1. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
HEXPOL Helps Customers Improve
Process Quality, Productivity, and Performance

2. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
HEXPOL Helps Customers Improve
Process Quality, Productivity, and Performance
Continuous Improvement has been around for decades.
Countless enterprises implement some or all of its components.
Facilitates improvements to processes, products, and services.

3. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Continuous Improvement has been around for decades.
Countless enterprises implement some or all of its components.
Facilitates improvements to processes, products, and services.
HEXPOL champions internal continuous improvement – it’s in our DNA.
Proprietary process control systems, LEAN/Kaizen and 6 Sigma production principles.
Testing and quality control systems ensure high- performance compounds.

4. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
HEXPOL helps customers implement continuous improvement solutions at their production locations.
HEXPOL’s Field Technical Services Group collaborates with customers to analyze their processes.
Continuous improvement principles measure and improve process quality, productivity, and performance.
HEXPOL champions internal continuous improvement – it’s in our DNA.
Proprietary process control systems, LEAN/Kaizen and 6 Sigma production principles.
Testing and quality control systems ensure high- performance compounds.

5. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
HEXPOL employs a modified continuous improvement model with eight components:
HEXPOL helps customers implement continuous improvement solutions at their production locations.
HEXPOL’s Field Technical Services Group collaborates with customers to analyze their processes.
Continuous improvement principles measure and improve process quality, productivity, and performance.

6. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Formulation & Testing
Application Definition
HEXPOL employs a modified continuous improvement model with eight components:
Knowledge & Resources
Chemistry Modifications
Trial Batch
Continuous Tech Support
Technical Visit Reports
Set Process Levels

7. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Formulation & Testing
Application Definition
To align the HEXPOL process with the customer’s process.
To achieve product specification requirements that help ensure end-product excellence.
Knowledge & Resources
Chemistry Modifications
Trial Batch
Continuous Tech Support
Technical Visit Reports
Set Process Levels

8. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
A process with stability, reliability, and repeatability is a predictable process that consistently produces the right product.
To align the HEXPOL process with the customer’s process.
To achieve product specification requirements that help ensure end-product excellence.

9. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Application Definition
To develop formulation for the application, review and determine:
A process with stability, reliability, and repeatability is a predictable process that consistently produces the right product.
Specifications/physical requirements.
End use.
Physical forms of compounded shapes (slab, strip, diced, preways, etc.).
Customer process for curing.

10. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Application Definition
Knowledge & Resources
To develop formulation for the application, review and determine:
HEXPOL field service representatives are among the best in the world.
They have seven U.S. patents and seven foreign patents in polymer bonding/chemistry.
Extensive rubber industry experience with in-depth technical and process knowledge.
Specifications/physical requirements.
End use.
Physical forms of compounded shapes (slab, strip, diced, preways, etc.).
Customer process for curing.

11. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Knowledge & Resources
HEXPOL field service representatives are among the best in the world.
They have seven U.S. patents and seven foreign patents in polymer bonding/chemistry.
Extensive rubber industry experience with in-depth technical and process knowledge.
Comprehensive range of existing formulations.
Expertise to develop custom formulations.
Access to key suppliers around the world for quality raw materials.

12. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Formulation & Testing
Knowledge & Resources
Determine if a HEXPOL formulation or a customer recipe is right for the application.
Consider cost effectiveness and raw materials.
Formulations are tested in ISO 9001 and A2LA-certified test lab.
Alpha technology software manages quality and development testing.
HEXPOL chemists verify that formulation meets specification and certifies the trial batch.
Comprehensive range of existing formulations.
Expertise to develop custom formulations.
Access to key suppliers around the world for quality raw materials.

13. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Trial Batch
Formulation & Testing
Lab batches are tested before factory production trial batches are prepared.
Ensuring formulation is correct in the lab:
- Shortens development time
- Reduces time to market for customers’ products
Production trial batches are shipped to the customer.
Determine if a HEXPOL formulation or a customer recipe is right for the application.
Consider cost effectiveness and raw materials.
Formulations are tested in ISO 9001 and A2LA-certified test lab.
Alpha technology software manages quality and development testing.
HEXPOL chemists verify that formulation meets spcification and certifies the trial batch.

14. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Trial Batch
Customer runs samples through production process.
HEXPOL field technical service specialist and/or development chemist are usually on site.
HEXPOL and customer staff members evaluate trial batch production run.
Lab batches are tested before factory production trial batches are prepared.
Ensuring formulation is correct in the lab:
- Shortens development time
- Reduces time to market for customers’ products
Production trial batches are shipped to the customer.

15. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Technical Visit Reports
Trial Batch
Ensure that the HEXPOL process and product (rubber compound) align with the customer’s process to achieve product specification requirements.
These periodic and confidential customer visits are unique to HEXPOL.
HEXPOL provides continuous follow-up assistance.
Customer runs samples through production process.
HEXPOL field technical service specialist and/or development chemist are usually on site.
HEXPOL and customer staff members evaluate trial batch production run.

16. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Technical Visit Reports
HEXPOL observes and analyzes attributes such as:
- Equipment
- Operator activities
- Production processes
Technical Visit Report provides improvement objectives and clear action items.
Know How. Know Why.
Ensure that the HEXPOL process and product (rubber compound) align with the customer’s process to achieve product specification requirements.
These periodic and confidential customer visits are unique to HEXPOL.
HEXPOL provides continuous follow-up assistance.

17. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Chemistry Modifications
Technical Visit Reports
HEXPOL observes and analyzes attributes such as:
- Equipment
- Operator activities
- Production processes
Technical Visit Report provides improvement objectives and clear action items.
Know How. Know Why.
A variety of reasons for modifications to a formulation:
Changes in the process
Discontinuation of raw materials
Lack of proper equipment maintenance
New equipment
New specification for the same compound

18. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Set Process Levels
Chemistry Modifications
Process levels are set for full production to begin.
HEXPOL helps ensure the process is operating within established parameters and tracks:
- Quality: fitness for use
- Productivity: run rates, cycle times, reduced down time, hours of production
- Performance: attributes and characteristics of products
A variety of reasons for modifications to a formulation:
Changes in the process
Discontinuation of raw materials
Lack of proper equipment maintenance
New equipment
New specification for the same compound

19. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Continuous Tech Support
Set Process Levels
Continuous process improvement principles can bring multiple benefits:
Strategic
Operational
Supply Chain
Financial
Process levels are set for full production to begin.
HEXPOL helps ensure the process is operating within established parameters and tracks:
- Quality: fitness for use
- Productivity: run rates, cycle times, reduced down time, hours of production
- Performance: attributes and characteristics of products

20. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Continuous Tech Support
The HEXPOL Field Technical Services Group is:
Always available to HEXPOL customers.
Provides timely on-site tech support.
Helps ensure customers’ evolving needs are met.
Continuous process improvement principles can bring multiple benefits:
Strategic
Operational
Supply Chain
Financial

21. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Continuous Tech Support
A team of polymer chemists, industry experts, and customer service representatives.
Helping customers change processes to improve quality, productivity, and performance.
The HEXPOL Field Technical Services Group is:
Always available to HEXPOL customers.
Provides timely on-site tech support.
Helps ensure customers’ evolving needs are met.

22. CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FROM HEXPOL
Continuous Tech Support
A team of polymer chemists, industry experts, and customer service representatives.
Helping customers change processes to improve quality, productivity, and performance.
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