Being ‘Green’ Pays Dividends

Furthermore, Quad’s ink waste has declined 74 percent from 1989 to 2006, despite a 317 percent increase in production. (It should also be noted that Quad had four facilities in 1989, compared with nine facilities in 2006.) Company-wide, the average renewable resource oil content (soy, linseed, corn) of Quad’s proprietary Enviro/Tech heatset offset ink is currently around 7.9 percent. The typical industry average renewable resource content for heatset offset ink is said to be on the order of 3 percent to 4 percent.