The environmental system applies to all activities, including design, printing, laminating, coating, and slitting activities conducted by American Packaging Corporation's Rotogravure Printing and Laminating Division (APC) at the Columbus, WI location.
Sustainable Production is the creation of goods and services using processes and systems that are: non- polluting; conserving of energy and natural resources; economically efficient; safe and healthful for workers, communities, and consumers. Brett Triebel, Operations Manager for the facility remarks, “ISO 14001 certification brands our company as environmentally responsible. It helps us demonstrate how committed we are to reducing our environmental impact as well as meet customer’s expectations of sustainability”.
“Sustainability is part of our core values,” says Peter Schottland, American Packaging Corporation CEO and President, “as demonstrated by our diligence to achieve ISO 14001 registration at all of our facilities, developing a robust diversity program, and our continued support of the Center for Sustainable Packaging located at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Preserving natural resources and minimizing waste will continue to be an integral part of APC’s day-to-day business activity.”