Elvex Corporation, a leading personal protection equipment (PPE) company, today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership and exclusive distribution agreement with the Delta Plus Group.
With over 63,000 visitors, the recent staging of A+A 2013, International Trade Fair with Congress for Safety, Security and Health at Work, in Düsseldorf, Germany closed with a new increase in visitor participation (2011: 60,100) as well as a further rise in interest from international visitors.
A+A 2015, International Trade Fair with Congress for Safety, Security and Health at Work, will feature a new special show entitled “Safe Rescue Operations from Heights and Depths.” The special show will be held in cooperation with the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW).
Employees at a Wallingford, Conn. freight shipping terminal faced dangerous chemical, fire and explosion hazards on Oct. 6, 2014, as they tried to contain a highly flammable and explosive chemical spill without proper training and personal protective equipment, OSHA investigators have determined.
“You’ll shoot your eye out kid,” Santa replies in the 1980s movie classic A Christmas Story, when Ralphie asks for a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. That phrase has become synonymous with eye safety in a joking manner.In reality, personal protection equipment (PPE) isn’t laughable when thousands of people are blinded, injured, or killed each year from accidents that could have been prevented or minimized if appropriate PPE had been used.
From PIP: It gives us great pleasure to announce the expansion of our sales force in Canada. Driven by growth and as a testament to our long term commitment to Canada, PIP has reunited Mario Miron and John Harrison with Dan Lessard to lead the PIP sales effort from coast-to-coast.
After the successful premiere in 2014, OS+H EXPO, Turkish Occupational Safety + Health Exhibition, will return to the Halic Congress Center in Istanbul from May 4 - 6, 2016. Next year, TOS+H EXPO will be held concurrently with the VIII. International Health and Occupational Safety Conference organized by the Turkish Ministry of Labour and Social Security.
The current Ebola epidemic in West Africa is the largest in history and is unprecedented in many ways, including the large number of healthcare workers who have been infected while treating patients. The large scale of the epidemic, as well as the two healthcare workers who contracted Ebola while caring for the first case in the United States, has directed particular attention to the personal protective equipment (PPE) used by healthcare workers to reduce their risk of infection.
New for your iPad®, an app to easily access product information and learning resources related to the full range of personal protective equipment (PPE) and services offered by Honeywell: the new Honeywell Safety Products Safety Media App.
Nine months before the start of A+A 2015, International Trade Fair with Congress for Safety, Security and Health at Work, the show is experiencing strong exhibit space demand, recording further growth and adding a hall. With about 699,650 square feet of booked space, this leading event for the industry will again exceed the record figures of the show’s last staging in 2013 (approximately 653,300 sq. ft.).