April 22nd is as important as ever at EXAIR
Every year, as the world celebrates Earth Day, we reflect on our environmental impact and commitment to sustainability. This is significant at EXAIR, because it marks the annual milestone for assessing our progress and environmental goals. As an industry leader in energy-saving and efficient products, connecting our corporate habits to environmental impact is in our nature.
This year, we have focused on how to maintain our sustainability efforts and help provide unique solutions for industrial challenges, while also engaging with our community. Our solutions range from optimizing compressed air applications, to utilizing innovative products to filter and reuse machine sump coolants. We’ve also become increasingly aware of the need to conserve and properly spray water and other fluids requiring atomization. In each case, we recognize the benefit provided for the application in terms of throughput, efficiency, and energy/material conservation.
Sustainability:
This year, our machinists collected the remnants and scraps from every CNC and lathe at EXAIR, sorted and stored them by material type, and arranged for their recycling. We filled dozens of 55-gallon drums with wastewater, aluminum, 303 and 316 stainless steel, and brass, providing them to a local recycling center in the Cincinnati community.
We also recycled 100% of our cardboard and mixed paper products, 80% of the trash placed in our dumpsters, and 100% of our wastewater, wood, and plastics.
We continue to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels by focusing on local and regional vendors, preventing long delivery distances. And, we send over 90% of our invoices electronically, eliminating the need for physical transit via postal trucking.
All the while, we look for ways to do more.
Industrial Challenges:
Our Application Engineers have provided assistance and support for customers in a myriad of industries; everything from ATEX areas in petrochemical facilities, to precision blowoff in food and beverage plants. In all of these applications, they take the time to understand the applications so that recommended solutions minimize environmental impact and maximize the use of any energy required to solve the problem.
EXAIR’s patented designs have a proven track record of reducing energy consumption, making them the go-to answer for environmentally conscious companies.
Community Engagement and Corporate Stewardship
Beyond our immediate operational impacts, we remain committed to the benefit of community engagement. This past year saw EXAIR’s first sponsorship of the University of Cincinnati’s Combat Robotics Team. The young engineers who design, build, and compete in this combat robotics arena are doing so with EXAIR’s support and financial backing.
This Earth Day, we invite other companies to join us in rethinking their processes to be more sustainable. Every step towards this goal, no matter how small, contributes to a larger change. At EXAIR, we are proud to lead by example, showing that business success and environmental stewardship can go hand in hand.
We look forward to another year of innovative solutions, community involvement, and environmental stewardship. Together, we can make a significant impact.
Lee Evans, EXAIR
