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Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Groundbreaking Legislation at Nelson Nameplate Implementing First-in-the-Nation Green Chemistry Program

Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Groundbreaking Legislation at Nelson Nameplate
Sep 29, 2008 - Governor Schwarzenegger holds a press conference at the Nelson Nameplate Company facility to sign AB 1879 and SB 509 which will move California toward a comprehensive green chemistry program and will reduce or eliminate hazardous chemicals in our products and the environment.

Nelson Nameplate Membrane Switch Manufacturer is continually reducing the impact of our company on the environment. Management is committed to this not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it is a good business decision. With the types of processes needed in our industry, excellence in regulatory compliance is a competitive advantage and helps ensure our customer a reliable long term source of supply.

We have substantially reduced the amount of solvents in our processes. This has reduced the VOC’s emitted from Nelson by over 80% over the last 10 years while our production has grown by over 300%.

Nelson Nameplate Company is the proud recipient of the Environmental Protection Agency's 2003 Environmental Award for Outstanding Achievement for work in testing low-VOC cleaning and processing agents.
Our aqueous sheet cleaning system eliminates solvents from the process of removing surface contamination from sheets of metal. It’s one more way that Nelson is working to protect the environment in our production processes.