OIL CLEANING BIO-PRODUCTS LTD.
PRESS RELEASE
GDM ENGINEERING USES "HEG" PRODUCTS ON OILY WASTE, SPILLS & STAINED CONCRETE IN "CLEAN WORKS, BETTER BUSINESS" CAMPAIGN
May 1996
Precision engineering and turned parts company GDM Engineering Ltd., as part of its "Clean Works" campaign to cut on-site pollution and to improve safety and working conditions, has achieved outstanding results by the use of Oil Cleaning Bio-Products Ltd's new bacterial cleansers "Hegol" and "Hegsolv" and the absorbent "Hegfloor".
Geoff Hummersone, Managing Director of GDM, commenting on his campaign, said: "Open machines are bound to produce some splashes and stains of cutting fluids and of vegetable and mineral oils. We have been looking at ways of controlling and treating such workshop effluents, spills and wastes. Environmental responsibilities, the safety and health of our workers, our own quality standards and the demands of customers all gave us the same message. We and OCBP have summed this up as "Clean Works, Better Business". Customers increasingly take into account a supplier's approach to pollution, the environment and health and safety when placing contracts. The Heg products have enabled us to get clean and stay clean, and clean means safe, non-slip, hygienic - and good for business."
In a comment on the application of the products, he added: "The Hegol and Hegsolv concentrates surprised me because they are more cost-effective after dilution than conventional cleaners we had been using - but, unlike them, quite harmless to the skin. Hegfloor, unlike the kitty litter granules we had been using to soak up spills, completely absorbs, doesn't impact into the concrete as a hard gritty layer, and can be easily swept up and composted on site."
Richard Genochio, Managing Director of Oil Cleaning Bio-Products Ltd. - the exclusive supplier of the "Heg" products - commenting on GDM's campaign, said: "OCBP is pleased to have helped GDM in translating into action their understanding that pollution control is not merely an inconvenient extra, but a fundamental part of successful business management. A key point is not only what you clean up, but how you do it - and with the "Heg" products GDM are using truly effective materials which are themselves safe and environmentally benign."
NOTES FOR EDITORS
1) Established 15 years ago, GDM Engineering is a leading precision engineering company producing large runs of high quality turned parts and fixings, including connectors and non-return valves for the motor and brewing industries. It operates automatic lathes and a variety of milling machines. For further information about GDM, contact Geoff Hummersone at GDM Engineering Ltd.
2) The "Heg" range of products consists of: Hegol (oil degrading bacteria added to a biodegradable quick-splitting surfactant, used for the removal of oil from concrete and from metallic and other hard surfaces, for vehicle/aircraft washing, for kitchen and lavatory drains and odour control, and for general commercial cleaning); Hegsolv (oil degrading bacteria added to a biodegradable and non-corrosive water-based solvent with rust inhibitor, used for degreasing, heavy-duty cleansing, as a parts washing liquid and to prepare surfaces for painting); Hegrem (oil- trapping absorbent made from biodegradable plant fibres with oil degrading bacteria, used loose for bioremediation of contaminated land or in sock form to float in interceptors and remove and destroy hydrocarbons); Hegfloor (similar to Hegrem and therefore non-abrasive, but fewer bacteria and almost dust free - used loose as a premium absorbent for oil and fuel spilled on hard surfaces); and Hegsorb (biodegradable specially treated plant fibres which absorb and trap oil spilled in water - also used in pillow or boom form to remove oil from interceptors and to protect drainage points).
3) OCBP Ltd. is the exclusive world-wide distributor of "Heg" products. A brochure about the "Heg" products is enclosed. For information contact OCBP Ltd., PO Box 46, Royston, Herts. SG8 9PD, England; tel. 01763 287 749.