EXIMO’s Helen Roberts has shared her view of the industrial ducting situation in Australia after 20 years in the industry.
Roberts started her career in 1990, when she started selling SpeedLock products, which later became Eximo. Ducting was seen as a ‘luxury’ in the manufacturing sector, but Roberts has witnessed its transition to becoming a necessity for conforming to industrial OH&S laws.
According to Roberts, the government and the various state and federal OH&S bodies around the country are now much stricter on enforcing clean air laws. Dust and fume management is now part and parcel of the modern manufacturing process.
Additionally, companies now have a much better understanding of how clean air can affect output and profitability.
Eximo claims ducting helps manufacturers end up with cleaner finished products, less double handling, lower labour costs, less power usage, and less chance of worker compensation claims.
As such, Roberts says the average Return on Investment for ducting is around the 12 month mark due to the increased productivity from workers and lower power bills.
Eximo says as it is an Australian company specialising in ducting, it can provide better service tailored to the Australian industrial, environmental and legislative landscape.
Twenty years ago, Roberts says, only large companies would install ducting, but this has trickled down to the small and medium size businesses. Food, pharmaceuticals and spray painting industries are now installing ducting, in addition to traditional areas like mining and steel fabrication.
Roberts expects the uses for ducting will expand for the next five years, as Eximo continues to invest in research and development.
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