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TESTIMONIALS

    “Independent tests carried out at              “Dycem High Performance Contamination        “We have calculated that even a short time
    GlaxoSmithKline prove that Dycem High          Control Zones are great at trapping          after installation we have saved money by
    Performance Contamination Control              contamination and helping to clean-up        using these products. I would like to add
    Zones prevent over 99% of all viable and       various areas in the paint department,       that the customer service has also been
    non-viable foot and wheel-borne                preventing contamination from affecting      exceptional.”
    contamination from entering a                  the paint finish.”
    critical area.”                                                                             “Since replacing Peel-off Mats we have
                                                   Gary Appleton, Ford                          seen a noticeable improvement in static
    Dr Caroline Clibbon, Senior Microbiologist,                                                 charge within the labs and surrounding
    GlaxoSmithKline, UK                                                                         areas. We also found that a lot of dirt was
                                                                                                building in between where mats were
    “We have recognized that the Dycem             “We have used Dycem for many years           ganged together. A much more effective
    Zones work very well - confirmed               in our aseptic processing areas. We use      method of prevention.”
    by measurements made by the                    it in transfer hatches (for wheels) and at
    manufacturer’s representative - our            entrances and exits to restrict the outside  “We invested in Dycem some five years
    powder remains in the zone and does            micro-organisms from getting into the        ago to protect our critical environments i.e
    not spread outside the production areas.       facility.”                                   cleanrooms and camera assembly. Owing
    I can only recommend the installation                                                       to the success of our manufacturing
    of Dycem zones—if you adhere to the            David Cope, Kings College Hospital           we have now built new cleanrooms and
    rules for cleaning them, the effect is really                                               improved the cleanliness of our controlled
    noticeable.”                                                                                areas. The improvement in those areas is
                                                                                                very much down to the Dycem product.”
    Sylva Balcárková, a Teva´s shift leader        “We have used Dycem for over 6 years,
                                                   it is the most effective and cost effective  Mark Wells, Sony, Wales
    “Dycem is the most cost effective means        method of preventing contamination
    of controlling contamination at floor level    down to less than 5 micron and stops
    and preventing contamination from getting      it from getting into our photo mask
    into critical development work.”               manufacturing facility.”
    David Williams, Honda
                                                   Susan Jeynes, Project Engineer
                                                   Photronics, Wales

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