Award winner
 BEP
 
 Applicant:ARAYA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reason for selection:
Stainless steel railings and handles are everywhere in our surroundings - trains, offices and houses-, and numerous fingerprints and grip marks are seen on the surface, which make us hesitate to touch them. In fact, many women feel that they would not want to touch “hand railings stained with fingerprints.” BEP is an electrolytic-based polishing technique to attain a clean surface developed for stainless steel parts and components. This is a unique technique for surface modification trade-marked and patented by ARAYA. It works to improve corrosion resistance and cleanability, and to lessen traces of finger/hand marks. With people’s level of attention to hand sanitizing heightened due to the emergence of COVID-19, BEP has been widely employed in various public facilities, means of transport and medical institutions and the use is likely to expand into many other industries and businesses.
Stainless steel types used: SUS 303, SUS304, SUS316

Consumption: Approx. 5,000 kg/month

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