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Tres plantas de Carburos Metálicos ganan sendos premios europeos en seguridadThree plants of Metallic Carbides win both European prizes in hygiene
13 July 2012
The Spanish company Metallic Carbides, of the Group Air Products, has achieved several prizes of the European Association of Industrial gases (Eiga) in recognition to his permanent commitment with the hygiene in his job centres. The installations of the company in Arrigorriaga (Vizcaya), Ca N'estella (Barcelona) and Tarragona received both prizes of silver for attaining 500.000 hours worked safely.
“From our centres of production, delivered by all Spain, work with the more standard heights of hygiene to serve to our more than 70.000 customers”, affirms Francesco Maione, general director of Metallic Carbides. “It pleases me see that the effort and the intense work realised daily by our team in the gestión of the hygiene, have been recognised internationally with the most important prizes of the industry”, sustains.
Eiga Rewards also every year the attainments of the Group of Technical Work of the Association, with greater success. This year, Ramon Castella, of Metallic Carbides, collected the prize for the Group of Work of the Acetileno, that has chaired successfully the last 4 years. Castella Has coordinated the efforts of this Group of Work to rewrite entirely the definite version for the industry of the Code of Practices for the Acetileno, as well as the manufacturing of packages of learning and other important documents for the industry.
In the rest of Europe, the Group Air Products also has received two prizes Eiga in recognition to the safest performance in the United Kingdom and Belgium, as well as the prize to the hygiene Vial by the low indexes of accidents in the Low Countries. In addition to these recognitions by part of the European Association of Industrial gases, that stand out the use homogéneo of the norms of operation in Europe and the know do in matter of Health and hygiene Medioambienal of the Group Air Products, also have been awarded thirteen plants in all Europe with prizes to the Excellence in the Prevention of Injuries - six prestigious prizes of gold, five of silver and two of bronze. The company stood out between the rest of companies of the sector when obtaining the greater number of prizes of hygiene.
