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2011 11 29

EIA Report on New Biofuel Plant Presented to Public

29 11 2011

On November 28 this year, particle board manufacturer UAB Swedspan Girių Bizonas, part of the IKEA group, presented the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report on the 82-MW plant installation to the public.

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2011 11 11

 

UAB SWEDSPAN Girių Bizonas presents EIA report on new biofuel plant

PRESS RELEASE
Kazlų Rūda, 11/11/2011

On November 11 this year, particle board manufacturer UAB Swedspan Girių Bizonas, part of the IKEA group, announced an environmental impact assessment (EIA) report on the new biofuel capacity plant drawn up by UAB Sweco Lietuva.

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2011 10 24

Production is running up after an annual preventive stop

The stability of the production of Swedspan Girių Bizonas depends upon the equipment reliability. In order to achieve smooth and safe process of production, the production is stopped once a year for the inspection and repair of the facilities.

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2011 10 19

EMPLOYEE HONOR AWARDS

Swedspan group CEO Christian Günther Schwarz visited "Swedspan Giriu Bizonas" on 19th of October. Swedspan Giriu Bizonas team has been congratulated with the good results achieved in FY 11 which makes the mother company proud of its unit in Lithuania.

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2011 10 04

IKEA CEO congratulated Swedspan Girių Bizonas

On 4 October, Mikael Ohlsson, the CEO of Swedish furniture company IKEA the company which owns the main concern Swedspan for which Swedspan Girių Bizonas belongs, paid a visit to Kazlų Rūda. The CEO of IKEA has come here to get acquainted with the Swedspan division performing its activity in Lithuania. 

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2011 09 30

New Year celebration in cowboy spirit

Swedspan Girių Bizonas starts its financial year on September 1. Thus, the company's festivity in September is jokingly referred to as the New Year celebration. For the second year in a row, the staff of Swedspan Girių Bizonas is invited to a trip intended to bring everyone together in informal setting to feel the sense of community and foster teamwork. 

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2011 09 17

"Swedspan Girių Bizonas" had a celebration in a „cowboy spirit"

"Swedspan Girių Bizonas" marked the beginning of the new financial year starting in September with a festival in sporty style. Celebration was held for the second time in two years, its purpouse being spending some time together informally, to feel the togetherness and reinforce relationships.
"Swedspan Girių Bizonas" is into sports, so there were basketball and football games, relay, and other competitions going on, involving all the guests of the festival, divided into teams. Cowboy themed event guaranteed a special atmosphere.

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2011 08 23

Green agenda
The Green Agenda is Swedspan's five-year sustainable activity plan aimed to take leadership among group companies not only in technologies, but also in environmental protection across Europe. The agenda sets out principles of work organisation that guarantee successful operation without a negative impact on environment. An environmental audit has shown that Swedspan Girių Bizonas is the leader among Swedspan group companies by environmental and safety at work criteria.

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2011 06 07

Environment Impact Assessment Programme of the bio-plant is approved

All responsible institutions approved the environmental impact assessment (EIA) programme of Swedspan Girių Bizonas for building and exploitation of the bio-plant. On Monday the favourable decision was made by the Environmental Protection Department of the Region of Marijampolė (EPDR of Marijampolė) of the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania, and the action completed the first stage of the process. 

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2011 05 27

Company's Plans Discussed in Municipality

Giedrė KARSOKIENĖ

Last week Emilija Jelisejevienė, Manager of the Environmental Department of ‘Swedspan Girių Bizonas', and Vytautas Belickas, representative of SWECO LIETUVA and Project Manager, presented an environmental impact assessment programme to municipal council members. We had a talk with Emilija Jelisejevienė about the construction plans of a new bio-plant and what had been presented to council members.

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2011 05 13

 

‘Swedspan Giriu Bizonas' Helps Forests of Prienai Recover After Storms
 
The employees of ‘Swedspan Giriu Bizonas', jointly with suppliers and representatives of forestry departments, planted saplings in the Forestry Department of Prienai on 13 May. Although the weather forecast was to derange their brilliant plans, nature was benevolent – the rain came pouring down only after all planting activities had been completed.
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2011 05 13

Biokuro jėgainės įrengimo poveikio aplinkai vertinimo programos pristatymas visuomenei


Š.m. gegužės 13 d. baigėsi UAB „SWEDSPAN Girių Bizono" paskelbtos naujos 82 MW biokuro jėgainės įrengimo poveikio aplinkai vertinimo programos, kurią parengė UAB „Sweco Lietuva" pristatymas visuomenei.

Pagal planuojamą ūkinę veiklą reglamentuojančius teisės aktus veiklos organizatorius privalo atlikti planuojamos ūkinės veiklos poveikio aplinkai vertinimo programą ir poveikio aplinkai vertinimo ataskaitą. Parengtus dokumentus veiklos organizatorius turi pristatyti ir aptarti su visuomene bei suderinti su atsakingomis institucijomis.

Visuomenė su parengta programa galėjo susipažinti bendrovėje „SWEDSPAN Girių Bizonas" ir „Sweco Lietuva" bei Kazlų Rūdos savivaldybėje. Dokumentas taip pat paskelbtas bendrovės interneto svetainėje www.swedspan.lt.

Sulaukta nemažai klausimų iš Vilmanto Česnavičiaus. UAB „Sweco Lietuva" paruošė atsakymus, kuriuos pateikiame žemiau. 

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2011 04 29

UAB ‘Swedspan Girių Bizonas' Introduces Environmental Impact Assessment Programme of New bio-plant

Kazlų Rūda, 04 29 2011

On 29 April, UAB ‘Swedspan Girių Bizonas', manufacturer of particle board, announced the environmental impact assessment programme on the installation of 82 MW bio-plant. Environmental impact assessment programme prepared by UAB ‘Sweco Lietuva'.

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2011 04 18

 After Darom 2011 limes will bloom again

On April 16 action Darom 2011 took place in all Lithuania. It was especially actively attended by Swedspan Giriu Bizonas. The company coordinated cleaning works in Kazlu Ruda city.

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2011 04 15

Swedspan Girių Bizonas Has a Hectic Spring Agenda

Time for Clean-Up

At this time of the year Swedspan Girių Bizonas is a hive of activity. The spring clean-up virus which will spread all over Lithuania during the Darom 2011 action hasn't passed by this company either. It's not only that it hasn't passed by – it has actually overwhelmed it at the start of the week! Once a decision was made to join the Darom 2011 action, clean-up at the enterprise started a bit earlier. On 12 April the staff of the company were invited to take part in the atiDAROM action organized by the Swedspan Girių Bizonas in order to collectively make the grounds of the enterprise nicer.  

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2011 04 01

Annamarie Velic: Most Importantly – Don't Devalue People

It has been more than two years since the company ‘Swedspan Girių bizonas', manufacturer of wood shaving panels, has been operating as part of the concern Swedspan that belongs to the IKEA corporate group. This is why Annamarie Velic, Corporate Environment, Health and Safety Manager at ‘Swedspan', has turned into a frequent visitor of Kazlų Rūda in recent years. Who, if not the representative of the concern with considerable experience of solving the issues of work and safety and ecology, is able to notice changes in the company and in the surroundings of its closest neighbour – town? Ms. Velic has kindly agreed to tell our newspaper all about it.

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2011 03 21

On 21 March „SWEDSPAN Girių bizonas" together with the Municipality of Kazlų Rūda (Lithuania) commemorated the global Earth Day 2011 that had been solemnised in the country for 19 years so far. The Spring Equinox Festival was overshadowed by a tragic string of disasters caused by an earthquake in Japan. In solidarity and sympathy with the Japanese Nation, sakura trees that bear a deep symbolic meaning in Japanese culture were planted in Kazlų Rūda Park.

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