Above, Dr. Dieter Zetche, CEO of Chrysler, rewards our patents and designs with Chrysler’s “Significant Contributor to Environmental Excellence” Award.
For those who don’t know heavy industry, it’s not typical to get the CEO and Executive VP from one of the Big 3 auto firms into the dark back corners of their facilities, let alone standing over your inventions, giving you a global environmental award. According to Chrysler we dramatically reduced oil and water use, while greatly improving health and safety conditions for their workers. I really like people who understand the importance of those dark back corners...
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- At the Chrysler transmission plant in Kokomo, the environmental impact of installing the Rick’s inventions “has been tremendous.”
Before, he said, smoke poured from furnaces as they burned off the oil clinging to parts after they'd been washed.
“We don't have that anymore.” - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Tom LaSorda, Executive Vice President for Manufacturing (now President) of Chrysler was shown Rick’s invention. He stated that he was “very impressed with the unit’s impact on ergonomics, environmental and safety”. - Chrysler PQI Magazine
- At this one facility alone, our patents continue to skim and capture tens of thousands of gallons of highly engineered quench oil every year, that used to be lost as wastewater. Our systems dramatically cut water use and make possible the continuous recycling of this oil.
Improved environmental performance at this facility yields a YEARLY payback over $206,000 through greatly reduced purchases of new oil and dramatically reduced water use. These environmental and cost savings will continue for the foreseeable future with no additional costs or inputs due to the design standards we build into our systems.
Going green equals fast black ink!
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