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Dr. Danny Rich is the senior color physicist in the Color Research Laboratory at Sun Chemical Corp. Rich has worked with the Flexo Quality Consortium (FQC), was a founding member of the Standards Working Group (SWG), and most recently joined the FQC Exec- utive Committee. Past President’s Award recipient and chair of the FQC Executive Committee, Jean Engelke shared that Danny has“the unique ability to break down very complex tech- nical concepts and present them to FTA members so that they are able to understand them and, often times, do so with a high degree of humor and entertainment.” Sustainability Excellence Award IGT Global Solutions was presented a Sustainability Excellence Award for its volatile organic compound (VOC) reduction program, and Comexi was presented a Sustainability Excellence Awards for the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of its F2 MC flexo press. One of IGT Global Solutions’ primary products is instant lottery tickets. IGT wanted to produce a more sustainable printing operation that would have less of an environmental impact, increase press efficien- cy, reduce operational costs and minimize hazardous waste. The company implemented a VOC reduction program in its flexographic printing operation, transi- tioning from using solvent inks to a full water-based ink system. After the transition to a full water-based ink system in 2017, 2018 was the first full year IGT used this new system. In addition to using full water-based ink, IGT experienced optimized job changeover times, mini- mized materials waste and increased print quality.The printer reduced VOC output in 2018 by 66 percent when compared to 2015. IGT has also experienced 40 percent sales growth. The second winner, Comexi began developing the LCA as a decision-making tool for its F2 MC flexo press in 2017. Promoting healthier working conditions, the LCA examines the environmental, social and econom- ic impacts of the machine in order to make improve- ments across the board. Creating a tool that can quantify and compare a proj- ect’s environmental impact usage and the entire life cycle of the F2 MC,Comexi said the data collection has yielded environmental improvements in every aspect of the machine’s use, from beginning to end. Aside from having a positive impact on the engineering de- partments, other areas of Comexi have also been pos- itively affected, including sustainability, procurement, marketing, and technical and operational teams.
We begin with an investigation that benchmarks the most common causes of waste/downtime andtheircostsincluding:
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