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1 Modernising the STILL
trucks from R06 to LTX
2 Overview of the handling
machinery product lines
3 Modern version of RX20
model series
4 RX20 detail – ergonomic
controls and colour display
IN THE DARK
FOR THE
SEVENTH TIME
ŠKODA AUTO SWITCHED ITS
LIGHTS OFF FOR ONE HOUR IN 18
DEPARTMENTS OF ITS THREE CZECH
PLANTS, AS WELL AS IN THE SERVICE
CENTRE IN KOSMONOSY AND THE
CUSTOMER CENTRE IN MLADÁ
BOLESLAV.
A
number of households, towns and
companies around the world turned
off their lights for an hour at 8:30 p.m. on
30 March as part of the Earth Hour event,
a global initiative organised by the World
Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
The carmaker regularly implements new
ideas concerning energy-efficient lighting and
air conditioning at its production plants. That
is why LED technology is currently being
used to light many manufacturing areas. In so
doing, the Press Shop, Paint Shop and Logistics building have managed to reduce their
carbon footprints, and the employees benefit from the more pleasant colours of the light
emitted at the workplace. This year, around
2,000 LED lights have already been installed,
and another 10,000 will be added in the coming years. For the manufacturing of its cars
and components, ŠKODA AUTO has also set
a goal to completely shift to carbon-neutral
power at its Czech factories by the middle of
the next decade. Additionally, it has reduced
its energy consumption by 36 percent and the
overall environmental impact by 56 percent
since 2010.
A record-high number of 165 municipalities, 77 companies, more than 750 individuals and 11 historic sights participated in Earth
Hour 2019 in the Czech Republic. A total of 14
public events took place. The biggest cities’
main monuments – Prague’s Vyšehrad, Vítkov
and Petřín, Brno’s Špilberk Castle, obelisk in
Denisovy sady and New Town Hall, Ostrava’s
Town Hall tower, Pilsen’s St Bartholomew’s
Cathedral, Town Hall and Archdiocese – went
dark, along with the street lights in a hundred
smaller towns. RED
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ŠKODA MOBIL APRIL 2019
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REJUVENATED
ECO-FRIENDLY FLEET
BRAND LOGISTICS HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED THE HANDLING
EQUIPMENT AND NOW USES 838 NEW HELPERS
A
fleet of 838 material handling vehic- maximum lift height of 9.2 metres, 3- and
les is used daily inside ŠKODA 4-wheel forklift trucks with a loading capaAUTO’s production facilities, on lo- city of up to 6 tonnes and special machinery.
gistics shop floors and in the areas of all The handling equipment contains a number
production plants. They conof new functionalities, such
tinuously supply the comas 12- and 24-volt sockets
The modernisation of
pany’s assembly lines with
that are used to recharge rehandling machinery
necessary parts and help to
aders and tablets needed for
contributes to
maintain the production arelogistics operations. Some
environmental
as and load and unload maof the safety features include
protection and is a part
terial. Before 2006, it was
blue LED lights on the front
of Green Logistics –
fully owned by the compaand rear sides of the forklione of the priorities of
ny, with up to 16 different
fts to signal their movement
ŠKODA AUTO’s strategy.
brands and an average age
and protective grilles aboof 14 years. Now, the average
ve the cab roofs to prevent
age has decreased to only four years becau- damage in the case of small falling objects.
se all machines have gradually been repla- The vehicles are also equipped with safeced since 1 March of this year.
ty belts to protect the operators from falling
“We are currently financing the process of out and possibly getting injured. The manureplacing our handling equipment through facturers also care about the employees who
operational leasing. The new fleet enables work with trucks every day: In order to enour employees to work with the latest tech- sure comfort and ergonomic operation, connology, which meets the most demanding er- trol levers have been replaced with armrests
gonomic and environmental requirements”, and joysticks, auxiliary heating will help on
explains Jiří Cee, Head of Brand Logistics. colder days, and robust leatherette (hygienic)
This is mainly tractor units, both with sea- seats will make the operators more comforted and standing operators, forklifts with a table. RED
Green technology
The new fleet shows lower levels of NOx and
CO2, as well as unburned hydrocarbons.
Every diesel truck saves an annual 3.2 tonnes
of CO2 in Mladá Boleslav and even 4 tonnes
in Kvasiny due to multiple work-shift
operation. Replacing the handling equipment
saves almost 200 tonnes of CO2 a year. To
give you an idea, it takes one year for 16,000
fully grown trees to break down the same
amount of CO2.
Li-Ion battery trucks are even more
environmentally friendly. Each of them
saves emissions of more than 20 tonnes as
compared with the diesel version. Only onetenth (1,600) of the number of mature trees
is needed every year to eliminate their CO2.