A
beaming Mike Cole of BOC Edwards proudly shows an environmental
excellence certificate presented by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
at the company's plant in March. Tara Cloakley, an assistant from
State Representative James Miceli's office, stands beside Cole,
who is president of the company's vacuum technology group. The Executive
Office of Environmental Affairs and the Massachusetts Department
of Environmental Protection recognized the business unit for voluntarily
adopting a zero-discharge wastewater recovery system. The agencies
also acknowledged CASTion of Ludlow, MA, which developed the system
with support from Massachusetts's Strategic Environmental Technology
Partnership. The program was established to foster environmentally
benign business practices.