Maintenance Engineering – Dedicated To The Environment!
BEEN THERE . . . DONE THAT!Reprint of 2007 Earth Safe Bulletin
Companies around the globe have entered the race to make environmentally friendly products. It seems like every magazine ad, every television ad is touting their newfound commitment to building and selling products that are environmentally friendly.
Everyone that is . . . but Maintenance Engineering.
M.E. has “been there” since 1974 and “done that” by offering a 100% environmentally friendly line for 33 years. It’s never been new for us, so we never really thought of making it a lead selling point. However, while we have been leading the charge with our environmentally friendly product line, we are lagging in taking credit for it.
Since 1974, we have offered 100% of our products in long-life designs that last up to 20 times (Multiwatt®) longer than standard lamps. That means that we make only one lamp while the competition manufactures 20. If everyone switched to our lamps, they could close 95% of all tungsten mines, 95% of all glass sand mines, 95% of the mines that produces metals for the bases and close 95% of incandescent manufacturing plants!!
Since 1974, we have offered energy saving products whenever technically possible. We introduced the Multiwatt® long life incandescent that not only lasted 20 times longer, but consumed 12% less energy. We have offered self ballasted mercury vapor lamps for 33 years, which cut energy consumption by over 50%. We have offered energy saving fluorescent designs since they were first designed. Best of all, we offered fluorescents that produce more light for the energy consumed when compared to any of our standard lamp competitors. We’ve “been there” since 1974 and “we’ve done that” by offering EARTH-SAFE® products since
our beginning.
Beginning with this newsletter, we will be incorporating an EARTH-SAFE® message into all of our literature and packaging. This will take us a year to complete, incorporating new designs as printed materials are being replaced.
Best of all M.E. will continue to lead the way with new and better and ever more environmentally friendly products. In a few weeks we will be announcing the progress our engineers are making on taking the lowest mercury fluorescent in the industry even lower. Our Premira® fluorescent has always been a leader in low mercury design and we intend to take it lower.
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT and we’re going to STAY THERE AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT. M.E. will continue to be a leader in EARTH-SAFE®. We set the standard 33 years ago and we’re committed to continue doing our part in converting the world to move to environmentally friendly products. The only difference will be that we will let people know of our commitment through our newly designed literature and packaging.
Curt Kesselring
President
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Thank you so much for your assistance in helping us select the right light bulbs for our facility. Like most companies, we are watching our budget very closely these days. The fact that these bulbs are guaranteed to last 84 months makes them cost effective as well as eco friendly. Thanks again for your assistance.
I would like to take a moment to express my gratitude for the outstanding level of service I receive! Tom goes the extra mile to ensure my lighting needs are met using the best products available for my aged eyes! The Premira Xtrabrite are, without question, the best quality lights I’ve ever utilized and it shows in the increased quality of my work as a professional pet groomer
