Heidelberg Steps Up its Environmental Commitment
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The use of alcohol in dampening solutions is another key area. “In Germany, only 15 percent of printshops use reduced-alcohol solutions. Unfortunately the others continue to use dampening solutions containing between eight and fifteen percent alcohol,” underlines Rautert. “A major reduction in environmental impact would be achieved if all printshops used dampening solutions containing just three percent alcohol. The ecological “sweet spot” in offset printing, i.e. the balance between VOC emissions and environment-related additional outlay for energy, increased cleaning and startup waste, is achieved with a concentration of three percent rather than the widely-publicized zero percent.”
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