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Canadian manufacturer purchases Sellstrom Mfg. Co.

January 8, 2016

Sellstrom Manufacturing Co. in November announced the sale of the company to the JET Group, a wholesale manufacturer of tools, equipment and safety products, based in Vancouver, Canada.

Prototype of wearable Internet of Things introduced

Reduces injuries and improves productivity

January 8, 2016

Honeywell and Intel in November demonstrated a prototype of a personal connected safety solution for industrial workers and first responders that would reduce workplace injury and improve productivity.

Mallory adds training division “Helping customers build a culture of safety”

January 8, 2016

Mallory Safety and Supply - a safety distributor dedicated to helping companies create safer, healthier, and more productive workplaces, and Airstreams Renewables Inc., a leader in career safety and technical training

Grainger provides outlook at analyst meeting

January 8, 2016

Grainger (NYSE: GWW), the leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products serving businesses and institutions, in November held its Annual Analyst Meeting in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Mallory Safety and Supply acquires Sanderson Safety Supply

January 8, 2016

Mallory Safety and Supply, a safety and industrial supply distributor helping companies create safer, healthier, and more productive workplaces, announced in late November that Mallory has acquired the safety distribution business of Sanderson Safety Supply Co. of Portland, Oregon.

Safety Today ups its sales game

iPads + salespeople = better customer service

January 8, 2016

As a provider of comprehensive safety solutions to companies worldwide, the company has been researching the best ways to utilize technology to improve customer service, and they found the answer at their fingertips — specifically, the tapping of fingertips on iPads.

Grainger completes acquisition of Cromwell

January 8, 2016

Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Leicester, England, Cromwell is the largest independent MRO distributor in the United Kingdom, serving more than 35,000 industrial and manufacturing customers

Market intelligence: Serious injuries are pervasive

50%+ of 2014 injuries involved days away from work, transfers or restrictions

January 8, 2016

More than half of the nearly 3.0 million private industry injury and illness cases reported in 2014 involved days away from work, job transfer, or restriction (DART cases), according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Hi viz blindness – is it time to rethink PPE?

January 8, 2016

A year or so ago a major waste company placed 12 street cleaners, wearing yellow hi viz coats in a busy out of town shopping complex and asked shoppers coming out how many they remembered seeing.

3M™ introduces Active Safety

January 8, 2016

In another example of how analytics will shape the future of the safety profession, 3M™ Active Safety enables safety and health professionals to identify trends and spot risks.