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SAFC Arklow cGMP Manufacturing Site Receives
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St. Louis, MO - SAFC, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group (Nasdaq:SIAL), announced today that SAFC Arklow Ltd., its cGMP manufacturing site located in Ireland, has won the "Environment" category of PharmaChem Ireland's Responsible Care 2006 Award. This award recognizes the efforts of SAFC Arklow Ltd. in developing an imaginative approach that reduces and recycles solvent waste from its processes associated with the manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).
Responsible Care is an international chemical industry initiative that encourages companies to show commitment to improving all aspects of performance related to the protection of health, safety and the environment by going above and beyond regulatory obligations.
SAFC's award is in recognition of the value and benefits delivered by its cross-functional Waste Solvent Recovery Project, launched in 2005. The project's aim was to eliminate, reduce and recover waste streams in all its solvent-using processes. The Arklow site secured key gains covered by inventory management, enhancing stock control, reducing transport of material for re-use, improving inventory management, lowering accident/spill risk, and improving processing to improve re-use.
Complementing the cost, energy and environmental savings through more efficient use of lower material volumes, the project also identified an alternative new outlet for its waste material - a local recycling customer, who recovers solvent for use in both the bio-diesel and paint industries, thereby reducing the previous export of its waste solvents and reducing fossil fuel requirements. The reduced disposal costs have produced a substantial cost savings for the company.
SAFC Arklow's Site Director, James Ennis, said, "We are pleased that our commitment to continuous improvements in product stewardship and responsibility has been recognized through receipt of this award. The benefits go well-beyond reduced costs and reduced environmental impact of our operations - this project resulted in wider energy and resource savings and improves the health, safety and environment of our Arklow site. It also assures our host community that SAFC has a clear and measurable commitment to operating at the highest standards."
The Award to SAFC Arklow Ltd. was presented in Cork, Ireland, on September 28, 2006, and was jointly accepted for the company by the Project Managers of this initiative - Tom Ryan, Operations and Supply Chain Manager, and Dora Forde, Environmental Manager.
About SAFC: SAFC is the custom manufacturing group within Sigma-Aldrich that focuses on both biochemical production and the manufacturing of complex, multi-step organic synthesis of APIs and key intermediates. SAFC has manufacturing facilities around the world dedicated to providing manufacturing services for companies requiring a reliable partner to produce their custom manufactured materials. SAFC has four operating segments - SAFC Pharma, SAFC Supply Solutions, SAFC Biosciences, and SAFC Hitech - and had annual sales of $437million in 2005. SAFC is one of the world's 10 largest fine chemical businesses.
About Sigma-Aldrich:
Sigma-Aldrich Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science and High Technology company. Its biochemical and organic chemical products and kits are used in scientific and genomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and as key components in pharmaceutical and other high technology manufacturing. The Company has customers in life science companies, university and government institutions, hospitals, and in industry. Over one million scientists and technologists use its products. Sigma-Aldrich operates in 35 countries and has 7,200 employees providing excellent service worldwide. Sigma-Aldrich is committed to Accelerating Customer Success through Leadership in Life Science, High Technology and Service. For more information about Sigma-Aldrich, please visit its award-winning Web site at www.sigma-aldrich.com.
About Responsible Care: Responsible Care in Ireland began in 1992 as an initiative of Pharmaceutical Ireland - a subsidiary of IBEC (Irish Business and Employers Confederation). See the Web sites: www.pharmachemicalireland.ie and www.ibec.ie. PharmaChem Ireland member company CEOs formally commit themselves to a series of Responsible Care Guiding Principles. Key among these are progressive development of performance improvement indicators; implementation codes, guidance notes and checklists; internal and external Health, Safety and Environment communication and systematic procedures to verify implementation of the measurable or practical elements of Responsible Care. Launched in 1985, Responsible Care is an initiative of the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA), now embracing industry groups across 52 countries. In Europe, the Responsible Care Awards are administered through CEFIC - the European Chemical Industry Council.
Forward Inquiries To:
Dr. Frank Wicks
President, SAFC
+ (314).286.8008 |
Media Inquiries
Mr. Richard Kerns
Northern Exposure
+44.161.728.5880 |
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