Delphi Wins Four SAE Awards for Environmental Excellence in Transportation
TROY, Mich., May 12, 2004 -- Delphi Corp.'s environmental practices are recognized for the fourth straight year by winning four Environmental Excellence in Transportation (E2T) Awards from the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) at an awards ceremony in Washington D.C. yesterday.
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SAE honored Delphi with awards in the categories of New Methods and Tools, Process Innovations, Stationary Energy and Emissions, and Mobile Energy and Emissions.
The awards distinguish individuals who, through ingenuity and dedication, have made significant innovations in reducing environmental impacts in the transportation industry.
"Delphi believes that support of environmental issues and awareness is extremely important, and our employees demonstrate this belief through innovative processes, products and technologies," said Glenn Howarth, Delphi's director of environmental services. "This SAE recognition reflects Delphi's continuous commitment to help protect and preserve the global environment."
The E2T Award winners include: * New Methods and Tools: Container Sharing Website
New methods and tools for this emerging field of knowledge provide key innovations that dramatically increase environmental savings while reducing environmental impacts. Awards in this category demonstrate evidence of innovation in areas such as inventories, cost, design, and management.
The Container Sharing methodology resulted in nearly 57,000 containers being reused that would have otherwise been scrapped or stored at a cost. The project also resulted in substantial cost avoidance, as well as savings associated with warehousing. Application of the Container Sharing Website methodology and tool has industry wide potential, where the same concept can be easily applied in industry to sharing any asset.
* Process Innovations: Process Inconsistencies and Cost Savings Opportunities Related to Adhesive Dispense Processes
Awardees in this category have made significant achievements in reducing environmental impacts of manufacturing processes, including the acquisition and refinement of materials used by the transportation industries in their products.
The Adhesive Dispense Process reduced the amount of adhesive material sent to hazardous waste sites by more than 80 percent, which reduced emissions and generated significant cost savings. Several low cost, effective modifications were implemented to maximize raw material usage, including cover plates, level sensors, and more.
* Stationary Energy and Emissions: Plant 47 Up-Front Environmental Engineering
This award recognizes the implementation of a cost-effective, innovative alternative product or process that reduces the amount of energy and/or the amount of emissions to air, water or land from a stationary course resulting in reduced environmental impact.
Through analysis of traditional hydraulic versus new electric plastic injection molding machines, Plant 47 Up-Front Environmental Engineering concluded that the purchase of electric machines generated significant reductions in energy consumption and environmental waste while reducing the required yearly operating and capital investment costs.
* Mobile Energy and Emissions: Valve Train Cylinder Deactivation System
This award recognizes innovations in fuel source, fuel savings, CO2 reduction and energy use reduction in transportation. It also recognizes innovations that reduce mobile source emissions through design improvements, source reduction, or control efficiency.
Delphi's Cylinder Deactivation System, an advanced valve train technology, selectively "turns off" half of the engine's cylinders under certain conditions to boost fuel economy between 8 to 10 percent, while lowering CO2 emissions proportionately. The system has the potential to save 60 million gallons of fuel per year.
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