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COMPANY SPOTLIGHT
Metavate propels the future
of manufacturing processes
Experts in metal pre-
treatment processes,
Envirometal Technologies,
have undergone a major
rebrand and are excited to
launch their new identity:
Metavate.
The new brand name ‘Metavate’ directly
refers to their innovative one-stage multi-
metal pre-treatment cleaning and passivation
process (and it is less of a mouthful!).
Metavate offer ingenious technologies that
remove inefficient, expensive aspects of the
manufacturing process.
We have innovative and market-leading
products in:-
Pre-Treatment
Industrial Wastewater treatment
and management
Paint Strippers
All products are designed to be as
environmentally friendly as industrial
processes can be.
Pre-Treatment
Plaforization™ is our flagship range.
This metal pre-treatment technology
eliminates the need for multiple heated
stages, so NO heating, no titration, no baths
of hot chemicals and of course NO biocides,
no rinsing, no de-ionised water, sludge,
emissions, water and waste disposal.
As there is no heat, there is no Carbon
Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide or other
Greenhouse Gas emissions, resulting in a
huge benefit to Carbon Footprint reduction
and assists in achieving ISO 14001.
Metavate’s Plaforization™ process degreases,
cleans, polymerises and prepares all metal
in just one step with no waste, heat or water
required. What’s more, the treatment times
are just 90 seconds and treated metal is
immediately protected against flash rust
without the need for painting immediately.
In fact, it takes up to 6 months before treated
but unpainted metal starts to rust. This allows
manufacturers to treat and store metal for
4
several months before the need to paint.
A feature which has proven invaluable to
many of their customers.
This single-stage pre-treatment process offers
a faster, easier, greener and more affordable
alternative to labour-intensive phosphating,
which can take up to seven steps and leaves
metal vulnerable to flash rust unless
immediately painted.
Alongside these benefits our simple but
clever products give protection which is
far superior to Iron Phosphating and also
exceeds the protection provided by Zinc
Phosphating in most cases. Extensive testing
by independent Laboratories is carried out to
prove our process works for each customer,
giving impressive salt spray test results;
exceeding 1,000 hours on steel and
many thousands of hours on Aluminium.
Plaforization works on all metals and metals
can be mixed in the same process.
The rebrand follows a series of successful
installations in a wide range of Industries
across the Country. In comparison to
a phosphate pre-treatment installation,
requiring multiple heated stages, Metavate
installations are smaller and simpler, and
therefore importantly, come at a much lower
cost. Customers can manufacture their own
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equipment, with our advice, if they wish or
we can provide the full service, from design,
manufacture and installation, including, with
our partner Companies, ovens, conveyors
and paint/powder plants. If they already have
a pre-treatment tunnel or batch processor
these can be converted easily.
From furniture, appliances and other interior
fitments, to automotive components and
agricultural machinery, street lighting to
cladding, data centres to stairlifts - Metavate
enables clients to look beyond traditional
manufacturing standards and implement
more sustainable, cost-effective and efficient
processes for the future.
Their ‘future of pre-treatment’ process has
been proven to save organisations money
on production, energy and labour and -
by speeding up throughput - boost capacity
and help serve customers more competitively.
Customers of Metavate have found massive
rewards in utilising Plaforization™ processes,
one customer said;
“We were sceptical at the start, it sounded
too good to be true, but after we had the test
results back it did just what they said it would.
Since then we’ve seen lots of benefits -
resolved storage issues, reduced utility costs,
reduced water usage, carbon footprint and
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