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Editor's Note: Saving the planet 1 million printed pages at a time

The mandate to save has never been stronger in the food and beverage manufacturing industry.

The mandate to save-whether it be through production and labor cost reductions, corporate environmental mandates or safe and effective good manufacturing practices to protect human lives-has never been stronger in the food and beverage manufacturing industry.

This month marks our 7th Annual Replacement Parts Directory and I wanted to point out a few ways Food Engineering is saving.

As you page through this issue, you may notice some subtle changes in our directory issue format. In order to reduce the number of magazine pages it takes to print this data, we have decreased the type size and increased the number of columns per page to accommodate more information on each page. In addition, we redesigned the content presentation in the “Products and Parts” section of the directory to make it both more user-friendly and space-efficient.

As a result, this year we are able to present more information in 20 fewer pages than in previous directories.  If you multiply those 20 pages by the number of FE issues we print, the savings add up to about 1 million printed pages with this issue alone.

As the business world continues to evolve and environmental concerns increasingly become a part of everyday life, business-to-business publications also must change with the times. Food Engineering salutes all of our readers’ continued strides in support of sustainability throughout the food industry and we will continue our efforts to provide more information in a sustainable manner.

More ways to go green

Food Engineering subscribers residing outside of the US and Canada may opt to receive each monthly edition in a digital format rather than the traditional magazine format. Regardless of where you reside, all Food Engineering readers are encouraged to renew their subscriptions now by visiting  www.FoodEngineeringMag.com/renew2009. Help the planet and FE go green with less mailings and phone calls about your subscription renewal.
Joyce-fassl
As editor in chief of Food Engineering, Joyce Fassl has directed the magazine’s editorial staff since 1986.Her expertise is creating dynamic print and online content, building top-notch editorial teams and managing innovative custom publishing projects and live events. In addition to supervising all Food Engineering content, Joyce is Program Director for the Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference. Email: fasslj@bnpmedia.com

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