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SGIA Recognizes Sustainable Businesses

May 11, 2017

Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA), Fairfax, Va., recently presented its Sustainable Business Recognition honor to 22 member companies that have created and adopted sustainable business practices.

The award spotlights member companies that have implemented projects that improved employee safety and health, reduced environmental impact and Improved business efficiency.

“Sustainability is about more than the environment,” says Marci Kinter, vice president of government and business information, SGIA. “It’s about business efficiencies, reducing waste and conserving resources. And it’s critical to your success. That said, reductions in air, water and power usage all have a very real impact on your bottom line, and streamlined operations can save labor, as well as materials and utilities, improving all-round efficiency.”

The 2017 Sustainability Recognition Program Award honorees are as follows:


• 3M Commercial Graphics, Saint Paul, Minn.
• Arjowiggins Graphics, Stamford, Conn.
• Auto Trim Design Inc., Concord, Ontario, Canada
• Avery Dennison NTP AS, Gaupne, Norway
• Boston Barricade Co., Vero Beach, Fla.
• CanvasPop LLC, Las Vegas
• DesignTex Surface Imaging, Portland, Maine
• Douglass Screen Printers Inc., dba DPRINT, Lakeland, Fla.
• Empire Screen Printing, Onalaska, Wis.
• GFX International , Grayslake, Ill.
• Global Products Inc, Saint Peters, Mo.
• iPrint Digital Limited, Kingston, Jamaica
• LSG, LLC. – Tampa, Tampa, Fla.
• Meisel, A Division of RR Donnelley, Carrollton, Texas
• Ministicks.com, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Modernistic, Stillwater, Minn.
• Piedmont Plastics Inc, Charlotte, N.C.
• SENFA – DECOPRINT , Selestat, Bas Rhin, France
• Sihl The Coating Company, Fiskeville, R.I.
• Spector and Co, St-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
• TASUS, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• Yunker Industries Inc., Elkhorn, Wis. — J.L.