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GREEN CONVERTING producing fossil fuels for shipping and sales-related travel, Curtis then turned to London-based CarbonNeutral Co. to help offset the global impact of its CO2 use by investing in a number of independently audited projects, including the Mynydd-YGarnedd forestry project in Wales and the Rhine-Ruhr methane capture project in Germany. Curtis also supports a local reforestation project that helps reduce carbon dioxide emissions in its own town. “We did an overall analysis of our carbon footprint, and we tried to reduce everything we could, but there are unavoidable emissions: The salespeople obviously need cars, and we use an 18-wheeler to ship product,” Droppo explains. To offset those, the company purchases renewable energy certificates that credit the company’s positive environmental initiatives, resulting in certification by the Forest Stewardship Council as 100% carbon neutral. The certificates are purchased through Community Energy, a developer of wind energy. Investment Benefits Customers of automation so we can go from job to job more quickly. All are key considerations for our clients. “The Dymatrix’s exclusive moving upper platen enables it to maintain level sheet travel from feeder to delivery. This results in a cleaner die-cut and a more satisfied customer.” Another new piece of equipment, an Omega Allpro110 high-speed production folder/gluer from Duran (Above) Curtis Packaging purchases clean, pollutionfree, renewable energy sourced from wind power. (Left) The Omega Allpro-110 folder/gluer manufactures a variety of carton styles and features semi-automatic setup and job data storage. (Below) Curtis reports its Heidelberg Dymatrix die-cutter processes 8,000 sheets/hr. (Bottom) These cartons for Britney Spears Fantasy fragrance line are made from the company’s eco-friendly CurtCHROME boardstock. Curtis invested more than $20 million in capital expenditures in the past seven years, says Droppo. It made production workflow more efficient and more responsive by inaugurating a Heidelberg Dymatrix 12 CSB die-cutter in the summer of 2007. The 40x55-in. system is said to be the first to be installed by Heidelberg USA and the first of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. “We invested in this advanced finishing technology in order to bring more benefits to our customers,” he says. “This system is fast, processing 8,000 sheets per hour. It produces high quality cuts with a force of 674 tons, and it delivers a high degree WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM Machinery, is engineered with a split bi-fold carrier, pre-fold, and register section. It has a servo-driven back fold and can manufacture all types of sizes and styles, including four- and six-corner cartons. The machine is fully computerized and features semi-automatic setup and job data storage. Foil Alternative The company also has developed its own eco-friendly packaging, CurtCHROME, a 100% biodegradable and recyclable boardstock that replaces foil and metallized film in folding carton production. The substrate is produced on a 51-in. KBA Rapida offset press that uses a special dispersion coater and dryer prior to its eight printing stations. The process allows the laydown of a proprietary heavy silver metallic ink as soon as it enters the APRIL 2008 | 31 http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM

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