Industry/Sector: Printing
TURI provides grants to academic researchers to support efforts to find and develop safer alternatives to harmful chemicals.
TURI provides grants to academic researchers to support efforts to find and develop safer alternatives to harmful chemicals.
TURI offers grants to help Massachusetts businesses adopt safer alternatives to toxic chemicals.
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This project required a team effort and could not have been completed without the
assistance of a core working group. John Tillotson conducted the majority of the research and
Patrick Demers served as project manager and editor of the final draft
Fit To Print Advertising Inc. found many benefits when it converted from conventional printing
processes using solvent-based inks to ultraviolet (UV) cured inks. The UV process is now used
in 80% of the company’s production and, as a result, Fit To Print has increased productivity,
opened new markets, reduced labor-intensive cleaning processes, and achieved compliance with
wastewater regulations.
The University Research in Sustainable Technologies program is a joint project of the Toxics Use Reduction
Institute (TURI) and the Center for Environmentally Appropriate Materials (CEAM) at the University of
Massachusetts Lowell, with support from the Commonwealth’s STrategic Envirotechnology Partnership
(STEP).
The following document analyzes the implications of designating dimethylformamide (CAS 68-
12-2) as a Higher Hazard Substance.
By Maria Kahale
Information about the hazards of, uses of, and safer alternatives to TCE.
Cranston Print Works Co. (CPW), an employee-owned company, achieved annual savings of over 110
million gallons of water and over $350,000 from the implementation of 25 water conservation projects.
The Doshi family has managed Minuteman Press of Foxboro for
nearly ten years. The shop operates with one full-time and one
part-time employee.