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| Date | 10/18/2007 9:32:24 AM |
| Written By | LGM & Associates Technical Flooring Services |
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| Abstract | Deerfield Beach, Fla.—Mapei Global Research & Development has engineered an innovative new technology that significantly reduces dust generation from Mapei products used on tile and stone installation jobsites... |
| Article | Deerfield Beach, Fla.—Mapei Global Research & Development has engineered an innovative new technology that significantly reduces dust generation from Mapei products used on tile and stone installation jobsites. Performance testing has recorded a 90% reduction in the amount of dust released during production, pouring, mixing and use of products containing dust-free technology, noted Jeff Leone, Mapei’s director of strategic marketing. “Lower amounts of dust being released from the product on the jobsite leads to a cleaner workplace environment. Tile installers in the United States and Canada will see the first dust-free technology product from Mapei beginning in this month.” The technology will be applied to a wide range of cement-based products as part of Mapei’s long-range operations strategy, he noted. Management selected Ultraflex 2 professional-grade, polymer-modified mortar as the first product to implement the new technology because it’s the most widely used Mapei tile installation product in the Americas, according to the company. “Dust-free technology does not affect Ultraflex 2’s excellent setting characteristics, and it has tremendous benefits. The only change installers will notice is the much clearer air and easier jobsite cleanup.” Rainer Blair, president and CEO of Mapei Americas, considers dust-free technology another example of the company’s “continuous innovation” strategy that has made it a technological leader over the past 70 years. “We feel that dust-free technology will enable us to provide our extended family of customers with a cleaner jobsite environment. Mapei always supplies ‘technology you can build on.’” For more information, including a video demonstration of dust-free technology, visit www.mapei.us/dustfree.htm. |