Seventeen years ago, Barry Young, presently President and CEO of Lord & Partners left behind a career as a traditional chemical manufacturer.
On a farm in Rosseau, Ontario, Canada, he developed alternatives to the toxic and health threatening products we are all exposed to in industry and institutions.
Health and safety along with manufacturing environmentally responsible products is the primary focus of Lord & Partners.
Lord & Partners corporate vision clearly states: “Lord & Partners purpose is to make the globe a healthier place to live by removing and reducing hazardous chemical products in industry for the health and safety of employees, which will then provide a cleaner healthier place for our children. We start with our community and we reach out to the globe”, along with “Protecting the environment for tomorrow”.
The Kyoto accord signing has precipitated Green Emission Credits; the rules for which are now being developed worldwide. Eco Logo certified products will play a major role in establishing auditable green emission credits.
Lord & Partners manufactures environmentally responsible solvents, cleaners, degreasers and specialty products which are Eco Logo certified. The products have been designed as environmentally responsible alternatives for a number of industries including oil & gas, automotive, aviation, government, military, institutions, marine, mining, and transportation.
Lord & Partners is moving on to international success. Several products in its extensive Lord & Partners line were EcoLogo certified under Environment Canada’s Environmental Choice Program in November 1996.
Renowned for a tough certification process, the Canadian EcoLogo means consumers can be sure the products or services are more environmentally-sound because of the way they are produced, manufactured, used or disposed of.
Lord & Partners has a certified and registered EMS (Environmental Management Systems) ISO 14001: 2004 and have been accredited under both the Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS) and the North American ANAB since 1998.
Today, Lord & Partners stands as the only Canadian North American company to have both the EcoLogo and ISO 14001 combined in chemical manufacturing.
In February 2001, Lord & Partners was awarded Best Practices BP39 Environment Green Program per Canadian Army Workshops for its LP PLC500A Paint Gun cleaner and PGL 2020 Solution.
One pail of PGL 2020 will replace 12 pails of traditional paint thinners or MEK. to clean paint guns.
Furthermore Pratt & Whitney Aerospace has approved its Parts W Sol degreaser to replace the use of Varsol (petroleum distillates) and is also using the PLC500A Paint Gun System in Canada and Europe.
Bell Helicopter has approved the use of Lord & Partners products as well.
Today, Lord & Partners products are sold in Canada and internationally in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, China, Japan, Hong Kong, and the Middle East.
With global expansion, Lord & Partners manufacturing plant doubled in April 2003.
Its goal is to be recognised as the world-leading manufacturer of environmentally responsible solvents, cleaners and degreasers by the year 2008.
Lord & Partners believes that there are two main drivers that will accelerate growth this year; one is government regulations.
Government regulations worldwide are becoming much stricter in the use of hazardous chemical products that creates VOC’s (volatile organic compounds), and greenhouse gases. The other major issue which drives Lord & Partners products is a moral issue.
People no longer wish to use hazardous toxic chemicals along with desire for improved environmental stewardship.
The Science of Lord & Partners – Lord & Partners EcoLogo certified products are made from naturally occurring essential oils derived from: plants, shrubs, fruits, herbs and berries.
By combining essential oils of Lord & Partners utilising state-of-the-art technology and with the use of non-ionic linear alcohol ethoxylates, Lord & Partners has provided one of the most versatile and powerful surfactant cleaning systems in the world today.
Lord & Partners EcoLogo products will clean a full range of cleaning functions from multi-task cleaning, to degreasing of engines, parts washing, high pressure power washing, multi-purpose heavy duty degreasing and bilge cleaning for ships as well as drilling rigs for oil and gas both onshore and off.
Lord & Partners EcoLogo certified products, have been tested by independent laboratories proving that they meet or exceed CCD-146 Hard-surface Cleaners criteria under the Environmental Choice Programme for Environment Canada (Government of Canada).
The Environmental Choice Program was designed to support a continuing effort to improve and/or maintain environmental quality by reducing energy and material consumption and by minimising the impacts of pollution generated by the production, use and disposal of goods and services.
The products manufactured by Lord & Partners have been designed as environmentally responsible alternatives for a number of industries including oil and gas, automotive, aviation, government, institutions, marine, mining, and transportation.
