In-Line with Fi-Tech – Fall 2022
Jeff Bassett
Welcome to our fall 2022 issue of In-Line with Fi-Tech. It has been a busy year thus far, to include numerous in person events thus far. The action will not slow down in the coming months with key upcoming events such as RISE 2022 in Raleigh, World Filtration Conference in San Diego, K 2022 in Düsseldorf, and Hygienix in New Orleans. It has been really positive to be back in front of our customers at these events, as well as the on site visits. These in person conversations are more productive and fruitful. This leads to better identification of issues and solutions, as well as building solid relationships.
I am pleased to announce the formation of the Fi-Tech Sustainability Team. Our board of directors and management team have charged this group to guide our sustainability efforts by looking at all aspects of our operations.
In addition, Fi-Tech has initiated a project to install a solar power generation system; which will generate during the course of a year 100% of our annual electricity demand.
This comes on the heels of two additional solar generation investments at our manufacturing facilities in Sheffield and Liverpool, England.
In closing, I would like to congratulate three members of the Fi-Tech Team for milestone service anniversaries in 2022 : Sherry Whitney with 5 years, Traci Woodfin with 20 years and Rick Williamson with 25 years. We greatly appreciate their loyalty and dedication to Fi-Tech. Congratulations Sherry, Traci and Rick!
Workplace Sustainability
Fi-Tech has recently recruited a team of employees to establish a more formal sustainability policy within the organization. It is the objective of this group to evaluate current practices; and establish new initiatives to maintain a positive impact within the community and environment. Efforts are focused on reduce/reuse/recycle, waste reduction, paper reduction and energy conservation. We will also audit our recycling streams to insure recycling and make adjustments as needed.
As a group, we have also initiated solar energy generation projects across our global footprint. Before year end, we will complete solar installations at our office/warehouse locations in Richmond, VA and San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Each of these systems will annually generate the total energy consumed so Fi-Tech will be on 100% renewable energy for 2023. We have also initiated solar projects at two of our UK manufacturing facilities allowing each to generate a sizeable portion of their annual consumption.
We look forward to our Team guiding our efforts and keeping our customers and principals aware of our progress.
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