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Mohawk Receives Prestigious Green Power Leadership Award
Mohawk Receives Prestigious Green Power Leadership Award
Published 12-07-05
Submitted by Mohawk Fine Papers
This annual award, announced on October 25, 2005, honors U.S. organizations that make significant purchases of renewable energy, thus helping to build the market for green power. Mohawk was selected as a recipient of this due to the company's commitment and proven track record in green power procurement.
"We are proud to have earned an award such as this - an award that honors our environmental values. We look forward to continuing on our path as a green power leader," says Mohawk's Senior Vice President, Environmental and Governmental Affairs, George Milner.
Mohawk is the only paper mill in the U.S. to use wind energy to manufacture paper. In 2004, Mohawk first began using the pollution-free alternative energy source for its Cohoes, New York, plant. Then, on June 1, 2005, following this year's acquisition of the Fine Papers business from International Paper, Mohawk negotiated a contract to purchase an additional 35 million kWh's of wind powered energy to its newly acquired Beckett Mill in Hamilton, Ohio, where the Strathmore, Beckett and Via papers are produced. This commitment to wind energy allowed Mohawk to join the highest level of EPA Green Power Partnership Leadership Club as well as earning a ranking (#16) in the EPA List of Top 25 U.S. Green Power Purchasers.
Mohawk's annual purchase of 45 million kWh's of wind energy offsets 21 percent of the electricity used at Mohawk Fine Papers' two New York mills and 50 percent of the electricity used at its Beckett Mill. Currently Mohawk manufactures five of its brands entirely with windpower.
About Mohawk Fine Papers
Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. is the largest manufacturer of premium printing, writing and imaging papers in the country. Flagship grades include Strathmore(r), Mohawk Superfine(tm), Beckett(r), BriteHue(r), Via(r), Mohawk Color Copy(r) and patented Inxwell(r) products, Navajo(r) and Options(r). Mohawk engineers its papers to provide optimal performance for sheetfed, web and digital printing. Mohawk papers are used in a wide variety of communications including prestigious annual reports, corporate identity systems, high-end brochures, packaging and everyday communication for businesses of all sizes and types. A leader in environmental stewardship, Mohawk is the first large-scale production facility in the U.S. to use non-polluting wind energy to manufacture paper. Many of Mohawk's recycled products are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council [FSC] and/or Green Seal.
For more information, please visit www.mohawkpaper.com or call 1-800 the mill.
For more information on the EPA Green Power Leadership Awards visit www.epa.gov/greenpower/pdf/2005awards.pdf
To see the complete list of the EPA Top 25 Green Power Purchasers visit: www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/top25.htm
Agency Contact:
Pam Williams
Williams and House
860.675.4140
pwilliams@williamsandhouse.com
