Dycem is a leading manufacturer of contamination control flooring for critical environments. It serves industries such as pharmaceutical, aerospace, and medical device. Dycem flooring is up to 3 times more effective at controlling contamination than peel-off mats, can withstand heavy wheeled traffic, reduces waste generation, and saves customers around $10,000 per critical area compared to peel-off mats over three years.

1. Prepared by Alun Jones – National Sales Manager
Alun.jones@dycemusa.com
401-626-7018

2. Dycem: Contamination Control You Can Trust
• Dycem is a world leading manufacturer and supplier of contamination control flooring solutions for critical
environments
• Dycem has been manufacturing contamination control zones since 1966 with headquarters in Bristol, England
and offices in Warwick, RI Houston, TX and Cevas, Phillippines.
• Dycem serve a variety of industries including:
• Pharmaceutical, Aerospace, Semiconductor, Bio Medical, Hospitals, Medical Device, Fiber Optic, Data
Centers, Optical, Automotive, Packaging and Food.
• Our Blue Chip customer base includes companies such as:
• Sony, GlaxoSmithKline, Lilly, Abbott, Johnson & Johnson, Roche, IBM, Pfizer, Rolls Royce, Nestle,
Bombardier, Intel, Seagate, Novartis, Baxter, Honda, BMW, Heinz and Texas Instruments.

3. Dycem: Where to Use?
Dycem's comprehensive range of
Contamination Control Zones reduce
particulate counts in all your critical areas.
Use at:
• All entrances to critical areas to
prevent ingress of contamination
• All exits to prevent contamination
leaving the critical area
• In corridors to prevent cross
contamination
• Inside the critical area adjacent to
critical products and processes
• Inside airlocks, gowning rooms,
warehouses and product transfer
rooms to control contamination
• Can also be used on ceilings and walls
providing 360 degree contamination
control

4. • The usage of heavy forklifts, pallet trucks (automated and manual) and
trolleys are increasing in all sectors and are vital for the every day running of
a facility.
• Dycem's WorkZone product range is the only sustainable option that can
withstand the rigors of a wheeled/larger particle transfer environment.
• The WorkZone product range offers a tougher, reinforced backing and an
option for food-safe stainless steel heavy duty edging.
WorkZone: For Heavy Wheeled Traffic
CleanZone: For Pedestrian and Light Wheeled Traffic
• CleanZone is a high performance anti microbial flooring suitable for light
wheeled traffic and heavier pedestrian flows.
• Permanently installed, it is the most effective way of controlling all forms
of foot, wheel and air borne contamination.
• Dycem CleanZone anti microbial flooring is available in a range of
attractive designs which means it still looks good between wet cleaning.
Dycem Product Selection

5. • Dycem Prevents up to 99.9% of contamination from entering your critical area. Clibbon (2002)
• A singular peel off mat will pose the most risk, with 73% of contamination entering your critical area, this
could be 100%, as the likelihood of overstepping a singular mat is very high! Clibbon (2002)
• In order to get a near comparable performance to Dycem, at least 8 peel off mats, tacky mats or sticky mats
need to be ganged together and peeled regularly.
Dycem: Improved Contamination Control
Singular peel off mat
73% contamination
entering critical environment
Ganged peel off mat
20% contamination
entering critical
environment
Dycem
< 0.01% contamination
entering critical environment

6. Dycem: Particles that Dycem can control
INDUSTRIAL
(SUPERCOARSE)
100 micron +
Environments include
heavy wheeled
pallet trucks, trolleys and
forklifts.
Typical locations
include:
Warehouses, Factories,
Goods in/out
CONTROLLED
(COARSE)
10-100 micron
Environments include
heavy wheeled
forklifts, medium to
light wheeled pallet
trucks, trolleys and
pedestrian traffic.
Typical locations
include:
Transfers Areas,
Loading Bays,
Granulation Bays
CRITICAL
(FINE)
0.5 - 10 micron
Environments include
light weight trolleys
and pedestrian traffic.
Typical locations
include:
Changing Rooms, Air
Showers, Gowning
Areas
STERILE
(ULTRAFINE)
0.5 micron <
Environments include
pedestrian traffic
Typical locations
include:
Pedestrian Airlocks,
Isolation Chambers,
Aseptic Processing

7. • Peel off mats are not guaranteed to stay adhered to the sub-floor.
• There are risks of water ingress and microbial growth underneath.
• Corners peeling from the sub-floor can cause tripping/Health and
Safety issues.
• Peel off mats are prone to causing static charges generating up to
5,000 volts per peel.
• Peel off mats can tear overshoes exposing unclean surfaces.
• Adhesive from peel off mats can be tracked into clean room
environments on feet.
• Wheeled traffic can be difficult to move over the peel off mats.
• Peel off mats, in size, are much too small to effectively
decontaminate.
• More often than not, multiple sheets are peeled, wasting money
and time.
“A study commissioned by a peel off
mat manufacturer highlighted the
problem of particle shedding during
the rip up process of peel off mats.
The tests revealed that 215,000
particles and bacteria were released
back in to the atmosphere,
potentially putting your staff at risk if
breathed in.”
Peel-off Mats: The Risk

8. Dycem: Improved Contamination Control
Ganged peel-off mats in a corridor Dycem CleanZone in a corridor with company
logos on the edging strip

9. Dycem: Improved Contamination Control
Air shower with peel-off mat Air shower with Dycem outside entrance
and on floor of air shower

10. Dycem: The Greener Solution for Contamination Control
• Dycem helps our customers significantly reduce their environmental footprint by eliminating the use of
‘tacky mats’ and overshoes in certain locations, resulting in reduced materials use, waste generation
and cost.
• The hazardous/contaminated waste, coupled with disposal costs created with peel off mats are not to
be ignored.
• With the 20cm ball of waste created when peeling off a mat layer generating enough waste to fill
multiple dumpsters per year.
• Dycem is easily integrated into your SOP and can be cleaned as part of your regular floor cleaning
schedule.
• Dycem does not impact on your daily waste volumes and can either be disposed of normally in regular
waste or recycled into less critical applications (after its average 3-5 year working life).
Waste generated by 1 peel off mat

11. Dycem: Easy to Clean

12. Dycem: The Cost Effective Long Term Solution
• The initial cost of peel off mats may seem low and advantageous when meeting budgets, however peel off mats actually cost
significantly more than Dycem.
• When comparing the two systems, Dycem not only costs less over the longevity of both products, but most critically, it vastly
out performs in terms of size, quality and retention of contamination, reducing the risk of particles entering your critical
environment.
• Use the formulae below to see how much you spend on using peel off mats and how much you could save by switching to
Dycem.
Cost Saving Example
Peel off mat cost
Cost per Peel = $0.54
x
10 (to create the size of Dycem)
+
2 peels per shift
x
1 shifts per day
x
260 Days Operation Per Year
x
Disposal Costs ($0.22 per sheet)
=
$3,960.67 Annually x 3 years =
$11,882.01
Dycem cost
6’6” x 10’ Cleanzone
X
0 peels required
X
1 shift per day
X
260 Days Operation per Year
X
No disposal costs
=
$3,340 over 3 years
VS = $8,542
3 year cost saving per
critical control area!

13. "Independent tests carried out at GlaxoSmithKline prove
that Dycem High Performance Contamination Control
Zones prevent up to 99.9% of all viable and non-viable
foot and wheel borne contamination from entering a
critical area."
"We invested in Dycem some five years ago to protect our
critical environments i.e cleanrooms and camera assembly.
Owing to the success of our manufacturing we have now built
new cleanrooms and improved the cleanliness of our
controlled areas. The improvement in those areas is very
much down to the Dycem product."
"We have seen significant improvements in our
controlled areas since the installation of Dycem
and staff have commented that the superior
efficiency and simplicity of the system allows
them to control heavier traffic scenarios."
"It is of great importance to Seagate that
contamination is kept to an absolute minimal
possibility; we take great precautions to protect the
production in all other areas. Dycem have provided
excellent service alongside very high quality
products."
"We have used Dycem for over six years, it is
the most effective and cost effective method of
preventing contamination down to less than 5
microns and stops it from getting into our photo
mask manufacturing facility."
Testimonials
"We have calculated that even a short time after
installation we have saved money by using these
products. I would like to add that the customer
service has also been exceptional."

14. Summary
Contacts
Alun.jones@dycemusa.com – VP Sales
(401)626-7018
• Dycem is up to 3 x more effective at controlling contamination than peel-off mats
• Dycem can be used to protect all of your critical entrances and transfer points, even those where heavy wheeled
traffic enters.
• Replacing peel-off mats with Dycem can produce cost savings of around $10,000 per critical area
• Dycem is a green solution – using Dycem will significantly reduce waste generation and disposal costs.
• Dycem is easy to clean and maintain and can be integrated seamlessly into existing cleaning SOPs.