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Cold Jet Report: Nearly Half of Packaging Companies Have Produced Inferior Quality Products Due to Poor Cleaning Practices
Industrial Cleaning Habits and Practices Report Provides Insights Into Cleaning Practices of Organizations in the Packaging Industry
| Source: Cold Jet, LLC
CINCINNATI, OH--(Marketwire - October 2, 2008) - When it comes to the role of cleaning in
producing consistent product quality, 49 percent of packaging industry
decision makers indicated that their companies had produced poor quality
products as a result of a poor cleaning job; this according to Cold Jet's
Industrial Cleaning Habits and
Practices Report. The report, released today, provides insights into
the cleaning habits and practices of organizations in the packaging
industry, and covers a broad range of topics from cost and quality to
worker health and environmental safety.
While nearly half of those surveyed indicated that production quality had
been impacted because of poor cleaning, 81 percent still ranked the
effectiveness of their cleaning methods as good, very good or excellent.
Nearly 80 percent of companies are cleaning their equipment by hand with
more than 55 percent of them opting to use chemicals and solvents as their
main cleaning method.
"From the results of our survey, we recognized a clear gap between
perception and reality when it comes to effectiveness of cleaning methods
and actual product quality, which may indicate a general misunderstanding
of the value of cleaning in the manufacturing process," said Stuart Rabkin,
chief marketing officer of Cold Jet, LLC. "Companies that consider
maintenance and cleaning as an important part of their operations and
practices -- especially those who have 5S, Six Sigma, and TPM programs --
are more likely to embrace best practice cleaning methods because of their
direct ability to significantly lower production costs."
In today's manufacturing environment, many companies are implementing lean
manufacturing principles to help reduce product costs through improved
product quality, less downtime and a lower scrap rate. Among the modern
lean manufacturing management methodologies is Total Productive
Maintenance, which has a goal of reducing prolonged shutdown times.
Unfortunately, more than 69 percent of packaging industry decision makers
indicated that they have to completely shut down production to clean their
equipment while 41 percent have to dismantle and move equipment to another
location to be cleaned, which is time consuming and places both equipment
and workers at risk of damage or injury.
Rabkin added, "While we targeted organizations within the packaging
industry for this report, these findings are
relevant to the majority of manufacturers, including companies in the
plastics, rubber, food and beverage and consumer packaged goods industries.
Key manufacturing stakeholders, from executives to manufacturing engineers,
maintenance managers and contract cleaners will find the information
useful. Anyone responsible for reducing costs, improving product quality
and worker safety, meeting environmental regulations or maintaining overall
cleanliness of equipment and facilities, will benefit from benchmarking
their cleaning focus with the habits and practices discussed in our
report."
To download the entire Cold Jet Industrial Cleaning Habits and Practices
Report, please visit:
http://www.coldjet.com/en/library/paper-request.php?paper_id=6036&cmp=pkg_wpPR.
About Cold Jet
Cold Jet, LLC is the world leader in dry ice blasting and production technology. Since 1986,
Cold Jet has been developing innovative production and cleaning solutions
ranging from handheld blasting systems to customized
engineered solutions that solve a variety of cleaning challenges around
the world. Cold Jet offers the largest selection of environmentally
responsible dry ice blasting machines, including the award-winning Aero
Series and the revolutionary i3 family of precision cleaning systems, which
features the company's patented shaved ice and feeder technologies. The
company's production equipment is used by every major gas company worldwide
to produce the highest density dry ice available. Cold Jet is a private
company with global headquarters in Loveland, Ohio and international
operations in Europe, Asia, Canada and Mexico. For more information, visit
www.coldjet.com or call 1-800-337-9423.