers tailor-made products. The Kindberg location now consists of two main plants THE SEAMLESS PIPE PLANT