TPi March 2020

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Global Piping Stockholder achieves new international accreditation

decided that we didn’t want to prolong the transition and therefore started the in-depth review and analysis process earlier this year. We are delighted to have achieved the ISO 45001 Standard and I’m confident that I will be able to guide our other teams around the world to attain it as well,” continued Ms Richmond, who is now looking at coordinating the teams in the Scottish, Texan, Brazilian, Singaporean, Dubai and Australian divisions to ensure global compliance.  Managing director Alex Forth added: “Ensuring excellence across all parts of our business is crucial for us. This includes the quality of the products we supply, the top-level service that we provide and, of course, the environment we provide for our employees. “Beryl has worked tirelessly to help us achieve ISO 45001 and I know that we will all continue to work together to ensure the safety and welfare of everyone at SPM.” Special Piping Materials www.specialpipingmaterials.com

all aspects of the company to ensure that we are providing a safe and secure working environment.  The ISO 45001 is set to replace a previous standard – OHSAS 18001 – over three years following its publication in March 2018 It is designed to maintain effective, healthy and operational environment for workers by improving employee safety, reducing workplace risks and creating better, safer working conditions and organisations that achieve it are recognised to be putting the health and safety of their workers first. “Although we didn’t have to comply with the new standard until 2021, we

The Trelleborg Sealing Solutions facility in Kalmar, Sweden, has announced the inauguration of a new production line that will significantly increase brake shim capacity at the facility. The line includes triple stations of adhesive lamination and a vision system with marking robots to ensure flexibility in manufacturing and enhanced quality control, providing an even better service to its customers. Stefan Lundström, president of damping solutions for Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, said: “Increasing our capacity at the Kalmar facility will enable us to fulfill our commitment to delivering continued growth and meeting growing market demands. This Special Piping Materials, a stockholder and supplier of pipes, fittings and flanges, has achieved a new international standard in occupational health, safety and security. The ISO 45001 accreditation, which is a new industry standard, has been coordinated and developed by a committee of occupational health and safety experts from around the world and was awarded to Special Piping Materials last year after the company was proactive in reviewing the new standard and ensuring compliance. The work was driven by internal quality assurance manager Beryl Richmond who undertook a full review of the company, from its management systems to the use of machinery and testing equipment in the warehouse, who commented: “Since the appointment of our new managing director in January, we have worked to really prioritise the safety and wellbeing of our staff.  “We reinstated our health, safety and environmental committee and we took a collaborative approach in reviewing

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Trelleborg inaugurates new production line at Swedish brake shim facility

investment is a significant step in making sure we can satisfy customers’ future requirements with the next evolution in brake shim materials.” The formal opening of the new production line was performed by Peter Nilsson, president and CEO Trelleborg Group, Peter Hahn, business area president Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, Stefan

Giorgio Gabella, managing director, Gabella Macchine SpA. Trelleborg www.tss.trelleborg.com

Lundström, president for damping solutions within Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, Ulf Johansson, facility manager, Johan Persson, municipal commissioner for the city of Kalmar and

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