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Akzo Nobel Salt is a company committed to providing a safe work environment for employees. Safety audits, conducted by a team of employees, earmark situations that could be improved to meet safety goals.The safety audit team recently focused on the company's St. Clair, Mich., plant where 350°F hot melt adhesives used in the carton and case sealing operations could result in burn injuries. Akzo Nobel Salt turned to a new line of low-temperature hot melts from National Starch and Chemical Co., Bridgewater, N.J. Cool-Lok hot melts, formulated to run at 250°F, allowed the Akzo Nobel Salt packaging department to achieve safety goals and realize operating efficiencies. "It's been a double blessing for us," explains John Bearden, plant packaging supervisor. "Not only have the Cool-Lok products been successful in providing a safer workplace, which was our original intent, but we can apply less adhesive to each carton, which gives us cost savings." |
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Salt plant enhances safety, cuts costs with low-temperature hot melt in ADHESIVES AGE, Vol. 39, N° 8 (07/1996)
