“Smoosh Packaging” enables 4,000% improvement in deployment speed
Mobile oil and fuel spills seem to happen when you least expect…a leaky diesel tank, ruptured hydraulic hose or electric transformer-oil blowout. The top priority is to contain the spill quickly to keep it from spreading. Unfortunately, most spill response materials are bulky and take up too much space. And, the first person on the scene rarely has enough supplies to hold the spill in check. So, the spill spreads until help arrives.
To solve the problem, product developers at HalenHardy took a novel approach. “We’ve always known that bulky spill control products took up too much space to be stored in vehicles and equipment. We decided to search for oil/fuel sorbent materials that were able to be compressed by at least 75% and sealed into much smaller packages,” notes Donny Beaver, HalenHardy CEO. “The sorbent also had to rebound to its original size once unpacked.”