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HOYER Group
Supply-chain sustainability
Alongside efforts to increase efficiency,
providers of supply-chain solutions
are also looking for ways to make
operations more sustainable. Sometimes,
seemingly simple changes
can realize substantial benefits. For
instance, HOYER Group (Hamburg,
Germany; www.hoyer-group.com)
began offering tanks constructed
of composite materials rather than
stainless steel. According to HOYER
Group, the first company to employ
these composite tanks was BASF SE
(Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.
com). The tanks are constructed of a
lightweight composite material with
thermal properties that reduce the
heating requirements for tanks. " Due
to the lighter weight of these tanks,
2,000 kg more of liquid chemicals can
be handled within the defined payload
of a transport, thereby reducing travel,
costs and CO2 emissions, " says Andreas
Essinger, director of sales and
business development at HOYER
Group's Chemilog unit. Reducing
the number of trucks on the road is
increasingly
important
as routes become
more crowded and the
pool of qualified drivers
gets smaller. " Europe's
transportation infrastructure
is congested.
In some of the areas
close to European
chemical industry
sites, traffic jams are
increasing, which decreases
productivity, "
explains
Essinger.
Ensuring that personnel
are properly
FIGURE 3. Logistics workers who encounter chemical products must be
sufficiently trained in the proper handling techniques
trained is another aspect of sustainability,
especially in situations where
hazardous materials are handled and
transported. HOYER Group recently
announced an expansion of its onsite
logistics activities at the Shanghai
manufacturing site (Figure 2) of
Covestro AG's (Leverkusen, Germany;
www.covestro.com) Coatings Adhesives
Specialties business unit. According
to HOYER Group, while the
logistics concerns of chemical manufacturers
like Covestro are mostly similar
to companies in other sectors, all
workers must be rigorously trained
to ensure optimal operations for both
onsite and offsite logistics activities
(Figure 3). " The product needs to be
handled safely and carefully, the quality
needs to be maintained and the logistics
services need to be on time, " says
Ulrich Grätz, global director of supply
chain solutions at HOYER Group. ■
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