Our Process

We have undertaken a solid waste audit of our facilities in order to provide us with a starting point for waste reduction.  Our total recycling at this point is 85% of our solid waste generated. Our ultimate goal is to have nothing go to landfill.

Although we are well within acceptable limits of compliance to any legislation, we regularly undertake an emission audit to understand how we can reduce our already small emission in this area. We have already converted much of our production facility to water-based adhesives, and are investigating the feasibility of converting our wood staining operation to water-based stains in the near future.

Approximately 75% of our freight is shipped blanket wrapped allowing us to fit more into a trailer and avoid the use of cardboard in the packing process.

All of our facilities were old factories that were completely gutted and converted to modern day buildings. The factories, in their construction, were fitted with state-of-the-art lighting with electronic ballasts, motion detectors for our lighting, low-flush toilets, and low glare double-thick curtain walls.

At our main facility, all of the electricity that we use to power our factories and offices comes from 100% green power sources provided through Bullfrog Power, a green electricity retailer. In one year, the emissions offset by the green power purchased by Keilhauer, is the equivalent of removing 95 cars from the roads.