Annual report 2005

In 2005, the total amount of capital investment in environmental protection reached HUF 502.7 million. A great majority of these projects targets paper manufacturing, the corporate operation with the highest pollution factor. Our most important environmental projects include:

• Removal of the contaminated soil discovered at the Csepel site and recultivation of the soil in 2005. Remedial works with a capital project of HUF 66 million and completion of a system for the drainage and purification of contaminated ground water. Expected duration of groundwater purification: 3 years.
  
• The Csepel plant is surrounded by a residential area with public institutions. Noise protection in this area therefore is strictly regulated by the environment protection authority. As part of the noise reduction program for 2003-2005, noise emission was reduced to the prescribed level with the help of a HUF 69 million capital investment budgeted for 2005 and various optimization measures.
  
• In 2001, a ten-year development project approved by the environmental authority was planned for the Csepel site. Tasks related to water reuse and sewage facility construction planned for 2005 were completed. As a result, specific fresh water use was kept below the targeted 10 m³/t paper. The preliminary permit from for the new biological sewage treatment facility was obtained this year.
  
• In 2005, the Dunaújváros site was registered in EMAS, the management and certification system of the European Union. Dunapack Ltd. is registered under HU-000002 in the EMAS registry in Hungary and Brussels.

Research and development activity involved product, and to a lesser extent, technological developments. In 2005, expenditure on R&D reached HUF 51 million.