Technology and Innovation
To maintain Sunningdale’s technology
competitiveness, the Group continues
committing key resources of dedicated
engineers looking into new plastic
related technology and methods.
These were shared with customers
to explore better value proposition
for our customer’s products. There
has been encouraging signs and
feedback from our customers with
these engagement s wi th many
asking Sunningdale to present to
their R&D teams and initiation of
joint projects.
Early supplier involvement continues
to a key effort to be engaged at the
customers with their future products
to ensure Sunningdale is always
aware of latest trends and involved
with key customer’s opportunities.
This involvement includes working
directly with their engineers on design,
advising them on what features
are possible.
Last year Sunningdale completed
t h e X - r a y i n s pe c t i on me t hod
with SimTech (Singapore Institute
o f Manu f ac tur i ng Techno l ogy ) .
There are many more projects still
i n prog ress i nc l ud i ng po l yme r
material, printed electronics and
Microfluidics. There are also other
industry partners which the Group is
engaged with in different development
activities such as different types of
composite materials.
Sunningdale continues to be present
in key trade shows in Europe, to
ensure customers are aware of
our presence, capabilities and to
understand and keep up to date on
latest technology updates. In the
recent Medtech in Suntec City where
the key guest of honor scheduled a
stop at our booth.
Competitive
To ensure the long term interest of
the Group, management’s key priority
is to always remain profitable and
competitive. The General Managers
Objectives
Targets
Program
Accidents & Incident Rate,
near-miss & non-compliances
Reduction by 50%
from previous year
• EHS orientation conducted to all newly
joined employees
• Create EHS awareness through EHS promotion
• Review trend chart monthly
• Thorough investigation of all accident,
near-miss & non-compliances and share
in Management Review Meeting
Energy conservation program Reduce consumption
through improving
operating efficiency
• Introduce high bay induction lighting in
Warehouse, reduce 50% in watt
• Switching to air compressor that uses
Energy Saving Inverter Drive
• Purchase only energy saving electrical injection
molding machine whenever possible
Waste management program
• Eliminate improper
segregation & disposal
of waste
• Reduce waste by
reducing scrap, reuse
& recycling program
• Participate with customer to reduce pallet
consumption through re-use pallet
• Bring recycling awareness to office staff through
eliminating paper cup & plastic stirrer
Chemical management program Eliminate chemical spillage
resulting
in pollution
• Ensure MSDS are available & accessible through
Sharepoint
• Provide Safety First-Aid kit include Eyewash
station, Oil spill kit
• Emergency preparedness & response – to
protect people, property, the environment
& continuity of operations
are provided with key information,
i n c l u d i n g r e a l t i me r e v e n u e ,
inventory and many other important
information, via Business Intelligence
system to help them to make real
t ime dec i s i ons . Bus i ness and
operations review are conducted
monthly with top management at a
formal meeting.
Quality is a key element which the
Group is committed to. To achieve
this, the Quality Systems is reviewed
at a global level by headquarters
periodically. All plants are certified
in
ISO9001:2000
and all plants are
certified for
TS16949
or
ISO13485
if the products are automotive or
healthcare respectively.
The Europe plant was certified in
ISO13485
and target to be certified
in
TS16949
by 2Q2015. The Brazil
plant is also going for
TS16949
certification too. The Singapore plant
has also obtained
AS9100
to be
able to support the aerospace
customers in Singapore.
Following objectives & targets have set for regular review of the effectiveness of the EHS
management system
