Thanks to more than $300,000 in rebates from Unitil, Avery Dennison's Retail Branding and Information Solutions is making more products while using the same or less energy.
The company expects to reduce its energy consumption by 1 million kilowatt-hours annually.
"It's a great payback," said Craig Smith, plant manager at the local manufacturer of automotive fasteners and tags for apparel. "In order to compete globally, we have to look for savings where we can."
Running old-fashioned molding presses was cost prohibitive. As a result of Avery Dennison's status as one of Unitil's top five commercial consumers, it was able to install new, more energy efficient molding machines, air compressors and lighting.
The state recently passed legislation that allows each utility company to target its highest business customers with special rebate incentives.
"The program has been a huge success with all of our top customers opting in for it," George Saint-Amant, an energy services engineer at Unitil, said in a press release. "In particular, Avery Dennison has been a textbook case of how these partnerships should work."
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