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RISO DONATES TREES TO TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON CENTER IN DALLAS

Monday 22. December 2008 - RISO’s Dallas branch contributes to local conservation effort while advancing the company’s national tree planting campaign with the Arbor Day Foundation

RISO, Inc., a leader in digital printing technology, today announced that the company’s Dallas branch has donated two trees to the Trinity River Audubon Center in Dallas, TX. Members of RISO’s Dallas branch will join Audubon Texas staff and volunteers at the Trinity River Audubon Center for a dedication event later today to plant the two trees, which were specially selected for the surrounding wetlands.

“We greatly appreciate this generous donation by RISO,” said Chris Culak, Director of Trinity River Audubon Center. “Located on reclaimed land, these trees will help us meet the Center’s goal of turning a municipal liability into a major asset. In addition, these new trees tie into our other sustainable efforts, which include the Center’s vegetated roof, rainwater collection system, energy efficient systems and use of recycled materials.”

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. To further this effort with the Arbor Day Foundation, RISO has implemented a tree planting campaign with the company’s branch offices across the United States.

“It is an honor to make this donation to the Trinity River Audubon Center,” said Michael Samson, Dallas Branch Manager for RISO, Inc. “The Center is much in line with the goals of RISO’s tree planting campaign, which is to work to improve our local community and have a positive impact on the environment in the process.”

In addition to planting trees, RISO’s 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, RISO’s 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.