The Seville plant has two production areas. It is adjacent to an urban area and borders an industrial area. A connecting road has been built and is being used at the eastern border of the property.
 

In this area, tertiary services (offices and Industrial Polygon) are currently under construction. The site is close to the town centre, near homes, a school and a health centre. The plant is located in an area where water is protected near the Guadalquivir River and on agricultural land.

Integrating the environment into the MT1 and TL4 projects

In 2003, the plant began putting in place the industrial installations required to produce a new gearbox.
  
In April 2005, the plant began producing a new manual six-speed gearbox, the "TL4", for petrol and diesel engines on small and medium-sized cars. The TL4 project is the result of joint work by Renault and Nissan engineers. It has integrated environmental issues right from the start.

 
The industrial production contract for this project includes a chapter on the "environment". It describes the procedures to be followed for each of the most significant environmental aspects (soil, water, discharges, chemicals, waste, etc.).

 
In 2006 the plant assessed its major risks for the first time. Based on this diagnosis, covering chemicals legionella and waste, an action plan was put in place to address all anomalies. An audit will be carried out subsequently with a set frequency.

 
Also in 2006, the site completed a soil diagnosis to support RD 9/2005. The results were presented to management in February 2007.

An inspection of the industrial network (used water) was carried out in 2008 to check the condition of our liquid effluent networks.

In 2007 and 2008, TTh and Transfer open circuits and cooling towers were replaced by closed circuits and evaporator condensers to reduce water consumption and the potential risk of a spread of legionellosis.

Three projects were rolled out in 2009: the installation of 160 solar panels to heat industrial baths at the detergent filtration center; the deployment of 4R good practices on the management and traceability of hazardous waste; and the launch at each basic production unit of an “ECO”, responsible for managing the environmental aspects of the activity.

(*): Change in scope

For further details, see registration documents:

• 2009 registration document
• 2008 registration document 
• 2007 registration document