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Heritage Vision Promise ATLAS PROUD HERITAGE: ‘Born Green™’ It Started with a Dream ™ HERITAGE VISION PROMISE ATLAS PROUD HERITAGE: ‘BORN green™’ it started with a dream. “We started making all of For years, the Dream of starting While in Cuba, Bastanzuri had perfected the “Art and Science” our tissue products with pulp a Paper Mill in the USA was Atlas’ Patriarch Remberto of making recycled paper. substitutes for virgin fibers Bastanzuri’s obsession. Before “We did not have the natural in 1982. As we improved immigrating, the talented resources to make paper with our equipment, systems and Chemical Engineer and former fiber extracted from trees. processes to adapt to a broader Technical Director of Cuba’s By recycling office product range of waste paper grades, National Pulp and Paper waste, trimmings from we were able to use a variety of Industry, was forced to toil, six commercial printing operations raw materials, other than those days a week, as an agricultural and used computer paper, derived directly from trees, and laborer. I knew we could produce offer customers 100% recycled a good product. Doing so tissue products at a great value. This “sentence” was punishment would keep waste products from entering the landfills.” We were very proud of the fact, for refusing to join Castro’s Communist Party and for having explained Bastanzuri. for example, that we were able the courage to ask to leave the to de-ink and process aseptic country with his young family. In 1982, Atlas bought and packaging and started doing installed its first high speed so with a grant from the State “As I was cutting sugar cane used paper making machine, of Florida in 1995.” in the fields during those hard in residential Hialeah, Florida. Remberto Bastanzuri years, my mind was constantly Recycling was not a common Retired Founder of Atlas working on developing the practice. At the time, only one Paper Mills LLC. business model for a US based other US company was making Paper Company.” remembered tissue from recycled materials. Remberto. “We built and grew our Atlas Paper Mills can trace The plan started with the business utilizing my technical its roots as a pioneering premise that tissue paper could knowledge and paper making manufacturer of 100% recycled, be cost-effectively produced experience. We also managed environmentally preferable from recycled waste paper. our rapidly growing business tissue products to the early on a Christian concept of 1980’s – well before the “Green” “While in Cuba, I managed a business management.” and “Sustainability” trends few Paper Mills that produced recalled Bastanzuri. became the rage. Atlas has paper from sugar cane bagasse, been a steward of Mother waste paper and pulp. My dream Over the years, the Hialeah Earth’s natural resources was to start a Paper Mill in the Mill operation has provided since the company’s inception. Miami area. I was confident employment and improved that we could use low cost the quality of life for hundreds waste materials which could be of Cuban Nationals and treated, de-inked and processed into a value product to compete others who were seeking favorably with the big players the American Dream. in the marketplace.” noted Bastanzuri. A COMPANY NOW THE ATLAS PRODUCT RECOGNIZED AS A ATLAS FUTURE PROMISE. TECHNOLOGY LEADER IN THE U.S. VISION. Atlas Paper is committed to producing, in a highly cost effective From its humble and proud Atlas Paper Mills manner, tissue products which are beginnings, Atlas has grown into a certifiably Green. (You will find no significant paper industry technology is the leading U.S. leader producing 100% Recycled “Greenwashing” being practiced at Tissue Products. The Company was Manufacturer of Atlas Paper Mills.) truly “Born Green™” and through advancements in its paper making, recycled paper All products produced by Atlas are manufacturing and converting currently and will continue to be: processes, has become an even products produced to deeper shade of Green. anticipate and exceed ` Made from 100% Recycled Wastepaper Today, Atlas employs over 230 the environmental Associates. The mill annually ` Composed of a minimum of 40% produces over 36,000 tons of recycled Post-Consumer Content in the tissue products while converting stewardship and value Wastepaper source raw material approximately three million cases of Eco-friendly towels, bathroom needs of our (Meets/Exceeds EPA Guidelines) and facial tissue for use in the Away customers. ` 100% Chlorine-Free and produced From Home and Retail Marketplace. in a Chlorine-Free Manufacturing Environment PREPARING FOR A BIGGER AND BRIGHTER ` Produced using a source FUTURE. reducing array of waste raw materials (including aseptic In 2006, the Bastanzuri family and packaging containers) thereby other investors, sold their ownership interest in Atlas Paper Mills LLC eliminating thousands of pounds to Palm Beach Capital LLC and of waste from entering landfills members of its Management Team. annually Recognizing the growing marketplace ` Qualified for LEED Certification demand for recycled paper products points which meet the EPA Guidelines and which are produced using sound ` An exceptional customer value Green Manufacturing methodologies, when compared to other Certifiably the new ownership and Atlas Green Tissue Based Products. Paper Associates are committed to advancing the company’s historic position as a producer of certifiably Green tissue products - produced utilizing sustainable, Eco-Friendly, manufacturing practices. THE ATLAS GREEN THE ATLAS ASSOCIATE MANUFACTURING PROMISE. COMMITMENT TO GREEN PRACTICES PROMISE. The Company has been recognized by Paper Industry Experts, Regulatory All Atlas Associates are Committed to: Agencies, and the State of Florida for its ` Recycle office waste paper, cans, plastic and glass Innovative Green Manufacturing bottles, and newspapers at all Atlas facilities Processes and Practices. Atlas is committed to utilizing Eco-friendly ` Recycle ink printing cartridges and used Production “Best Practices” including: computer hardware ` The use of minimum amount of water ` Minimize the use of electricity in office and plant resources. (Industry leader in lowering facilities by utilizing energy efficient electric the volume of water used in the products and turning off lights when not in paper-making process) immediate use. ` Utilization of waste water treated ` Use certifiably Green Consumable products, and recycled for “closed loop” usage cleaning and maintenance products and promoting water conservation practices while at work at Atlas. ` Reducing its carbon imprint while also being fully EPA compliant with all ATLAS ENVIRONMENTAL areas of air pollution regulations STEWARDSHIP AND VALUE PROMISE. ` Reclaiming sludge –– an inevitable recycled paper-making by-product –– At Atlas we recognize that our Green value tissue to be utilized as a natural fertilizer in offerings are often a component of a much wider agricultural applications. (Note: Atlas bundle of Green Product Solutions being offered is currently conducting feasibility to our Distributor Partner’s Customers. We are studies to determine if sludge may therefore committed to: also be used to fuel a biomass steam generator –– a potential way to de- ` Understanding the evolving marketplace trends crease it’s dependency on fossil fuels) and requirements for recycled, Eco-friendly tissue products, while providing our distribution ` Continuing to pioneer the use of partners with an expanding bundle of products natural enzymes (versus toxic which anticipate and address user customer chemicals) in its de-inking and needs. de-fibering operations ` Partnering with Distributors who value our ` Recycling corrugated boxes, waste specialty “Econo-Green” Supplier status. We are nylons, polyethylene, and plastics also dedicated to providing a level of Customer used in the manufacturing and Service which meets distributions’ need for: distribution functions on time and complete deliveries, transaction ` Working with our Supplier Partners efficiencies, marketing assistance and effective and Service Providers in exploring new sales representation for Atlas Paper’s value opportunities to practice leading levels offerings. of Environmental Stewardship in all ` Remaining fast and flexible in our response phases of our operations to the marketplace and distribution’s need for Green Paper Solutions, so that we create “Customer Delight” and loyalty with Atlas’ Product, Service, and Value Propositions. ™ ATLAS MANUFACTURING FACILITY 3725 East 10th Court | Hialeah, FL 33013 CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS 11400 NW 32ND AVENUE | MIAMI, FL 33167 800-562-2860 | WWW.ATLASPAPERMILLS.COM printed on 100% recycled paper with soy ink..
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