Facility Information

TLALPAN, MÉXICO
WORLDWIDE MEDICINES

Facts and Figures

The Tlalpan, Mexico, facility produces pharmaceutical, nutritional and consumer products for domestic and international markets. The areas that help to reach our goals are production, maintenance, warehouses, planning, purchasing, and human resources.
Dosage forms include tablets, capsules, film-coated tablets, oral liquids, sterile liquids, suspensions, oral powders, effervescent powders, and suppositories. Product types manufactured include:
- Cardiovascular products
- Central nervous system products
- Infant formulas
- Vitamin products
- Non penicillin antibiotic products
- Anti-acid products

Economic Development

The facility directly contributes to the local economy through employee wages and benefits.

Community and Social Progress

The facility has community outreach programs regarding the environment and off-the-job safety:
- The "Recicla Jugando" Program teaches employees' children the importance of segregation of refuse materials for recycling

The First Aid for the Community program provides neighbors with training to respond to off-the-job emergencies

The cafeteria has met the "Distinctive H" qualifications from the Secretary of Tourism, certifying the cafeteria as a "Comedor de Alta Calidad e Higiene" (High Quality and Hygiene Restaurant). This voluntary certification, issued to hotels and high quality restaurants, is for excellent hygiene surveillance and performance on food safety issues. BMS established this requirement for the cafeteria service provider and actively monitors their performance.

Safety performance highlights

Since 2001, the Tlalpan facility has worked very hard to reduce the number of accidents to zero. The facility set a goal for no lost time accidents in 2002 and 2003. The facility received the Crystal Award for 2003. On March 25, 2004, we reached 902 days (1,736,362 hours) worked without accidents.
In the Tlalpan facility, the EHS department is responsible for managing issues related to environmental protection and the health and safety of employees including:
- Evaluation of risks in the workplace
- Monitoring of emissions
- Analyses of water
- Management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid and liquid wastes
- Industrial hygiene monitoring
- Analyses of process safety
- Preparation and response to emergencies
- Personnel training in environmental and safety matters

Environmental Performance

On December 16, 1996, the Tlalpan facility was the first BMS Worldwide Medicines plant certified under the ISO 14001 standard for environmental management systems. The facility was the first pharmaceutical facility in Mexico to be certified under this standard. Site management simultaneously pursued ISO 9002 registration, which was achieved in March 1997. This effort reinforced the teamwork ethic at the site and provided the opportunity to eliminate redundancies in quality and EHS procedures.
The certification of ISO 14001 (achieved in 1996), jointly with ISO 9002 (achieved in 2000), has improved the efficiency of all personnel in the plant. These standards are a management system that covers the organizational structure, planning, responsibilities, practices, procedures, and resources. Included in the process are the follow-up, re-examination, and maintenance of the facility's Environmental and Quality Policies. This has created one strategic vision for the facility, and has established personal and team objectives that are aligned with that vision.

Major EHS impacts at the site and actions taken or planned to reduce these impacts

By optimizing the use or purchase of resources, energy, combustibles, water and raw materials, this plant has been able to:
- Reduce costs of waste management and eliminate wastes
- Rationalize process investments to improve safety, thereby reducing risks of accidents and need for emergency actions.
- Reduce accidents in the last five years
- Enhance the Company image and competitiveness

Key Facility Environmental Performance Metrics 2005
Total energy use	112,341 gigajoules
Water use	27,837,120 liters
Nonhazardous waste disposed	21,180 kilograms*
Hazardous waste off-site treatment/disposal	363,147 kilograms

* Most nonhazardous waste is recycled.

Facility Contact Information

+52-55-5723-9700

(see also Bristol-Myers Squibb Mexico)

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