SCREEDS, RESINS & COATINGS
THUMBS UP FOR FAST TRACK FLOOR REPLACEMENT!
At first glance, Flowcrete UK and UltraSyntec’s partnership on floor renovation works for Thumbs Up’s manufacturing facility in Bury may not seem the most interesting of projects, but it is one where time, client satisfaction and minimising loss of revenue were of the essence.
Thumbs Up represents an age-old story when it comes to maintenance and refurbishment in heavy industry. With manufacturers under pressure to ensure plant assets operate at maximum capacity and efficiency levels at all time, setting priorities for maintenance and preventative measures can be a challenge.
Average downtime costs vary across industries and can be dependent on the scale of the business. For a medium sized business, the exact hourly cost of production outage may be lower, but the impact on the business much greater.
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Faced with production downtime and financial losses, it can be tempting for manufacturers to delay renovating a failing or damaged flooring surface or alternatively choose poor quality materials that are unable to meet long- term outcomes.
Representing a very real, and very common scenario faced by industrial clients, the project at Thumbs Up demonstrates how innovations in resin flooring technology coupled with the skill and expertise of the flooring applicator can work in tandem to address this problem and help to
alleviate the headache associated with looming production outage.
Based on Dumer’s Lane since the company was founded in 1978, Thumbs Up (Bury) Ltd manufactures and supplies plastic housewares and storage products to major supermarkets and high street retailers throughout the UK, Ireland and its growing export territories including Germany, Italy, France & Spain.
The manufacturer employs over 250 staff, carries over 20,000 product lines and operates at an annual
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