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In recent years, the ‘REMBE Safety Days’ series of events has repeatedly made Brilon a meeting place for global explosion safety and process safety. The content of the events was to present and discuss current topics in these areas as well as to create a platform for networking.

In November 2019, 150 participants from five continents were welcomed to the Sauerland region. Unfortunately, no live events can take place due to the current situation. In order to nevertheless enable such an important exchange of knowledge, REMBE is offering a digital version of the REMBE Safety Days. 

New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE), an international player in engineering education, has announced the launch of the Safety Champions in Engineering Education programme in partnership with UCL, London’s leading multidisciplinary university. 

The 10-week online programme, which is funded by Lloyds Register Foundation and the Royal Academy of Engineering through the Engineering X programme, will be delivered to international educators from Malaysia, the Philippines, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Uganda, will commence on 3rd May 2021. This is followed by a six-month mentoring phase in which participants develop proposals for educational innovation. The core aim of the programme is to support Engineering X’s ‘Skills Where They Are Most Needed’ mission, drawing on contemporary best practice in engineering education to support local educators in developing curriculum innovations that tackle the specific safety challenges engineering graduates in emerging economies face as critical infrastructure undergoes rapid expansion. 

In December 2020, SOCOTEC’s Laboratory & Analytical division were contracted to provide chemical and physical testing services, supporting a design and build project for a new port facility in a British Overseas Territory.

SOCOTEC’s services would support our client’s surveying works for the first phase of the project, with the results obtained from the samples tested used to inform decision making for the next phase of surveys.

Adhesive Handling Issues

Adhesives are available in various forms often utilising either Solvent or Water as a component to aid curing. Whilst water-based adhesives can be handled with a wide variety of materials, solvent based glues require handling differently. 

Solvent based glues are a mixture of polymer based ingredients mixed with solvent. Once the glue is applied and the solvent is exposed to air, it begins to evaporate until cured when the bond is at its strongest. 

An on-site inspection is part of the daily business of industrial manufacturers and plant operators alike.

Safety-relevant components, such as rupture discs or safety valves, must be tested by the manufacturer – this is often done by notified bodies like the TÜV. Many operators additionally conduct on-site tests at the manufacturer's premises to ensure that the delivered products comply with the required specifications and performance features.

Albany in New York, USA is just one of several global locations where pressure has been increasing to seek environmental justice for vulnerable local communities facing exposure to Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs). It’s a key ongoing political issue that all companies emitting VOCs must tackle, but now thanks to the highly sensitive, stable and reliable Falco PID fenceline technology, ION Science have a reliable early warning solution. 

Falco fenceline fixed gas detector, from leading industry manufacturing specialist ION Science, offers continuous, fast and reliable detection of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) & Total Aromatic Compounds (TACs) including benzene, in high humidity environments. It also boasts innovative typhoon technology for unrivalled accuracy without fault, in condensing atmospheres and extreme weather conditions.

Whilst China and other governments around the world commit to a green economy by 2030, companies are starting to turn to employee health and safety monitoring to learn and evidence improvements in carbon emissions. 

Thanks to Cub’s patented photoionisation detection (PID) of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), UK based gas detection manufacturing experts ION Science, is helping employers significantly reduce the daily exposure risks faced by occupational hygienists and technicians operating in the chemical or petrochemical industries. 

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is inspecting fabricated metal businesses across Great Britain to check that they are managing the respiratory risks of welding fumes and metalworking fluids. 

From today, World Asthma Day 2021, health and safety inspectors across GB will be targeting businesses whose workers undertake welding and use metalworking fluids to check that they are complying with the welding fumes guidance and metalworking fluid guidance. During the visits, dutyholders will need to demonstrate they have measures in place to manage risks to protect their workers from occupational lung disease and ‘WorkRight’ to keep workers healthy and safe. 

Winn & Coales International Ltd expands corrosion prevention and sealing products portfolio as they acquire the Viscotaq™ business, including Amcorr Products and Services, Inc

Winn & Coales International Ltd (‘Winn & Coales’), leading manufacturer of corrosion prevention and sealing products announce today, the acquisition of the global Viscotaq™ business, including Amcorr Products and Services Inc (‘Amcorr’), manufacturer of viscoelastic protective coatings.

A new guide that outlines the key updates relating to cable pathways has been launched by Legrand UK & Ireland, following updates to a number of key industry regulations.

The guide – Creating Cable Pathways – follows recent updates to the IET Wiring Regulations, as well as the release of the Dame Judith Hackitt Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety Final Report.