DAF's environmental achievements
Limiting the impact on the environment
In the past, DAF Trucks has devoted a lot of effort to limiting the impact its products and business processes have on the environment. Of course, the company will continue to come up with initiatives in the future for environmentally-friendly product development and manufacturing, economical and reduced-maintenance trucks and material re-use.
| 1958 |
DAF is one of the first truck manufacturers to use turbo pressure filling for better engine performance with lower fuel consumption. |
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| 1973 |
DAF is the first truck manufacturer to apply intercooling for a higher output, fewer emissions and lower fuel consumption. |
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| 1985 |
The introduction of Advanced Turbo Intercooling for even fewer emissions and lower fuel consumption. |
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| 1989 |
DAF is the first truck manufacturer to introduce vehicles with a maximum noise output of 80dB(A). |
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| 1992 |
DAF is the first truck manufacturer to introduce engines that comply with the Euro 1 emission standard. |
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| 1993 |
DAF introduces engines that comply with the Euro 2 emission standard, three years before it comes into force. |
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| 1995 |
The introduction of EcoDesign. This is the method used by DAF early on in the development stage to look for specific solutions that are not only good for the environment but also improve truck efficiency. |
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| 1999 |
DAF introduces engines that comply with the Euro 3 emission standard, long before the standard is implemented in 2001. |
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| 2001 |
The introduction of the ’4 Eco-points’ truck for transport in and across Austria (4.1 g/kWh NOx instead of 5.0 g/kWh for Euro 3). |
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| 2001 |
DAF develops the ’PIEK’ prototype quiet tractor with a maximum noise level of 65 dB(A). |
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| 2002 |
DAF introduces the redesigned XF95 with ’green options’ such as the AS Tronic automated gearbox (less fuel consumption) and disc brakes (less maintenance). |
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| 2002 |
DAF introduces sorting guides for recycling plastic parts. |
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| 2004 |
At the IAA in Hanover, DAF announces the PACCAR MX engine that already complies with the Euro 4 and Euro 5 emission requirements, which will not be enforced until 2006 and 2009 respectively. |
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| 2005 |
Dow Energy Award for DAF Engine development in connection with the development of engines with low fuel consumption and low emissions. |
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| 2006 |
Completely new product range that complies with Euro 4 and Euro 5 emission requirements. |
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| 2006 |
DAF announces the production of clean EEV (Enhanced Environmentally friendly Vehicles) engines. These engines will have even lower exhaust-gas emission values than those stipulated by the stringent Euro 5 standard coming into force in 2009. |
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| 2006 |
At the IAA Nutzfahrzeuge in Hanover, DAF presents a prototype of a hybrid truck based on DAF’s LF. |
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| 1970 |
Energy saving through insulation of buildings and heating control systems. |
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| 1975 |
Waste water treatment in various production processes. |
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| 1990 |
Cool water recirculation systems for use in engine test cells etc. |
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| 1994 |
Phased soil remediation in Eindhoven. |
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| 1994 |
Switch to high-solid paints in various paint shops. These paints have a lower percentage of solvents, resulting in reduced solvent emissions. |
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| 1995 |
Opening of new chassis paint shop for the use of water based paints. |
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| 1997 |
Switch to water based paints in the paint shops for the chassis side members. |
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| 1999 |
In 1999, the new engine paint shop is commissioned in Eindhoven, for low emission painting. As of 2002, low emission paints are also used in the chassis paint shop. |
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| 1999 |
Test remediation of soil contamination in Eindhoven by stimulating biological breakdown. |
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| 2000 |
Reduction in heavy metal discharge in Eindhoven: as a result of chromium-free passivation in the side-members paints shop (2000) and the components paint shop (2005); the waste water from DAF in Eindhoven no longer contains any chromium. |
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| 2000 |
New axle paint shop in Westerlo, in which low emission paints are used. |
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| 2000 |
Removal of remaining underground tanks at DAF’s engine factory in Eindhoven and the test circuit in Sint Oedenrode. These tanks were replaced with above-ground tanks for storing diesel oil, engine oil, spent oil and domestic fuel oil. |
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| 2002 |
The implementation of various large-scale energy-saving measures, such as the commissioning of energy-saving test cells in the engine factory, the insulation of various buildings and the demolition of a few old buildings. In addition, the reduction in the temperature of the hot water systems leads to considerable energy savings. |
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| 2003 |
In Eindhoven, the use of drinking water is drastically reduced by using canal water for the cooling processes. In Westerlo, the use of drinking water is reduced by fitting valves to the machines in the axle factory. |
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| 2004 |
Use of liquid-tight facilities for minimising the risk of soil pollution. |
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| 2005 |
A further reduction in (particle) dust emissions and a reduction in heat loss through the use of modern ’closed loop’ filter systems. |
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