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To create greater capacity and efficiency, we’re consolidating five plants into one—a massive former auto glass manufacturing facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that increases total floor space by more than 50 percent. 

By designing the plant layout from the ground up, we’re using insights from our Lean initiatives to optimize production workflow. The end result will be a facility that enables us to better serve the natural gas industry with increased capacity, higher productivity and improved on-time delivery. It adds to a tightly managed business that has consistently delivered solid incremental savings from Lean operating principles. 

## Engineering a Sustainable Future 

Harsco is building an effective environmental blueprint that delivers innovative, sustainable solutions to our customers and our communities. 

Harsco shares with our customers a deep commitment to sustainable actions that protect and sustain personal safety and preserve the environment for future generations. 

In Mexico, employees at the Harsco Industrial IKG plant established aggressive goals to reduce waste and consumption of energy and water—and decrease the plant’s carbon footprint. They trained employees of Harsco and other local companies how to enact environmentally sustainable processes and practices. They also developed a program to teach local school children to become more conscious of the environment and to use natural resources responsibly. The plant has already achieved tangible energy reductions totaling several thousands of dollars per month. 

Our Metals & Minerals teams are engaging with customers worldwide to address a wide range of site-specific environmental needs. Harsco is regarded as an industry leader for converting production materials once thought of as waste into new, useable products such as agricultural fertilizers, abrasive blasting agents and roadway materials. 

We’re also demonstrating our commitment by reducing the environmental impact on our communities. In 2014, Harsco Rail implemented two new projects. One reduced electrical consump- tion at a major manufacturing plant facility by nearly 20,000 kWh through more efficient lighting, while a second significantly reduced landfilled waste by reusing packaging materials. 

With baseline metrics now in place, we’re establishing regular assessments of our environmental, health, and safety performance at facilities worldwide. The data will help us— and our customers—document the impact our sustainable practices are having on operational performance. 

