Sustainability Channel

PIRELLI "BEST INVESTOR" IN THE DISTRICT OF GORJ

Pirelli & C. Eco Technology is the best investor of the year in the District of Gorj, Rumania. That has been established by Antena 1, the top commercial television channel with national coverage in the country, which instituted the ‘Best Investor’ award last year together with others for the companies and institutions of various sectors.

The presentation ceremony, organised by Antena 1 in cooperation with the District of Gorj and the Municipality of Targu-Jiu, took place on 20 December in the Targu-Jiu capital and involved numerous members of the local media.

An important closing of the year for Pirelli Eco Technology, the Pirelli Group company committed to the reduction of polluting emissions which, on 5 December, celebrated the fact that it had made its first anti-particulate filter in its Rumanian factory at Bumbesti-Jiu, one of the seven cities in the District of Gorj in the historic region of Oltenia.

CLEANER WASTE COLLECTION IN THE NETHERLANDS WITH PIRELLI

Pirelli Eco Technology signed an agreement to supply innovative particulate filters to SITA (SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT), the leading company in The Netherlands and in other European countries in sustainable waste management. The aim of the initiative is to reduce the particulate emissions from the SITA garbage trucks by more than 95%.

New emissions limits are required by regulations from Dutch Environment Ministry VROM.

These state that only Euro 2 and 3 vehicles with a diesel particulate filter can access the environmental zones, e.g. in inner cities. The amount of soot produced by the SITA trucks with a Pirelli filter will be as low as in Euro 4/5, depending on the age and engine of the vehicle.

 This agreement strengthens Pirelli’s leadership in the emission control technology and further develops Pirelli Eco Technology international expansion.