FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PARKERSBURG, West Virginia — March 21, 2006 — Greenpak, Inc. today announced that Bayer MaterialScience received a Platinum Recycling Excellence award for their Returnable Packaging Program.
Bayer MaterialScience, located in New Martinsville, West Virginia, diverted over 87,900 pounds from the facility’s local landfill within 2005. Greenpak, Inc. is honoring Bayer for their significant efforts and impact on environmental awareness. The New Martinsville facility has continued to increase the amount of material diverted from the local landfill for the past three years.
Art Burnside, Horst Siffrin, Mike Wade and Jim Covington of Bayer MaterialScience accepted the award from Greenpak, Inc.
GWP Industries, LLC was established in Parkersburg in 1950 with only 3 employees. The company today includes Greenpak, Inc. a global leader in industrial package solutions and provides innovative recovery, re-use, and return logistics systems. In addition the company operates a national trucking, manufacturing and distribution network supported by over 2.5 million square feet of warehousing. Strategically located corporate resources and services are able to provide daily support to 70% of the USA’s manufacturing base; as well as other parts of Asia and Europe. GWP Industries, LLC operates Atlas Steel and Supply Company, Inc. a steel service center, Valxess, LLC, which processes and distributes plastic to various markets and end users, and numerous other entities.
A winner of numerous international awards for packaging design and innovative solutions for cost reduction and environmental conservation, the company serves many leading multinational and regional customers. The company was recently awarded the West Virginia Business Environmental Leadership Award for superior pollution prevention and waste minimization by providing its reduction and reusable systems.
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