| Clients
MnTAP works
with Minnesota businesses and organizations of all sizes
and in various industries. We tend to work more with
small to medium-sized businesses that may have fewer
resources available to work on waste-related issues.
Clients range from start-ups and government agencies
to Fortune 1000 organizations. Staff specializes in
manufacturing and industrial services, such as health
care and printing.
Client List
Past and present clients include the following companies:
Amidon Graphics
Anagram International
Bouquet Enterprises
City of Benson Wastewater Treatment Plant
Crown Cork & Seal
Diamond Brands
Endocardial Solutions
Fiberglas Fabricators
Hibbing Taconite
Marigold Foods
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Nico Products
Park Nicollet Health Services
Pillsbury
Red Wing Shoes
Schmidt Printing
Sparta Foods
Technical Plating
Tennant Company
Viking Industries
Business Successes
Cutting Defects
Working with a pollution prevention team at the Kemps
plant in Rochester, MnTAP helped reduce waste produced
from misshaped half-gallon ice cream cartons. Implementing
a new hardening process at the plant cut the number
of misshaped half-gallons over 46 percent. The facility
can now run 10 cartons per minute faster on each of
its ice cream lines.
Reducing Solid
Waste
Crenlo, Rochester, wanted to investigate its spray booth
filter use to cut costs and solid waste. A MnTAP intern
worked with the company to modify its procedures for
paint filter change out. Crenlo projects a savings of
$95,600 annually as a result of the intern’s suggestions.
Reusing Materials
Using MnTAP’s Materials Exchange program, Superior
Third Party Logistics, a fulfillment warehouse in St.
Paul, receives 720 cubic feet of packing peanuts and
bubble wrap every two months from EI Microcircuits,
Mankato. Superior Third Party Logistics saves about
$5,000 per year in purchase costs by reusing these packing
materials. EI Microcircuits saves between $800 and
$1,000 per year in disposal costs.
What Our Clients
Say
“Hospital commissioners were so impressed with
Catherine’s (MnTAP health care specialist) on-site
survey and suggestions for reducing waste and pollution,
that word was sent for staff to pursue as many recommendations
as possible.”
- Gloria Lothert, Redwood Area Hospital
“The MnTAP intern helped
us cut water use and wastewater by researching usage
rates and leaks. I didn’t have the time to do the
research because it takes away from day-to-day operations.
Having the intern on-site made implementing the project
much easier.”
- Scotty Andrews, Tiro
Industries
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