PPE Industry Articles

Uppsala, Sweden (press release: February 02, 2021) - Radonova Laboratories, specialist in radon measurement, has launched a new radon detector, Radtrak³. Radtrak³ is smaller than its predecessor Radtrak², which simplifies both the deployment and delivery process. The smaller size and the ability to reuse plastic components ...more

Johannesburg, Gauteng, SA - Shortages of facemasks and coveralls caused by the pandemic have resulted in many PPE distributors and resellers "turning a blind eye" to checking that the products they sell meet required standards, according to Deleane Luzzatto, chairperson of the Southern African Protective Equipment Marketing Asso ...more

Pretoria, Gauteng, SA - Oak Medical and Laboratory Supplies cc, accused of charging government excessive prices for a once-off batch of 200 000 tongue depressors (in the context of Covid-19), has agreed to give the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) a credit note to the value of the calculated overcharge. This forms part of the te ...more

Pretoria, Gauteng, SA - The Competition Tribunal has confirmed, as an order, a consent agreement concluded between a Gauteng-based chemical distributor and the Competition Commission, in relation to alleged excessive pricing in the context of Covid-19. One of the main ways of combating the spread of the pandemic is through the use of a mi ...more

SAPEMA KZN Regional Meeting, October 2Durban, KZN, SA - Foreign exhibitors at A-OSH were a major topic at SAPEMA's KZN regional meeting. Chaired by Clyde Beattie of Uvex, who is also SAPEMA's national vice-chairman, just 5 people, representing 4 of SAPEMA's 16 KZN members, attended. A-OSH SAPEMA is in discussions with Specialise ...more

Pretoria, Gauteng, SA (September 15, 2019) - The Commission has referred to the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) for prosecution 18 fire protection companies for collusion. These  companies are  Automatic Sprinkler Inspection Bureau (Pty) Ltd, Belfa Solutions (Pty) Ltd, Bhubesi Fire Projects (Pty) Ltd, Centa KZN Sprinklers Cc, Na ...more

 Pretoria, Gauteng, SA - The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) has confirmed that it is "looking at the regulation of PPE as a whole", but it says that it is a process that will take time. "We will be having a lot of consultations with industry and key stakeholders," said Thomas Madzivhe, GM: ...more

Being responsible for ensuring that your work force has the correct and sufficient protection when it comes to PPE,  can carry some serious weight, the reason being that you have your employee’s safety on one hand and the company's bottom line and PPE spend on the other. Balancing these two important factors has huge implicatio ...more

Compulsory alcohol testing is often put into place in hazardous industries such as mining, manufacturing and transport as a safety measure. However, there are certain challenges with the typical approach of using a manned breathalyser. Security personnel administering the tests often live in the same communities as the workers they are be ...more

Johannesburg, Gauteng, SA – With nearly half of the world’s population at risk of contracting malaria, primarily in sub Saharan Africa, stepping up the fight against the disease has never been a more pressing challenge. Bayer is rising to this challenge as it launches a new Indoor Residual Spray (IRS), Fludora® Fusion whic ...more