Green Productivity Demonstration Project in Iran Khodro
Paint Shop
Iran Khodro Co. (IKCo) is one of the largest automobile manufacturing
companies in I.R.Iran. The paint shop of IKCo has been selected as a
case study in which the Green Productivity Demonstration Project (GPDP)
by Asian Productivity Organization (APO) and National Iranian
Productivity Organization (NIPO) to be implemented.
Implementation of the GP project in the paint shop of IKCo, as the
first experience of APO in I.R.Iran was highly important. More
efficiency along with positive environmental effects, less pollutants,
and improved sanitary situation of the employees is a suitable pattern
for domestic and foreign industries.
Many Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) were produced in different
processes such as electro coating, paint spray, and ovens. A large
amount of water and chemicals were consumed, too. So, the important
challenge was to integrate environmental and health protection with
productivity enhancement, in VOC and paint application, waste usage and
wastewater, energy, material handling, and with implementing of EMS
under ISO 14000. Therefore, it was important to investigate the major
environmental problems in the paint shop to identify sets of objectives
for implementing a comprehensive GP study and suggesting implementation
of GP work in the other automobile manufacturing companies.
Generally, Implementation of GP project can be summarized as:
- Promotion of quality and efficiency of production (reduction in
the number of rejected bodies from 60-65 bodies a day to 30-35
bodies a day)
- Efficiency of the personnel promotion
- VOC reduction resulted in air quality improvement, employees
environmental quality improvement and paint consumption reduction
- Water conservation
- Material saving such as paint, coagulant, thinner
- Process improvement
- Energy efficiency by improving local lightening, elimination of
extra lights
- Improved housekeeping
- Improvement of effluent wastewater quality for irrigation
- Destructive effects on environment
- And more ... Read all about the project in the
Brochure prepared by Mr. Hossein Ganjidoust
See the
Photos
of the National Workshop on Green Productivity "A Review GPDP in Iran
Khodro Paint Shop" and the GPDA Workshop |
