3m Camarillo

The California Regional Water Quality Control Board has recognized 3M Camarillo and Chuck Thomas, a 3M environmental engineering specialist, for their work with the city of Camarillo in planning and implementing the 1995 Household Hazardous Waste Roundup. The annual roundup held at the 3M site provides Camarillo residents with an environmentally safe way to dispose of their household hazardous waste.

An announcement is scheduled today for the new name of the 3M plant in Camarillo, which is becoming part of a new company with the division of 3M into two entities. 3M announced last year that it would split into two companies to better serve its customers and shareholders. The 3M name will remain with the company that serves the life science and industrial/consumer markets, while the new company will serve the data storage and data imaging markets.

3M Camarillo, the computer tape manufacturer that became a center of controversy two years ago when it sold "banked" air-pollution credits to the Procter & Gamble plant in Oxnard, may be earning more credits soon. 3M Camarillo--officially it's 3M's Data Storage Tape Technology Division--has installed a new system that completes a two-phase program to reduce its air pollution emissions by more than 95%.

In a White House ceremony, 3M Camarillo received the 1996 Presidential Award for Sustainable Development for its pollution prevention program. The award, given to company officials by Vice President Al Gore, was for 3M's Pollution Prevention Pays program, instituted in 1975. It is believed to be one of the first corporate-wide environmental programs in the United States with measurable results.

In a White House ceremony, 3M Camarillo received the 1996 Presidential Award for Sustainable Development for its pollution prevention program. The award, given to company officials by Vice President Al Gore, was for 3M's Pollution Prevention Pays program, instituted in 1975. It is believed to be one of the first corporate-wide environmental programs in the United States with measurable results.

Thanks to the folks at the 3M Camarillo plant, computer users will soon be able to store nearly twice as much data on backup cartridges than they currently can. The company has added a new cassette to its Travan series of backup cartridges. The new product, due out in mid-November, will be capable of storing up to eight gigabytes (or 8 billion bytes of information). A 15-gigabyte cassette is scheduled for release in 1996.

3M Camarillo has been named Employer of the Year by the Ventura County/Santa Barbara County chapter of the California Assn. of Rehabilitation and Reemployment Professionals. The award was given "as a result of a decade-old pledge to return employees back into the work environment," said Bob Michels, the plant's manufacturing manager. Also honored was the facility's health care nurse, Darlene Rose. She said 3M's disability management program provides both physical and emotional support.

An announcement is scheduled today for the new name of the 3M plant in Camarillo, which is becoming part of a new company with the division of 3M into two entities. 3M announced last year that it would split into two companies to better serve its customers and shareholders. The 3M name will remain with the company that serves the life science and industrial/consumer markets, while the new company will serve the data storage and data imaging markets.

A manufacturing plant that officials have called Ventura County's second-worst air polluter disclosed plans Friday to reduce emissions by 70% to 80% by the end of 1991. County officials hailed the $4- million project by the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. in Camarillo, noting that the company's move was voluntary. "It's not the kind of thing that businesses are coming running forward to do," said Richard Baldwin, director of the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District.

Ventura County manufacturing companies last year legally emitted more than 860,000 pounds of toxic chemicals that may cause cancer or birth defects or damage the Earth's protective ozone layer, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report says. For the fourth year in a row, the 3M Co. in Camarillo topped the county's list of 27 companies that emitted toxic pollutants into the air.

The California Regional Water Quality Control Board has recognized 3M Camarillo and Chuck Thomas, a 3M environmental engineering specialist, for their work with the city of Camarillo in planning and implementing the 1995 Household Hazardous Waste Roundup. The annual roundup held at the 3M site provides Camarillo residents with an environmentally safe way to dispose of their household hazardous waste.

Thanks to the folks at the 3M Camarillo plant, computer users will soon be able to store nearly twice as much data on backup cartridges than they currently can. The company has added a new cassette to its Travan series of backup cartridges. The new product, due out in mid-November, will be capable of storing up to eight gigabytes (or 8 billion bytes of information). A 15-gigabyte cassette is scheduled for release in 1996.

3M Camarillo has been named Employer of the Year by the Ventura County/Santa Barbara County chapter of the California Assn. of Rehabilitation and Reemployment Professionals. The award was given "as a result of a decade-old pledge to return employees back into the work environment," said Bob Michels, the plant's manufacturing manager. Also honored was the facility's health care nurse, Darlene Rose. She said 3M's disability management program provides both physical and emotional support.

You might not think that you can help the environment by working at a shoe store or a carpet-cleaning service, much less by showing up at 3M in Camarillo five days a week to make magnetic tape. But lately, these have become quite respectable ways to help with recycling, detoxifying and waste reduction. And, if you're just plain looking for work, they're good situations to check out.

3M Camarillo, the computer tape manufacturer that became a center of controversy two years ago when it sold "banked" air-pollution credits to the Procter & Gamble plant in Oxnard, may be earning more credits soon. 3M Camarillo--officially it's 3M's Data Storage Tape Technology Division--has installed a new system that completes a two-phase program to reduce its air pollution emissions by more than 95%.

Ventura County manufacturing companies last year legally emitted more than 860,000 pounds of toxic chemicals that may cause cancer or birth defects or damage the Earth's protective ozone layer, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report says. For the fourth year in a row, the 3M Co. in Camarillo topped the county's list of 27 companies that emitted toxic pollutants into the air.

You might not think that you can help the environment by working at a shoe store or a carpet-cleaning service, much less by showing up at 3M in Camarillo five days a week to make magnetic tape. But lately, these have become quite respectable ways to help with recycling, detoxifying and waste reduction. And, if you're just plain looking for work, they're good situations to check out.

A trio of 3M sites, including the high-technology company's Camarillo plant, will participate in a pilot program that aims to free business from government red tape while continuing environmental improvements, President Clinton announced at a White House ceremony Friday. 3M is one of eight organizations selected to participate in Project XL, which stands for excellence in leadership, as part of a package of environmental initiatives Clinton announced in March.

A manufacturing plant that officials have called Ventura County's second-worst air polluter disclosed plans Friday to reduce emissions by 70% to 80% by the end of 1991. County officials hailed the $4- million project by the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. in Camarillo, noting that the company's move was voluntary. "It's not the kind of thing that businesses are coming running forward to do," said Richard Baldwin, director of the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District.