Industrial Operations & Technology

Mitigate Risk, Drive Productivity

Consumer Products

Optimizing equipment performance; protecting factory line worker safety; reducing air pollution from polymers.

Risk mitigation for lithium-ion battery production; failure investigation across interdependent layers of technology as well as products ranging from phones to gaming headsets; atomic scale; manufacturing analysis.

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Food & Beverage

Beverage bottling best practices; cross-contamination prevention; better pet food and animal feed.

A doctor's stethocope. Exponent's Health Scientists help pharmaceutical and medical innovators create safer and compliant technologies.

Life Sciences & Healthcare

Regulatory compliance for device manufacturers; best practices for in vitro processes; improving sanitation strategies.

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Industrial & Manufacturing

Creating effective safety manuals; reducing flammable dust; conducting advanced facilities assessments; analyzing machine and factory performance.

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Transportation

Next-gen vehicle plant safety assessments; carcinogenic effluent testing; containment of solvent exposure.

An abstract photo of battery energy. Exponent conducts research and provides strategic engineering support for battery and energy storage.

For a major battery manufacturer, we brought together

human factors experts , health sciences , electrical engineering , thermal sciences

How Can Manufacturing Safety Keep Pace with Technology?

When setting up a factory to produce a new technology, a major battery manufacturer needed to understand how new processes would impact worker safety. Exponent provided a detailed assessment that went beyond basics to promote and tailor safe work practices — helping our client create one of the largest scale operations of its type.

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- Experts in factory worker safety inspected the plant and noted areas of concern. While the client was in solid compliance with OHSA requirements, these were only the starting point for deeper analysis focused on gaps between "requirements" and "standard of care."
- Leveraging a human factors viewpoint, our team surveyed whether new procedures made sense in the real world. Experience from hundreds of accident investigations shows this is a common point of failure.
- We paid special attention to the movement of materials across the entire facility, assessing every transfer and related processes, through questions such as, what are the properties of the material being transferred? How are they being transferred — from 18-wheelers or factory trucks? Using forklifts? Power jacks? Manual or assisted?

Capabilities

What Can We Help You Solve?

Across decades of work improving industrial and manufacturing operations, we've developed specialized capabilities — including technology and data-driven approaches — to address the most vital challenges. And we thrive on innovating new ways to help.

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Manufacturing Audits

Technical products and systems evaluations aligned to Exponent's thorough understanding of ISO quality and auditing standards.

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Occupational & Process Safety

Expert consulting support for mitigating human behavior-related work and process safety risks.

Bioavailability & Chemical Exposure Assessment

Bioavailability analysis for soils, sediments, and natural waters.

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Data Cleaning & Organization

Organize your data to compel results through accurate and insightful intel.

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Data Collection & Analysis for Accident Reconstruction

Retrieve, preserve, and interpret critical onboard vehicle data.

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Industrial Contamination Management

Expert environmental services for a range of complex industrial contamination challenges.

Environmental Risk Assessment for Pharmaceuticals & Veterinary Products

Environmental risk assessments to evaluate fate and transport properties and develop potential exposure scenarios.

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Industrial Chemicals

Regulatory support for chemicals, solvents, polymers, antimicrobials, biocides, and more.

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Occupational Health

Occupational and environmental health risk assessment and mitigation strategies to help protect employee health and wellness.

Testing & Evaluations

Best-in-Class Facilities Meet World-Class Experts

Our multidisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers at Exponent facilities in the U.S., Europe, and Asia are uniquely positioned to provide rapid response, onsite inspections, bespoke testing, and unparalleled scientific analysis, data, and research.

Meeting Your Challenges Where They Are

Ensuring regulatory compliance. Evaluating equipment safety. Assessing site surface conditions. Our integrated teams of experts in North America, Europe, and Asia conduct on-site inspections, custom testing, and rapid response for a wide range of challenges. Exponent can also assist with inspections in remote locations through encrypted video-streaming capabilities.