2020 Annual Impact Report
Walker was deemed as an essential service business, and we continued to operate throughout 2020. The health and safety of our employees and our broader communities remained paramount and we adapted operations as needed.
Early on, we enlisted our chemists to develop a Health Canada licensed hand sanitizer that was donated to the local community at a time when it was in short supply. On the technical side, we established a partnership with SMARTECH to be their exclusive North American vendor for SmartWaxSys technology, an innovative new solution that will help our clients produce high-performing products for less cost while also reducing their environmental footprint.
The green benefits result from reduced consumption of wax in the manufacturing of engineered wood products, and require fewer delivery miles for our carriers because water is added at point of production rather than being pre-mixed. Walker Emulsions continues to invest in research and development to add to our bio-based line of products.