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Franz Bakery Name a 2009 "Save Energy Now Champion" Plant by the U.S. Department of Energy
PORTLAND, Ore. – December 2, 2009 – Franz Bakery, the largest independent, family-owned bakery on the West Coast, has received an Energy Champion award for achieving more than 250,000 million Btu total energy savings or more than 15 percent total energy savings at its facility in Portland, Ore. To receive this recognition, Franz Bakery completed a Save Energy Now energy assessment with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) in 2008.
“This is a tremendous recognition and I am really proud of our team for identifying and implementing environmentally-conscious changes to the way we do business,” said Marc Albers, President and COO. “We have taken many steps – including the installation of an oxidizer – to make our facility more eco-friendly and keep our city and the environment as clean as we can.”