Cooper and Turner manufacture fasteners for a wide range of prestigious
applications, including wind turbine generation, from their Sheffield Road site
close to Tinsley Bridge. Getting into the supply chain of Vestas, the largest
global wind energy generation manufacturing company has presented them
with considerable customer pressure to add to the internal drivers for
environmental excellence.
Management at the company set their sights on all of the benefits of
ISO14001:2004 as a tool to deliver environmental excellence. Through a
systematic approach to the management of its environmental aspects, the
company is controlling its cost base, proactively managing its legislative
compliance, creating new sales and marketing opportunities and delivering its
product with a diminishing eco-footprint.
Simon Squires, Health, Safety and Environmental Manager, was tasked by
the management team to introduce the new procedures and lay the ground for
certification. “We approached NAMTEC when we heard that there was
support for environmental projects” he explained, “They introduced E9 to us
who came to review our environmental performance and assess the work
required and to put that into a road map to gain certification for the site. We
liked their approach and with their Evolve14k1 tools already proven in a wide
range of industrial applications, it was clear that we could make the swift
progress to certification that the board was demanding.”
Dr. John R. Trainor MD of E9 says “Cooper and Turner made a strong
commitment to gain ISO14001:2004 from the top and had made the financial
resources available. They needed experience, strategy and expert guidance
to realise their objectives. We set out a 6-month work programme based on
labour saving software tools, to gain certification in the timescale targeted by
the board. Senior consultant at E9 Marius van der Colff worked closely with
Simon Squires and between them, brought the project to a conclusion on time
and budget“.
Marius van der Colff, continues, “The plan contained some challenging
milestones. Each application for Evolve14k1 has its common points and
those special challenges for the site. The can do approach to the project by
Cooper and Turners project team made it easy to keep the momentum going.
In fact it was a pleasure to work with Cooper and Turner, their commitment to
problem solving is outstanding and so none of the problems encountered
became barriers to successful delivery”.
Simon Squires is not resting on his laurels “Having achieved the
environmental standard, I’m starting to realise there are some major
opportunities to improve the way we deal with health and safety. We can
push on to gain ISO18001 and can integrate the management system
together using E9’s Evolve18k1 programme. That will give us a clear trading
advantage and I shall be making my recommendations to the board.”
Notes
BAT 4 is the fourth partnership programme of company support in South
Yorkshire between E9 Limited and NAMTEC. The programme helps
companies to access Best Available Techniques and Technology through
grant supported consultancy services.
Cooper and Turner Ltd based in Sheffield Road,
Sheffield, manufactures industrial fasteners, bolts, nuts and washers for
various world markets including construction, civil engineering, tunnelling, rail,
wind energy, automotive, barrier, fence and marine engineering. Cooper and
Turner’s industrial fasteners have a worldwide reputation for the highest
quality, which has lead to their specification in some of the most prestigious
civil engineering, rail network, wind turbine and underground construction
projects in the world.
E9 Limited operates from bases in Coventry and Sheffield,
offering a range of industrial consultancy products and services. E9 supports
industrial and manufacturing companies through development and change by
implementing continuous improvements to company operations through a
range of management and technical products and services.
The National Metals Technology Centre, (NAMTEC), is a
not for profit Research and Training Organisation (RTO) focusing primarily on
the UK’s Advanced Engineering and Metals (AEM) sector with support from
Yorkshire Forward and the European Regional Development Fund.
With a team of highly qualified staff, and access to world leading metals and
engineering research facilities and expertise, NAMTEC is able to deliver a
wide range of innovative technical support to engineering and manufacturing
businesses.
NAMTEC, in partnership with E9 Ltd also provides a wide range of
environmental, energy, and Health & Safety services to companies. These
services assist companies in addressing a range of competitive, legislative
and technological pressures.
