Being ‘Green’ Pays Dividends

The company utilizes the best practical pollution control technology from Goss, MEGTEC, Contiweb, L&E America and others to minimize emissions, as well as a widely acceptable and available carbon absorption solvent recovery system in its rotogravure pressrooms. Quad utilizes its own patented solvent recovery system in its finishing operations to capture and reuse fugitive emissions from ink-jet applications. Quad’s participation in the EPA’s Green Lights conservation effort led it to replace 14,000 high-intensity lamps with energy-efficient fluorescent fixtures, an investment that paid for itself in a very short period of time, Estock says. The company, which uses some wind power for two of its plants, plans to look at micro-turbines and solar opportunities in the near future.