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RISO, INC. DONATES TREE IN HONOR OF ANNUAL ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE
Monday 08. December 2008 - University Printing Services, school officials and RISOs South Carolina branch come together to dedicate the tree at USC Upstate Rotary International Peace Park
RISO, Inc., a leader in digital printing technology, today announced it has donated a Summer Red Maple tree in honor of the annual Arbor Day Celebration hosted by University of South Carolina Upstate (USC Upstate) Alumni Association. The tree, donated by RISOs South Carolina branch on behalf of the Universitys printing services department, was dedicated at an event held today at the USC Upstate Rotary International Peace Park in Spartanburg, SC.
“The Printing Services Center at USC Upstate has been a RISO customer for nearly 15 years,” said Charmaine Hazekamp, Director of Printing Services for the University of South Carolina Upstate. “We are honored that RISO has chosen to show their appreciation to our campus by donating a Summer Red Maple in our departments honor at our Arbor Day Celebration. This tree will certainly enhance the beauty of our campus for many years to come.”
RISO, a provider of environmentally-friendly high speed color inkjet printers and duplicators, launched a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation earlier this year to help plant 100,000 trees throughout the country. To further this effort with the Arbor Day Foundation, RISO recently implemented a tree planting campaign with the companys branch offices across the United States.
“RISOs commitment to the Arbor Day Foundation has proven to be beneficial not only to the environment, but also the local communities we serve,” said Bryan Williams, South Carolina Branch Sales Manager for RISO, Inc. “I am pleased our branch was able to come together with the Universitys printing services department to donate this tree in recognition of the USC Upstate Alumni Associations annual Arbor Day celebration.”
In addition to planting trees, RISOs various printing products have a lower environmental impact than traditional printing technologies that in turn help customers conserve energy, reduce waste and use environmentally-friendly features such as soy-based inks. For example, RISOs digital duplicators earned the ENERGY STAR rating for low energy use, requiring as little as two amps electrical current when producing copies, or less energy than three light bulbs. In a recent study comparing electricity consumption, RISO digital duplicators showed 95 percent cost savings over many traditional toner-based copiers or MFPs.