Hansen Transmissions International N.V., an established global gearbox designer, manufacturer and supplier and a leader in the wind turbine gearbox market, has been granted the ISO 14001 certificate for the environment management system in its plant in Lommel.

Hansen Transmissions' environment management system in Lommel has been certified with the ISO 14001 standard by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance. Energy, storage of products, air emission and waste are the central themes in Hansen's environment policy.

The ISO 14001:2004 certification audit was conducted by the leading international certification organisation Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance. The auditor, Mr Paul Craeghs, praised Hansen Transmissions in his final report because of the extremely well organised environment management system; both in terms of environmental care and environmental performance. He also found there was a dedicated involvement of staff and management alike.

"Hansen wants to play an exemplary role in environment policy. Through an environment management system, structural attention is paid to the environment in all our operations.After a thorough environmental aspect analysis we have defined concrete objectives in an action plan. We aim to minimise the impact on the environment and to permanently improve our environmental performance. Being granted the ISO 14001 certificate is the pinnacle of all the efforts made by Hansen up to now," says Stefan Lammens, Managing Director of the Wind Energy Business Unit of Hansen Transmissions.

Reducing the overall energy consumption, taking stock of the raw materials present at the site, monitoring the use of chemical substances, generating even more separate waste streams and an integral waste management are just a few objectives included in Hansen's year action plan.

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