productA helping hand
2013 has seen a stream of heart-wrenching news stories being broadcast, many involving building collapses caused by natural disasters such as earthquakes, or caused by rockets or high explosive shells as in Syria.
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productUvex achieves highly commended accolade for its xact-fit earplug at BSIF Safety Awards
uvex has been awarded Highly Commended in the Product Innovation category of the prestigious British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) Safety Awards 2013 for its xact-fit earplug.
productSuccess for VWS
VWS (Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, ELGA Process Water and ELGA LabWater) has had its approach to occupational safety and health recognised by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
productMoving on up
AMS Asbestos Management
Services continues its expansion
with the opening of three new offices
in the North East, the North West
and Yorkshire, as well as the
recruitment of 13 new employees
across all three.
productNew shareholders
Loading and unloading specialist
Thorworld Industries has invited its
senior management team to become
shareholders, as the company
continues its drive to be the loading
supplier of choice to Britain’s
industry. Technical manager Ian
Langan, works manager Roger Smith
and quality, health and safety
manager Mark James will join
managing director John Meale and
financial director Geraldine Meale in
an expanded arrangement that
strengthens Thorworld’s strategic
vision. Ian, Roger and M
productOn a mission
Managing director Lee Darton from
Flextraction, the supplier and
manufacturer of Local Exhaust
Ventilation (LEV), has returned from
a UK Trade and Investment (UKTI)
mission to Germany, which took in
seven cities. The purpose was to find
potential agents and distributors for
Flextraction’s own design range of
totally self supporting Hood
Positioning Devices (HPD).
productGlobal expansion
Evac+Chair International has
strengthened its international
presence by appointing Eventus
Medikal ve Bilisim Teknolojileri as
its new distributor in Turkey. The
agreement follows changes to laws in
Turkey which came into effect at the
beginning of the year and facilitates
improvements to occupational health
and safety in the workplace. The legal
developments create a requirement
for reliable evacuation solutions.
product21st gold from RoSPA
Lorien Engineering Solutions is
celebrating achieving its 21st RoSPA
Gold Award, and 7th Order of
Distinction Award, recognising its
continued commitment to
workplace safety. The Staffordshirebased
engineering and project
management firm will be presented
with the awards – which recognise a
consistently high performance in
occupational health & safety in
construction – at a ceremony on
15th May 2013 at the Hilton hotel,
NEC, Birmingham. The scheme
looks not only at accident records
productInvests in future
Draeger Safety UK, a specialist in
safety equipment and training for the
chemical sector, has completed a
multi-million pound investment in
its Blyth-based operations, as it
continues to grow and diversify into
new and existing markets.
productEfficiently & effectively pressurised
Heating or chilled water systems
within industrial and commercial
premises can be efficiently and
effectively pressurised
with Econopress units
from Stokvis Energy
Systems.
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