Kelly-Moore Paints Wins Environmental Award
SAN CARLOS, California - March 17, 2008 - Kelly-Moore Paint Company received the 2007 Northern California, Large Facility, 'Certificate of Merit' from the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) as the runner up to "Facility of the Year" winner Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Kelly-Moore Paints was recognized for taking proactive steps to meet current environmental pollution control standards.
The award was presented at CWEA's 35th Annual Pretreatment, Pollution Prevention, and Storm Water Committee (P3S) Conference in Long Beach, CA. Kelly- Moore Paints qualified for the state-wide award by earlier winning "Facility of the Year" from the South Bayside System Authority (SBSA).
"We are honored to receive this award," said Keith Hussinger, Kelly-Moore Paints San Carlos Plant Manager. "Our plant and company work very hard to manufacture quality products with the least possible impact on the environment. Every day we take steps to make our plant cleaner and safer. We recently implemented a recycling program in San Carlos reducing our landfill waste stream by more than 60%."
Kelly-Moore Paints other environmentally friendly initiatives include recycling paint and reducing product Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). In the 90's Kelly- Moore became one of the first and only paint companies to collect and remanufacture its products into 'e Coat', recycled paint line. Later this year, 'Enviro-Coat' and 'Green Coat' zero VOC lines will be introduced.
About Kelly-Moore Paint Company
Kelly-Moore Paint Company is an innovator and leader in the recycled paint industry. Headquartered in San Carlos, California, since 1946 the company has grown to be one of the largest employee-owned paint manufacturers in the United States, with over 1,500 employees, state-of-the art manufacturing facilities and 163 company-owned stores. </



