Jasper Library Furniture, a division of Jasper Seating Company, Inc. is committed to reducing, reusing and recycling. We use non-solvent based adhesives and minimize the use of disposable packaging. The processes used reduce the strain on the environment. All wood not used in the manufacturing process is burned in scrubber-equipped boilers to generate steam. This in-house generated steam is used to heat our manufacturing plants in the winter, thus not putting a burden on our fossil fuels.

Surprisingly, much of the public has the impression that manufacturing wood furniture involves wasting natural resources and destroying the environment, when just the opposite is true. Hardwood trees are growing much faster than they are being cut, ensuring that wood will still be an important part of the future. According to the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. grows each year about 50 percent more than what we are cutting. More trees are in the forest today than yesterday. Current statistics from the Forest Service indicate that there are more than 715 billion board feet of commercial size timber growing and available, and this does not include trees growing in parks, wilderness or other set-aside land.

Jasper Library Furniture also utilizes the ultraviolet finishing process that has vastly improved over the past few years. UV is a state of the art, technologically advanced and an environmentally friendly finishing system. This process is one of the cleanest, most efficient and cost effective ways of finishing in the industry. This process virtually eliminates the V.O.C. and H.A.P. that can be emitted into the atmosphere as well as incorporating an ultraviolet curing process that provides a durable and consistent finish. This flat line U.V. finishing system enables all of the left over finish material to be recaptured, recycled and used again with no post cure by-products.

It is the investments in our finishing process, packaging system and reusable resources that will continue to provide our customers with the best in library furnishings.