Bill Strang presents "How TOTO Incorporates Eco-Design and LCA into Product Evolution"
Join us for the second PDMA Sustainable Innovation Webinar featuring Bill Strang, President TOTO Americas, and Sustainable Minds advocate.
As the world’s largest manufacturer of bath products, TOTO USA is a leader and innovator in minimizing the impact of its products and manufacturing processes on the environment. Conserving water and energy in everything the company does has become an integral piece of product design and evolution at TOTO. Join us in learning key principles that Bill Strang, President, Americas – Operations Group and Chairman of TOTO Mexico, used in leading TOTO on its award-winning journey to leadership in ecological responsibility…
Date: Tuesday March 19, 2013
Time: Presentation & Q&A 11:00am eastern daylight time
Location: go-to-meeting access to be sent to you prior to the webcast after registration.
Fees: Online registration
- $10 for members (log-in to register), and students
- $25 for non-members.
As the world’s largest manufacturer of bath products, TOTO USA is a leader and innovator in minimizing the impact of its products and manufacturing processes on the environment. Conserving water and energy in everything the company does has become an integral piece of product design and evolution at TOTO. Join us in learning key principles that Bill Strang, President, Americas – Operations Group and Chairman of TOTO Mexico, used in leading TOTO on its award-winning journey to leadership in ecological responsibility.
This webinar’s topics include:
- Thinking beyond compliance keeps you ahead of the design innovation curve
- Eco-design coupled with the discipline of LCA creates the benchmark for bringing products to market
- Bio-mimicry inspires and refines designs
- People Centered Design and the use of empathic feedback
For more information about Bill’s sustainability efforts at TOTO and the concept of totology, watch this short video.
About the speaker
William (Bill) L. Strang President, Americas – Operations Group and Chairman of TOTO MexicoBill has responsibility for all operations, including supply chain, design and development engineering, Quality, ISO, Environmental and management of the five TOTO North America plants: Morrow, GA; Lakewood, GA; Fairburn, GA; and Ontario, CA, Monterrey Mexico with 1.8 million sq ft under roof.
Under Bill’s leadership, TOTO has received awards for 5S implementation, US EPA Water Efficiency Leadership Award, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue’s Water Conservation Leadership Award, the Argon Award, the City of Atlanta Phoenix Award, and Chattahoochee Riverkeeper sustainability award. TOTO is one of the largest users of Green Energy from Georgia Power.
TOTO USA has also developed secondary uses or recycling channels for the waste streams from the manufacturing process, converting them from waste to raw material feed stocks for other manufacturers.