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Monday, December 8th, 2008
Three companies spanning more than a century of printing services - Edwards Brothers, VistaPrint, and Sandy Alexander - recently shared their green initiatives with WhatTheyThink. Learning from the successes of others makes it possible for companies to move faster on the path of sustainability. John Edwards, President/CEO of Edwards Brothers (founded ...Friday, December 5th, 2008
My post of November 24 - Print UV - A Green(er) Printing Process stirred up a lot of discussion. First, because I got fumble-fingered and numb-brained and made the statement that UV printing is greener... remember, it's all relative. Second, because there are a lot of people who have a lot to ...Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Henry Wurst, Inc., a 71-year-old family owned and managed $95 million commercial printing company headquartered in North Kansas City MO. The 61st largest printer in North America, Henry Wurst is well-known for being a “green” printing company. Michael ...Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Contributed by Kristina Holdorf The printing and paper industry needs to congratulate themselves on the environmental strides they are making, but have we forgotten about what we're really about? Has craftsmanship taken a back seat to sustainable causes and has the concentration on environmental credentials taken the fun out of specifying ...Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
The topic of the day: Ink! Somehow I missed an article on Eco-Friendly Inks by Sabine Lenz that appeared on CreativePro last summer. Here are a summary and the headlines: Let's consider the three main components of offset ink for sheetfed printing: pigment, a vehicle, and additives. Pigments give the inks their colors ...Monday, December 1st, 2008
There are a number of different ways one can approach developing a "green business," and today I'm pulling some strategies from Greening Your Business, by Daniel Sitarz. (You can find more information about his book on the WhatTheyThink Reading List.) There are many reasons to "go green," and the strategies range ...
