High Liner Foods USA's seafood processing plant on Electronics Avenue is the single largest user of electricity in Danvers.
However, the company's new corporate director of sustainability, Bill DiMento, said High Liner has made it a goal to reduce its power and water usage, recycle packaging, and source seafood from certified fisheries.
The company, which supplies seafood to retailers and the food service industry, is placing an emphasis on sustainable practices because it is good for the environment, will make the company more socially responsible and will help keep it profitable, DiMento said.
"It's smart business, and a lot of these savings go right to our bottom line," DiMento said.
High Liner Foods USA is a subsidiary of Lunenberg, Nova Scotia-based High Liner Foods, and it was formerly part of Fishery Products International until High Liner acquired Fisheries Products' marketing and manufacturing operations in 2007.
The 100,000-square-foot plant in Danvers employs 300 people and processes 40 million pounds of "value-added" seafood a year. DiMento has worked at the plant since 1987, and last year he took over High Liner's efforts to lessen its energy use and its carbon footprint at its processing plants.
Today, the Danvers plant recycles 700 tons of cardboard and other packaging materials, DiMento said. About 90 percent of what used to be sent to the landfill 10 years ago is now recycled.
About 2,000 gallons a week of used cooking oil is being purchased by a company called Lifecycle Renewables to generate electricity at a local Whole Foods Market commissary.
Salem kicks off health and wellness week
Salem Main Streets is presenting a health and wellness week April 12 through 17 with 13 Salem businesses and organizations showcasing what they have to keep you well.
"Salem has a fantastic number of businesses which offer health and wellness services, and many of those businesses are offering free or discounted services during this week," said Jennifer Bell, Salem Main Streets Manager, in a prepared statement.
Businesses will be offering free massages, skin consultations, workshops, children's yoga classes and fitness classes. There are discounts on products and services and $2,000 worth of items to be raffled off. Early risers can catch a 6 a.m. boot camp program on Salem Common. Contact Brandi Dion of B&S Fitness & Sport Science.
Other participating businesses and organizations include: A Higher Balance Healing Center, A Sacred Place Wellness Center, Body and Soul Massage & Wellness Center, the city of Salem Park, Recreation and Community Services Department, Get In Shape for Women, Green Tea Yoga, Laura Lanes Skin Care, LivingWell, Radiance Aveda Lifestyle Salon & Spa, Salem Fitness, Urban Elements and The Wicked Running Club.
For a complete schedule, go to salemmainstreets.org.
Finalists named in business plan contest
EcoCentric Resources TOPIA of Salem, Local Ginger of Newburyport and Solar Sheds of Peabody are the three startup finalists in the North of Boston Business Plan competition, hosted by the Enterprise Center at Salem State College.
The three fledgling companies will present their plans to the public before a panel of judges on April 12, 3 p.m., in the Central Campus Recital Hall at Salem State College. EcoCentric Resources, doing business as TOPIA, specializes in online sales of environmentally responsible household products, including chlorine-free baby diapers and wipes; Local Ginger helps local merchants market their products online and through e-mail; and Solar Sheds makes energy conversion products for the solar photovoltaic industry, according to a press release from the Enterprise Center.
The three companies are eligible for a $5,000 first prize, a $3,000 second prize and a $2,000 third prize.
Those who want to attend the presentations can go to www.enterprisectr.org/bpc/ or e-mail sgibney@enterprisectr.org to register.
Analogic gets more business from L-3
Analogic Corp., the Peabody-based maker of medical imaging and aviation security systems, said it scored a $9.7 million order from Woburn-based L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems for more high-tech baggage screeners.
That makes $26.7 million in orders for Analogic from L-3 Security and Detection Systems, a division of L-3 Communications, since January.
"As expected, this new order from L-3 indicates that we are returning to a more stable run rate," said Peter Cempellin, vice president and general manager of Analogic's Security Systems Division, in a prepared statement.
L-3 Security has ordered more Explosive Assessment Computed Tomography (EXACT) systems, Analogic said April 1.
The systems are part of TSA-certified eXaminer 3DX baggage screeners, which can provide a full 3-D image of a bag's contents to allow for automatic explosive detection.
This latest order comes on top of a $10 million order from L-3 Security for EXACT systems announced on Jan. 7, and a $7 million order for upgrade and design work and five high-speed eXaminer XLB scanners announced Jan. 28.
Nonprofits get $40,000 from bank foundation
Danvers-based Hospice of the North Shore, The House of the Seven Gables in Salem, North Shore Community Action in Peabody and the Salem Mission were recently honored by the Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation as "community quarterbacks" along with 27 other nonprofits in Massachusetts. The organizations received a grant of $10,000 each.
It was Eastern Bank's sixth annual "Community Quarterback" awards ceremony, and it featured former quarterback Doug Flutie and Eastern Bank Chairman and CEO Richard Holbrook.
In all, the organizations received more than $300,000 from the bank's charitable foundation, along with workshops to give them some business advice in these tough times. The ceremony took place at Eastern Bank's operations center in Lynn on March 24.
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Staff writer Ethan Forman can be reached at 978-338-2673 or by e-mail at eforman@salemnews.com.
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