| We believe that companies can be profitable and environmentally responsible–even in the printing industry. In 1994, long before sustainability became popular, Hagadone’s President, Erwin Hudelist, received the “Investing in the Environment” award from the State of Hawaii. Since then, we have established a solid environmental record.
Years ago we eliminated harmful chemicals and toxic materials from the printing process. Silver run-off, benzene and isopropyl alcohol are no longer used. Direct-to-plate printing has virtually eliminated film-based printing. And our Liberty brand inks are formulated so they produce no volatile organic compounds that pollute the air.
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Conserving energy has also been a priority. In 2003 we made improvements to our building’s electrical system that recovers “drainage” energy. And two years later we replaced all our old light fixtures with energy-saving T5 and T8 fluorescent lights. More recently, we replaced all of our office incandescent lightbulbs with CFL's (Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs).
At the end of 2005 we invested $11 million in a state-of-the-art web press and infrastructure improvements. The new press, which runs on natural gas, uses half the energy of our old web and has an eco-cool oven that recycles ink solvents, resulting in zero emissions.
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This year we purchased an industrial shredder/baler system that will help us recycle 140 tons of waste paper per month, plus what we collect from you. Our PaperBack Program allows customers to return the extras of print jobs to us for recycling. At places where our delivery drivers make regular stops we’ll even pick up the paper. For those of you who visit us, we will have a convenient drop off area for your extras.
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