Factory Tour: Safety Flooring: Innovation in Manufacturing Product Design

Description

This tour of Altro’s manufacturing plant and laboratories will focus on how safety flooring is manufactured, how new products are developed and provide guidance on issues, legislation and standards affecting the specification of safety flooring. The audience will be taken through the history of the company and how it continues to lead the way through delivery of innovative solutions, where sustainability objectives underpin our decision making processes. By the end of this tour participants will be able to understand: - The composition of safety flooring and how it works - The manufacturing process - The history of safety flooring and how it has developed over the years - Which situations safety flooring is more suitable than other alternatives - Being able to recommend different types of safety flooring to suit different requirements - Cleaning requirements for safety flooring - Measure slip resistance (according to HSE recommendations) This tour takes place in Altro HQ, Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire. The tour lasts 4.5 hours and includes a buffet lunch.