Clean printing technology in Zambia
Monday, October 11, 2010
Compared to conventional printing, the clean printing technology uses organic materials like soya beans which, unlike petroleum-based inks and other toxic solvents employed in conventional printing, are environmentally friendly.
The Operations Director of New Horizon Printing Press, Nehme Moukeiber, says embracing the clean business mechanism has already set them apart from the competition and gained them a number of corporate clients, including Parmalat, the Zain mobile network and British American Tobacco. Moukeiber says because it takes time to make people part with their traditional way of doing things, New Horizons has embarked on vigorous marketing of its green printing technology.
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