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BDM at Tilsatec

Tilsatec, the manufacturer of Rhino
cut resistant gloves and sleeves, has
appointed Niall Desbottes as
business development manager for
the South. Niall joins Tilsatec after a
successful period at Marigold
Industrial and brings with him a
wealth of experience and expertise in
hand and arm protection.

Expansion plan

Preston-based
construction safety
firm Aegis has
appointed Peter
Gregory as a health
and safety
consultant to
spearhead its
expansion into
specialised areas of health and safety
risk management. Aegis, which
employs one of the North’s largest
teams of independent Construction
Design and Management (CDM)
Co-ordinators, has also been
growing its health and safety
compliance services in recent years.

Meet the team

Phillip Pearson has joined IIRSMin
the new role of deputy chief executive;
he will also be responsible for
membership and new
business development
activities. Phillip has
almost 20 years of
experience working for a
range of high profile
professional bodies. Most
recently he was group
director for Learning and
Member Services at RICS (the Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors).

Country managers

Capital Safety, home of the
DBI-SALA and
PROTECTA brands of fall
protection equipment, has
appointed Thierry Moens
and Stefan Haase
as country
managers in
France and
Germany
respectively. They
will take
responsibility for
achieving
localised growth
within the French
and German
markets, and
alongside the UK
this will spearhead Capital
Safety’s expansion through
EMEA.

Is age only a number?

A new report from the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) investigates whether the
removal of the compulsory retirement age will have any implications for health and
safety at work. Dr Helen Beers, one of the report’s authors, summarises the findings

Legislation vital

Out of more than 200 employers
surveyed by Specsavers Corporate
Eyecare, not one thought that it
would raise the priority of eyecare in
their organisation if an employee had
an accident and it was found their
eyesight was not good enough to
drive without corrected vision
(wearing glasses or contact lenses).

Permanent seal

Drivers with a blown head
gasket could avoid the
inconvenience of waiting
for roadside recovery
during the cold weather.

Skincare winner

Arco’s recently launched Three-Step
Industrial Skincare System has beaten
hundreds of branded entries to be
nominated for a Tomorrow’s
Cleaning Product Award for 2013.

Taking the right steps

A recent study, based on those aged
45 and over, showed that if you spend
more than 11 hours a day sitting, you
have a 40% higher chance of dying in
the next three years. The research also
linked sitting down for many hours a
day to causing psychological issues.

Industrial ice for heat management

Wherever temperature control is
critical, Scotsman Industrial Ice
Makers from Hubbard Ice Systems
are designed to be a reliable and cost
effective method for controlling and
managing temperature in
manufacturing processes. This in turn
helps to maintain product quality as
well as reduce wastage, machinery
downtime and packaging errors.

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