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GRASS R&D Center

Research and Development Center

Our laboratory is fitted with the highest world-class equipment. Highly qualified specialists are working here on the creation of new products. Currently technical developers are working in the laboratory under the guidance of a research engineer.

GRASS R&D Center is divided into three areas: an office, a training room, and a research laboratory. Our consultants are global raw material makers, such as: BASF, CRODA, LG, CP Kelco, AkzoNobel, WACKER, Huntsman, Evonik, Bang & Bosomer, NORCHEM, Caustic. Also, as part of the corporate university, theoretical and practical chemistry classes for all employees are held in the training room.

Every year GRASS technologists undergo training not only in Russia but also abroad. It allows the company to keep abreast of the world's leading developments in the field of detergents, to stay ahead of the competition, to create high-quality products.

PRODUCTION

Production lines

The production workshop makes products for contactless car washing, car care products, and products for professional cleaning. The production capacity as of 2016 is over 60,000 tons.

The production area is over 3,000 m2. Each workshop is divided into two zones: a component loading zone and a filling zone. In the loading zone the mixing tanks are filled with components according to a strictly defined program and then are intermixed. Great importance is given to the quality of water, which goes through several stages of purification: softening, iron removal, purification from organic impurities. All processes are carried out using special high-quality equipment, which allows the dosing of substances with high accuracy. After the loading and mixing processes are completed, the created samples are sent to the production laboratory adjacent to the workshop, where they are checked for compliance with the declared quality indicators. Only after a complete and thorough check, the product goes to filling. The filling zone is equipped with several modern lines, each of which has its own purpose and relevant characteristics. Two lines produce products up to 1 liter. The productivity of each line is more than 1,200 bottles per hour. The canister filling line of 5-20 kg has the highest productivity - 10,000 liters per hour. For the filling of aggressive chemical products, which include acids and sodium hypochlorite, a special titanium line is equipped. This filling line can produce up to 2,000 bottles per hour. There is also a small overpass developed for loading aggressive components, solvent-based products, and abrasive substances.

In 2016, GRASS, one of the first in Russia, launched a line for production of gel aromatizers.

WAREHOUSE

Raw materials warehouse and finished products warehouse

There are several warehouses on the territory of the factory.

The company has an extensive warehouse system for storing products. The production area is adjoined by a finished products warehouse with an area of 1359 m2. At the beginning of 2017, a new modern warehouse of 3000 m2 was launched. It organized the storage of products in a convenient and easily accessible system of metal shelving, which includes 4624 pallet seats and has up to 6 tiers in height and 28 rows in length. The products in warehouse are distributed across storage zones depending on weight and size characteristics and fragility. In the right part of the warehouse, storage and selection of products with a capacity of 5 l, 10 l, as well as bottles of 500 ml, 250 ml and other light and fragile products is carried out. The left part of the warehouse is assigned to heavy products and equipment. Special loader machines move between the rows, which easily and quickly get products from different levels. There are also machines for fast packaging of products in plastic wrap, which allows to preserve the integrity of container during long-distance transportation.

The warehouse is serviced daily by 4 logisticians and 2 storekeepers, who ensure uninterrupted unloading and loading of products, and also 5 storekeepers-pickers.

To automate the operation of the warehouse, a new accounting system has been launched - a logistics expert, which involves the storage, selection and shipment of products through special terminals. Each item arriving at the warehouse is accepted and placed in a specific accounting cell.

For the convenience of shipment, the warehouse is equipped with 7 docks, 5 of which are developed for heavy trucks and 2 - for cars. Docks can significantly reduce the time of unloading and loading of products, which directly from the warehouse go into the truck. So, loading of 32 pallets per truck takes only 30 minutes. In this way, GRASS has created the conditions for the storage and fast, trouble-free, convenient shipment of its products.

OFFICES

Company office space

The success of any company depends on its human capital. The efficiency of the team is directly related to how comfortable its employees feel at their workplaces. Therefore, GRASS strives to create the most ergonomic working and rest conditions for its employees.

Such structural units as HR, sales departments, marketing, kaizen, lawyers, purchasing and logistic departments, accounting, and company management are located in new, spacious 3,000 m2 office building on three floors. The modern bright building is made in the European style of Open Space. The huge office area is delimited by translucent partitions. This creates a feeling of lightness, freedom, and openness. And at the same time, each employee has his own comfortable workplace provided with everything necessary for successful work. Stylish design in light colors with small bright color spots underlines the company's aspiration to innovation, the use of modern technology and reflects the young, daring spirit of GRASS team. Bright light, geometric shapes, modern materials - all these are the features of minimalism, which is the implementation of modernity. At the same time, the many colors in the interior, as well as cozy sofas and armchairs create a feeling of comfort.