OREANDA-NEWS. Initiatives of specialists of KHARTSYZSK PIPE PLANT (Metinvest Group) took the winning places in the competition for the best implemented proposal on effective use of fuel and energy resources.

Projects “Improvement of technical and economic characteristics of the expanding machine No 4 of PEWSh-2” and “Modification of distributing system scheme of 110 kV, 6 kV and 0,4 kV for energy saving” effected a saving to KHARTSYZSK PIPE PLANT that is almost UAH 2 mln. per year. Specialists of the plant were the authors of the proposals.

In the competition organized by Metinvest Group these initiatives are among the five best projects of three companies of Metallurgical Division. They took the fourth and fifth places respectively. In total 47 proposals were submitted to the expert committee of the holding for examination in 2012. The economic effect of implemented activities is approximately UAH 75 mln.

"In present day world, the basis of the products competitive advantage is low power consumption. That is why a lot of attention at KHARTSYZSK PIPE is paid to finding ways to reduce energy consumption and improve energy efficiency”, Acting Director General of KHARTSYZSK PIPE Pavel Uzbek says. “We try to use advanced search techniques of losses - the tools Lean: SMED-analysis, a guide for losses, the work of teams of continuous improvement. The fact that the projects of our employees are inside the top five of the contest is the result of everyone’s interest in the search for effective methods of work".