The Lardy technical centre is located in Essonne, about 50 km south of Paris. Spanning the municipalities of Lardy and Bouray-sur-Juine, the Lardy technical centre is nestled in natural surroundings and protects some 100 hectares of forest on the site.
 

The sealed area now covers 37 ha, of which 9 ha are buildings. This is unlikely to change much once the Powertrain Engineering Centre has been completed in 2009-2010.

The built area, which was previously concentrated on the south-east of the site now extends northwards. The section occupied by production buildings therefore borders a residential and communal area. The section occupied by production buildings therefore borders a residential area, with educational and retirement facilities less than 1 km away. The forested section borders a different residential area.
  

The last particular features include the railway line between Paris and south-western France that crosses the site, and the Mesnil-Voisin chateau, listed as a historic building, which is in the vicinity.

The year as a whole saw a clear drop in activity owing to the economic environment. The CTL was subject to the crisis-period labor deal, with the site closing for 19 business days.

These events contributed to a downturn in all our environmental indicators.

Budget reductions prevented the CTL from rolling out all its 2009 projects. However:

The site implemented a program to replace aging scrubber-hydrocarbon separators. This contributed to a clear improvement in the quality of our liquid effluent parameters compared with 2008.

• SS: -76%
• OM: -75%
• Toxic metals: -68%

(*): change in scope

For further details, see registration documents: 

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