Choose Green Expo launches
Posted on 13. Aug, 2009 by admin.
18 Visions Design is excited to announce the launch of the Choose Green Expo web site. The inaugural “Choose Green” Expo will be hosted by the Frederick County Builders Association at Frederick Community College on October 17th & 18th. The expo will be open to the public and will showcase Green Living choices for consumers in indoor and outdoor displays. A variety of exhibits, demonstrations, seminars, and children’s activities will provide education and entertainment for people of all ages and interest groups.
The new site was designed using Adobe Flash/Photoshop, CSS and the Word Press Content Management System. In addition to the web site, 18 Visions Design also created custom Twitter, FaceBook and YouTube social networking pages.
Visit the CGE website at www.choosegreenexpo.org/
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• CGE on YouTube
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Ford Spreads Its Green Painting Process
Posted on 10. Aug, 2009 by admin.
DEARBORN, Mich. — Factories on almost every continent will soon begin using a painting process technology from Ford Motor Co. that can paint more cars in less time, saving money and significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Ford’s 3-Wet paint process, which was first put to use at its Ohio assembly plant, is in the midst of being installed at factories in Wayne, Mich., Romania, Mexico, India and China.
The technology allows Ford factories to apply three coats of paint — primer, base and enamel — one immediately after the other, without waiting for the coats to dry. The result is a painting process that takes 20 to 25 percent less time to complete than standard techniques.
On top of faster painting time, the 3-Wet technology cuts down energy use by consolidating painting machinery into a single integrated booth. The technology itself will also cut down CO2 emissions from painting by between 6,000 and 8,000 metric tons per factory per year, and reduce the emissions of harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by 5 percent.
This is not the first paint-related innovation for Ford, or the auto industry as a whole. Two years ago, Ford installed a fumes-to-fuel system at a factory in Ontario, Canada, that turned the fumes from its painting process into 300 kilowatts of green energy for the facility itself.
And earlier this year, Mazda implemented a new addition to its own three-layer wet paint system that focuses on VOC reductions, cutting harmful emissions by 57 percent.
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Accuflow Systems web site launches
Posted on 06. Aug, 2009 by admin.
18 Visions Design is excited to announce the launch of the Accuflow Systems web site. Located in Middletown, MD, Accuflow Systems Inc. was founded in March 2001 by Erik Mueller, An industry veteran with vast experience in the biopharmaceutical supply industry. A small company with big business resources, Accuflow Systems was started to serve the market with new and innovatiave products to increase productivity on all levels.
The new site was designed using Adobe Flash/Photoshop, CSS and 18 Visions Design’s custom Content Management System.
Visit the CPSC website at www.AccuflowSystems.com
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