Sustainability is of growing importance to specialty imagers, and SGIA’s Sustainability Recognition Program strives to recognize members as they take steps toward realizing sustainable business practices. Adopting a sustainable business ethic requires a strong commitment on the part of both management and the workforce, and Kent Pad Printer Canada, Inc. has made that commitment.
“All employees must work with discipline, develop a sense of social responsibility with a better awareness of a cleaner, safer and healthier working environment,” commented Shirley Man, the company’s executive officer. “We also need to bring this message to our customers, vendors and visitors who, in turn, will help protect the environment and our planet.”
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Kent's "Green Pad Printing System" is an innovative pad printing process that employs a number of novel features, each stemming from new technology and engineering advancements. The result is an efficient and environmentally friendly pad printing process.
The company has identified five elements of “green pad printing”:
- Green-Cut A new sealed ink cup system is able to reduce consumption of ink and cleaning solvent of as much as 90%.
- Green-Plate Low-cost, environmental-friendly laser engrave-able printing plates provide great performance and high quality prints.
- KCTP A direct computer-to-plate laser engraving machine eliminates chemical etching with films and acids.
- UV Ink UV ink dries instantly when exposed to a UV light source, and contains 75 percent less solvent than conventional solvent base ink.
- Green-Printer High efficiency pad printing machines that use less labor, less energy and achieve higher quality and productivity.