Replacing an ESD Floor Without Stopping Production

AVON, Mass. - Aug. 15, 2026 - PRLog -- Electronics manufacturers often face a costly dilemma: Their ESD flooring needs to be replaced, but shutting down production to remove and replace the floor may be even more disruptive.

SelecTech, Inc.'s StaticStop interlocking flooring products—including SelecTile ESD and FreeStyle ESD—can be installed over many existing flooring surfaces without adhesives. Installations can also be completed in phases, allowing manufacturers to keep other areas of the facility operating while work is underway.

"For electronics manufacturers, ESD flooring is an essential part of protecting sensitive products and equipment. The problem is finding a way to replace that flooring without bringing production to a standstill," said Thomas Ricciardelli, president of SelecTech, Inc. "An interlocking floor that can be installed over the existing surface gives manufacturers another option."
Traditional floor replacement may require manufacturers to remove the existing floor, prepare the subfloor, apply adhesives and wait for the new flooring to cure. Depending on the size and requirements of the facility, that process can result in hours or days of lost production.

The visible cost of that downtime begins with a straightforward calculation:

Hours Down × Units per Hour × Contribution Margin

Yet lost production represents only part of the total cost. Manufacturers may also continue paying idle employees, incur scrap or rework from interrupted production runs and spend additional time restarting, testing and stabilizing the line.

A more complete picture includes:

Total Downtime Cost = Lost Throughput + Labor + Scrap/Rework + Recovery + Expediting + Customer Impact + Overhead

"Lost production is the expense everybody notices first," Ricciardelli said. "What can make downtime especially costly is everything that happens around it—from paying employees who cannot work to testing the line and getting production back to normal."

The ripple effect can be particularly significant in electronics manufacturing. An interruption may affect product yield, increase the potential for defects and require additional testing before full production resumes. Schedule disruptions may also lead to overtime, expedited materials or shipping, missed delivery windows and strained customer relationships.

To learn more about SelecTech's StaticStop and FreeStyle ESD flooring products, visit www.selectech.com.

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