The Xerox Worldwide Production Systems Manufacturing Plant (Webster, NY), recipient of the 2005 Assembly Plant of the Year award sponsored by ASSEMBLY magazine, builds the greenest machine in the commercial printing industry. Indeed, up to 97 percent of the components used in the iGen3 110 digital production press are recyclable or remanufacturable. For instance, screws are used to attach some components, which allows for easy disassembly.
From its earliest concept phases in the mid-1990s, the machine was developed with both the environment and customers in mind. In addition to components being recyclable or remanufacturable: