RTI Moves to Clean Renewable Energy

RTI Moves to Clean Renewable Energy

Marla Jones, Managing Editor

marla@southerntorch.com

RAINSVILLE, Ala.-- Rainsville Technology Inc. announced that they would move to 100% Clean Renewable Energy starting January of 2021. Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative and RTI signed a Green Flex agreement to help meet their sustainable energy goals. Green Flex is a partnership program with the Tennessee Valley Authority that allows businesses to buy renewable energy certificates from wind power to offset their carbon output.   

“Our Corporate 2030 Vision is to have all North American Moriroku Technology Manufacturing Plants operating with 100% clean renewable energy,” stated Yoshi Sato, President of Rainsville Technology. “RTI has partnered with TVA and SMEC to be the first Moriroku Technology Plant in NA to achieve this goal.”

“We will continue to look for opportunities to invest in Renewable Energy Technology in the future so that our impact to the environment is reduced, along with reducing our overall energy consumption,” stated Sato. “We are very proud of RTI and our Team, we feel we have some of the best and most dedicated associates in our area. We look forward to making our community and company a better place to live and work, reducing our overall carbon footprint, and making our future very bright for our current and future associates.”

“SMEC & TVA has been great partners through this process. We started investigating investment opportunities 4 months ago and we were able to work with our local SMEC Key Accounts Representative, Darren Young, and TVA Customer Service Manager, Robby Jones, to be able to make this happen quicker than expected with TVA’s Green Flex program. RTI’s Project Team consisted of Danny Oliver -- Sr. Manager Production, Michael Sparks -- Engineer, Kyle Horton -- Engineer and Shannon Phillips – Engineer. This team did an outstanding job of investigating and presenting several opportunities to meet this corporate goal well ahead of schedule,” stated Shane Gilliland, Vice President of Rainsville Technology Inc. 

RTI is a Tier 1 Automotive supplier for interior and exterior plastic components with a 350,000 sq ft, climate-controlled facility. RTI has been a part of the Rainsville community for the last 20 years and employs 500+ associates.   

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