Being ‘Green’ Pays Dividends

According to John Roberts Co. President Michael Keene, the company’s web offset presses use a regenerative thermal oxidizer by Maratek that destroys VOCs and expends just 10 percent of the fuel consumed by the company’s previous system. A solvent recovery system in its alcohol-free sheetfed pressroom yields clean solvent, water and sludge, which is subsequently recycled for fuel blending. The company also uses soy-based ink manufactured from a mixture of vegetable oils (linseed, corn) by its in-house ink supplier, Ink Systems.