- 6 December 2007 -

Cleaning is main cause of UK downtime

Time taken to clean machinery has been revealed as the main cause of downtime within UK production, with 52% of companies citing this as their main problem, says a poll by peristaltic pump manufacturer, Watson-Marlow Bredel.

Besides cleaning, 24% cited faulty machinery as a main cause of production downtime and 13% mentioned human error. Only 7% had issues with contamination and 4% with labour shortages.

“Minimising downtime is massively important to production companies, because ultimately it results in lost revenue,” said Ashley Shepherd, UK sales manager at Watson-Marlow Bredel.

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