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Platform protects

Contact Attachments has launched
the ‘Transfer Platforms’ range to
provide an easier way of
loading and unloading
pallets and goods to
various heights and levels.

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.

New 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

On 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).

Global 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.

21st 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

Invests 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.

Protecting workers’ health

The BOHS (British Occupational Hygiene Society) celebrated its 60th anniversary and
grant of a Royal Charter by hosting a reception at The Royal Society in London on 19
March. To mark this double milestone, HSM talks to CEO Steve Perkins about the
society’s role in helping to tackle health hazards in the workplace

Staying calm in a crisis

If you needed to evacuate your building in an emergency how confident are you that you would be
able to get every single person out quickly and safely? Jon Ellis, managing director of Ferno, advises
on how to put an effective emergency plan in place

Compliance or investment?

If you’re arguing the case for ergonomics projects in the workplace,
identifying the culture within your organisation is the first step to
achieving success, says Guy Osmond from Osmond Ergonomics

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