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Touchstone has earned numerous awards as an industrial problem-solver, new product developer, and applied research laboratory for hundreds of manufacturers in a wide range of business sectors. Our unique capability as an industrial problem-solver is based on the diversity of our highly experienced technical staff, supported by over $10 million worth of in-house laboratory equipment and testing facilities. The following examples illustrate some of our contributions to this business sector:

• A large scale developer and builder of houses hired Touchstone to perform accellerated life testing of perspective exterior lamps, locks, door knobs. This allows the company to find the best value ­ the longest life at the lowest cost while simultaneously reducing the number of claims under warrenty.
  
• A problem with carpeting involved extreme difficulty on attempted removal of old carpet from a hotel. The answer was found by examining video instructions on installation and comparing the instructions to actual carpeting samples. It was found that the wrong practice had been followed when the carpet was installed where the foam padding underlayment had been securely bonded to the concrete floors. The intention was to use a low strength adhesive to allow easy removal.

The above examples are only a sample of our work in this area. We would be pleased to provide any additional information you may require. We also invite you to review examples on our website of work that we have performed in support of other business sectors.

Please contact one of our Project Managers to discuss your manufacturing problem. We would welcome an opportunity to add you to our rapidly growing list of satisfied customers.