Wright Line Adds Green Chemistry to Manufacturing Process
New Environmentally-Friendly Cleaning Technique Lowers Chemical Costs, Increases Operating Uptime
Worcester, MA (PRWEB) May 5, 2009 -- In a continuing effort to incorporate green and sustainable processes in all aspects of its manufacturing process, Wright Line , a manufacturer of products and solutions for technology-intensive environments, today announced the implementation of a new, green cleaning process for its powder coating paint line.
The Green Chemistry process in action: Wright Line's state-of-the-art powder coating system provides an environmentally-friendly, durable finish to its enclosures, consoles and furniture systems.
The green chemistry cleaning process consists of utilizing chemicals and chemical processes designed to reduce or eliminate negative environmental impacts. Unlike conventional steel cleaning treatments, this new green technology is free of hazardous metals such as phosphate, which has been proven to have a negative impact on local water bodies. Wright Line, using Chemetall, US' Gardoclean®, proactively made the move to this environmentally safe product and completed the implementation well ahead of schedule.
Cost savings, also are impressive using green chemistry. Wright Line estimates that the new practice will save tens of thousands of dollars annually in lower chemical costs and will realize an ROI within a few weeks. In addition, by eliminating an annual preventative maintenance process required by legacy materials, the new solution will increase operating uptime. The former preventative maintenance process disrupted production and resulted in multiple days of costly production downtime every year.
"Many companies hesitate to incorporate green practices for fear of incurring huge upfront costs or decreased reliability", stated Ed Bednarcik, Wright Line CEO. "However, in our case, the minimum upfront investment to implement this sustainable practice delivered not only a process performance benefit, but did it at a lower overall cost while simultaneously increasing production availability".
"Replacing our phosphate cleaning process with this new Gardoclean® solution is a win-win situation", stated Dave Pierce, Manager of Manufacturing Engineering. "Not only does Wright Line save money, but we've introduced a green process which will benefit future generations."
About Wright Line:
Wright Line, a global leader in the design and manufacture of consoles, enclosures, office and other specialty workspace solutions for technology-intensive environments, has been serving the data center, government office, call center, analytical and electronic laboratory and high-tech manufacturing environments for 75 years. The company is headquartered in Worcester, MA and can be contacted by email at info@wrightline.com or by phone, 800.225.7348.
About Chemetall US, Inc:
Chemetall is a global company committed to specialty chemistry. The Group's activities focus on products and processes for the chemical treatment of metal surfaces and plastics, as well as selected fields of fine chemistry, e.g. lithium and cesium compounds.
Contact:
Christopher J. Devaney
Director, Marketing Communications
Wright Line LLC
(508) 926.6014
christopher.devaney @ wrightline.com
Editorial Contact
Barbara Rudolph
Rudolph Communications
781-229-1811
bjr @ rudolphcommunications.com
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