In-plants Go Green

Morin prioritizes machinery maintenance and automation to minimize paper and energy waste.

“Our equipment is chosen to be more efficient; faster setup and running speeds ensure more output per kilowatt of electricity used,” he calculates, using the shop’s four-color Ryobi 524 as an example. “It’s just simple math: printing a four-color job on a four-color press cuts energy usage and printing time in half compared with running the same job on a two-color press. That, in turn, impacts general energy consumption and yields greater overall efficiency during an eight-hour shift.”