Doing the right thing for decades

摘要

Mercer Color's quest for sustainable inks pressroom chemistry and recycled paper goes back to the 1980s. Dissatisfied with low-VOC inks that stilt required a solvent-based fountain solution and alcohol substitute, the printer helped develop a custom-blended ink with a VOC count of four percent or less. Since switching to ecoresponsible products in 1990, Mercer Color's ink consumption decreased 25 percent. The $2 million, 10-employee operation, which previously used 165 gallons of wash annually, is down to a single 30-gallon drum. Aqueous coating isn't used. Most jobs can be worked and turned in 15 minutes or less and 35 percent of jobs are printed, folded, cut and shipped the same day.