Prepared by Alun Jones – National Sales ManagerAlun.jones@dycemusa.com

401-626-7018

Dycem: Contamination Control You Can Trust

• Dycem is a world leading manufacturer and supplier of contamination control flooring solutions for critical environments

• Dycem has been manufacturing contamination control zones since 1966 with headquarters in Bristol, England and offices in Warwick, RI Houston, TX and Cevas, Phillippines.

• Dycem serve a variety of industries including:

• Pharmaceutical, Aerospace, Semiconductor, Bio Medical, Hospitals, Medical Device, Fiber Optic, Data Centers, Optical, Automotive, Packaging and Food.

• Our Blue Chip customer base includes companies such as:

• Sony, GlaxoSmithKline, Lilly, Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, Roche, IBM, Pfizer, Rolls Royce, Nestle, Bombardier, Intel, Seagate, Novartis, Baxter, Honda, BMW, Heinz and Texas Instruments.

Dycem: Where to Use?Dycem's comprehensive range of Contamination Control Zones reduce particulate counts in all your critical areas.

Use at:• All entrances to critical areas to

prevent ingress of contamination

• All exits to prevent contamination leaving the critical area

• In corridors to prevent cross contamination

• Inside the critical area adjacent to critical products and processes

• Inside airlocks, gowning rooms, warehouses and product transfer rooms to control contamination

• Can also be used on ceilings and walls providing 360 degree contamination control

• The usage of heavy forklifts, pallet trucks (automated and manual) and trolleys are increasing in all sectors and are vital for the every day running of a facility.

• Dycem's WorkZone product range is the only sustainable option that can withstand the rigors of a wheeled/larger particle transfer environment.

• The WorkZone product range offers a tougher, reinforced backing and an option for food-safe stainless steel heavy duty edging.

WorkZone: For Heavy Wheeled Traffic

CleanZone: For Pedestrian and Light Wheeled Traffic

• CleanZone is a high performance anti microbial flooring suitable for light wheeled traffic and heavier pedestrian flows.

• Permanently installed, it is the most effective way of controlling all forms of foot, wheel and air borne contamination.

• Dycem CleanZone anti microbial flooring is available in a range of attractive designs which means it still looks good between wet cleaning.

Dycem Product Selection

• Dycem Prevents up to 99.9% of contamination from entering your critical area. Clibbon (2002)

• A singular peel off mat will pose the most risk, with 73% of contamination entering your critical area, this could be 100%, as the likelihood of overstepping a singular mat is very high! Clibbon (2002)

• In order to get a near comparable performance to Dycem, at least 8 peel off mats, tacky mats or sticky mats need to be ganged together and peeled regularly.

Dycem: Improved Contamination Control

Singular peel off mat 73% contamination

entering critical environment

Ganged peel off mat 20% contamination

entering critical environment

Dycem < 0.01% contamination

entering critical environment

Dycem: Particles that Dycem can control

INDUSTRIAL (SUPERCOARSE)100 micron +

Environments include heavy wheeledpallet trucks, trolleys and forklifts.

Typical locations include:Warehouses, Factories, Goods in/out

CONTROLLED(COARSE)10-100 micron

Environments include heavy wheeled forklifts, medium to light wheeled pallet trucks, trolleys and pedestrian traffic.

Typical locations include:Transfers Areas, Loading Bays, Granulation Bays

CRITICAL(FINE)0.5 - 10 micron

Environments include light weight trolleys and pedestrian traffic.

Typical locations include:Changing Rooms, Air Showers, Gowning Areas

STERILE(ULTRAFINE)0.5 micron <

Environments include pedestrian traffic

Typical locations include:Pedestrian Airlocks, Isolation Chambers, Aseptic Processing

• Peel off mats are not guaranteed to stay adhered to the sub-floor.

• There are risks of water ingress and microbial growth underneath.

• Corners peeling from the sub-floor can cause tripping/Health and Safety issues.

• Peel off mats are prone to causing static charges generating up to 5,000 volts per peel.

• Peel off mats can tear overshoes exposing unclean surfaces.

• Adhesive from peel off mats can be tracked into clean room environments on feet.

• Wheeled traffic can be difficult to move over the peel off mats.

• Peel off mats, in size, are much too small to effectively decontaminate.

• More often than not, multiple sheets are peeled, wasting money and time.

“A study commissioned by a peel off mat manufacturer highlighted the problem of particle shedding during the rip up process of peel off mats. The tests revealed that 215,000 particles and bacteria were released back in to the atmosphere, potentially putting your staff at risk if breathed in.”

Peel-off Mats: The Risk

Dycem: Improved Contamination Control

Ganged peel-off mats in a corridor Dycem CleanZone in a corridor with company logos on the edging strip

Dycem: Improved Contamination Control

Air shower with peel-off mat Air shower with Dycem outside entrance and on floor of air shower

Dycem: The Greener Solution for Contamination Control• Dycem helps our customers significantly reduce their environmental footprint by eliminating the use of

‘tacky mats’ and overshoes in certain locations, resulting in reduced materials use, waste generation and cost.

• The hazardous/contaminated waste, coupled with disposal costs created with peel off mats are not to be ignored.

• With the 20cm ball of waste created when peeling off a mat layer generating enough waste to fill multiple dumpsters per year.

• Dycem is easily integrated into your SOP and can be cleaned as part of your regular floor cleaning schedule.

• Dycem does not impact on your daily waste volumes and can either be disposed of normally in regular waste or recycled into less critical applications (after its average 3-5 year working life).

Waste generated by 1 peel off mat

Dycem: Easy to Clean

Dycem: The Cost Effective Long Term Solution• The initial cost of peel off mats may seem low and advantageous when meeting budgets, however peel off mats actually cost

significantly more than Dycem.

• When comparing the two systems, Dycem not only costs less over the longevity of both products, but most critically, it vastly out performs in terms of size, quality and retention of contamination, reducing the risk of particles entering your critical environment.

• Use the formulae below to see how much you spend on using peel off mats and how much you could save by switching to Dycem.

Cost Saving ExamplePeel off mat cost

Cost per Peel = $0.54x

10 (to create the size of Dycem)+

2 peels per shiftx

1 shifts per dayx

260 Days Operation Per Yearx

Disposal Costs ($0.22 per sheet)=

$3,960.67 Annually x 3 years = $11,882.01

Dycem cost

6’6” x 10’ CleanzoneX

0 peels requiredX

1 shift per dayX

260 Days Operation per YearX

No disposal costs=

$3,340 over 3 years

VS = $8,542

3 year cost saving per critical control area!

"Independent tests carried out at GlaxoSmithKline prove that Dycem High Performance Contamination Control Zones prevent up to 99.9% of all viable and non-viable foot and wheel borne contamination from entering a critical area."

"We invested in Dycem some five years ago to protect our critical environments i.e cleanrooms and camera assembly. Owing to the success of our manufacturing we have now built new cleanrooms and improved the cleanliness of our controlled areas. The improvement in those areas is very much down to the Dycem product."

"We have seen significant improvements in our controlled areas since the installation of Dycem and staff have commented that the superior efficiency and simplicity of the system allows them to control heavier traffic scenarios."

"It is of great importance to Seagate that contamination is kept to an absolute minimal possibility; we take great precautions to protect the production in all other areas. Dycem have provided excellent service alongside very high quality products."

"We have used Dycem for over six years, it is the most effective and cost effective method of preventing contamination down to less than 5 microns and stops it from getting into our photo mask manufacturing facility."

Testimonials

"We have calculated that even a short time after installation we have saved money by using these products. I would like to add that the customer service has also been exceptional."

Summary

Contacts

Alun.jones@dycemusa.com – VP Sales (401)626-7018

• Dycem is up to 3 x more effective at controlling contamination than peel-off mats

• Dycem can be used to protect all of your critical entrances and transfer points, even those where heavy wheeled

traffic enters.

• Replacing peel-off mats with Dycem can produce cost savings of around $10,000 per critical area

• Dycem is a green solution – using Dycem will significantly reduce waste generation and disposal costs.

• Dycem is easy to clean and maintain and can be integrated seamlessly into existing cleaning SOPs.