Coatings World - July 2016

July 2016 www.coatingsworld.com Coatings World | 19 areas. CAM Superline earned the 2016 award by adopting several green technologies and practices that reduced both its impact on the environment and its costs. With the noted changes in its operations, CAM Superline earned the 2016

Green Manufacturing Award. A cash gift that the winner may donate to a charitable organization is part of the award. CAM Superline chose St. Jude’s Research Hospital, based in Memphis, Tennessee, which is one of the world’s premier centers for research and treatment of catastrophic diseases in children.

Ron Yarnell, PPG OEM sales man-
ager, states that the Green Manufacturing
Award was established to encourage
NATM members to implement ecologi-
cally sound programs. Award contenders
must present case studies that demon-
strate improved, ecologically conscious
performance in their operations. Entrants
are also required to provide documen-
tation of the green initiatives they have
implemented. Entries are judged by the
NATM executive committee.

“We at PPG believe that we have a re-
sponsibility to minimize the impact of our
operations on the environment,” Yarnell
said. “When we see a company like CAM
Superline make significant improvements
in the way it works, and those improve-
ments benefit the environment, then we
know our commitment and our invest-
ment in the Green Manufacturing Award
is the right thing to do.”
Yarnell also pointed out that the
Green Manufacturing Award has become
the trailer industry’s most important an-
nual charitable event. This year, several
trailer-related companies – Optronics
International, Dexter Axle, the Carlstar
Group and Champion Hoist –joined ma-
jor sponsor PPG in supporting the award.

The NATM represents manufacturers
of light- and medium-duty trailers as well
as a wide range of suppliers to the indus-
try. The organization promotes universal
recognition of safety and quality in trail-
er manufacturing to the trailer industry
and the general public. NATM
works to improve the trailer in-
dustry through the promotion of
compliance with its guidelines
and other initiatives. The association has
more than 800 member companies in the
United States, Canada, Mexico and other
countries.

Axalta Coating Systems, Ducks Unltd. Announce First Project, Solidifying Multi-Year Relationship Axalta Coating Systems and Ducks Unlimited, the world leader in wetlands and waterfowl conservation, have jointly announced that restoration work on the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge is the first conservation project reinforced by their partnership. This project marks the first of many cooperative ventures as part of a $10 million conservation program supported by Axalta over the course of five years.