Harbec, Inc. Awarded a 2014 Environmental Excellence Award by the NYSDEC

ONTARIO, N.Y. - Feb. 2, 2015 - PRLog -- Harbec, Inc. (http://www.harbec.com) proudly announces that it has been awarded a 2014 Environmental Excellence award by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). The award ceremony took place at the Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, SUNY Polytechnic Institute's NanoFab South Rotunda and Auditorium in Albany on Wednesday, January 14, 2015.

According to the NYSDEC, the New York Environmental Excellence Awards recognize and give visibility to outstanding, innovative and sustainable projects or programs. Eligible applicants included businesses, educational institutions, not-for-profit organizations, facilities, government agencies (except DEC), and individuals implementing innovative, sustainable actions or working in creative partnership to improve and protect New York's environmental resources and contribute to a viable economy.

The NYSDEC press release (http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/100315.html) summarized Harbec’s innovative accomplishment well by stating, “Harbec Inc. is a custom injection molding and precision component part manufacturer that has transformed from an energy-dependent business losing ground competitively to a profitable innovator producing carbon-conscious components with verifiable carbon reductions. Harbec Inc. is a state and national environmental leader; they are one of only 14 world-wide manufacturers to achieve a platinum-level certification under Department of Energy's Superior Energy Performance™ (SEP) program. Harbec has reduced energy use and associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than 50 percent which translates into an avoidance of almost 2,200 tons of CO2 emissions.”

The NYSDEC established the Environmental Excellence Award in 2004. Since then, DEC has recognized 60 organizations.

Bob Bechtold, President at Harbec noted, “We are honored to receive NYSDEC’s 2014 Environmental Excellence Award acknowledging our longstanding commitment to reduce carbon emissions and culminating in our achievement of Carbon Neutrality. We commend NYSDEC’s leadership and the Environmental Excellence program for continuing to magnify examples of environmental innovation throughout New York. The pursuit of economic growth and sustainable operations go hand in hand. In 2014 our business had one of its most successful years in its 37 year history. We continue to prove (and profit from the new business reality) that eliminating wastes such as carbon makes economic sense. In our experience, businesses that adopt eco-economic decision tools can achieve sustainable economic growth while dramatically reducing their footprint on the environment.”

For more information on Harbec please contact us, info@harbec.com.

ABOUT HARBEC:

Founded by Bob Bechtold in 1977, Harbec’s mission is to provide tightly toleranced prototypes, tooling, machined components and quality injection molded parts in a sustainable manner with a social conscience. Harbec provides superior customer service, satisfaction and timely delivery of custom engineered solutions. Harbec proudly foster an atmosphere of encouragement and respect for the health and prosperity of their customers, employees, and the global community.

Harbec provides capabilities and solutions for the consumer products, sporting goods, defense/aerospace, transportation, medical, marine, and energy industries. Harbec has capabilities in the use of innovative materials, problem-solving, and working with R&D and commercial organizations on unique prototypes or engineering and manufacturing groups on high volume production. HARBEC has capabilities for short (1-to-100 parts) or longer run (>1M parts) production.

Harbec is certified as an ITAR, ISO9000-2008, ISO14001, and ISO50001/SEP Company, demonstrating its use of “eco-economic” decisions and policies designed to ensure that its activities are sustainable. Harbec has developed and implemented technical and process solutions to offset emissions, utilize waste and conserve resources. Harbec reached its goal of “no carbon footprint” in 2013. Currently, the facility has a 250kW and 850kW wind turbines and operates a twenty-five microturbine combined heat and power plant which generates electricity and provides thermal energy to meet the heating and cooling requirements of the facility. For more information, please visit: www.HARBEC.com.