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Dana Corporation's Spicer Driveshaft Facility Recognized for Excellence

20 December 2000

Dana Corporation's Spicer Driveshaft Facility Recognized for Environmental Excellence

    POTTSTOWN, Pa., Dec. 19 Dana Corporation
announced today that its Pottstown, Pa., Spicer Driveshaft Division facility
has earned the Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence from the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
    The award will be presented to representatives of the facility by
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge at a ceremony on Tuesday, December 19, 2000.
    In 1999, the facility completed a series of pollution prevention projects
aimed at water conservation, lighting efficiency, and waste reduction.
    "Our facility has been actively involved in an environmental improvement
program for many years, with a clear objective to positively impact our local
environment," said Mike Kaminski plant manager of the facility.  "In fact,
since this is the oldest plant in Dana Corporation, established in 1919, we're
extremely proud to be the first Spicer Driveshaft facility to receive a state-
level environmental award."
    Using an in-house engineering staff, the Pottstown facility reviewed its
use of cooling water for the heat-treating furnace and identified no-cost
efficiency opportunities that have reduced water consumption by 18 million
gallons annually.
    By selecting environmentally friendly cleaning products, the Pottstown
plant reduced on-site waste solvent by 90 percent -- more than 3,000 pounds --
and eliminated the emission of more than 14 tons of volatile organic compounds
annually.
    Their comprehensive pollution prevention plans reduced sewer discharge by
1.5 million gallons per month, giving back to the community the equivalent
amount of capacity to the water treatment plant in the borough of Pottstown.
    The facility's lighting upgrade project replaced nearly 1,300 mercury
ballast gas-vapor lights with sodium vapor fixtures.  The Pottstown Plant
anticipates a 924,000 kWh reduction in energy consumption annually.
    To reduce the amount of residual waste hauled away from the facility, the
Pottstown facility now treats water-based mill coolant and lubricant on-site.
The in-house treatment plant reduces off-site waste shipments by more than
450,000 gallons per year.
    "The recognition of our Pottstown facility is the first substantiation of
our focused environmental policy to prevent pollution and continuously improve
our environmental management systems," said Joe Sober, vice president and
general manager of the Spicer Driveshaft Division.  "The credit goes to the
care, concern, and dedication that the people of the Pottstown facility have
for their local community and environment."