Print 09 in Chicago: Green Printing with ClimatePartner

The leading trade fair for printing processes and graphic communication in the USA will take place in Chicago from September 11-16. All the renowned enterprises from the printing- and media-industry will be represented. Together with Drupa, the world leading trade fair for print media, ClimatePartner will be there – not only to present the Drupa Report Nr.1 which focuses on “Green Printing”, but also to enforce the ecological orientation of American printing plants. You will find Drupa 2012 and ClimatePartner at stand 6515 in the North Hall.

Triple benefit: for the client, the climate and the printing plant
Three years ago, climate-neutral printing and sustainable media production started to become popular in Europe. Now it’s finding its way into the American market. Throughout Europe, approximately 150 printing plants have the goal to print sustainably and climate-neutrally with the support of ClimatePartner. They act sustainably, because they use envi-ronmental friendly energy sources, charge material and technologies. They produce cli-mate-neutrally, because they individually calculate the CO2-emissions for every sales order with the ClimatePartner CO2-calculator. Then the client can compensate this amount of emissions (Carbon Offset).

ClimatePartner’s Green Printing gives you the chance to face this challenge with ecological and economical success: climate-neutral printing is a new service, which is in great demand for some time. It is a sign for quality, innovation and responsibility. On the European market, many printing plants have switched to sustainable media production- because they are deeply convinced of it and because there is an increased demand for it from renowned enterprises. Companies like McDonalds, Unilever, Sun Microsystems, BMW, Volkswagen and Microsoft are using ClimatePartner’s printing solutions for selected print products. Numerous national and international partners from the printing industry support ClimatePartner, as e.g. FSC, KBA and Xerox.

Role model: Lighthouse projects in the USA
ClimatePartner has already accompanied several enterprises in the USA on their way to climate-neutral printing. The ecological flagship-printing plant Irwin Hodson Press in Port-land (Oregon) uses brand-new KBA-technologies, leads an internal environmental man-agement system, is FSC-certified, supports renewable energy sources, is engaged in envi-ronmental projects and prints climate-neutral.

CD CARTONDRUCK USA, a producer of exclusive folded boxes, offers climate-neutrally produced packaging solutions to its clients who are mainly from the cosmetics-, perfume- and confectionary- industries starting in November 2009. Its role model is the holding company CD CARTONDRUCK from Germany. Therefore, CD CARTONDRUCK is the first company to print climate-neutrally in Europe as well as in the USA. Furthermore, the American branch office is currently getting an FSC-certification. “We are convinced that a sustainable and climate-neutral production is the right way - not only for our own company, but also for our clients. I can think of no better way to spread the message of acting responsibly than the print product”, says Mr. Marc Prior, General Manager at CD CARTONDRUCK USA. With CD CARTONDRUCK USA the company shows that it does not only want to forward its internal climate protection strategy, but that there is also a great demand for sustainably produced packaging solutions.

ClimatePartner is a service- and consulting company, specialized in climate protection. For more than 300 clients, ClimatePartner has, within three years, gained experience in ques-tions concerning climate protection and sustainability. ClimatePartner focuses on classical, individual consultancy services and the development and realization of solutions for se-lected industries. ClimatePartner’s aim is to create a more sustainable and climate-friendly market. The company’s headquarters (ClimatePartner Deutschland GmbH and its holding company ClimatePartner GmbH &Co. KG) are located in Munich.

For further information, please contact:
ClimatePartner Deutschland GmbH
Katharina Keyser (Marketing, PR)
Schleißheimer Str. 26 – 80333 Munich
Phone: +49 89 552 7917-0 – Fax: +49 89 552 79 17-29
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