Aware of the need to protect the environrnent and according to the principle of sustainable development, ELTO s.p.a., a company that produces equipment and accessories for soldering, arc welding, brazing, automotive battery chargers, undertakes to defme and constantly apply an environment management policy intended to promote constant improvement of its environrnent-related performance and compliance with all the related regulations applicable to its business.

The company intends to comply with the following principles:

• rationalize resource and energy consumption;
• optimize waste management;
• prevent environrnental emergencies wherever possible;
• apply all the measures necessary to restrict impacts on the environrnent stemming from
  emergency conditions;
• contribute to enhancing awareness of environmental issues of the parties involved.

To guarantee compliance with these principles, the company intends to:

• apply a prevention-oriented approach to managing environrnental problems;
• adopt the very best technologies available provided these are economically compatible;
• train and motivate personnel so that all working activities are carried out according to the
  principles of this policy;
• make a prior assessment of the impacts on the environrnent of new plants, substances and materials used;
• adopt all the measures necessary towards the outside in order to develop awareness of
  environrnental issues also through deployment of this document.

All employees must feel responsible for application of the principles and achievement of the objectives set forth in this document, making these an integral part of all their activities.