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Market Sectors & Knife Uses

MARTOR safety knives are used in nearly all industrial and commercial sectors, primarily for opening packaging of all kinds, cutting thin or relatively soft materials in industry, deburring moulded products and as scrapers. A summary of industry sectors and uses of knives and cutters is listed below to help indentify the most appropriate knife for each specific task.

Market Sectors
Construction
  • Infrastructure
  • Commercial
  • Residential

Distribution

  • Logistics
  • Postal Services
  • Retail
  • Wholesale

Extraction Industries

  • Mining
  • Oil and Gas
  • Quarrying

Food

  • Agriculture
  • Drinks
  • Fishing
  • Food Processing

Utilities

  • Effluent
  • Electricity
  • Gas
  • Recycling
  • Telecommunications
  • Waste
  • Water
Manufacturing
  • Aircraft
  • Automotive
  • Chemicals
  • Decoration Products
  • Electrical Products
  • Furniture
  • Leather
  • Machinery Equipment
  • Man Made Fibres
  • Metal Processing
  • Optical Products
  • Packaging
  • Paper
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Plastics
  • Pottery
  • Print
  • Rubber Products
  • Stationery Products
  • Ships and Boats
  • Textiles
  • Tobacco
  • Toys
  • Wood Processing

Services

  • Defence Services
  • Education
  • Emergency Services
  • Facilities Management
  • Health
  • Hotels
  • Air Transport
Knife & Cutter Uses

PACKING AND UNPACKING

Pallets

  • Shrink wrap
  • Cling film
  • Plastic film
  • Plastic strapping
  • Paper

Boxes

  • Single-wall
  • Double-wall
  • Tri-wall
  • Quad-wall
  • Sealing tape
  • Plastic strapping

Packages

  • Paper
  • Cardboard
  • Cellophane
  • Plastic
  • Bubble Wrap

Sacks

  • Paper
  • Plastic
  • Fabric
  • Hessian

EMERGENCY

  • Seat belts
  • Clothing
  • Windows

SPECIALS

  • Cable stripping
  • Reel slabbing

INDUSTRIAL

Cutting

  • Paper
  • Plastic film
  • Plastic sheet
  • Plastic strapping
  • Rubber
  • Wood
  • Polystyrene
  • Leather
  • Laminates
  • Fabrics
  • Threads
  • String
  • Foil
  • Cardboard
  • Foam rubber
  • Foam plastic
  • Carpet
  • Fibre Glass

Trimming

  • Paper
  • Plastic
  • Rubber
  • Wood
  • Leather
  • Polystyrene
  • Foil
  • Cardboard
  • Foam rubber
  • Foam plastic

Deburring

  • Plastic
  • Metal
  • Carbon
  • Pottery
  • Laminates

Cleaning (Scraping)

  • Glass
  • Metal
  • Pottery
  • Laminates
  • Plastic
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