Handling airside safety underfoot

Vynagrip slip resistant matting, manufactured in the UK by Plastic Extruders Ltd, has been extensively installed airside in the baggage handling area of George Best Belfast City Airport.

 

The airport has grown significantly over the last few years and currently caters for over 2.5 million passengers a year. This has led to an increased Read more

Crowcon ‘Clip’ and ‘Clip+’ Single Gas Fixed-Life Monitors Deliver Compliance

Personal monitor with hibernate feature, extending life and reducing lifetime costs.

The new Crowcon Clip and Clip+ single gas monitors are simple to use and designed with one thing in mind: compliance with regulations and company procedures in the oil and gas industry. Intended for use in hazardous areas, they offer reliable and durable fixed life monitoring in acompact, lightweight and maintenance-free Read more

New Board appointments to take Hughes forward

Stockport based JD Hughes Group, Europe’s largest manufacturer of Emergency Safety Showers, has announced three new appointments to the Group Board.

Steve Tyler becomes Operations Director. He joined the Company in 2010 and has led a major re-organisation of manufacturing and assembly to improve productivity. Steve has also been Read more

Zenit shoes from JALAS® have been awarded with the prestigious design prize –red dot award

Following and exhaustive evaluation process lasting several days, the JALAS Zenit convinced the international expert jury of the “red dot award: product design 2012, to award it one of the coveted awards, assigned by a 30-member expert jury. Creative heads and manufacturers from all over the world had submitted 4,515 Read more

KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL* signs an agreement to acquire Balder d.o.o.

The future acquisition of this state-of-the art welding equipment supplier,
is set to drive the Exceptional Workplaces initiative

KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL* has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Balder d.o.o.

Founded in 1997, and based in Ljubjana in Slovenia, Balder is renowned for its work in developing auto-darkening welding filters based on patented electro optic LCD technology.  In addition, it has developed and produced a range Read more

Steel company fined £500,000 after worker died from fall into liquid waste

Global steel company Tata was fined £500,000 for serious safety breaches today after a worker died when he fell into a channel carrying slag waste at 1,500 degrees Celsius when covers had been removed for maintenance and not replaced.

Kevin Downey, 49, was working on a night shift on the Number 4 Blast Furnace at the Port Talbot Read more