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Letter from the president
I am pleased to welcome you to the MACtac world.
I hope to share our passion with you : our passion for what we do, for our industry, for innovation and for our contacts with you.
Men and women have lived the remarkable adventure of MACtac since 1959 when the Company was officially incorporated, with BEMIS faith and financial backing.
Today BEMIS is recognized as one of the largest producers of flexible packaging worldwide and we, at MACtac, are proud to be a leader of the pressure-sensitive industry. That success was achieved not only thanks to our talented staff but also thanks to our dedicated customers serving the industry in Europe, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East ,Africa and South America
Through the years, we have emphasized the search for excellence in service, in research and in industrial best practices.
With the development of the global economy, new opportunities open up every day that we are eager to seize with fresh inspirations, new talents and a renewed enthusiasm for customer relationships.
Guido ALVINO
President
MACtac Europe
Sustainable development Policy
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In all of our products, we strive to use environmentallyresponsible materials. We have developed a comprehensive range of products which contribute to protect theenvironment such as cadmium free PVC films and chlorine free papers.
We continuously ensure that our share of pulp consumption comes from certified forests and actively contribute to the forest certification process.
Several of our suppliers’s paper mills have already obtained the PEFC and / or FSC certificate of its chain of Custody and more paper mills are expected to be certified very soon.
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1. HIGH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
We are commited to operating clean, safe, energy-efficient manufacturing facilities, and work to comply with or exceed community, state and EEC standards. For example, we recover, recycle and re-use most of the solvents used in the adhesive coating process of some product lines. MACtac has been one of the first self-adhesive products manufacturers to install solvent recovery units.
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Our solid manufacturing waste is sorted out (cardboard, paper, metal, wood, plastics) to maximize waste recycling. After the primary mission of our products is complete, most are recyclable into similar or other usable products. Our products and packaging are permanently adapted to make them easily recyclable by up-to-date recycling techniques
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2. ADHESIVES
Whenever possible we design our products to avoid the use of solvent based adhesive in function of the product performance expected by customers. That is why we have developed a whole range of emulsion based and hot melt adhesives which do not contain solvents nor any hazardous products. These adhesives are real alternatives to traditional solvent based adhesives. In case of demanding product performance, our selfadhesive product constructions include solvent based adhesives with very low quantities of remaining solvents.
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2. SOURCE REDUCTION
We are commited to the elimination of unnecessary packaging, where applicable, and to the reduction of manufacturing waste and emissions through: equipment advances, process changes, employee programmes. Since 2005 we have reduced our power consumption by 14 %, our gas consumption by 25 % and our water consumption by 39 % per sqm of laminate manufactured.
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2. ENERGY RECYCLING
With current technologies, most of our products can be safely incinerated. Because of the high BTU value of our papers and plastic materials, these products can greatly improve combustion and help create a more efficient incineration process or be used as fuel by some industries like cement factories. When recycling is not technically acceptable, our products can be landfilled.
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3. PACKAGING
Our product packaging has been limited to what is absolutely necessary to keep the finished product clean and secure during transportation until it is used by the Converter. Our packaging items are made of homo geneous materials, making packaging waste easily recyclable or reusable and in compliance with the European regulations (European Directive 94 / 62 / EG).
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3. LANDFILL
Our products are generally light-weight, low volume and compactible, thereby providing a significant source reduction in landfill disposal over heavier, bulkier materials.
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4. SMOKE AND EFFLUENTS
Emission of harmful products (e.g. smoke) has been reduced to minimal quantities according to the EEC regulations.
While only a small quantity of effluent water is used per sqm of laminate produced, effluent water is treated on site according to the strictest local legislation.
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