The workers carry out most of the on-site movement of raw materials. APEC Kolath has one propane gas powered forklift truck which is used to load and offload trucks and move the larger tools between machines and to the tool room. 

Goods are transported according to the requirements of customers’ contracts. Generally components are transported by road within India and by sea to Europe and South-East Asia. Air freight is becoming increasingly common as production problems have delayed the manufacture and shipping of components. Without air freight, schedules are frequently unable to be met. Some customers collect the finished components. APEC Kolath runs a fleet of 3.8 tonne trucks running with diesel fuel. 

Figure 1: APEC Kolath transport 

Employee transport 

APEC Kolath owns a vehicle fleet consisting of 7 company cars for senior managers (Table 1). All of the factory workers use motorbikes, cycle or walk to work but the majority live in dormitories on site. No understanding of how far they travel has been obtained. 

Company cars are considered a status symbol in APEC Kolath and a reflection of the seniority of the managers in the senior management team. The cars operated are shown in Table 1. 

Table 1: Company cars 

Name	Job Tilte	Company Car	Miles p.a.
Rinehold Gerter	CEO	Lexus 600h L	96,000
Chirs Hunter	Finance Director	Volvo XC90 T6 AWD	45,000
Hans Schmidt	Sales Director	BMW X6M	145,000
Hans Gustafson	Operations Director	Range Rover Vogue SDV8	67,000
Ron Goldstein	HR Director	Lexus RF 450h	120,000
Lalit Choudray	General Manager	BMW X6M	78,000
Charles Bradley	Sales Manager	BMW M5	160,000

Rinehold Gerter has leased a company helicopter to fly senior managers and fly clients between Chennai Airport and the factory and for the his and his senior management team’s use at weekends. Golf days are organised at least one every 2 months to entertain clients. 

Figure 2: Leased helicopter 

All staff from the EU and US are provided with 2 return flights to their home airport each year as part of their employment contract. In addition over 118,000 miles were flown on commercial flights to business meetings. 

The majority of the factory workers live in dormitories on site. Others either cycle or walk to work, 

No environmental or social impact of the fleet of company cars or helicopter is calculated