In Conjunction With The Fond Du Lac Boy Scoutstroop Prestigepak Will Be Hosting Itsrsquo Second Annual Arbor Day Event This April 29thnbsp As Part Of The Companyrsquos Carbon Reduction Efforts The Flexible Packager Partnered With This Same Troop In 2010 To Plant Over 400 Trees At Their Facility In Fond Du Lac This Year They Hope To Place Another 200 Cedars And 100 Pines In An Adjacent Spaceitrsquos Not Just About Increasing Production For Prestigepakrsquos President Vince Kuber Itrsquos Also About Being An Environmentally Conscious Neighbornbsp Ldquoin The Printing Industry You Get To A Point Where Expansion Is Necessary To Keep Good Customers Whose Needs Have Grown Beyond Your Capabilitiesrdquo Said Vincenbsp Prestigepak Customers Were Looking For Better Quality Graphics And 8color Printing Which They Couldnrsquot Provide With Their Existing Pressesthe Addition Of A New Press Was Necessary To Satisfy Primary Customers And Increase The Companyrsquos Market Share But It Would Require Additional Equipment That They Hadnrsquot Initially Planned On Purchasingnbsp The Presses That The Company Had Been Utilizing Allowed Them To Operate Without Any Air Pollution Control Equipmentnbsp Under The Federal Clean Air Regulations Prestige Pak Would Be Over The Environmental Protection Agencyrsquos Epa Limit Of 100 Tons Of Per Year For Volatile Organic Compounds Vocs At A Single Facilitynbspnbsp To Limit The Initial Capital Cost Of A Voc Abatement System Prestigepak Considered Purchasing A Used Catalytic Oxidizer Thermal And Catalytic Oxidizers Are Used In A Wide Variety Of Industries For The Destruction Of Air Pollutants Regulated By Government Agencies These Process Emissions Are Destroyed Through The Process Of High Temperature Combustion Requiring Some Type Of Fossil Fuel For Destruction Which Emit Green House Gas Emissions As A Byproductnbsp After Consulting With Engineers At Anguil Environmental Systems Vince Realized That A New Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer Rto Would Not Only Save Them 130000 In Operating Costs Per Year But It Meant A Dramatic Decrease In Carbon Dioxide Co2 And Nitrous Oxides Nox When Compared To The Used Catalytic Systemnbsp Prestigepak Commissioned Anguil To Install A 15000 Scfm Dual Chamber Rto Capable Of Handling Emissions From Their Four Presses With The Capacity For Two More 8 Or 10 Color Machinesnbsp The Oxidizer Achieves Destruction Through The Process Of High Temperature Thermal Oxidation Converting The Vocs To Carbon Dioxide And Water Vapor While Reusing Over 95 Of The Released Thermal Energy To Preheat The Incoming Emission Laden Airstreamnbsp The High Energy Recovery Within These Oxidizers Reduces The Natural Gas Consumption Required For Voc Destruction And Saves Operating Costsnbsp The Wise Decision To Purchase The Newer Technology Would Not Truly Be Recognized By Vince Until The Equipment Startup And Destruction Efficiency Testingnbsp Not Only Was The Anguil System Destroyingnbsp 993 Of All Vocs From Their Process It Was Operating Without Any Natural Gas As Long As Prestigepak Was Running One Press Or Morenbsp Recognizing That The Facility Can Never Reduce Their Carbon Emissions Completely Vince Says They Will Continually Look For Ways To Improve Efficiency Throughout The Plant And Reduce The Companyrsquos Carbon Footprint Ldquobecause Trees Absorb Co2 Throughout Their Life Cycle We Feel As Though These Arbor Day Events Are Very Important To Part Of Our Environmental Responsibilityrdquo As They Mature These Trees Will Take More And More Carbon Dioxide From The Air And Generate Oxygen For All Of Us