KWH Reduction: The Proof is in the Immediate Savings
September 16, 2011
Niagara Sheets partnered with WPS Global to implement a customized energy savings plan tailored specifically for the Tonawanda NY plant. Just 90 days after WPS Global installed its comprehensive energy solution, Niagara Sheets had already realized over $10,000 in savings.
NIAGARA SHEETS’ ENERGY SAVINGS
AFTER WPS GLOBAL’S INSTALLATION
|
Month |
% From Average |
Effect on Energy Bill |
|
1 |
-13.59% |
($3,198.14) |
|
2 |
-10.00% |
($2,244.01) |
|
3 |
-20.10% |
($4,988.33) |
|
Savings |
-14.56% |
($10,430.48) |
John Bolender, president, Niagara Sheets LLC, says the results met his initial expectations, “The data so far already demonstrates a nearly 15 percent reduction in kilowatts consumption compared to last year.”
Before implementing WPS Global’s audit and plan, the Niagara Sheets’ executive team – president, vice president of operations and comptroller – were tracking energy consumption and usage according to monthly KWH per MSF of production. With the solution in place, the team will receive reports from WPS Global making it effortless to see energy consumption and cost savings every month. According to Bolender, the executive team anticipates to see an ongoing positive impact on the facility’s bottom line.
Surviving in the uber-competitive corrugated business means sheet feeders like Niagara Sheets must think out-of-the-box when it comes to reducing costs.
“Pennies can make the difference between making or losing a sale — we need to explore every opportunity to reduce our operating expenditures,” says Bolender.
WPS Global is an energy management organization serving corrugated, paperboard and packaging businesses. The first step to having a customized energy saving audit and plan developed for your facility is easy, quick and painless. Contact Bill Behrmann at 888-803-2903 or bill@wpsglobal.net.
WPS Global’s KWH-reducing solution requires no downtime and no employee involvement and will play a significant role in sustainability initiatives.
Businesses like TimBar Packaging & Display’s Miami Florida facility have installed a WPS Global customized energy-saving solution, guaranteed to reduce energy consumption by at least 10 percent, for many reasons. One of the leading benefits is the fact that the system requires no involvement from employee resources. Another is how it plays an integral role in significantly reducing energy usage and carbon footprint.
TimBar partnered with WPS Global to implement a customized supply-side energy-saving system that guarantees a 10 percent reduction in electrical savings. According to Bill Thom, senior vice president of operations, TimBar Packaging & Display, the company is hoping to achieve a 14 to 20 percent reduction based on the successes WPS Global has had with other corrugator and sheet plants.
“Companies concerned with sustainability would prefer to do business with like-minded companies,” explains Thom. “Like many of our customers are, TimBar is furthering its track record for investing in projects that will reduce our carbon footprint.”
Even with the most advanced, high efficiency equipment, WPS Global’s senior systems designer, Bill Behrmann, says that corrugated, paperboard and packaging businesses cannot realize optimal energy effectiveness or maximum savings. He says, “You must control the supply side of the equation.”
By implementing WPS Global’s specific system in its Miami facility, TimBar will see significant reductions in the power being consumed by its large-scale energy-consuming equipment. A big plus for TimBar is that the installation involved zero downtime and the system’s daily implementation requires no involvement from employees.
As a manufacturer of corrugated packaging, Thom wants to ensure that sustainability remains top-of-mind as part of TimBar’s business philosophy. The Miami Division is known as the market leader in South Florida for stock items, customized solutions and point-of-purchase displays. It also partners with TimBar’s Tampa box plant to be a full service provider to the Central Florida market and the Caribbean as well.
“We have continually strived to minimize waste, increase productivity and design packaging that performs to specifications while utilizing the least amount of fiber possible,” says Thom. “WPS Global’s system meets our sustainability needs and we believe it will pay for itself in energy savings.”
For more information about a customized energy audit, contact Bill Behrmann at 888-803-2903 or bill@wpsglobal.net, or visit www.wpsglobal.net.
Power surges due to lightning strikes can wreak havoc on expensive, computerized manufacturing equipment. Sending 1,000 or more volts through any power wire or cable in its path, a surge, or oversupply of voltage, can disrupt software, delete data and destroy circuitry. A surge can last of to 50 microseconds, and althrough very short in duration, it can cause expensive problems for corrugators, converters and printers operating large computerized equipment in terms of downtime, lost income, repair and replacement expenses, or even fire damage.
Discover the unique solution WPS Global has created, backed by a 10 year warranty, to help these businesses take Mother Nature head-on.
MAKING HEADLINES: Official Board Markets recently
published a product update about WPS Global Inc.’s
Protective Energy Management System.
Did You Know? MOV is No Guarantee
May 13, 2011
If your facility operates computer-driven equipment, this is something you need to know.
MOV IS NO GUARANTEE
All MOVs used in surge protection devices (SPDs) are designed to take those larger, catastrophic electrical surges and divert them to the ground. While equipment manufacturers build-in MOV devices for protection, they currently offer customers no warranties against lighting or other causes of electrical surges and spikes. This is because once the surge takes place, the MOV is damaged and rendered useless.
It isn’t always the large catastrophic weather events that cause damage. A piece of equipment can be subjected to smaller electrical surges which over time cause damage.
WPS Global’s Protective Energy Management System is made to withstand any lightning event that can lead to damage. In the rare instance a unit sacrifices itself, WPS Global’s 10 year warranty guarantees the unit will be replaced. The warranty covers the whole unit, not just certain components.
NO MAINTENANCE PROTECTION
WPS Global’s Protective Energy Management System is a maintenance-free surge protection solution. Once WPS Global installs a system, the customer need only check an indicator light periodically to ensure the unit is working properly.
For more information about electrical surge protection for the industrial marketplace and manufacturing environments, contact Bill Behrmann.
Fighting Mother Nature with Electrical Surge Protection
March 27, 2011
Severe weather and lightening cause millions of dollars in equipment damage and production losses for manufacturers each and every year. For manufacturers no longer willing to take these losses, WPS Global is helping them take Mother Nature head-on with an electrical surge suppression system.
Find out how your facility can avoid expensive equipment damage and costly downtime.
SUPPLY-SIDE KWH REDUCTION INSPIRES CORRUGATORS TO GET GREENER
February 16, 2011
As seen in Official Board Markets, 2/12/11
With a keen eye on the supply side of its energy consumption, Freedom Corrugated, Hazelton, PA, is implementing a WPS Global system for achieving savings of upwards of 20 percent. Completed in October 2010, Freedom Corrugated’s decision to install the WPS Global solution was based on its success within other Schwarz Group managed facilities.
Serving corrugated, paperboard and packaging businesses, WPS Global is an energy management organization. Each system placed by WPS Global is unique in that it is specifically designed to directly reduce kilowatt consumption for the individual facility based on their particular bottom line and sustainability goals.
Terry Raffety, general manager, Freedom Corrugated, expects the cut in energy costs will result in a 20 percent reduction in electrical usage. “Just as it’s done with many other corrugators, we anticipate our facility’s efficiency will be greatly improved by the system WPS Global has custom-designed for us, and we’ll enjoy significantly reduced power consumption in the short and long term.”
By creating a facility-specific plan, selecting equipment and placing it based on the customer’s particular needs, a WPS Global solution quickly translates to significant and enduring electrical savings for at least 15 years. WPS Global offers a 10 percent reduction guarantee backed by projected savings and real-world success stories.
After WPS Global conducts a comprehensive energy audit, presents a detailed plan and implements a customized supply-side energy-saving solution, within weeks customers see a reduction in energy usage and costs.
Raffety says that reduced energy usage and costs has an economic impact on the total operation. In fact, the efforts Freedom Corrugated has made in the recent past go beyond energy reduction. The company has also changed lighting and made adjustments to its steam system to improve efficiency.
For more information about a customized energy audit, contact Bill Behrmann at 888-803-2903 or bill@wpsglobal.net.
WPS Global offers a 10% REDUCTION GUARANTEE
January 23, 2011
An insurance policy for energy cost savings.
After WPS Global conducts a comprehensive energy audit, presents a detailed plan and implements your customized supply-side energy-saving solution, within weeks you’ll see a reduction in your energy usage and costs.
In fact, WPS Global offers a 10 percent reduction guarantee.
Combined with its flexible leasing options, your business is assured a prompt return on your investment. This promise, along with projected savings and real-world success stories, helps WPS Global articulate the generous opportunity for cutting a plant’s operating costs.
“To survive, I feel we must be a low cost producer, and reducing our energy costs is one element of that strategy.”
– John B., President, NY-based sheet feeder
Read what other corrugator, sheet feeder and packaging businesses have to say about their success and significant savings with WPS Global.
Explore the Possibilities
Give us a call at (888) 803-2903. We’re standing by to create a cost-saving, profit-building system that delivers truly efficient energy performance, sustainability and a competitive edge for your business.
Contact WPS Global for an energy savings audit.
WPS Global commits itself to ensuring that the topic remains top-of-mind throughout 2011 as well.
More and more corrugators and packaging facilities are partnering with WPS Global, an energy management organization serving corrugated, paperboard and packaging businesses, to make good on their sustainability-minded energy consumption policies. This trend is not going unnoticed by the trade media. Here are just some of the stories that made headlines in 2010 about WPS global’s success in delivering optimal energy effectiveness and maximum savings:
- Official Board Markets, Timbar Miami Installs Energy-Saving System
(Read the whole story) - Official Board Markets, How IPC Cut Energy Costs
- Board Converting News, WPS Helps Niagara Sheets ‘Pinch Pennies’
- Official Board Markets, Corrugators are Finding Creative Ways to Cut Costs
- Paper Flim & Foil Converter, Niagara Sheets Cuts Energy Costs
- Corrugated Today, Sheet Feeders Partner with WPS Global
- Official Board Markets, Independence Looks at Long Term Results
Contact WPS Global for more information or to schedule an energy management audit for your facility.
Zero Downtime Influences Timbar Packaging & Display to Install WPS Global’s Supply-Side Electricity Reduction System
December 13, 2010
The KWH-reducing solution requires no downtime and no employee involvement and will play a significant role in TimBar’s sustainability initiative.
TimBar Packaging & Display’s Miami Florida facility recently installed a WPS Global customized energy-saving solution, guaranteed to reduce energy consumption by at least 10 percent. The system requires no involvement from TimBar employee resources and yet its installation plays an integral role in helping TimBar significantly reduce its energy usage and carbon footprint.
TimBar partnered with WPS Global to implement a customized supply-side energy-saving system that guarantees a 10 percent reduction in electrical savings. According to Bill Thom, senior vice president of operations, TimBar Packaging & Display, the company is hoping to achieve a 14 to 20 percent reduction based on the successes WPS Global has had with other corrugator and sheet plants.
“Companies concerned with sustainability would prefer to do business with like-minded companies,” explains Thom. “Like many of our customers are, TimBar is furthering its track record for investing in projects that will reduce our carbon footprint.”
Even with the most advanced, high efficiency equipment, WPS Global’s senior systems designer, Bill Behrmann, says that corrugated, paperboard and packaging businesses cannot realize optimal energy effectiveness or maximum savings. He says, “You must control the supply side of the equation.”
By implementing WPS Global’s specific system in its Miami facility, TimBar will see significant reductions in the power being consumed by its large-scale energy-consuming equipment. A big plus for TimBar is that the installation involved zero downtime and the system’s daily implementation requires no involvement from employees.
As a manufacturer of corrugated packaging, Thom wants to ensure that sustainability remains top-of-mind as part of TimBar’s business philosophy. The Miami Division is known as the market leader in South Florida for stock items, customized solutions and point-of-purchase displays. It also partners with TimBar’s Tampa box plant to be a full service provider to the Central Florida market and the Caribbean as well.
“We have continually strived to minimize waste, increase productivity and design packaging that performs to specifications while utilizing the least amount of fiber possible,” says Thom. “WPS Global’s system meets our sustainability needs and we believe it will pay for itself in energy savings.”
For more information about a customized energy audit, contact Bill Behrmann at 888-803-2903 or bill@wpsglobal.net, or visit www.wpsglobal.net.
Effortlessly Increase Profits by Cutting Energy Costs
November 27, 2010
WPS Global offers energy management for corrugated, paperboard and packaging facilities.
With several success stories proving thousands of dollars saved and a solid return on investment, WPS Global is honing in on the corrugated, paperboard and packaging industry. Bill Behrmann, senior systems designer for WPS Global, sees a strong industry trend toward “zero waste” initiatives, leading companies to seek out-of-the-box strategies that will cut costs, improve productivity, and meet sustainability criteria.
Learn more about WPS Global and contact us today to schedule an audit for your facility.
