From one small manufacturing process, Emtez Iberica has doubled its capacity. What does its new, sizable operation mean for its customers and Spanish manufacturing? As recently as a few months ago, Emtez Iberica was still operating out of a small site with distribution capabilities and one manufacturing facility for booms and berms products. It was a modest setup, and yet, from this hub, the team operating there has been able to serve its customers across Spain with the safety and security consumables they need to protect their people, minimise operational risk, and keep the environment clean. With this in mind, why has...

A containment boom is a temporary floating barrier used to contain oil spills & loose debris on surface water. Booms are used to reduce the pollution of shorelines, rivers, oceans, and other waterways. The thick surface layers collect oil, which allows for easy recovery. Each type of containment boom offers a unique set of abilities. These abilities range from deployment terms, robustness, specific area of use, buoyancy ratio and portability. There are several types of booms available such as permanent, fence, curtain, air, silt & absorbent booms. Each has different uses from others with varying pros & cons. They all have a...