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SGIA Announces 2016 Sustainability Recognition Program Honorees

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8 years ago

April 27, 2016

SGIA is proud to announce the recipients of the 2016 Sustainability Recognition Program Award. The program was designed to encourage SGIA member companies to create and adopt sustainable business practices and to set an example for other companies to follow.

“SGIA supports the implementation of sustainable practices throughout the industry, and companies that do so deserve to be rewarded for their efforts,” said Brittany Sutphin, SGIA’s Program Manager, Government and Business Information.

In accordance with a uniformly applied standard, the Association presented Awards to all facilities that qualified. Determination of Award Recipients was based on the submission of required program information and the facility’s sustainability policy.

Congratulations to the 2016 Sustainability Recognition Program Award Honorees:

• 3M Commercial Graphics (St. Paul, Minnesota)
• Ampco Manufacturers Inc (Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada)
• Digital Color Concepts (Mountainside, New Jersey)
• Dreamscape (Rockaway, New Jersey)
• Empire Screen Printing (Onalaska, Wisconsin)
• GFX International (Grayslake, Illinois)
• Global Products Inc. (Saint Peters, Missouri)
• Holland & Crosby Limited (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada)
• Image Options (Foothill Ranch, California)
• JN White Designs (Perry, New York)
• Laird Plastics (Boca Raton, Florida)
• Lind SignSpring Group (Mansfield, Ohio)
• Meisel, Division of R.R. Donnelley (Carrollton, Texas)
• Modernistic (Stillwater, Minnesota)
• NGS Printing Inc (Elgin, Illinois)
• Piedmont Plastics Inc (Charlotte, North Carolina)
• Stella Color (Seattle)
• TASUS (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
• Tradeshows And Displays, A Plum Grove Company (Schaumburg, Illinois)
• Visual Impressions Inc. (Milwaukee)

All companies can further their sustainability journey with the newly launched Sustainability Resource Center. This one-stop shop offers tools, information and updates to fit all of your sustainability needs.

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