CSAR 4.96 Caraustar's Recycling Plants Receive Pulp & Paper Safety Association Award
Jul 25, 2007 7:30:00 AM
ATLANTA, July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caraustar Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSAR) announced that its Recovered Fiber Group's seven recycling plants were presented with the 2006 No Actual Lost Work Day Case Award in the Recycle Collection category at the Pulp & Paper Safety Association's (PPSA) 64th Annual Safety & Health Conference held in June this year. This award is presented to all member locations that complete a calendar year without incurring an injury that results in days away from work. The PPSA's awards program provides a prestigious form of recognition to outstanding short-term and long-term safety performance by operating categories.
"This award is representative of our continued focus on safety in our daily operations, and is a key initiative on our business agenda," stated Greg Cottrell, vice president of Caraustar's Recovered Fiber Group. "In 2006, the Caraustar Recovered Fiber Group processed and brokered approximately 2.5 million tons of recycled fiber that was kept out of landfills. For all of our collection facilities to meet the criteria for the award speaks volumes of our commitment to safety."
Caraustar, a recycled paperboard and packaging company, is one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of converted recycled paperboard and is dedicated to providing customers with outstanding value through innovative products and services. Caraustar has developed its leadership position in the industry through diversification and integration from raw materials to finished products. Caraustar serves the four principal recycled boxboard product end-use markets: tubes, cores and composite cans; folding cartons; gypsum facing paper and specialty paperboard products. For additional information on Caraustar, please visit the company's website at www.caraustar.com.
The Pulp & Paper Safety Association is a non-profit, non-political, international organization, devoted to the continuous improvement of safety throughout all aspects of the paper industry. The association began in the 1940's as the Southern Pulp and Paper Safety Association, later changing the name to reflect its widening membership base and it throughout The United States and Canada.
CONTACT: Greg Cottrell
Vice President,
Recovered Fiber Group
770-948-3101
SOURCE Caraustar Industries, Inc.
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Greg Cottrell
Vice President of Recovered Fiber Group
+1-770-948-3101
