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Crikey that's one hell of a colour to paint a truck cab! Meanwhile, word reaches Biglorryblog that Volvo Trucks' cab factory in Umeå, (that's in Sweden err...duh!) will soon be an entirely CO2-neutral factory. "How so BLB?" I hear you ask. Well those clever folk have achieved it by replacing propane with DME and by cutting energy consumption through the use of an ice-cold underground river to cool the production machinery. At the same time, considerable environmental improvements in the paintshop have helped create the world's cleanest and most energy-efficient paintshop...now click through here for more...
Gotherburg goes on to say; "For several years now, the company has been making major investments in improving the efficiency of its energy usage and the goal is to have a carbon dioxide-neutral factory with locally produced energy within a couple of years. Energy consumption has decreased by 30 percent per manufactured cab over the past ten yeas, at the same time as there has been a record increase in production volumes.Umeå's green focus echoes Volvo Trucks' over-riding environmental goals, which among other things means that all the company's large production plants are to be CO2-neutral by 2010."
very impressive indeed!