B2B Central

Safety & Hygiene

21 Feb 2020

Quick and safe access with roll up doors that repair themselves

By Staff Writer

Access between areas within a facility and between the facility and its exterior plays a large part in achieving a balance between safety and productivity. The Smart Reset roll-up door offers self-repairing capabilities. Should the curtain be accidentally dislodged, it quickly recovers its alignment on its next opening or closing operation. ‘The well-being of personnel...
29 Nov 2019

Strip curtains enhance safety at manufacturing facilities

By Staff Writer

Statistics indicated that a significant number of forklift fatalities occur within manufacturing facilities. While driver education on the correct operation of forklift trucks is a primary goal in reducing this risk, other elements also come into play. Wim Dessing, sales executive of Apex Strip Curtains & Doors, says that accidents can occur at internal entry...
18 Nov 2019

The advantage of early quality and safety assessments of cosmetics

By Staff Writer

AUTHOR: Sanjay Talreja, Toxicologist – Intertek HERS India Cosmetics cover a broad range of products that are heavily utilised by consumers around the world. A ‘cosmetic product’ is broadly defined as a substance used to clean, improve, or change the complexion, skin, hair, nails, or teeth whilst excluding any medical or biocidal function, and can...
15 Aug 2019

Industroclean explores compliance in the cleaning industry

By Staff Writer

Businesses in all industries need to adhere to safety, health, environmental and quality (SHEQ) standards. This not only influences the success of the business, but also affects employees and meeting environmental and sustainability targets. Managing director of Industroclean, Emma Corder, says compliance is a huge task for businesses to tackle, regardless of whether it’s compulsory...
09 Apr 2019

Effective hand hygiene for your health

By Staff Writer

The most common and often underrated cause of the spread of illness is poor hand hygiene. Despite the commonly known mantras for advice many have heard growing up, like ‘wash your hands before you eat’, ‘wash your hands after using the lavatory’, etc. the startling fact is that a large percentage of people forgo this...
10 May 2018

Water wise hygiene solutions

By Staff Writer

Hygiene is everyone's problem, and not engaging it is certain to lead to significant health issues. But how do we tackle hygiene when water is scarce? Under level 6b restrictions, businesses in Cape Town need to show a saving of 45 percent on their water consumption compared to the same period last year.

15 Mar 2016

Rockwell Automation offers a series of seven safety webinars

By Staff Writer

Rockwell Automation is offering a series of safety webinars, which explore designing safety for seven specific types of machines.

17 Feb 2016

Ecolab set to revolutionise transfer disinfection process

By Staff Writer

Ecolab Contamination Control (Ecolab) has launched a unique product, which will revolutionise the process of transfer disinfection in the pharmaceutical industry. Ecolab is a worldwide provider of leading products and services for the control of microbial contamination in cleanroom environments. Its Klercide Sporicidal Alcohol has all the positive features of an alcohol-based disinfectant, including a low surface tension, which improves product contact. It also has a ‘flash off’ time of just two minutes and minimal residues, which combined with sporicidal properties, significantly enhance its efficacy.

11 Aug 2015

Safety is everyone’s responsibility

By Staff Writer

The Department of Labour (DoL) is channelling efforts to promote workplace health and safety as well as injury and disease prevention, ultimately to ensure a better speciality chemicals sector in which to work.

09 Mar 2015

Smart sanitisation for liquid packaging

By Staff Writer

A new patented energy recovery concept for hot water shower sterilisers enables pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging companies to achieve significant savings during the sterilisation process of liquids in 100 per cent sealed containers.

19 Jan 2015

Contamination control gets a confidence booster

By Staff Writer

The last thing customers need in a cleanroom environment is doubt about the validity of products, or to compromise their procedures and protocols. Ecolab Contamination Control has introduced an assurance mark in support of its own manufacturing processes.