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The Golden Anniversary How do you assess the impact of a company like Best Manufacturing? Perhaps it is this way: The fingers that didn't need stitches, palms without scars, hands […]

Lake Mary-based BarrierMed Inc. has formed a new division to expand the use of its latex-free surgical gloves outside the operating room. New markets being explored are food service and [...]

Famous Footwear features a unique safety shoe program offering selection convenience and value in durable work boots. For more information or to shop online, visit the company's Web site at [...]

Benedict De Maria, vice president, sold 286 shares of common stock at $24.91 each on March 15, and now directly holds 5,582 shares of common. Dennis Zeitler, vice president, sold [...]

For the construction of a freestanding arts and technology building for the Rabun Gap Nacoochee School, of Rabun Gap. Ga., many trades shared the scaffolding. Electrical, HVAC, wall and ceiling, [...]

How do safety and health pros get budget and staff increases? What drives companies to invest in safety and health? Why are some pros satisfied in their jobs, and others [...]

Most people watch fires on the news. The people who don't are the firefighters and the people whose house is on fire. Glenn Usdin is the founder and president of [...]

In preparation for the expansion of its product line, Hatch Gloves will now be known as Hatch Corporation. The company has also announced the recent addition of Rich Wilde as [...]

Findings issued in a report from the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies shows that musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of the lower back and upper […]

Nothing -- not production, not profits, not sales, not anything -- comes before safety." This motto, which appears on several signs hanging throughout the Rohm and Haas Morton Powder Coatings […]

CLMI's Principles of Office Ergonomics addresses ergonomic issues from an employee's perspective. Focusing on ergonomically correct body positions, this program offers solutions for how to compensate for workstation limitations and […]

DNV offers several training courses designed to minimize challenges associated with health and safety training and regulatory compliance. CD-ROM courses include Safety, Health, Regulatory Compliance, Safety Meeting Kits, Hazwoper Video […]

Change is rocking the distribution community, and the safety sector is no exception. Consolidation has caused larger companies to come on the scene and technology has allowed new players to [...]

Best Manufacturing expanded its distribution center in Menlo, Ga., by 67,000 sq. [...]

PLANTWIDE EFFORT SAVED SAFETY-EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER FROM CLOSING. NANCY TRABUCCO, WHO WORKS AT THE customer service center for Mine Safety Appliances Co. (MSA) in Pittsburgh, recently received a short but moving […]

Sellstrom, a full-line safety manufacturer, enjoys SMG's Preferred Supplier status TAKE A SAFETY PRODUCT. Now, eliminate all of the application expertise and product knowledge that a good safety distributor brings [...]

UBICS Vijay Mallya again finishes No. 1 Forgive local tech CEOs if they keep the stock ticker scrolling across the bottom of their computer screens -- they make up the [...]

Memphis Glove's confidence in its product manufacturing, more than 1,200 styles of gloves and same-day shipping enable the company to guarantee cost savings and fewer hand […]

When R.J. Anshicks incorporated 'The Protectoseal Company' in 1925, he never could have envisioned the safety industry that would evolve from his design for a 'Safety Can with Flash Arrester.' [...]

Weldstar Co., Aurora, IL, speaks softly and leverages sales using its expertise in welding safety products and processes to strengthen customer ties and expand total sales. A distributor's expertise in [...]

With a growth rate approaching 8 percent per year, Keen Compressed Gases, Wilmington, DE, thinks the personal protection equipment (PPE) market represents a hot opportunity for today's distributors. Keen Compressed [...]

Kimberly-Clark's Protective Apparel Business has separated from the company's Away From Home Sector and will be operated as a stand-alone business unit within […]

Julius Kraft relies on customer loyalty, impeccable service and an internal team that runs everything like clockwork THE YEAR WAS 1998, AND NEW ENGLAND WAS deep in the throes of [...]

Since its beginning forty-four years ago, Flasher Handling, headquartered at 125 Taylor Drive in Depew, New York, has become a leader in the manufacturing of work area and highway safety [...]

As part of their long-term development, EJA Ltd, tel:0194 225 7112, manufacturer of machine safety products for the industrial marketplace, have announced they are reorganising their businesses. The newly merged [...]

Wells Lamont Industry Group (WLIG) is the new name for the combination of Wells Lamont Industrial, Whizard Protective Wear and Wells Lamont Technologies divisions of Wells Lamont. The new company […]

One of the biggest issues facing the fire service today is leadership development. Leadership is often defined and interpreted in a variety of ways. One leadership proverb says, 'He who [...]

9/11 ... The Space Shuttle disaster ... A train crash with a deadly chlorine leak in South Carolina ... A devastating hurricane in Louisiana and Mississippi. The U.S. faces a [...]

AT FIRST GLANCE, THE CASUAL OBSERVER might be forgiven for thinking that fire alarms, though critically important in themselves, have very little impact on the broader business. Yet this is [...]

An Indianapolis company that makes earplugs, hard hats and other protection gear used by everyone from soldiers to construction workers has laid the foundation for an initial public stock offering. [...]

Indiana Mills & Manufacturing Inc. is creating a new division, launching a new product, and cutting a new path straight to retail consumers. It's a big departure from the 45-year-old [...]

IF THERE IS ONE SEGMENT OF THE FOODSERVICE INDUSTRY THAT SHOULD continue to grow well into the future, it's food safety. Driven by government regulations, consumer concerns and companies' goals [...]

In the April issue, we featured an Irish delegation visiting Ocala, FL, Fire Rescue. This month, we report on an official delegation from Ocala that traveled to its twin town [...]

Sales grow 20 percent under new owner, management Piranha I biodegradable LBP stripper is not a common household item. But for Quest Environmental and Safety Products Inc., the product is [...]

Helco Safety Equipment Corp is a successful blend of business and family life for Arthur and Ethyl Hellender, husband and wife-owners of the $1.4 million distributorship. The couple founded the company in 1973, with help from Arthur's father Harold, who was owner of a distributorship for over 25 years. Flexibility and attention to detail are major factors in Helco's success, with personal contact with customers an important component of its operations., Arthur and Ethyl Hellender have successfully captured an elusive part of the American dream: the happy marriage of work and home. Their $1.4 million safety equipment distributorship is a quick [...]

Extinguisher company starts new service blaze of business What's going on: Fire and safety are everything to the folks at Lane Fire & Safety. For many years, the Tonawanda company [...]

Puget Safety Equipment Co. has remained competitive in an environment dominated by integrated supply giants. Co-owner Becky Eastwood attributes their success to their focus on niche markets rather than directly competing against large distributors. The company also makes it a point to develop close ties with customers by offering them superior service in addition to the 24-hour availability of products and just-in-time delivery., Top service and a personal approach land Puget Safety atop ID'S Small 25 Puget Safety Equipment Co. of Bellingham, Wash., has been a David surrounded by Goliaths, but the owners, [...]

Avanti USA Ltd. 389 Division St. North Tonawanda, NY 14120 Phone: 695-5800 Fax: 695-0855 What's going on: In the most non-traditional sense of the phrase, you could call Avanti a [...]

Third-generation company preaches prevention What's going on: Fire protection is something few people think about until a fire hits their home or business. 'Unfortunately, we are a catastrophe-driven business,' said [...]

KME took part in a relief effort called 'Carbon County, PA, Helps Sea Bright, NJ' on Nov. 10. Part of KME's contribution was to perform much-needed routine services for fire [...]

RAP is a UK distributor of safety products and industrial equipment which acquired Welpac, a screws and fasteners concern, in summer 1995. The company aims to reduce costs by up to 2 million pounds sterling, but interest payments and other costs will arise from the Welpac acquisition, affecting the company's 1995 profit. Williams de Broe forecasts a profit of some 1.73 million pounds sterling for 1995, but this could rise to 3 million pounds for 1996 if Welpac performs well.

ROCHESTER - Clarey's Safety Equipment Inc. of Rochester proves that a family business can remain competitive and expand in a quickly changing industry such as industrial safety. The company's Respond [...]

Firm rebounds from losses of 1991 flood Listening to Christine Bierman talk about her business, one can just see this former phys ed teacher propelling volleyball players to spike harder [...]

HONEYWELL is integrating Sperian Protection Instrumentation into Honeywell Analytics Americas, part of the Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions Life Safety business. 'The Sperian Instrumentation team brings world-class design and manufacturing [...]

'I knew that working for someone else was not my, uh, gift in life,' laughed Pamela Foster-Grear. So she quit her job as a computer instructor at Buckeye Youth Services, [...]