|
|
A BEACON OF LIGHT
Cooper MEDC have designed and manufactured alarm, signal, control and communications equipment since 1975. The company has developed a range of products specifically designed for use in areas where harsh environmental conditions prevail and where there is a risk of explosion due to the presence of flammable atmospheres, both onshore and offshore
MEDC have pioneered the use of glass reinforced polyester (GRP) in explosion-proof products. The advantages of GRP products include a lower capital cost, combined with minima
READ MORE |
|
COURT CASE HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR WORKERS TO CONSIDER ELDERLY RESIDENTS
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning companies undertaking gas mains replacement and central heating installations of the serious consequences that can result when safe systems of work are not adopted when working in elderly persons’ properties
THE WARNING FOLLOWS A SERIOUS INCIDENT
to an 89 year-old Edinburgh woman, who fell down an open hatch in the kitchen floor left unguarded by the gas replacement contractor resulting in a serious injury.
Progas Heating Ltd of Denny, Stirlingshire, were fined £5000
READ MORE |
|
FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS TOLD:
“IT’S TIME TO CLEAR THE AIR!”
The Health and Safety Executive is targeting North East furniture manufacturers to raise awareness of the health risks associated with wood dust and woodworking in general
Over the next few weeks HSE inspectorS WILL BE
will be visiting furniture manufacturers in the region. They will be addressing the main health and safety risks to employees working in woodworking including control of dust, manual handling and slips and trips in the workplace. Employers will also be given advice on buying secondhand equipment.
HS
READ MORE |
|
| |
| Brains and beauty |
Furness and West Cumbria’s West Coast is about to experience a major investment that will strengthen the tourism and industry s ...
|
| National Stadium, Beijing |
At the pinnacle of its construction, the National Stadium in Beijing had 7,000 workers toiling over the infrastructure. ...
|
|
|
No smoke without fire
It seems that commentators, industry heads, central bankers and, dare I say it, Industrial Focus’s own journalists have made so ...
|
Innovation for the nations
Hope for the future has arisen from the turmoil of the last few months, as industrial technologies have spun out some marvels o ...
|
|
|
 |
HIGH
LOW
|
Supposedly the construction
materials of the future, composites are increasingly seen in
applications where optimum efficiency is paramount including
aircraft construction and renewable energy. As two research
examples show in this video, composites really are the future
for efficiency.
|
|
|
|
