Are You Getting What You Need From Your Industrial Floor?

You walk, drive, manufacture, prototype, package, ship, repair, store and have meetings on your floor every day. It is literally the “bedrock” of your business. Yet, you still may not be taking full advantage of your industrial floor’s capabilities. Are you really getting all the help your floor can provide?

What Can Your Floor Do For You?

By looking at your industrial floor in a new way, you can use it to better serve a wide variety of your business objectives. Let’s move beyond thinking of it as something to simply walk on and conduct your manufacturing processes. Modern polymer floor coating technology provides many options to consider.

For example:

Business Objective	Your Floor’s Role
5S and Lean Manufacturing	Color to indicate material in process
Walking Safety	Slip resistance for improved traction
Worker Productivity	Enhanced light reflectivity
Contamination Control	Antimicrobial treatment
ESD (electrostatic discharge) Control	Conductive particles throughout surface
Chemical Storage	Resistant to harmful effects of spills
Fire Prevention	Ignition Control
Minimize Forklift Repair & Accidents	Abrasion resistance for heavy traffic
Maintaining Efficient Traffic Flows	Embedded boundary markers
Effective Customer Plant Visits	Durable designer look in visitor centers

Make Your Floor a Part of Your Team

Each area of your plant has a specific job to do. Be sure to review your facility and plan for flooring features which will enhance productivity, safety and morale. A good starting point is to identify key areas of your floor and rate how they are currently supporting your business success. After your list is developed, you will want to meet with your floor coating representative. They can provide more advice and recommend how to make your floor a contributing “member” of your team.

Advice For Getting Started

Does your industrial operation have various flooring requirements? Learn how we can help by downloading our FREE E-Guide “Polymer Flooring – One Solution Does Not Meet All of Your Industrial Needs”.

Enhance plant productivity

Keep workers safe

Abrasion resistance for high traffic areas

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Sean Walsh

Marketing & Product Development Manager at Protective Industrial Polymers

Sean Walsh is the Marketing & Product Development Manager of Protective Industrial Polymers, a company that manufactures high-performance resinous floor coatings for industrial manufacturing environments, which has a keen focus on developing unique solutions for managing electrostatic, microbial, chemical, explosion and safety risk concerns. He has over 15 years of marketing and sales support experience in the protective coatings industry. Prior to that, Sean worked in the construction industry, specializing in contract and project management for commercial and industrial floor and roof projects. Sean enjoys working closely with PIP’s sales and management group to develop and market new flooring products and systems to address end-user’s unique requirements. You can follow Sean on LinkedIn, email him at swalsh@protectpoly.com, or contact Protective
Industrial Polymers at 866-361-3331.