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Avangard Innovative acquires Avangard Innovative Safety Products
Press Release, 10/27/09
HOUSTON - Avangard Innovative today announced the integration of Avangard Innovative Safety products a manufacturer, distributor, and importer of hand protection & safety products. Avangard Innovative Safety Products division has a complete line of industrial and general purpose gloves and a wide range of safety products that satisfy protection needs. | » READ PDF
Avangard Innovative LP is selected for the 2009 Houston Award in the Seismograph Surveys category by the US Commerce Association.
U.S. Commerce Association, 06/08/09
WASHINGTON, DC - The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. | » READ PDF
Houston Recycler Avangard Innovative Still Growing
Plastic News, 5/26/2009
HOUSTON - Avangard Innovative Ltd., a Houston recycling-services company, hopes to top $200 million in sales this year, up from $194 million in 2008, said its CEO, Rick Pérez. | » READ MORE | » READ PDF
New PET recycling plant opens in Mexico
Plastics News, 04/22/2009
TOLUCA, MEXICO - A new $35 million bottle-to-bottle PET recycling plant in Toluca, Mexico, that is holding its grand opening today, will produce more than 48 million pounds of food-grade resin annually, largely for use by global soft drink and water bottlers operating in Mexico. The opening of the plant importantly also sets in motion a social responsibility effort by PetStar to reduce the amount of school-age children collecting PET from landfills and getting them to return to or begin classroom education. | » READ MORE | » READ PDF
Discarded fabric recycled into quilts for needy kids
Houston Chronicle, 2/02/2009
How does discarded fabric avoid the Dumpster? In 2008, 2 tons of unwanted textiles were stitched into quilts, wheelchair bags and other items for needy kids.
“A year ago, I was approached by a group called SWIFT, the Sample Waste Initiative for Furniture and Textiles,” said Joe Stalnaker, of global recycling company Avangard Innovative, which is based in Houston. | » READ MORE | » READ PDF
Companies Go Green and Find That It Pays
Houston Chronicle, 11/05/2008
Nearly half of U.S. executives polled recently said their companies were somewhat concerned with the environment. But, more telling in the survey by Korn/Ferry International, 70 percent thought "green" concerns will take a back seat to profit in times of economic uncertainty. But what if going green could produce green of another kind? | » READ MORE
SWIFT initiates program to recycle discarded fabric
Furniture Today, 7/28/2008
A program initiated by SWIFT, the Sample Waste Initiative for Furniture and Textiles industries, has begun collecting discarded fabric for reuse in quilts, wheelchair bags and other items for children in need. Named the Green Initiative for Furniture and Textiles, or GIFFT, the new program was created by SWIFT and by Houston-based recycling company Avangard Innovative and Yardley, Pa.-based charity Quilts for Kids. | » READ MORE
“Avangard Innovative is a 2009 recipient of the USCA “Best of Local Business” Award.
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