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2008
Conference Paper
Titel
Eco-design, energy efficiency and cleaner production strategies: SME business cases from Thailand and Malaysia
Abstract
Worldwide companies in the electrical and electronics supply chain but also OEMs face a growing number of environmental requirements related to products and processes. Under project management of SIRIM (Malaysia) and funded by the EU Asia Pro Eco II programme and the Penang State Government a project was set up in 2005 to support specifically small and medium sized enterprises of Penang (Malaysia) and Thailand to adopt strategies for eco-design, energy efficiency and cleaner production. Depending on the companies? position in the market, in the supply chain and the specific products, the individual approach per company has to be well customized and designed to the needs.