Environmental Stewardship; Sustainability; Carbon Footprint; Chain of Custody; Go Lean; Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; Plan, Perform, Measure and Improve; Lend a Hand, Save the Land. These are all relatively new terms in our printing and publishing lexicon. While it's human nature to want to reduce our impact on the environment and leave a better world for the next generation, often we can't make the kinds of changes we'd like because of the cost involved. We decided to seek out ways to affect that change and still reduce our costs instead of increasing them. You might be surprised at how much bang you can actually get for your money.
Joining us to share their insights are:
Peter LaBonte, from ASQ (American Society for Quality). He is a CMQ/OE (Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence), and has agreed to demonstrate how to apply proven and leading edge Lean principles and practices: Using Lean to provide customer value while doing more with less.
Connie OKeefe, Manager at The John Roberts Company, will tell us about their environmental achievements. They are Charter Members of Printing Industries of Minnesotas Great Printer Environmental Initiative and have achieved carbon neutrality. Among other initiatives, they are committed to the Windsource Program and the use of alternative energy sources.
Annette Wall, Production Manager at Kalmbach Publishing will discuss Kalmbachs transition to all soft proofing at their domestic and Asian printers. She will outline their hybrid proofing solution and talk about the value of Eizo monitors. Annette will also share some of the small changes at Kalmbach that led to big savings.
Gregg Aiken, Mill Manager at Neenah Paper will tell the story of Neenah Green, the ecoinitiatives that include Carbon Neutral status, FSC Certification, Green Seal and Green-E certifications. This past March, Neenah won a Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award for its emphasis on environmental stewardship.
Joe Muehlbach, Director of Facilities and Environmental Policy at Quad/Graphics will outline some of Quad's many environmental initiatives. As you might expect, in the past decade alone, Quad/Graphics has been awarded more than 20 major environmental achievement honors, both on a state and national level.
Agenda
8:00 a.m.
Registration and coffee
8:30 a.m.
Program begins
11:30 a.m.
Networking & refreshments
12:00 p.m.
Lunch (included)
12:45 p.m.
Program continues
2:20 p.m.
Door Prize drawing, including a Waterford Crystal vase
2:30 p.m.
Program concludes
How to Register
Register and pay online at http://direct-to-net.net/cgi-bin/dn_ref.pl?f=h&ei=100129&vi=100127&r=15&ci=100806, or pay at the door with cash or check made payable to WPPC. The cost is still only $40 for members and $60 for non-members AND $15 for students. While walk-ins are always welcome, we encourage you to register no later than Friday, May 15th.
The WPPC is an organization of your peers, dedicated to providing a forum for education and opportunities for networking within the publishing industry. Founded in 1990, WPPC presents timely, pertinent topics and helps its members meet the challenge of rapidly changing technologies that impact our industry and our jobs. Regular membership is open to those responsible for production of magazines, catalogs, books, newsletters, and other printed matter, as well as to designers and ad agencies. Annual dues are $50 for individuals and $150 for corporate membership. Associate (vendor) membership is open to printers, prep houses, service bureaus, paper companies, ink manufacturers, graphic arts vendors, and other suppliers to the publishing industry, at a rate of $75 for individuals or $200 for corporate (vendor) membership.
WPPC and their sponsors invite members, guests and prospective members to attend our annual meetings in September, December, January, March and May. Location varies, please check the meeting notice or www.wppc.org for details. Meeting cost: $15 for students, $40 for members and $60 for guests & prospective members.
Join now or renew your membership online at http://www.wppc.org./
Meet Our Board
Executive Director:Marty OchsA.M. Mailing Services, Inc. Ph: 608-838-9899
mochs@ammailing.com
Executive Director: Kathy ReillyPrint Production Advisory Ph: 262-241-8454
kathyppa@ix.netcom.com
Treasurer: Cathy SchnackenbergASQ Ph: 414-272-8575
cschnackenberg@asq.org
Membership Director: Gretchen Trautman RDA Milwaukee (formerly Reiman Media) Ph: 414-423-0100
gretchen_trautman@rd.com
Director at Large: Dean Flowers Harry V. Quadracci Printing and Graphics Center Waukesha County Technical College Ph: 262-695-3401
dflowers@wctc.edu
Webmaster:Joel BartonGroupE CommunicationsPh: 414-964-6907 joel@groupecommunications.com
Board Member:Erica ConwayC2 Graphics Productivity SolutionsPh: 414-431-0062
erica@c2gps.com
Board Member:Cheryl LeSageJournal-Sentinel DirectPh: 414-223-5284
clesage@journalsentinel.com
Board Member:Dennis RedmanPLUS CompaniesPh: 262-502-1900
dr@ctplus.com
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