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Two Industry Leaders Join Forces to Tackle One Big Environmental Challenge
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Figure 1: Select Plant Hire is one of the UK’s largest suppliers of equipment to the construction and building services industry. They were able to cut VOC emissions by 80% thanks to the innovations supplied by Ultrimax Coatings, who manufacture a new primer finish with considerable cuts in the environmentally harmful solvents.
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ne of the UK’s largest suppliers to the
reducing their emissions so as to have less
the trial: “Ultrimax loves solving problems for
construction industry has drastically
impact on the environment.
its clients and once again we have been able
cut their solvent usage after
Ultrimax Coatings, who have manufactured
to demonstrate our ability to help customers
consultation with experts Ultrimax Coatings.
industrial paints and coatings for over
improve, not only their paint system but also
Select Plant Hire, an industry leader for
40 years, were able to suggest a new
the application method used for applying it”.
over 30 years, were able to cut their Volatile
application method, manufacture a new
The use of the of the new applicator combined
Organic Compound (VOC) emissions by 80%
primer finish product and set up a paint trial
with Ultrimax’s Aquimax 1 product also proved
and their overall paint reduction by 50%
to tackle the issue.
to be safer for the paint sprayer and required
thanks to the new innovations.
The trial produced encouraging results for
no solvent for cleaning, resulting in an even
Cutting VOC emissions is one of the biggest
both manufacturers with considerable cuts
bigger cut in VOC levels.
environmental challenge facing the paints
in the environmentally harmful solvents.
industry today.bbMany local authorities insist
Giles Hoare, Managing Director of Ultrimax
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that large paint users must look for ways of
Coatings, is delighted with the results of
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