Nine members of the ECOFACT project recently visited the Arçelik demo site in Romania (Arctic Washing Machine Plant) on the 10th and 11th of May. As the leading white goods manufacturer in Turkey and the second largest white goods company in Europe, Arçelik has 40,000 employees throughout the world and its global operations include 78 subsidiaries in 51 countries and 28 production facilities in 9 countries and 12 brands.
ECOFACT project representatives for the visit included Cartif, Fraunhofer IWU, Schneider Electric, RINA Consulting, Pré, ONE Team. The aim of the visit was to gain an understanding of the existing production processes, machinery, and auxiliary facilities used in the Arctic WM Plant. The team visited the Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) system, Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), Boiler Room, Compressor Room, Data Center, production processes, and warehouse on the first day and discussed the implementation actions of Arctic WM in the ECOFACT project.
On the second day, there were parallel meetings about specific tasks of the ECOFACT, such as data transferring protocols, energy modeling, production planning algorithms, LCA modeling, and supply chain collaboration. One of the Arctic WM’s suppliers has been included in the project for the supply chain collaboration task, and there was a walkthrough visit to the supplier’s factory with the related ECOFACT partners during the parallel meetings were continued.
It was a beneficial trip to increase the project members’ understanding of the processes and systems and had an opportunity to discuss the ECOFACT implementation actions of Arctic WM Plant.
