Reliable Graphics Wins Oce 'Green Reprographer' Award
Division of American Reprographics Company
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VEGAS,
NV, May 15, 2008 - Oce, a global leader in digital document management and
delivery systems, today announced the winner of its first annual, “Green
Reprographer of the Year” award during the IRgA 2008 Annual Convention and
Trade Show in Las Vegas, NV. Reliable Graphics, a California-based leader in
the reprographics, imaging and document management industry for over 30
years, was selected as the winner from a pool of qualified entrants who
submitted applications via Oce’s website, outlining their achievements in
the area of green business practices and explaining how these efforts have
assisted their customers to meet their own sustainability goals.
“In recognition of their outstanding efforts to promote sustainability
via the products used in their business operations, the services provided to
their customers and internal employee programs, we are proud to announce
that Reliable Graphics is the winner of Oce s first-ever ‘Green Reprographer
of the Year’ award,” said Sal Sheikh, Vice President of Marketing, Wide
Format Printing Systems division of Oce North America. "We received quite a
few applications for this award, underscoring the importance today’s
reprographers place on environmentally sound business practices. We are
confident that Oce can help reprographers reach their sustainability goals,
and those of their customers, through products that are environmentally
conscious while maintaining the quality and reliability for which Oce is
known.”
An independent panel of judges, including Denise Gustavson, Editor of
Wide Format Imaging magazine, Dave Barista, Managing Editor of Building
Design & Construction magazine, and Ed Avis, author of The Green
Reprographics Handbook and contributing writer on green issues for Repro
Report magazine, selected Reliable Graphics as the winner based on its
enterprise-wide dedication to sustainability.
An American Reprographics Company (ARC) reprographer, Reliable Graphics’
dedication to sustainability is demonstrated through its certification as a
Forest Steward Council and Sustainable Forestry Initiative reprographer
through its active membership in the U.S. Green Building Council and its
prominent utilization of the ARC GreenPlan environmental business
initiatives.
Editor Denise Gustavson of Wide Format Imaging and award judge commented,
“Reliable Graphics has been very proactive when it comes to its policies
regarding sustainability. For this shop, being environmentally responsible
is more than simply a good idea or an afterthought—they’ve put it into
practice. In all aspects of its business, Reliable Graphics keeps the
environment in mind—from the products and services it provides to its
customers to the energy-saving and environmentally-friendly measures it has
taken within its facilities.”
Indeed, Reliable Graphics has incorporated sustainability into nearly
every aspect of its business operations–including the products used in its
shops and sold to customers. The company has already achieved real results
by switching to recycled paper for use on its large format black & white
systems (Oce 45-111R recycled paper) and small format systems–saving 1,509
trees, 354,976 KWH of energy and 621,208 gallons of water from June 2007 to
February 2008. The company also encourages its customers to embrace
sustainable products by offering recycled cardboard binders, CD sleeves,
edge binds, tabs and Eco Board for sale in its shops.
“In an effort to minimize its impact on the environment, Reliable
Graphics has done an admirable job in re-thinking virtually every component
of its business, from the products and services it sells to its green
operations practices,” said Dave Barista, award judge and managing editor of
Building Design and Construction.
Along those lines, Reliable Graphics has also made strides to re-think
traditional reprographics applications and minimize unnecessary printing
through the adoption of advanced software solutions. Utilizing digital
document management software solutions, including Oce Plan Center and a
variety of digital applications developed by Reliable Graphics’ parent,
American Reprographics Company, the company enables its customers to order
plans and send bid invitations online. Reliable Graphics also promotes
digital file archiving and file transfer via an FTP site, Oce Repro Desk
software and electronic work orders, with which customers can request order
pick-ups and place orders while remaining paperless.
Internally, Reliable Graphics has implemented several facility changes to
reduce the company’s impact on the environment–from transitioning to a fleet
of hybrid vehicles to selecting cleaning products that are eco-friendly. In
February of 2008, Reliable Graphics switched to compact florescent light
bulbs throughout its shops and equipped all light switches with occupancy
sensors.
Employees of Reliable Graphics are encouraged to support the company’s
sustainability goals. Each office location is fitted with a webcam so
meetings with employees in different locations can be conducted virtually
thus putting fewer cars on the road. When they do travel to the office,
employees are encouraged to take part in a ride share program with
incentives to benefit those offices that take part most often. Additionally,
Reliable Graphics educates its employees and clients on “green” topics of
interest on a monthly basis, with timely topics displayed and mounted in the
offices’ lobby on Eco Board.
Reliable Graphics has also instituted several innovative “green”
programs, including:
- A 20 yard, on-site recycle bin where plastic and every type of paper
product from customer scraps to cardboard cores are placed.
- A “Plans to Pads” program has been put into place to create note
pads from clients’ old plans and from the strips of paper created when
loading new paper rolls in its Oce printers.
- For every three “Digital is Green” tote bags purchased, which the company
sells in their shops, Reliable Graphics plants a tree in one of the United
States’ national forests.
"Green reprographics is a wave of the future, and it's wonderful that Oce
is recognizing forward-thinking reprographics shops by starting this award,”
said award judge, Ed Avis. “We’re hoping this contest will inspire other
reprographics shops to consider sustainability issues. One green repro shop
alone might not save the world, but if a hundred reprographics shops go
green, the impact could be enormous.”
About Oce’s Dedication to Sustainability
Sustainability has been part of Oce’s DNA for the past 130 years. This
includes the innovative three-tiered approach to supporting sustainability:
1) Create and design sustainable products; 2) Utilize environmentally
conscious manufacturing; 3) Enable customers to operate in a sustainable way
(i.e. print with lower heat and energy usage, produce the least amount of
detectable ozone, print onto 30% post-consumer waste recycled media 100% of
the time).
In addition, Oce’s wide format printers use unique, patented Oce Eco
Design technology that helps customers achieve their sustainability goals.
Printers using this technology distinguish themselves from conventional
printers by complying with the more stringent 2007 ENERGY STAR requirements
– setting them apart from similar competitive products – and by their
extremely low energy consumption, quiet operation and low ozone and heat
emissions.
Using just one Oce Eco Design printer, versus a comparable competitor’s
printer, can result in a pollution reduction of greenhouse gases (CO2),
volatile organic compounds (VOCs), carbon monoxide (CO) and more. In a
typical low- to mid-volume printing environment, an Oce Eco Design printer
saves approximately 320 kW/month, which is equivalent to:
- Not driving .6 passenger cars for one year, or
- Saving 297 gallons of gasoline, or
- Saving 109 home barbeque propane cylinders, or
- A household being able to shut off its electricity for 3
months
For more information about sustainability visit,
www.oce.com/sustainability.
About Reliable Graphics
For over 30 years Reliable Graphics has been a leader in the
reprographics, imaging, and document management industry. They are committed
to embracing new technologies and are always looking for ways to give their
customers the best solution for each and every project. Today, Reliable
Graphics is one of the largest reprographics firms in California with over
175 employees, ten locations, and a large radio dispatched delivery fleet.
To serve the ever-changing needs of its clients, Reliable Graphics has
over the years expanded its products and services to include Large Format
Color, Digital Bond Sets, Electronic Publishing, Facility Management,
Equipment and Supplies Sales, Graphic Design, Digital Plotting, Scanning,
and Document Storing.
The Internet is radically transforming the way people capture and share
ideas. The expansion of the Information Highway drives people to print &
share documents with more data, graphics and color. This is an important
factor in Reliable Graphics growth and sustained success. Reliable Graphics'
technology enhances the printing experience and transforms documents into
effective communications tools.
Reliable Graphics is a division of the American Reprographics Company.
For more information, please visit
www.e-arc.com.
About Oce
Oce N.V. is a leading international provider of digital document
management technology and services. The company’s solutions are based
on Oce’s advanced software applications that deliver documents and data over
internal networks and the Internet to printing devices and archives -
locally and around the world. Supporting the workflow solutions are
Oce digital printers and scanners, considered the most reliable and
productive in the world. Oce also offers a wide range of display
graphics, consulting and outsourcing solutions.
Oce employs around 24,000 people, with 2007 revenues of approximately
$4.6 billion, operates in more than 90 countries and maintains research and
manufacturing centers in the Netherlands, the United States, Canada,
Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Romania and Singapore.
Oce North America is headquartered in Trumbull, CT, with additional business
units in Chicago, IL; New York City; Boca Raton, FL; Salt Lake City, UT;
Coventry, RI; and Vancouver, BC. North American revenues represented
approximately half of Oce’s worldwide business in 2007, and employment is
currently 11,000.
For more information visit
http://www.oceusa.com Outside the U.S., consult
www.oce.com.
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