Can a US Tool Manufacturer
be Green?

What can Superior Tool do to be Green? Recycle, reduce and renew; reduce the carbon footprint; continuously decrease the environmental impact; and keep looking for ways to improve. But more than all that, Superior manufacturers all our tools with a Lifetime Guarantee. They are built to last a lifetime—reducing manufacturing—and enabling you to reuse over and over. That’s how we are working towards Green at Superior Tool.

Everyday items are recycled:

	Recycle cardboard
	Recycle office paper
	Recycle all aluminum cans form vending machines

Recycle and/or reduce our usage:

	Use packaging made from recycled paper and plastic
	Recycle scrap metals (zinc, aluminum, copper and steel)
	Recycle soluble oil from machining operations
	Using low-wattage lighting in all office areas
	Use programmable thermostats in all warehouse, shop and office areas

Start at the design stage of processes and products:

	Design products to use more recycled/renewable materials
	Design products with dematerialization strategies that use less material, reduce carbon footprints and yield byproducts with less environmental impact
	Use less environmentally sensitive, hazardous, and pollution-causing material
	Source materials that have less environmental impact
	Speed the design process so consumption involves fewer resources—and less money—to get products to market
	Streamline the manufacturing process to reduce time, emissions and the consumption of energy and materials
	Design products that have higher initial quality so rework costs are minimized

Work with others to spread the idea:

	Favor suppliers that are making efforts to be “Green”
	Chart our own efforts (via internet site) to monitor our “Green” progress

Our Green Assessment Chart - Click for larger view

And work for future improvements:

	Design products that solve an environmental problem
	Model the environmental impact of a product and/or a manufacturing operation

Superior has worked hard to create a new business model for small Midwest manufacturers—one that symbolizes the resiliency of U.S. manufacturing in meeting global challenges, the demands of large retailers, environmental concerns, and humanistic principles. Superior works Green. Superior makes it happen.

Can a US Tool Manufacturer be Green?

Can a US Tool Manufacturer
be Green?