The Road to Environmental CertificationUpplaga 2

Beside a radically reduced environmental impact the efforts of the Machines division have resulted in extent cost reductions. Already after the first year after the certification it was achieved a cost reduction of 0,5 million USD/year for the Machines Division that has 300 employees. This means a profit of 150% of the invested capital. For the coming years up too 2006 the results are still better - a profit of 5 million USD/year. This means that the Pay Back time for this project became 0,3 years - which means one of the most profitable projects of the Machines Division during the latest years. The investment in order to achieve this result is 1,5 million USD. A Pay Back of 0,3 years means an annual profitability of 300% of the utilized capital which is definitively better than the 5 - 10% interests that may be achieved from the banks. Totally accumulated 1996-2006 this is 15 million USD which means 13,5 millions USD after that the investment capital is subtracted. This accumulated sum of money is increased with 5 million USD/year.