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Annual Report

 

Economic results

 

         The joint stock company made a loss mainly as a result of a change in product mix which caused a decline in the average price of one tonne of production of 3000 CZK in comparison with 1998.          Production increased from 3759 tonnes per year in 1998 to 4357 tonnes in 1999, which represents an increase of almost 16%.
         Even the well executed restructuring could not cover the price loss in full. The increase in the level of receivables resulting from the changing customers' portfolio and the instalments on investment loans for the expansion of very high tension insulator production had a negative impact on the company's liquidity. These problems were solved by short-term bank loans. 

Environmental policy

 

         For several years the joint stock company Elektroporcelán Louny has maintained its record in the field of environmental protection and planning. While at the same time expanding the production of electrotechnical ceramics at both its plants, the company gives constant consideration to the environmental problems of both regions and strives to acquire the most up-to-date knowledge about waste management and atmospheric protection. Proof of our constant care for the environment is the fact that in 1999 we devoted. 690 thousand CZK in investments and 1 480 thousand CZK in operating costs to environmental improvement. The investments were spent mainly on filtering the air extracted from the production areas and recultivating the waste site at the Merklín plant. At the Louny plant the fuel depot was modified by the purchase of outdoor roofed stores with retaining tanks for barrels of oil and liquid fuel, which had previously been stored loosely. Other operating costs included expenditure on measuring medium sources of atmospheric pollution and, above all, the thorough collection and separation of hazardous and municipal waste.
         1999 was also the first year of operations at the Louny plant without the old coal-fired boiler, which used to pollute the atmosphere with over 200 tonnes of pollutants a year. The old equipment has been removed completely and the building has been prepared for demolition scheduled for 2000.
         Our company is interested in installing new waste-free technology and in the possibilities of recycling waste clay from the main production flow. Both production plants now comply with the legal limits on the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere and waste water.

 

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