Maple Leaf Foods streamlines its lubricant product line with food-grade lubricants
One way the company has managed to maximize productivity and save money is by streamlining its lubricant product line with food-grade lubricants. Previously, Maple Leaf was using several different types of lubricants at its Toronto, Ontario, canning facility. The maintenance team at the plant believed that the old products were not performing well in conditions of extreme temperature and were causing undue wear in the equipment. The company decided to switch over to a food-grade lubricant in 1995, following a particularly serious lubrication failure in its steam-injected machinery.