Safety in Hazardous Areas

In industrial and manufacturing facilities, alarm systems are essential to maintaining a safe working environment, protecting assets, enhancing operational efficiency, ensuring compliance, and monitoring environmental conditions. Their multifaceted role reflects their importance in industrial operations today. An efficient alarm management system brings many business benefits, including lowering operational costs by reducing safety incidents.

Following a comprehensive examination by Germany’s Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), GEMÜ BB02, B22, B42 and B52 ball valves have been deemed "suitable for use with oxygen". This marks a valuable addition to the existing range of products, which already includes globe and diaphragm valves as well as butterfly valves, suitable for use with oxygen.

The partnership between Booyco Electronics and SafeGauge provides advanced wireless diagnostic tools which help maintenance teams stay safe when they are working on heavy-duty mining, construction, earthmoving or agricultural equipment. SafeGauge technology enables remote monitoring and testing of critical systems on heavy machinery, reducing the need for workers to be near equipment during hazardous live testing procedures. 

Alcohol abuse in the workplace poses a significant threat to safety, productivity, and overall company morale. Rhys Evans, Managing Director at ALCO-Safe says, often, the reason companies want to start testing is because they have had an incident or noticed employees arriving at work possibly intoxicated.

BMG, which celebrates over 50 years in business this year, is a provider of complete process solutions for all sectors of industry. This means customers can access all essential, quality branded engineering components, technical services and support from one reliable supplier. With this integrated approach, BMG supports customers in achieving lower production costs and higher efficiencies.