5th April 2006
Helping Customers Comply with the Ever-increasing
Burden of Regulation
Nobody can deny the value of sensible health and safety precautions in the
workplace; all companies must pay close attention to their corporate social
responsibilities. And with today’s level of regulation and documentation,
it’s easy to sink under the weight. But, where drying equipment is
concerned, GEA Niro has the answer.
As the level of public scrutiny has increased, policy makers have been
compelled to tighten legislation and co-operate globally on health, safety and
environmental standards. In particular, the European standardisation
bodies, CEN and CENELEC work closely with ISO and IEC to globally harmonise
safety standards.
For process engineers, keeping pace with all this can be difficult.
Directives such as Hygiene of Foodstuff, Integrated Pollution and Prevention
Control (IPPC) and ATEX are complex documents that require careful analysis and
interpretation. Even then, implementing the changes or conducting a
conformity assessment in not easy. Trying to handle all this
in-house can be costly and distracting from the core business. But there
is help at hand.
GEA Niro uses its industry experience to help its customers find the most
simple, cost-effective path to conformity. By combining technical
understanding of equipment, processes and corporate objectives, with an
in-depth knowledge of the legislation, GEA Niro can help customers comply with
regulations without wasting valuable resources or spending a fortune.
Specifically, GEA Niro can help with:
• EU Directives and harmonised standards,
• Technical
consulting,
• Technical documentation,
• Explosion
protection,
• Compliance testing.
Whether customers are planning a new plant or updating an old one, health
and safety will be vitally important to its success. Using GEA Niro
experience will help keep projects on track and within the legislation.