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y- /02 -ao o s <br />l~ <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION HONORING ARMACELL, LLC North America <br />WHEREAS, Armacell is a global leader in rubber and plastic foam technology, and <br />WHEREAS, the company relocated its North American corporate headquarters from Lancaster, <br />Pennsylvania to Mebane and Orange County in 2000, and <br />WHEREAS, Armacell has expanded its Orange County facility into a 250,000 square foot <br />warehouse and distribution center, and <br />WHEREAS, Armacell employs over 240 employees in its Orange County operations, and <br />WHEREAS, the.company's 18 facilities employ 2,100 people in 11 countries, and <br />WHEREAS, the company has shown exemplary environmental stewardship by reducing foam <br />waste material at the Mebane facility by five millions pounds per year; reducing waste from <br />approximately 20 percent of total output to 2 percent of total output, and <br />WHEREAS, the remaining waste is given to another North Carolina company to assist in their <br />manufacturing process; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board. of Commissioners <br />formally commends Armacell, LLC North America for serving as a model corporate citizen of <br />Orange County. <br />This the 12~' day of April 2005. <br />Moses Carey, Chair <br />Orange County Board of issioners <br />