Environment Report 2023
Lonstroff AG Merenschwand, Hallwil and Logatec

Created by:Daniele Cosetti

29th June 2023

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INTRODUCTION OF LONSTROFF

32.

PREAMBLE

43.

MANAGEMENT SUMMARY44.

EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT GOALS DURING 2022

55.

C02 REDUCTION

56.

ENERGY CONSUMPTION67.

ENVIRONMENT ACTIVITIES IN 2022

67.1

Audits67.2

Social contribution in the region

77.3

Improvements

87.4

Other activities

87.5

Legal compliance data for air and wastewater

98.

CASE OF EMERGENCY

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Introduction of Lonstroff

Headquarter
Production site Merenschwand
Switzerland
8'000 m2 / 135 employees
Production site Logatec
Slovenia
30'000 m2 / 120 employees

Production site Hallwil
Switzerland
4'000 m2 / 15 employees

Producing medical rubber parts and laminates

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Preamble
Daniele Cosetti, Head of Safety and Environment

As a Swiss industrial company and as a member of SRI, we
take responsibility for finding answers to the most pressing challenges of our time. Sustainable entrepreneurship and profitable
growth do not exclude each other. They depend on each other.
That is why we have anchored sustainability as an integral partof our corporate strategy and set ourselves ambitious goals. We are committed tothe sustainability goals of the United Nations. These include, for example, “GoodHealth and well-being” or “Responsible consumption and production”. By 2030 wewant to halve our C02-emissions and by 2050 at the latest we want to be carbonneutral. To this end, we will commission an analysis and based on the costs andsavings, initiate the necessary measures. As you read this report, you will find thatwe, as a sustainable company, have made quite a difference over the past fewyears. For the future we want to harmonize ecological, social and business aspects– for ourselves as company, for our stakeholders and for society as a whole.

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Management summary
Not all environmental goals have been achieved.
About the same number of tons of parts were manufactured in Merenschwand as in
the previous year. Nevertheless, the KPI’s (water, electricity) turned out worse. The
reasons for this are the clean room 7, which is still underutilized, and machine failures. The high water consumption is due to washing machine malfunctions and rewashing of caps.
The cancellation of the night shift had a negative impact on Laminate in Hallwil. Dueto the high order backlog, work had to be done on weekends instead of the nightshift. Since the machines require a longer warm-up time, they ran for practically 24hours and 7 days.
The surveillance audit of ISO 14001/2015 was carried out successfully.
Production in Slovenia has been further increased. Now the consumption data arealso available so that goals can be derived in the future.
We had no claims from authorities and neighbors.

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Evaluation of the environment goals during 2022
Here you can see the evaluation of the targets we have set.

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C02 Reduction
Despite the increasing volume of compound production, we have succeeded in reducing C02 emissions in the last ten years. As a result, we were able to significantly
undercut the targets agreed with the authorities (BAFU).

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6. Energy consumption
Moving from Aarau to Merenschwand and Hallwil and many small improvements has
contributed to the fact that we consume massively less electricity. The picture below
shows the energy consumption in Kwh per kg.

7.

Environment activities in 2022

7.1

AuditsSeveral external Audits were performed with respect to the environment. These audits were done through authorities or other external organisations:-Hazardous goods audit through Neosys.

-ISO 14001 surveillance audit through SQS in Merenschwand, Hallwil andLogatec LSI.

On all of these audits Lonstroff did not get a major deviation. The activities to bedone are summarized in each single report.
The legally required internal controls were also done by the Environmental-Team.

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Social contribution in the region

Carmen Perez from purchasing department is since many years a member of the Lifeguards on the lake of Lucerne. The Life-guards mission is to rescue people in need. As amember of this organization, Carmen organizes the catering for events and is responsiblefor ensuring that all 75 members are provided with the required clothing.

After 35 years a new lifeboat was needed. There Carmen was also involved in building anew boat according to their wishes with hard work and crowdfunding.

Every year in August the team of Life-Guards included Carmen organize the “Lake crossover” for everyone. Last year they had 460 swimmers. There are a lot of logistics to plan.
From the safety in the water over the transport of the belongings from the participants ortime measurements.
To coordinate it on both lakesides is often a challenge but they are all with heart and soul
into it. Every swimmer gets bathing cap in a bright colour, a number on the right arm and abadge on his ankle. With that badge they can check if the person has crossed from the start
to the finish including the time for swimming.

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Improvements-

By implementing and realizing the action plan with the BAFU, the pollutant emissions by the laminates have been kept below the required limit values.

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The use of additional catch basins in Merenschwand ensured that no pollutants
could leak out.

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In the Merenschwand plant, alarm horns and manual alarm buttons were added
so that the alarm is fully guaranteed in the case of an incident.

7.4

Other activities-

The legal requirements for 2022 have been updated, were checked for their fulfilment and were carried out the necessary activities, such as inspection or tests.

-The targets agreed with the BAFU regarding the reduction of CO2 emissions
were achieved. We were able to sell certificates for CHF 88’000.

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Regular patrols by the safety and environmental manager and the UAS-Team
has been done.

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The VOC and CO2 balance was timely submitted to the authorities. The refund
was granted.

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Two training of all employees in environmental issues and fire protection hasbeen done.

-Evacuation drills were carried out with all employees in Merenschwand, Logatec
and Hallwil.

-In Hallwil, the local fire brigade carried out an exercise and tested various scenarios.

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Legal compliance data for air and wastewater

Hallwil and Merenschwand

Logatec

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Case of emergency
No environmental relevant emergency occurred in 2022.

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