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HAHN Automation receives Vodafone reduces size of SIM

innovation award holder to reduce plastic use

AHN Automation received the special award in the elecommunications company Vodafone has reduced
Hcategory "Digitization / Industry 4.0" for the product Tthe size of its standard credit card-sized SIM
line "EVE smart services". Due to years of process expertise holder by 50% to reduce plastic waste. By the end
and the use of the latest technologies, with "EVE" HAHN of December, Vodafone will start offering a range of
Automation was able to successfully expand its extensive eco-friendly accessories under the label Red Loves
Green. The Red Loves Green product range will be
available at retail stores next year.The range will
include 100% biodegradable or recyclable phone cases
made from reused ocean plastic, charging banks and
docks developed using sustainable materials and
plastic-free packaging. As part of the initiative, the
company will also offer the sustainable Fairphone 3
smartphone across Germany, Italy, the UK, Spain and
Ireland markets. Launching the new range is a part
of Vodafone’s strategy to reduce the use of all non-
essential plastics. It is expected to cut Vodafone’s
plastic waste by over 340t a year while also eliminating
up to 5,000t of the CO annually. Vodafone External
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service portfolio in the field of digitization. “EVE smart Affairs director Joakim Reiter said: “Halving our
services" is the digital product division consisting of four environmental impact means not only tackling material
different products: EVE connect, EVE augment, EVE issues such as our carbon footprint and e-waste but also
interact and EVE optimize.The components of EVE are
designed in order to further increase the productivity, taking action in other areas where we have an impact
such as the non-essential or disposable plastics we use
efficiency and quality of customer systems by digitalizing
certain processes. Depending on the combination of EVE in our retail stores and offices. “Building on many of
products, plant operators can, for example, perform
an initial fault analysis online and with greatly reduced
response times. In addition, they can receive virtual
support from a team of HAHN Automation experts via
Augmented Reality Glasses. This reduces the number
of service visits and therefore trips worldwide to a
minimum and at the same time protects the environment.
In addition, "EVE smart services" will create new jobs
in Rheinböllen and at the global subsidiaries of HAHN
Automation. In the age of digitalization and industry
4.0, the economy is increasingly demanding digital
competencies, which the company can demonstrate both
regionally and internationally. "We owe this know-how not
least to our teams, which actively contribute new ideas the initiatives launched across Vodafone’s markets, we
and collaborate innovatively. By continuous optimization want a consistent approach everywhere we operate.
we create again and again new solutions for our customers This begins with the rollout of half-sized SIMs, tackling
in the whole world and secure thereby our market position, unnecessary plastics in our offices and offering our
which is enormously important in a highly dynamic and customers eco-friendly accessories.”
competitive market.

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