Company sees huge savings with our safety eyewear | Valmet

Valmet, a leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation, and services for the pulp, paper, and energy industries, needed a PPE change at one of its locations. See how HexArmor® helped get their workers into the right gloves, safety eyewear, and hearing protection that increased compliance and morale.

The issue

Matt, a Regional Health, Safety, and Environmental Manager at Valmet, reached out to HexArmor® with eye safety issues that needed addressing, the main one being fogging of their current eyewear.

Georgia summer heat in the warehouse combined with body heat and work processes were causing safety glasses to fog up dramatically, impairing vision and causing incompliance as workers took off their protection.

The solution

With HexArmor’s help, several eyewear frame options were chosen to trial, and the company was able to find the protection they needed per application.

Two HexArmor® safety eyewear styles were chosen for their overall anti-fog, comfort, and protection, the MX300 in TruShield® 2SF and TruShield®, and the MX200 in TruShield® 2SF.

The TruShield® 2SF coating includes dual action anti-fog on the interior and exterior of the lens, ideal for direct fog or steam environments.

“Once we ordered the glasses, we couldn’t give them out fast enough. Everyone wanted a pair. They are comfortable, and the design is stylish while still offering complete protection. Employees are happy to wear PPE now.”

Designed for the perfect balance of comfort, fit, performance, and style, our fundamentally different safety eyewear delivers unrivaled permanent anti-fog and scratch-resistance coatings, a mix of hard and soft components for comfort, and lasting durability.

The result

Increased morale – Before HexArmor®, employees didn’t feel like management cared enough to get quality PPE. Matt said, “Once we introduced this PPE to the facility, the morale doubled overnight.”

Cost savings – With HexArmor®, employees kept the same pair of glasses longer, reducing the cost compared to purchasing cheaper PPE.

Employees were getting a new pair of non-HexArmor glasses every 3 days at a cost of $3.00 averaging to $6.00 a week ($24.00 a month).

Now employees are getting one pair of glasses (MX200s) at half that cost, and we are expecting to only spend that over the course of 3 months per employee.

Cost of eyewear per employee over three months:

Increased compliance – Before HexArmor®, workers had to be constantly reminded to wear the provided PPE. Now, Matt says, “We don’t have to remind them now. They enjoy wearing it.”

Extra notes about HexArmor® – When asked about HexArmor®, Matt said, “The product they provide is top shelf and will speak for itself! It’s durable, dependable, comfortable, and stylish. It will hold up to the harsh environments of manufacturing, chemicals, manual handling, and whatever else you throw at it. When the last thing you want to do is add PPE to your employees, employees are definitely going to want to wear HexArmor!”

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