With energy costs rising and legislation placing mandatory caps on emissions, Oxford-based Drug Plastics & Glass Co. partnered with TAP’s EES team to prioritize energy cost reduction. Drug Plastics & Glass Co. partnered with TAP’s EES team to prioritize energy cost reduction.
“With TAP, we have been able to make many major improvements in our energy cost savings.
We signed up for the WIRED Energy Efficiency program, which started with a complete energy assessment. Then we formed a plant energy team consisting of a cross functional team from several departments to implement changes. We also sent all of our members to the WIRED Energy training provided free of charge by the WIRED program. These training sessions have helped our team tremendously in identifying opportunities at the plant for improvements.
In one year, we were able to cut the energy cost in terms of kW-hr per pound of plastics by more than 10%, saving more than $100,000. We also were able to reduce lighting by 50% by switching all HID lamps to energy efficient T-5 lighting and reduce air compressor usage by 43% through leak reduction, compressor sequencing, sizing, and improved maintenance.”
- Hung Nguyen, Plant Manager, Drug Plastics & Glass Co., Inc.