Floor Mat Basics

Who doesn’t want to live and work in a clean space?  With today’s hustle and bustle lifestyles, finding time to do any cleaning is a challenge - particularly floor cleaning. More dirt, dust, and potentially harmful microorganisms are carried in our shoes than we often realize. Tacky mats not only trap invisible microbes, but clearly visible dirt and debris. That’s why the use of these mats have become increasingly popular.

You’ve enacted multiple lean manufacturing principles to reduce cycle times, shorten transit times, simplify workflow, and optimize your shop floor layout. However, none of these initiatives protect your team from today’s most common safety hazards, ones that lead to extended employee downtime, reduced throughput, and most importantly, higher costs.

What happens when an unanticipated increase in demand leaves your manufacturing work cells in complete disarray? This is when you see production bins piling up, product defects, a growing backlog, and worst of all, inured Industrial Athletes. If you’ve encountered this situation, then you need to invest the time in adopting lean manufacturing work cells.

Companies love to say they’re leaders and innovators. They’ll boast about their latest and greatest product offering while making bold statements about being the first to market. While it sounds great, it's obvious that not every company can be the market leader. In fact, most aren't. So, how do you know who leads the market? Well, when it comes to buying from a leader and innovator in workplace ergonomics, it all comes down to reputation.

Find out the six top benefits of diamond-plate anti-fatigue floor mats. Proven to improve productivity, health and safety of standing workers and workers in motion. Learn about the science and data that makes the compelling case for using floor mats in your EHS program.

Wearwell is the #1 trusted matting, flooring, and work-platform manufacturer for a reason- we outperform our competition year after year, and our customers remember. Here are 7 real-life reasons to choose Wearwell over anyone else.

ESD 101 covers everything you need to know about ESD mats, flooring, and work surfaces. Use this blog as a reference guide when deciding what ESD product is right for you.

You are looking into an insole program and deciding whether to move forward. You probably have a lot of questions like why do companies use insoles? Do insoles work? Do insoles prevent pain? Should I use mats or insoles? Here we discuss some of the differences between anti-fatigue mats and insoles when compared apples to apples.

The benefit of anti-fatigue matting is no joke; it increases team productivity, promotes blood circulation, and decreases absenteeism. But from time-to-time we like to reflect on anti-fatigue matting blunders to laugh and learn. In these examples, we take a look at some “nice try’s,” and show you how to easily correct these quirky matting quandaries.

Replacing mats on time is important for worker health, safety, and housekeeping. Learn about the main signs we see that indicate matting needs to be replaced.