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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 12, 2005 <br />Action Agen a <br />Item No. -q <br />SUBJECT: Resolution Honoring Armacell, LLC <br />DEPARTMENT: Economic Development PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Resolution Dianne Reid, ext 2326 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To recognize Armacell, LLC for outstanding corporate citizenship for its <br />environmental stewardship in reducing waste material by approximately 5 million pounds per <br />year, a reduction from 20 percent of total output to 2 percent of total output. <br />BACKGROUND: Armacell relocated its North American corporate headquarters from <br />Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Mebane and Orange County in 2000, As part of the relocation, the <br />company undertook a major expansion and upgrading of its Mebane plant, now a 250,000 <br />square-foot warehouse and distribution center, The company, a global market leader in foam <br />technology, operates 18 facilities employing 2,100 people in 11 countries, including 240 people <br />in Orange County. <br />Armacell invented Armaflex®tube and sheet insulation used in mechanical insulation, air <br />conditioning and refrigeration, duct work, and other commercial and residential applications that <br />require prevention of heat loss or gain, and protection against condensation. Armacell also <br />manufactures polyethylene tube insulation and two other technical foams. <br />Beginning in 1997, Armacell was no longer able to send porous foam to the Orange Regional <br />Landfill due to problems with foam compaction, Since then, Armacell has standardized its <br />manufacturing processes and established uniform procedures to reduce waste. These <br />procedures have reduced waste from 20 percent of total cutput to 2 percent of total output, a <br />five million pound per year reduction. The remaining waste is used by another North Carolina <br />company as part of its production process, <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the attached <br />resolution commending Armacell, LLC North America far its exemplary corporate citizenship and <br />authorize the Chair to sign the resclution <br />