Better Handle Your Material

Of all the things that are exciting this spring with APTech Group and EnduroSolv®, one of the most exciting are the prospects of moving into our new facility later this year. Late in 2010 we made the decision that the time was right to expand our operation. The focal point of this is a new facility, only several miles from our existing facility, which will double the square footage of our plant and in my opinion, will more than double our manufacturing capacity and product output.

We have taken much time during the last six months and worked with multiple consultants to analyze the process and procedures at the current APTech facility. From our own internal studies and conclusions, along with those of the consultants, we believe we have been able to streamline our processes and procedures to further enable us to better produce the best solid water treatment for cooling towers and boilers on the market, including the EnduroSolv® product line.

Many of the conclusions that we came to centered on how we handled and placed material in our current facility. It didn’t take too long for us to recognize how to implement the improvements at our new facility. We discovered there was too much double handling and lost time and productivity in just this handling and movement of the material through our facility. The new plant is being laid out in manner where we will be able to better handle material and better utilize our personnel’s time to produce better product as opposed to just moving it through the plant.

This can be analogous to the handling of water treatment in a facility. Whether you are a water treater or end-use customer of water treatment, there is a finite time that can be dedicated to the water treatment program. If you are a water treater, you may only have an hour a week or month at a customer or if you are an end-use customer, you only have so many man hours in a day to allocate to all of the tasks that need to be completed. In either case, why waste a portion of this finite time to handling the water treatment products that your facility needs?

By employing a treatment program that utilizes the solid chemistry water treatment products you can eliminate the excess handling required for liquid products. What is the benefit and bottom line of this advantage? If you are a water treater you can spend a greater portion of your time adding services that have value to your customer. And if you are the end-user you can utilize your employees’ time to better benefit your facility as a whole.

As we move into this summer we are looking forward to capitalizing on the new facility with a more efficient use of our resources. Give us a call and we can get you on your way to better utilizing your resources right away.

Posted on behalf of Matt Horine

New EnduroSolv® Dispensing Option Now Available

Back in December of last year we told you about an exciting new option for dissolving and dispensing EnduroSolv® solid water treatment chemicals. To refresh your memory, the new Tower dispenser, will house up to eight of the new 6” discs of EnduroSolv® solid water treatment chemicals which equates to 40 lbs of solid chemistry (with the new double tower unit). That’s nearly equal to a 55 gallon drum of liquid water treatment!

This new configuration significantly increases the amount of cooling tower chemistry that can be “stocked” in the dissolving unit at one time with no disruptions in feeding the chemistry, in comparison to our plastic bottles (up to a 4X increase with the double tower unit). With this product and dissolver option, EnduroSolv® solid solutions are truly applicable for nearly any size cooling water treatment configuration.

Both the Tower dispensing units and the EnduroSolv® 6” discs are now available for immediate purchase. Contact us by clicking here for delivery times and pricing for this new exciting solid chemical delivery option Cooling Tower water treatment.

Happy Birthday Albert Einstein!!

This Monday, March 14th marks Albert Einstein’s 132nd birthday. What do you think of when you think of Einstein… great mind, father of physics, E=mc2?

One of Einstein’s greatest traits was his ability to look at something differently than many – to think outside the box (or 55-gallon drum in our case). As Einstein said,

“All of science is nothing more than the refinement of everyday thinking.”

Take a look at your water treatment program. Can the “everyday thinking” here be refined? Is there an easier way to do this? Is there something that would be safer for your employees? With these unstable and rising gas prices, is there a way to save money on delivery?

Take a minute to think about this and after you enjoy a piece of birthday cake in honor of Einstein, give us a call to discuss how EnduroSolv® can help your water treatment program get out of the box…. er, I mean drum.

Posted on behalf of Kathleen Collier

Business Courier Awards Banquet

Last night, the 2011 Green Business Awards banquet hosted by The Business Courier and the U.S. Green Building Council Cincinnati Regional Chapter took place at the Cintas Center on the campus of Xavier University. Our company, APTech Group, Inc. was honored to be a finalist in the Green Market Category. Congratulations to all of the other finalists
in each category and
all of the winners.

Although we did not win the award in the Green Market Strategy category, it was a great night of networking and being able to talk to others about APTech Group – the manufacturer of EnduroSolv® solid water treatment. Many of the people we talked with were intrigued with our story and wondered why people wouldn’t use EnduroSolv® products. It’s the same question we tend to ask ourselves all the time. With so many benefits that the EnduroSolv® product line can offer – including reduced shipping costs, safer handling, reduced carbon footprint and many others – doesn’t it make sense for you to check them out for the facility you manage?

If our story and products leave you questioning why don’t you have EnduroSolv® in your facility, let us know and we will get you in touch with an EnduroSolv® distributor near you. You can also check out www.endurosolv.com for more of the story.

Posted on behalf of Todd Lee