Hygienic flooring in food and beverage production
“Tiles? We haven’t used those in our production areas for a long time!“ – this is heard time and again when discussing floor coverings in beverage or food productions areas. Many owners and principals are poorly informed about floor coverings. Often the floors do not withstand the daily loads of an industrial production: these are above all driving loads created by pallet jacks, lifting carts and forklifts, usually in connection with chemical loads from product acids or cleaning caustic solutions. The European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG) in cooperation with Argelith have compiled current recommendations on flooring for hygienic areas. Among other things, the modern hexagon tile floor was specified as a possible “best practice” solution and differentiated clearly from conventional tile floors.
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