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Article: Plantronics takes LEED in creating China site.
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- Plastics News
- Article date:
- October 6, 2008
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Byline: Steve Toloken
Building a green manufacturing plant in China is not easy. While there's a lot of talk about making Chinese industry more sustainable, going the extra step and actually putting up an environmentally friendly factory requires breaking new ground.
At least that's what U.S. telephone headset maker Plantronics Inc. found when it decided to build a "green'' factory in China.
The firm which uses solar power at its Santa Cruz, Calif., headquarters and plant a Tijuana, Mexico wanted to build a factory in Suzhou to standards set by the U.S. Green Building Council in Washington.
But it found that knowledge about the ...