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Equip Environmental Consideration In Product Design
Year 2005 marksanother significant event that recognizedFook Tin’s achievement in environmental performance. Glass Electronic Bathroom Scale (TX-655) and Glass Electronic Body Fat Bathroom Scale (TFX-40) marketed under the Terraillon brand name won the “Gold Award of 2005 Hong Kong Eco-Products Award” of the Business Environment Council.
The Eco-Products Award’s goal is to promote eco-product design to meet the increasing consumer demand for environmentally sound products and tighter regulations on inefficient, toxic and waste generating products.
“Terraillon” Glass Electronic Bathroom Scale (TX-655)
TX-655 is a glass-platform electronic bathroom scale with 150kg weighing capacity. Compared to a previous generation product, TX-655 reduces the use of raw (new) materials by 39%. 23% of its materials are produced from recycled materials. 98% of its materials are recyclable, thus exceeding the reuse/recycle/recovery target set by the European Union Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. 100% of its packaging materials are recyclable. TX-655 eliminates the use of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PDBB and PBDE according to the European Union RoHS Directive. It is 82% more energy efficient at use. The environmental impact of TX-655 during production, transportation, use and production/end-of-life waste treatment phases was reduced by 41%, 10%, 85% and 32% respectively. TX-655 is designed to be entirely repairable and is 100% more durable. The overall life cycle impact assessment of TX-655 showed a 36% improvement.
“Terraillon” Glass Electronic Body Fat Bathroom Scale (TFX 40)
TFX-40 is a bathroom scale equipped with body fat and body water measuring functions in normal or athlete mode. It has ten memories to store users’ profile. Compared to a previous generation product, TFX-40 reduces the use of raw (new) materials by 30%. 10% of its materials are produced from recycled materials. 98% of its materials are recyclable, thus exceeding the reuse/recycle/recovery target set by European Union Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. 100% of its packaging materials are recyclable. TFX-40 eliminates the use of certainhazardous materials according to the European Union RoHS Directive. It is 71% more energy efficient at use. The environmental impact of TFX-40 during production, transportation, use and production/end-of-life waste treatment phases was reduced by 43%, 19%, 50% and 28% respectively. TFX-40 is designed to be entirely repairable and is 100% more durable. The overall life cycle impact assessment of TFX-40 showed a 31% improvement.
Implement Environment Policies and Facilities in Fook Tin
Established in 1963, Fook Tin is a multinational OEM/ODM/OBM exporter, as well as one of the world’s leading scale manufacturers providing an integrated solution to customers including the design, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of high quality electronic products. Our product range comprises of weighing instruments that are applicable to consumer, commercial and medical sectors; healthcare products, small electronic products and professional magnitude sensors. We enjoyacustomer base of over 500 international companies with coverage over 80 countries. Our flagship brands are Terraillon, Hanson, Scaime, Scaleman, Fukuda and PTI.
Headquartered in Hong Kong and supported by a 60,000 square meter manufacturing facility located in Shenzhen, Fook Tin has further expanded its office network to United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and U.S.A. Over the growth of the past few decades, Fook Tin has built a strong capability to provide a one-stop-shop for high quality products and services to its customers by applying an Integrated Management System which encompasses Quality, Environment, Occupational Health and Safety Policies.
Environmental programs to address the environmental impact of every stage of our Product’s Life Cycle has been implemented under the Environmental Management System since 2005, some examples of such programs include the following:
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Product Design
Improving the raw (new) material usage rate by minimizingmaterial and components usage in products and increasing the recycled material usage.
Minimizing the disposal of end-of-life products by minimizing material and components usage in products.
Using biodegradable cardboard rather than polyfoam packaging.
Production Facilities
Using industrial and non-industrial wastewater treatment system to maintain effluent discharge within the legal requirements.
Implementing a comprehensive recycling and supplier take-back program that covers more than 60 kinds of materials.
Effective measure to control air emission to comply with legal requirement.
Effective measure to minimize noise pollution by installing noise abatement devices.
Effective control of energy requirement and consumption.
Operation Facilities
Minimizing paper usage by gradually implementing paperless operation throughout the office.
Environmental Office Program that promotes reuse and recycling of office supplies, optimizing resource and energy efficiency, a safe and smoke-free workplace.
ISO Certificates
Fook Tin’s management system has certified to international standard.
2005 / ISO13485 / Medical Devices Quality Management System2004 / OHSAS18001 / Occupational Health and Safety Management System
2002 / ISO14001 / Environmental Management System
1998 / ISO9001 / Quality Management System
Awards
Fook Tin’s achievement in continuously providingexcellent products and services to our customers is also validated by numerous award recognitions.
2005 / Hong Kong Eco-Products Award - Gold Award2004 / Hong Kong Smoke Free Workplace Leading Company – Grand Award
2004 / Hong Kong Awards for Industry - Certificate of Merit in Export Marketing
2003 / Hong Kong Awards for Industry - Certificate of Merit in Quality
2003 / Hong Kong Awards for Industry - Environmental Performance Grand Award
2003 / Hong Kong Awards for Industry - Productivity Grand Award
2002 / Hong Kong Awards for Industry - HKSTP Technological Achievement Award
2000 / Hong Kong Awards for Industry - Certificate of Merit in Consumer Product Design
1998 / Hong Kong Awards for Industry - Certificate of Merit in Consumer Product Design
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