Eastman Company UK Limited employs 29 people, 19 of which are based at the European Technical Centre. The facility offers technical service/application development and research and development for Coating Specialties and SPBO. Also based at Kirkby are Analytical, Accounting and Sustainability functions.

HSES Commitment

The European Technical Centre (ETC) is committed to an employee health and safety program designed to promote and protect the health and safety of all people working at or visiting the site. Proactive management of issues related to health and safety are part of the ETC’s commitment to its employees and the community.

Employees are encouraged to participate in development, implementation, and review of health and safety programs. The ETC Health & Safety Policy promotes efforts to prevent all accidents. A reporting system is used to report incidents or situations that could potentially lead to an accident. Each report is reviewed by supervision and actions recommended to prevent occurrence of the situation are made. In 2008 we recorded over 7 years since a lost time injury and reported a record 44 near miss reports.

An employee safety committee meets on a quarterly basis to review all aspects of safety policy and procedures. The committee manages all necessary actions required to ensure compliance with the ETC Health & Safety Policy.

Since we became an independent facility we proactively developed recycling and hazardous waste minimization procedures to enable us to increase recycling and reduce hazardous waste in line with the ETC Environmental Policy that was developed and implemented during 2008.

Citizenship

The ETC also administers an annual community relations fund for the benefit of the local community. The committee focuses on education, health, civic and community events and organizations and provides donations to a selected group of local educational initiatives.