Smyth Companies earns L.I.F.E. certification

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Smyth Companies' Bedford, Virginia, label printing facility has been certified under the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute’s (TLMI) Project LIFE program. Project LIFE (Label Initiative for the Environment) was developed to enable TLMI members to find cost-effective ways of reducing their impact on the environment.

Initiative participants are encouraged to set their own goals that are ambitious but feasible, and to demonstrate continuous improvement on priorities based on regional, market or business issues. Smyth-Bedford has been pursuing certification for over a year, along with Smyth’s plants in Minneapolis, Minnesota  and Austin, Minnesota. These two facilities are expected to be LIFE certified within the next few months.

Dave Buchholz, VP of continuous improvement for Smyth, said: ‘Manufacturing plant teams organized and implemented environmental practices which have provided benefits for our customers, employees, suppliers and the community. We now have environmentally preferred products for customers, and we utilize raw materials and manufacturing supplies that are friendly to the environment. Our waste items, like metal drums, plastic ink buckets, metal printing plates and paper trim are recycled or reused. The new business practices we have implemented are providing positive results throughout the entire supply chain.’