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Kimberly-Clark is a leading global health and hygiene company with operations
in 38 countries and product sales in more than 150. Employing more than
60,000 people worldwide, Kimberly-Clark posted sales of $14.3 billion
in 2003.
K-C is home to some of the world’s most trusted and recognized brands
- including Kleenex, Scott, Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex and Depend. As a company
they hold the No. 1 or No. 2 position globally in most of the major consumer
products categories in which they compete. Every day, 1.3 billion people
- nearly a quarter of the world's population - trust their brands to enhance
their health, hygiene and well-being.
AESSEAL plc reviewed an application at the Whiting Mill in the United
States of America, in which pump packing was employed to seal a pump. It
was discovered that thousands of dollars per year were being spent on introducing
water through the pump, and subsequently evaporating the water towards the
end of the process. For this reason AESSEAL plc installed a CDSA double
mechanical seal with a supporting SW02 water management system.
This new arrangement saves an immense amount of water and energy, and
has also increased the Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) for the whole arrangement.
The break even point for this complete solution was 177 days
In this single application:
WATER SAVINGS
5,725,440 litres per year /
1,512,501 galls (US) per year
WATER COST SAVINGS
£378.17 per year / €567.25 per year /
$680.70 per year
TOTAL COST SAVINGS
£2,850.24 per year / €4,275.37 per year /
$5,130.44 per year
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