Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Company Advances Environmental Friendliness Of Its Planes
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC)
announced Wednesday its ongoing efforts to create a Wichita
sustainability coalition. In partnership with Wichita State
University (WSU), HBC is forming a coalition of local manufacturers
that will focus on increasing industrial recycling.
"What we do and build in our factories today will affect future
generations," said HBC chairman and CEO Jim Schuster. "For years,
our industry has been focused on 'green' efforts, but we are taking
our sustainability program a step further by implementing a
long-term strategy to ensure our company is successful for decades
to come. By joining with other companies in Wichita, we believe we
can raise the bar for environmental and economic sustainability. We
are more committed than ever to these vital initiatives."
HBC's goal is to improve sustainability for the entire life
cycle of an aircraft -- from engineering and manufacturing to
customer operations and product retirement. The HBC sustainability
program is focused on excellence in four key areas:
- Product value – continuous improvement of products to
advance quality and efficiency and reduce environmental impact
- Manufacturing leadership – implementation of lean
processes to reduce energy usage and operations costs
- Environmental performance – focused efforts to increase
recycling and reduce waste, energy usage and water consumption
- People and ideas – empowerment of employees who want to
contribute to sustainability efforts
HBC will provide additional details on its sustainability
program through a dedicated Web site that will include success
stories, performance metrics and future activities.
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