| The present line of BioChem products
originated in 1984 with a request from Bill Coors to find a
replacement for the hazardous and lethal vapored 1, 1, 1 trichloroethane
(TCA) at the Adolph Coors Packaging Division. This division
manufactures in excess of 4 billion two-piece aluminum cans
per year at its Golden, Colorado facilities for use in the
packaging of Coors' beers. They used 1,1,1 TCA for many years
to clean oils from machinery, floors, tools, ink from printers,
etc.
The development of a replacement
cleaner/degreaser was started by the technical
staff in the Chemical R&D group. The objective was
to find a product that cleaned as well as, or better
than, 1, 1, 1 TCA. The product under consideration was
to be biodegradable and safe to workers and the environment.
This meant the product should not contain chlorinated
solvents, petroleum products, acids, caustics, or other
hazardous chemicals. After one year of searching, developing,
lab testing and field evaluations, the first product, "Alpha-Bio
T," was developed.
Later the product was renamed "Bio T," only
to be renamed"Bio T 200," and then finally "Bio
T Max." This new "Alpha-Bio T" product
formulation met all the objective criteria required of
an environmentally friendly and worker safe product. |
