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TAKING STEPS TO REDUCE OUR ENVIRONMENTALFOOTPRINT

THE MAGAZINE CONNECTING EDWARDS PEOPLE GLOBALLY

ISSUE:07JUNE 2015

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Final Word

INTERVIEW WITH DR MIKE CZERNIAK

Back to the Floor

WITH MARTIN GROVE, CORPORATE EHS MANAGER

We’ve planted 12 trees to offset the carbon produced in printing this edition of connectED

Upfront with

GEERT FOLLENS

In this issue:

Sustainable Productivity World Environment Day is celebrated every year on 5th June, to encourage global awareness and action for the environment. We’ve dedicated this issue of connectED to highlighting the many things we are doing in the Vacuum Solutions division to make a positive environmental contribution.

As part of Atlas Copco, we strive to be a responsible corporate citizen in every market we operate, by finding synergies between economic growth, environmental stewardship and socially responsible operations. The Group views sustainability as an opportunity to drive product innovation, reduce costs, mitigate risks and create business opportunities for long-term strategic growth in an increasingly resource-constricted world.

In Edwards, we are constantly striving to make a positive contribution to this goal. Our aim is for the net impact of our products to significantly reduce the emissions of powerful greenhouse gases. We are working hard to reduce energy consumption on sites, use sea freight instead of air whenever possible and we are targeting 100% recycling across the company.

Every one of us also has a personal responsibility to be environmentally conscious and ‘do our bit’ to protect the planet. If you only take one thing from this issue of connectED, please re-consider your personal impact on the environment and make one positive change to safeguard the planet for future generations.

Until next time,

Geert Follens, President, Vacuum Solutions Division

EditorialWelcome to the June issue of connectED magazine!

Our cover story on page 8 focusses on Edwards and the environment to coincide with World Environment Day this month. You can read about Martin Grove’s Back to the Floor experience on page 12 and get an Insight into the making of a corporate video on page 7. The Editor’s Choice award this issue goes to Sam Cole for the Safety Week In Pictures feature on page 6, and as always the People pages on page 14 are packed with your stories and pictures from around the company.

Finally, as this issue is an environmental special, we are committed to making connectED more environmentally friendly. From now onwards, we will offset the carbon produced in printing connectED. connectED is also printed on recycled, FSC paper, so please pass on your copy to a colleague or family to enjoy after you and don’t forget to recycle when you’ve finished with it!

Don’t forget to keep sending your news and ideas for future issues to us at [email protected]

Happy reading!connectED editorial team

04 News Round-Up

06 In Pictures: Safety and Health Week 2015

07 Insight: The making of a corporate video

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WELCOME To connectED

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What are you doing to reduce your impact on the world’s natural resources?

THE BURNING QUESTION

Linda Brewer, Head of Communications, UK

I have a simple philosophy, which is to be more responsible; as such my home life is filled with sustainable solutions and soon I will have a green roof (made from grass and plants) which supports biodiversity, wildlife and energy conservation.

Jose Jimenez, Senior Warranty Test Engineer, Nogales, Mexico

Basically doing small actions that can make a great impact, like turning off the lights that are not being used; low water usage to wash the car; walking instead of using the car to buy groceries. The most important thing is to set a good example to our children so it becomes a habit.

14 People Your stories from around the company.

16 Final Word Interview with Dr Mike Czerniak

Lokesh Dhamija,Marketing Communications Manager, Service, Singapore

I cycle to work and I take public transport instead of driving. It might not sound like a lot, but I believe if everyone made small changes in their day-to-day lives the impact on our planet would be enormous.

Gabriel Cervantes, Manufacturing Engineer, Nogales, Mexico

I walk instead of using my car for short distances, and I try to use water and energy efficiently. I’m always looking for recycled versions of products that I normally use and I teach my children about how important this is. This is how I contribute to reducing my impact on the world’s natural resources.

Lizbeth Salas, Planning, Nogales, Mexico

At the office, I always turn off the computer at the end of the day to conserve power. At home, we unplug devices that we do not need to use and I’ve also changed my regular bulbs to more eco-friendly bulbs. I always use biodegradable cleaning products as they have fewer impacts on soil and water, and take my own bags to the store so I won’t use a plastic or paper bag.

Neil Lavender Jones, Group VP, General Vacuum

At home we use 100% LED bulbs. We are also building an extension with as much reclaimed content as possible – hardcore made from the rubble of the previous building, reclaimed stone for the walls, and reclaimed tiles for the roof. My wife also drives a hybrid vehicle, when she can’t use public transport. And we only use eco-friendly detergents and soaps.

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10 Features: Edwards Production System (EPS) in Practice

NPS Update

12 Back to the Floor: With Martin Grove, Corporate EHS Manager


NEWS ROUND-UP

Edwards Presents St Wilfrid’s Hospice with £2,000

Safety award benefits local organisation Edwards handed over a cheque for £2,000 to St Wilfrid’s Hospice, Eastbourne in May. To celebrate the Eastbourne’s site impressive safety achievement with no lost time incidents due to injury recorded in the last 10 years, Atlas Copco have given Edwards’ Eastbourne a safety award in the form of a cash donation, to give to a charity of their choice. Staff in Eastbourne chose two charities, St Wilfrid’s Hospice in Eastbourne and Dementia UK, a national charity. ”St Wilfrid’s was nominated by the majority of people on site as a cause close to their hearts,” said Dr Waleed Qader, Site Leader and Senior Operations Manager, Edwards Eastbourne.

Simon Cosham, Corporate Fundraiser at St Wilfrid’s Hospice commented, “Without the continued support of local businesses we could not provide the specialist care and support to those who need us at their most vulnerable. We are extremely grateful to Edwards for this generous donation of £2,000 which will help us to continue helping others. Thank you.”

St Wilfrid’s Hospice is a local charity based in Eastbourne providing skilled and compassionate care and treatment for people living with a life limiting illness. They currently care for more than 1,000 people every year and have been providing their services to the community for over 30 years, also supporting families and close friends during the illness and through bereavement. The hospice relies almost entirely on donations to run their services.

New Liquid Ring Vacuum Pump for Fly Ash Handling

First Gamma Order from Carl Zeiss

SK Hynixwin in China

Left to Right: Simon Cosham of St Wilfrid’s Hospice, and Waleed Qader, Edwards

Edwards launched a new liquid ring vacuum pump at Power-Gen in India, in April. The latest in our range of liquid ring pumps is designed specifically for fly ash handling, a challenging application in coal-fired power generation plants. The new range of SHR single stage liquid ring pumps provides the optimum vacuum solution for fly ash handling, particularly in India, where the high ash content of the coal commonly used produces vast quantities of ash to be removed during the combustion process. Unlike other vacuum solutions liquid ring vacuum pumps are tolerant to ash carry over, and the single stage pump construction of the new range provides optimum power at pressures required for effective conveying.

Phil Rawlinson, Global Market Sector Manager, Power for Edwards, commented, “The latest addition to our LRP range completes our liquid ring pump offering for the power sector, and complements the sister two-stage pumps already operating on over 40 GW of generating capacity in India.”

Liquid ring pumps have a simple design with no contact between major pump components. This absence of contacting parts, allied with the low operating temperatures, ensures that these pumps are extremely reliable, even in the most challenging of applications.

After extensive product testing and customer negotiations, Edwards has received its first production order for Gamma ion pumps and cables from Carl Zeiss.

Zeiss is based in Oberkochen in Germany, and manufactures scanning electron microscopes for the medical, industrial and general analytical markets.

The order represents a significant breakthrough for Edwards and is the first instalment of potential annual orders of around 300 sets. This order is in addition to existing orders from Zeiss in Germany which are primarily nXDS scroll pumps.

SK Hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd has placed a significant order with us for our new iXM1800 pumps, around 120 in total for 2015. The pumps are to be used on all ETCH process applications. The benefit for Hynix of using these pumps is their small footprint combined with low power consumption.

We have a strong sales and service team working with Hynix, and it was our good relationship with the customer, and working closely with the Edwards’ Korea Hynix account team, which brought this win.


Service sparkles at ComVac

Project Sesame Gamma win

GXS coating order – US

Gentex is a global, high technology electronics company headquartered in West Michigan, US. They specialise in a broad spectrum of technologies and processes to deliver high quality products to the automotive, aerospace and fire protection industries that include highly automated electronics, CMOS camera development and manufacturing, vacuum coatings, and glass bending and fabrication. They have placed an order with Edwards for 7 x GXS pumps, with a plan to order and take delivery of an additional 15 by the end of the year, for vacuum coating.

Atlas Copco’s climate goals noted at UN conferenceAtlas Copco has been recognised by the United Nations for the Group’s goals to cut carbon dioxide from its products and operations. The UN Business and Climate Summit held last month in Paris, France, is a unique forum for business and government leaders to demonstrate innovative and ambitious strategies for climate change. Atlas Copco’s was noted for its goals to impact emissions through innovative energy-efficient products as well as by decreasing the footprint of its operations.

“A small carbon footprint is the sign of big innovation, and the biggest impact we can make is by creating energy-efficient products,” said Mala Chakraborti, Atlas Copco’s Vice President Corporate Responsibility. “We are honored that the UN is highlighting our environmental targets which drive our business, create operational excellence and reduce the impact on the environment.”

Edwards R&D has won a large order for Gamma ion pumps for the SESAME project in Jordan. The total order value is >$500k and includes 140 Gamma TiTan ion pumps ranging from 25 l/s to 300 l/s and the new Gamma QPC - Quad Pump Controller. SESAME stands for Synchrotron light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East – and is a joint project between Jordan, Israel, Iran, Cyprus, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority. SESAME is on an unnamed road with only a PO Box address so getting the bid materials to them on time was in itself a challenge.

The main competitor was Agilent and the tender appeared to be written in their favour, but we were able to offer the Gamma TV series, which perform, fit and function the same as the Agilent equivalents. This order is significant in that it is the first bid led by Edwards for ion pumps on a large R&D project.

In April Edwards attended ComVac, the International Trade Fair for Compressed Air Technology and Vacuum Technology (part of Hannover Messe, an international industrial fair) and a major European exhibition, in which at least 5 different Atlas Copco companies exhibited, including Edwards, Precision + and Atlas Copco themselves.

In addition to highlighting GXS, ES and Gamma ion products, one of the key highlights of the Edwards booth was the live service demonstrations of nXDS maintenance by one of our local FSEs. Our Service team was present at the stand to answer any questions from customers and to advise on the best service solution for their needs and objectives. We were the only vacuum supplier at this exhibition with a significant focus on service.

Congratulations to the European GV and Service team for making this a big success.

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IN PICTURES: Safety and Health Week 2015

Clockwise from top left:

Marek Búlik, pedometer challenge winner!

A full scale vehicle accident drill complete with helicopter and fire response crews in Niagara!

Italy Field Service appreciated the gadgets, especially the pedometers that can be used to measure the walking distances on site.

Free fruit in the canteen at Lutin – apple juggling!

Safety and Health Week 2015 was a stunning success and all sites contributed to a varied and fulfilling experience. As you can see from the photos, the different regions have been fully immersed in various activities from Italy’s Field Service health activities, Brno’s ergonomics workshop, Lutin’s on site physiotherapists and Niagara’s Biometric assessments to name but a few – you have been very busy!Sam Cole, Corporate Quality Administrator, Burgess Hill, UK

In particular our pedometer challenge was well received and the winner was Marek Búlik from the Czech Republic who, along with his normal active working day, took a weekend trip to the national park Slovensky raj in Slovakia and achieved an astonishing 119,037 steps – congratulations!

Thank you to all those who took part and we hope the event has given you some ‘food’ for thought. We are planning more health updates and initiatives on a quarterly basis so please watch this space!


Step 1: Turning an idea into a scriptOnce we – or our internal customers - have an idea for a film we need to prepare a film brief. We finalise exactly what is needed – who the video is aimed at, what the key messages are, and then the best way to deliver this. Once we know this we can get to work on producing the script. We will work with our stakeholders to make sure everyone is happy with the creative ideas and final plan.

Step 2: Organise the film crew Quality is extremely important so we always use a professional film crew, which will usually be a sound recordist and a camera person. We send the crew the film brief so they know what type of film we

are aiming for. We try to shoot at least two films in one day to get best value for money, although the record is eight films in one day!

Step 3: Location Location is also very important, so we try to use different locations but space is limited on our sites and many of them are too noisy to film in. As a result, the Balcony Room in Crawley has become our unofficial film studio. The downside is that the Crawley office is very close to London Gatwick airport so we have to pause filming when a jumbo jet flies past!

Step 4: The ShootWe’ll have made sure everyone knows where they need to be and what they have to do and that everyone has a copy of the script/storyboard. We work closely with the crew to make sure everything runs smoothly, from directing the ‘star’ to running around turning off noisy hand dryers in the toilets!

Step 5: Post productionThe film company will send us a draft (‘rushes’) of the film according to the brief. We then work with them to produce the final video. Sometimes we have to edit 15 minutes of footage into a 5 minute film so this can be quite a time consuming stage as we want to ensure all of the key messages are included. Once we are happy with it we’ll send it on to the appropriate stakeholders to ensure everyone is happy. At this stage we will organise translations or voiceovers if they are needed. Further editing is then required to produce different language versions before we upload on Yammer for distribution.

The End!Are you interested in being involved in future corporate films? Do you have a great idea for a film or are you interested in film making? If this sounds like you, please email [email protected]

INSIGHT: The making of a corporate videoFrom script to Oscar-worthy production!

Making the Values in Action video and interviewing Geert Follens was probably the highlight of the Values in Action project for me! A great insight into the filming industry and a chance to raise the profile of the Global graduate programme. Mylene Dumas, HR

Did you know the corporate communications team produce around 15 films every year? These include everything from promotional films for the website to internal videos. connectED takes you behind the scenes to explain what’s involved…


QUESTIONSSara, please tell us about your role.I cover a number of areas – environmental management, product safety and environmental performance and supply chain sustainability.

These days, most large, multinational companies claim to be environmentally focused and promote sustainability; how important is this? Very important; we have to focus on economic performance, or we don’t have a company at all, but equally as important is our effect on the environment and society – it is known as the three Ps -people, planet and profit.

Can you tell us about the key activities that contribute to Edwards’ impact on the environment?Our overall impact on the environment is positive, thanks to the impact of our abatement systems on global warming gases – our abatement products significantly reduce the emissions of powerful greenhouse gases. (GHGs). Our abatement business has been treating gases from the semiconductor, solar cell, LED and flat panel display industries since the early 1990s.

Our own footprint can be further reduced by the use of Green Modes – most Edwards vacuum pumps and abatement systems have been Green Mode enabled since 2004 but very few customers have actually implemented this feature – the problem is typically the non-availability of suitable signals from process tools to indicate when they are not actually processing wafers (comparable to a car stopped at traffic lights, or ‘idle’). Mike Czerniak has co-chaired a SEMI committee to draw up a set of standardised signals to communicate tool idle state – when finalised this will allow more Green Mode deployment thanks to simpler signalling. Full implementation of Green Mode could save 33,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually. Highlighting this environmental initiative we’ve entered this

COVER STORY Taking steps to reduce our environmental impactwith Sara Fry, Senior Manager, Safety and Sustainability

year’s Atlas Copco internal environmental award. Watch this space…

The key activities within Edwards that contribute negatively to the environment are the energy usage of our products, the energy our factories consume, and the transportation of our products around the world. Our engineers are constantly trying to develop new ways of reducing the energy usage of our products, which our customers want too. We are trying to be more energy efficient in our factories, and also to use sea shipping as opposed to air where possible – air has 40 times greater emissions than sea freight.

How do these measures compare with other companies in our industry?It is hard to compare directly due to different factory sizes, etc., but generally, compared to Atlas Copco as an example, our factories are quite energy intensive. We think that is due to the kind of manufacturing we carry out, plus lots of our sites are in hot countries so air conditioning plays a part – these are areas we can focus on trying to improve.

Are there any environmental initiatives currently underway that are seeing great results? In Clevedon, they are investigating improvements to their gas central heating, and we should see substantial reductions in energy use there. In Taiwan there is a proposal for improvements to a chiller, part of their air conditioning, and we should see 30% reduction in energy use. Similarly in Japan, improvements being made to their chillers should bring a 20% reduction in energy use.

How will we know if we’ve been successful? We have specific OGSM (Objectives, Goal, Strategy and Measurement) targets to achieve (to align us with Atlas Copco’s targets). By 2020, our targets are to achieve the following (per cost of sale):• Reduce carbon emissions due to our sites’

energy use by 20%• Reduce carbon emissions due to transport

by 20%• No increase in water use• No increase in waste, and

recycle/recover 100%. • Increase product energy efficiency by 20%.


In actual fact, we already have some sites which recycle/recover 100% of their waste – Crawley, Burgess Hill, Eastbourne, Clevedon, Munich, Nogales, Strongsville, Singapore and C3, Korea.

How does all of this impact our customers and suppliers?Environment and sustainability are also important to our customers; not only the environmental factors we have mentioned but social factors such as good working conditions, fair wages, no exploitation or bribery, etc. Just as this is important to our customers, our supply chain needs to fulfil those criteria too. We only work with approved suppliers and each year selected suppliers have to provide an annual scorecard – then if certain levels are not reached this may lead to corrective action or an improvement plan.

We have an internal network of supplier quality engineers, and for the first time this year we are auditing our suppliers for sustainability as well as quality. This will mean carrying out physical, on-site audits at a selection of supplier sites (as we are audited in turn by some of our major customers).

In the past, most waste has been landfilled, but landfill capacity is running out fast and it is no longer the best environmental solution.

Many Edwards’ sites are recycling 100% of their waste, let’s aim to have 100% of our sites recycling 100% waste in the near future!

What you can do to help• Swap plastic drinks cups for reusable • Use recycling bins• Pay attention to recycling bin labels and

separate your waste correctly• Think before you print • Recycle your copy of connectED

magazine when you have finished with it!

We can’t bury the problem any longerRemember to recycle!

Did you know?

Recycling these items… newspapers, junk mail, paper, card, cardboard, plastic bottles, aluminium cans and steel cans.

Helps produce these items…newspapers, cardboard, insulation, fleece jackets, watering cans, street signage, cans, car parts, white goods, cycles, cutlery.

Thanks to Veolia for contributing to this feature www.veolia.co.uk.

Finally, what can employees do to help Edwards be even more environmentally responsible? We can all think about the resources we use in our everyday jobs, whether that’s turning our equipment off when we are not using it, turning lights off, or simply using the correct waste bin at all times. Whilst as we’ve seen many sites are at 100% recycling/recovery

of waste, which is fantastic, our overall total as a company is 95% - which means many other sites are much lower, and we need to improve that. Minimise the rubbish you create, and think before you put it in the bin! In Traccess everyone has access to the environmental modules – it would be great if everyone could remind themselves of their content.

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FEATURES

They started with a simple change to learn from mistakes made, and soon moved to a culture of proactively looking for issues (good catches). Improvements to our inventory programme completed a stable foundation.

From there, EPS principles were used to develop the culture into one of continuous improvement founded on defined standards of working and appropriate performance checks. Today, just seven months after the task force started, the customer openly acknowledges the major step change in performance our team has achieved.

There have been zero gas detections over a six month period, inventory is down by 30%, safety performance is improving, and rework

In the last issue of connectED we told you about the introduction of a new transactional NPS (Net Promoter Score) survey. connectED spoke to the NPS business champions to learn about what difference this will make to their business.

Customer satisfaction is one of the key focus areas for the Service business unit. Delivering the best customer experience will enable Edwards to be the service supplier of choice for our customers. Our quality strategy starts and finishes with the customer. It is important to truly understand our customer requirements and just as important to get accurate feedback from them so we can understand how well we meet their requirements and expectations. The transactional based customer survey will provide a marked improvement in the accuracy, effectiveness and efficiency in which

NPS Update

Edwards Production System (EPS) in Practice

is zero: everything is done right first time. Into the future, we will continue to drive EPS at this and other sites, to create a truly world class operation.

Masri Osman. Onsite Supervisor said: “When EPS was introduced, the visual, real time management approach provided the team with clear understanding and direction to

drive improvement. Six months later, EPS principles continue to drive positive change in our site operations”.

We’d like to pass on our thanks to Matt and Raymond for their superb efforts, and to Masri and his team for making the EPS programme a success.

The EPS system can work effectively in a field environment as our site team at a major operation in Singapore has shown. Poor disciplines had created an environment where a number of quality issues occurred. In August 2014, a task force led by Matt McDonald and Raymond Quek was formed to deliver a step change in our performance.

we will receive our customers’ feedback. We will be able to measure customer feedback on all aspects of our service business including our Field and On-Site Service, ReManufacturing, Spares Supply, Certified Product and Exchange Services. Alex Smith, Global Quality Director, Service

The General Vacuum market sectors are well defined, however, it is not always easy to get valued feedback from global customers that can be used to maximise benefit to both Edwards, and the markets our customers’ serve. Meeting customers’ basic expectations is what Edwards should be doing as second nature – but exceeding those expectations to increase loyalty through Edwards’ products and the overall Edwards experience is much more difficult. The transactional NPS survey approach via CRM will allow us access to more real-time

feedback. The flexibility of the system in allowing various questions to be asked in different sectors helps us to focus, on what we need to do to improve the overall customer experience.Colin Reid, Customer Satisfaction Director, GV

I’m really looking forward to implementing the next phase of NPS – by moving to transaction-based surveys we will get much closer to understanding the complete customer experience and give ourselves the opportunity to respond quickly to negative feedback, celebrate positive feedback and drive continuous improvement. I particularly want to focus on the on-time (in full) delivery and out-of-box quality experience as we embed the “right from me” culture – the more feedback we get in these areas, the easier it will be to focus our efforts.Michael Reeve, Sales Operations Director, Semi


Quickfire Q&A

What part of the VIA project have you enjoyed most so far as a Values Champion?The opportunity to put what I have learned into practice has been by far the most enjoyable part of this project. I’ve tried to use the VIA Project as an opportunity to exercise what I have learned in Quality and Project Management. So I’ve enjoyed capturing the voice of our internal customers and working with the team to make necessary amendments. I’ve also enjoyed using some elementary Project Management tools. VIA has contributed to me learning the

importance of effective planning if you want something done ‘right first time’.

Do you have any examples of when individual behaviour aligned with Edwards’ Values?Yes! Carla Sambells and Nicole Haas are my colleagues in an 8D FRACAS team. In reaction to a demand we identified, they proactively got in touch with each other and Carla provided training for Nicole. Not only is this good initiative but the manner in which they did this demonstrated an innate aptitude for teamwork.

Finally, there is a famous quote from Henry Ford - “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” – What does this mean to you?I quite like the definition of progress and success here. I think this is an excellent model for teamwork. In my local working environment, I’ve seen instances in

Edwards where we spend too much time coming together. However, when we get there we progress and enjoy success. By Henry Ford’s definition, I would like to see us ‘begin’ a lot quicker.

Values in Action

Values in Action workshops are taking place all around the company. Values Champion, Corrie Mayne, answers a few quick questions on his involvement with the project.

• The Atlas Copco Internal Job Market displays all open global positions internally (including Edwards).

• The Job market supports the Group in reaching its vision for People Management: “To always have competent and committed people in order to bring the Group forward in line with our strategies”

• The Internal Job Market is divided into International, National and Project vacancies.

International: Primarily focuses on recruitment of managers on a global level and has therefore mostly managerial global positions, and where should you [as an overseas candidate] be successful, then full expatriate terms may be applied.

National: Concentrates on recruitment on a national or local level where it is anticipated a job can be filled on regular local hiring terms and conditions.

Project: These assignments are driven by the Company needs, typically for a period of between 3-24 months. The definition of a project can vary considerably in tasks, sizes and lengths, but will have the following in common:

• It should solve a specific task• The tasks involved are separate from the

day-to-day business• When the project is finished, the

employee will return to their previous role

How to use the Job MarketAll employees have easy access to browse and apply to open positions currently being

BITE SIZE – Atlas Copco Internal Job MarketEverything you need to know about applying for an Atlas Copco vacancy and how the process can work for you.

For more information contact Marilyn.Gardner @edwardsvacuum. com

advertised on the Atlas Copco Internal Job Market by following these steps:

1. Go to Edweb landing page: http://edweb/index.aspx, scroll to bottom of page to Quicklinks and select Atlas Copco Intranet Links.

2. Click on Internal Job and Project Market - All open vacancies are then viewable, and classified under the three headings: International, National and Project.

3. To apply for a jobYou can apply for a job directly through the database by clicking on the job title to read the job description and clicking on Send Application to – a formatted email will appear for your completion, be ready to attach your CV/Resume, then click submit.


BACK TO THE FLOOR with Martin Grove, Corporate EHS Manager

In May, Martin Grove, Corporate Manager for Environment, Health and Safety went to Singapore and Taiwan to introduce a site facility risk rating tool. Martin also used the opportunity to go ‘Back to the Floor’ to learn from employees working there what more could be done in this vitally important area.

“Don’t rush; think safety, and if you see a hazard, please report it – that way we’ll have less accidents.”

What difference will the facility risk rating tool make?The tool was introduced last year across manufacturing sites and is now being rolled out globally across other facilities. Put simply we hope the tool will help improve awareness of key hazards on our sites and how they should be eliminated or adequately controlled, this will help us to further reduce accident risk. This is a hands-on tool that it is intended that take the user ‘back to the shop floor’ as this is where the majority of injuries occur. The tool delivers a risk rating score for the facility assessed. Annual risk rating reduction targets are set and each month sites submit their risk rating scores so progress against targets can be measured.

In addition, since our safety and health week in April, every employee has access to a shortened version of this tool called Safety in Edwards, so everyone can identify key hazards at work as well as the risk controls that should be in place.

If we look at our records of lost time accidents and incidents requiring medical treatment, over 90% happen on the shop floor. Those who work on the shop floor have a good idea of what the key hazards are that they face, as well as where the controls we have in place might not be working as they should. Talking to those working on the shop floors around our sites is the best way to get a greater understanding of these hazards and the effectiveness of our controls.

Tell us about your experience in Taiwan?I spent four days at our remanufacturing site in Taiwan with Kwen Ku, EHS Site Manager, and Crystal Fan, EHS Specialist. I spent a lot of time with them walking around the shop floor and reviewing their risk controls against the risk rating tool. We spent time talking to colleagues on the shop floor, and looking at areas to improve safety. Taiwan actually achieved the lowest baseline facility risk rating score to date due to their good management of risk controls and good hazard awareness amongst the people on site.

Tell us about your experience in Singapore?In our remanufacturing site in Singapore it was very much the same approach as in Taiwan. I spent five days with Yen Ping Tan, EHS Site Manager, and Dave Carter, Hub Manager – walking round, talking to people working on the shop floor looking at ways to reduce risks and improve safety.

What were the highlights/lowlights from your experience?Lowlight - whilst I was actually in Singapore there was an injury from a hammer blow which needed first aid, treatment. This in fact is one of the known hazards which are featured on the risk rating tool – and although this incident was minor and only needed first aid it had the potential to be much worse. It was a timely example of where we can improve risk controls to prevent colleagues from being hurt.Martin pictured with colleagues and the risk rating

tool in Japan 2014.


A highlight of both visits was meeting people on the sites and seeing the excellent work being done to prevent employees and others being harmed due to our activities or use of our products. I feel proud to work for a company that really cares about the health and safety of our people and anyone else who could be harmed by what we do.

Another personal highlight was an opportunity for me to assist in investigating concerns raised by the Singapore management team about a slinging arrangement. The facility in Singapore has a low ceiling height which means when they lift one particular pump using a sling set the slings are more horizontal than vertical, which has implications for the stress on the slings – this can be difficult to calculate. As a result of this investigation I developed a simple spreadsheet for use by any site which can easily calculate the slinging angles as well as sling and eyebolt loads so all sites can ensure they are not overloading equipment.

What was the most interesting thing you learned from going ‘Back to the Floor’ with the facility risk rating tool?This has to be feedback from employees – they have a good understanding and awareness of the hazards they face, and are right there on the ground.

What did you learn from the overall experience of spending time out on the shop floor away from your desk?I try to get away from my desk regularly, it is too easy to make assumptions. On the shop floor you find out what is really happening, and it can be different from what you assumed. I think it is important that all managers, should get out there as much as possible to see what is happening. To quote the author John le Carré ‘A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world’.

Delhi is the traditional and present day capital of India. It stands in a triangle formed by the river Yamuna in the east and spurs from the Aravali range in the west and south. Delhi is not only the largest commercial centre in Northern India, but also the largest Centre of small industries. The IT sector, handloom, fashion, textile and electronic industry contribute a lot to Delhi’s economy. Delhi is a cosmopolitan city where people are open to embracing new ideas and lifestyles. People from all parts of the country live here. All major festivals of India are celebrated and the unity in diversity is evident in social and cultural gatherings. Be it Holi, Diwali, Eid, Guru Purab or Christmas, you will find the same vigor and bliss among people from different communities.

As India’s national capital and centuries old Mughal capital, Delhi influenced the food habits of its residents and is where Mughlai cuisine originated. Along with Indian cuisine, a variety of international cuisines are popular among the residents.

• Population: 16.7 million

• Major language: Hindi

Mystery, magic, mayhem. Welcome to Delhi, City of Djinns, and 16.7 million people, where the ruins of Mughal forts and medieval bazaars are scattered between the office blocks, shopping malls, and tangled expressways. Like an eastern Rome, India’s capital is littered with the relics of lost empires. Modern Delhi is a chaotic tapestry of medieval fortifications, Mughal mausoleums, dusty bazaars, and colonial-era town planning. Navigating Delhi’s seven cities (or 12, if you include British-built New Delhi and the satellite cities of Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gurgaon) is made infinitely easier by the metro.

Cultural Exchangeby Sourav Sharma, ESD


PEOPLE

Let’s meet in Edward’s Club!Brno FSC has a brand new area where people can have a cup of coffee, make phone calls, or just relax on comfortable sofas with an exciting view of the Brno landscape. Edwards’ Club was officially opened to all employees on 21st May. The club covers almost half of the 14th floor of Brno Spielberk office Tower. “This place is just amazing,” says Katerina from the Accounts Payable team. “I didn’t expect this place to be so comfortable and relaxing.” Anyone visiting Brno is welcome to visit the brand new Edward’s club!

Water for All is coming to the Czech Republic!Edwards employees in the Czech republic have decided to join their counterparts in Atlas Copco CEE Division and start contributing to the Water for All project. Filip Capanda, local Water for All champion said: “People have always been contributing to various charities here but there has never been a possibility to do it in such an efficient way - Atlas Copco offers to double each contribution given to the Water for All scheme. This is a great opportunity to do the right thing and help those who need it most.” Atlas Copco is currently cooperating with Edwards Czech to set up appropriate funding channels. We will keep you informed about the progress of the project!


Israel TeambuildingIn March the Edwards Israel team went on a team building event in historical Tel-Aviv. The theme of the tour was the times of the Ottoman Empire. Pictured is the team wearing a traditional Ottoman era Tarboosh.Batya Mendreker

Left: Thanks to the GV pump assembly team at Qingdao, China for sending this picture of them reading connectED. Pictured

are Chengguo Liu, Guangrong Wang, Xuemin Li, Changhua Wu, Changshun Wang and Haijing Liu. Your connectED mugs are on their way to you!

Below: Steve Povey, Technical Support Engineer, is pictured at the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame,

Cleveland Ohio.Where are you connectED?

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Sadly, nobody guessed the object featured in last issue’s photo competition. The strange looking tool featured is actually used to measure temperature and humidity.

Send your captions for this photo of two Clevedon colleagues fundraising for the

CHSW Ride for Precious Lives event to [email protected]

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WHERE ARE YOU CONNECTED?

Values in ActionIn the last issue of connectED you asked people about their best customer experience but there are also internal examples of how we strive to improve customers’ expectations in terms of Quality. Direct interaction between the on-site team and customer; using Brno hub Quality department to identify issues and set corrective actions together. This is very good example of teamwork between the Hub team, European Service, product development, sales and application teams. Quality also means good, consistent communication between different teams and departments and this is what we are doing with the teams above and we trust each other. The result is continuous improvement of pump life time, improving tool uptime and increasing customer satisfaction and at the end more Sales.Dr. Rainer Klotzsche, Service Quality – EHS Manager, EMEA

17 GO Family Day!2015 marks the 17th year of Edwards Taiwan. In April, ETL held “17 GO Edwards” Family Day. In total around 350 employees and family members participated. We had some cartoon characters; interesting games competitions and we arranged a site tour to let employees’ familes learn more about our products and working environment. It was a great day!Gina Kuo

The VSLT recently held their own VIA workshop. Check out the Values in Action group on Yammer for the latest photos and videos from VIA workshops around the company.

PHOTO COMPETITION

FINAL WORD interview with Dr Mike CzerniakEnvironmental Solutions Business Development Manager.

Mike, can you give us an overview of your new role?At Edwards we want our customers to recognise us as technology leaders in this field, so a key part of my role is presenting our thinking on new technology trends in the industry, by giving talks and papers at international meetings and symposia. I’ll be increasing my activities in various industryconsortia too, working on areas such as how to handle the toxic and flammable gases that will be used in the manufacture of next generation transistor channels - which are likely to be made from materials like gallium arsenide rather than conventional silicon.

And what’s all this about a “whodunnit?” mystery that you’re investigating?It’s a true puzzle that has implications for us all since it involves characters like global warming, PFC gases and a “mystery villain”.

We know it’s about global warming and PFC gases, but what’s the actual “crime”?Per-fluorinated compounds (PFCs) are some of the strongest greenhouse gases (GHGs) with an impact that can be thousands of times worse than that of carbon dioxide that we’re all familiar with, and tetrafluoromethane (CF4) is one of the most worrisome as it lasts so long in the atmosphere; its half-life is 50,000 years!

The “crime” seems to be that there’s more CF4 in the atmosphere than can be readily accounted for…a lot more! Scientists have been comparing known sources of CF4 emissions (primarily the aluminium smelting and semiconductor industries) with what is actually measured in the atmosphere. The area shaded in red below right is the size of this gap, which is more like a chasm!

So who’s responsible?We don’t actually know for sure just yet, so I’m collecting the evidence and calling-in some specialist help. One possible culprit could be our gas abatement competitors! The semiconductor industry thought that much of the PFC issue was solved when its use to clean process tool chambers was replaced by fluorine (generated in-situ from NF3 gas) because F2 is not a GHG.

Unfortunately it may be a case of “not so fast Professor Moriarty!” Mixing fuel gas directly with fluorine actually makes CF4, as shown below – the suspect’s fingerprint? This is why Edwards’ Atlas combustors use a

patented “inward-fired” technology that avoids this effect by keeping the fuel and fluorine separated!

Who’s the specialist help you are working with?It’s the Cabot Institute, Chemistry Department at Bristol University and the UK Meteorological Office in Exeter, who are acting, in effect, as the forensic investigation team. They perform atmospheric PFC measurements and use information on global air movements to generate concentration maps for the whole planet.

The first step will be to map global CF4 concentration and see where it’s coming from. Next, the emissions from the 48 aluminium smelters will be modelled and their output subtracted from the total concentrations so that the “CF4 Gap” can be mapped across the globe, which will start to narrow-down the search for the guilty. The final step will be to model the potential CF4 output of competitor combustion abatement systems to see if this matches the gap. A bit like Cinderella’s slipper in reverse!The “crime” seems

to be that there’s more CF4 in the atmosphere than can be readily accounted for… a lot more!


Mike is presenting a paper on Energy saving and the EU EEM450PR Project at SEMICON WEST Sustainable Manufacturing Forum, 15th July.

“Exhibit A”:The mystery CF4 emissions

“Exhibit B”:Making CF4 in competitors’ open-flame combustors

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