Energy audit

Well last week was a very exciting milestone in the greening of Sportsprint.. Doug Neidigh of … came to Sportsprint for the day to do a wholistic environmental audit - to look at our operations, investigate greener manufacturing processes for our company, and make recommendations. We are eager to hear his recommendations.
Yesterday Tim Bennett (the production [...]

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More on Lean, Clean and Green program from Missouri Enterprise

Lean, Clean and Green Makes Good Business Sense
The new Missouri Enterprise Lean, Clean and Green Program leverages resources of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Supplier Network, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to help small and medium-size manufacturers enhance competitiveness, reduce costs and improve environmental performance. [...]

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S & S Activewear invites us to be VIPs

Last night my sister and I returned from a wonderful weekend in Chicago, courtesy of S & S, which is one of our biggest vendors. It was our first time visiting their facility in Bolingbrook, Illinois, and holy cow, what a warehouse they’ve got. S & S has over 1400 different products, and distributes over [...]

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Sportsprint Inks Deal with Missouri Enterprise

I was pretty excited on April 17th and not just because Earth Day was just around the corner.
We decided to move forward with an initiative called Lean, Clean, & Green, and will be working closely with the good folks at Missouri Enterprise to reduce waste, reduce energy usage, and source the greenest supplies for our [...]

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Organic Cotton Grows off the Charts

from Jan 08 Printwear magazine:
The global organic cotton apparel, home and personal care products market topped one billion dollars in 2006, with estimates projecting many times that number in years to come, according to results of a forthcoming report from Berkeley-based Organic Exchange (OE). Report highlights were released at the organization’s fifth annual conference and [...]

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