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J u n e 2 0 15 • I NSIGH T | 21 C3 Corporation, from left: Mark DesJardin, Joseph Mooren, Joe Van De Hey, Marvin Wall, Lois Smits and Alex Zirbel. Wisconsin Film & Bag, from left: Greg Greene, Jim Feeney and Al Johnson. services and data collection to manufacturing companies in unique industries. By focusing on engineering systems that produce a better product for consumers, the company uses technology to gather data and design systems to save space, increase throughput and produce an end product that satisfies consumers. A notable, recent project is the CWU2000. is machine compresses and packages a foam mattress without folding, down to the size of an oversized golf bag. As a result manufacturers reduce shipping costs, increase e-commerce capabilities and boost storage capacity. "Innovation is their business and they've proven, time and again, they excel at it," said one of our judges. CATEGORY: PLANET Wisconsin Film & Bag Once it's used, plastic film for packaging is oen full of contaminates that render it useless for reuse. But a Shawano-based company figured out how to clean such material, and as a result has turned recycled plastic film into 25 percent of its sales — and does right by the environment, too. Wisconsin Film & Bag, which employs 172 and specializes in polyethylene film for packaging, has patented its process for cleaning and recycling post- consumer plastic commonly used in industrial applications such as pallet wrapping. Such a process had not been developed before to produce a resin from post-consumer scrap film with properties of the clarity, strength and appearance of virgin resin. All the experimentation was done in the company's break room kitchen. ey proved that film scrap could, indeed, be cleaned — by hand or in the dishwasher. Eventually, they took the process to a much larger scale to clean industrial-sized quantities. Our judges were impressed and said: "ey just didn't quit!" SPECIAL AWARD: UNIQUE SOLUTIONS Fox Valley Technical College Public Safety Training Center More than 400 students were on a waiting list for the Fire Protection Program when Fox Valley Technical College assessed its needs to expand a few years ago. Enrollment in the college's Criminal Justice training programs had increased 60 percent between 2008 and 2011. As a result of a successful, $66.5 million public referendum that passed in 2012, FVTC was able to meet the demands for these programs and many others when it built a new, $35 million, 95,000 square-foot Public Safety Training Center. e nation's first fully-integrated training facility for law enforcement, fire service, and emergency response personnel, includes nearly 40 projects in one and combines classroom training with extensive hands-on, tactical experiences. A wide range of public safety personnel can be trained in areas such as crime scene investigation, firefighting, technical rescue, vehicle pursuit, on-board aircra emergencies, and more. e site for the Public Safety Training Center involved an important partnership with the Outagamie County Regional Airport, therefore a great deal of communication and planning needed to occur with both the airport and the FAA. "e project met the needs of the community well, and was a collaborative work environment," one judge said. "It's the only place in the U.S. where this exists — from a vision standpoint, it's everything in one, catering to training for the FBI, the Secret Service. ey are impacting the world from Appleton Wisconsin." Said another, "It involved innovative solutions to address a real need." Fox Valley Technical College, from left: Aaron Tomlinson, Chris Matheny and Jeremy Hansen. For more details about the award winners, go to: www.insightonbusiness.com/2015-thinc