Waseca, MN – Brown Printing Company today announced that it joined the SmartWay^SM Transport Partnership, an innovative collaboration between U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the freight industry designed to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution.

Brown Printing will contribute to the Partnership’s goal to reduce 33 to 66 million metric tons of carbon dioxide and up to 200,000 tons of nitrogen oxide per year by 2012 by improving the environmental performance of our freight operations.  By joining SmartWay Transport Partnership, Brown Printing demonstrates its strong environmental leadership and corporate responsibility.

“Brown has made a commitment to reduce its environmental impact, and becoming part of the SmartWay Transport Partnership was a natural step to further this commitment.  By making environmentally conscious choices throughout our production process, and now through our selection of third-party carriers, we continue to increase the successes of our industry-leading environmental initiatives” said Pat Bayer, Director of Brown Logistics Services.

About SmartWay Transport Partnership
Launched in February 2004, the SmartWay Transport Partnership aims to achieve fuel savings of up to 150 million barrels of fuel per year.  The Partnership brings together major freight shippers, trucking companies, railroads, logistics companies and trade/professional associations to pursue mutually beneficial efficiencies that result in emissions reductions and other environmental improvements, as well as cost savings to the companies.  The Partnership currently has approximately 1,300 partners.  For information about the SmartWay Transport Partnership visit www.epa.gov/smartway.