Tag: PPE
Weld Australia rolls out free online safety courses
Weld Australia has launched two free online welder safety training courses designed to serve welders, welding engineers and supervisors, to enhance safety practices across the welding industry.
Industree Group rolls out Epicycle for sustainable PPE recycling
Industree Group, an Australian producer of premium Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), has introduced Epicycle, a recycling initiative to address the environmental challenges posed by PPE waste.
Australian Workers’ Union urges gov’t to safeguard workers from fatal silica dust exposure
The Australian Workers’ Union, in a meeting in Canberra today, is urging federal, state, and territory ministers to shield workers from deadly silica dust exposure.
Ansell joins new Alliance aimed at protecting workers vulnerable to forced labor
Australian personal protective equipment (PPE) manufacturer Ansell has been announced as one of seven founding members of the newly-formed Responsible Glove Alliance (RGA).
According to...
Australia’s first producer of surgical and examination gloves set to disrupt international PPE market
Media Release
Australia’s largest PPE manufacturer, Softmed, will become the country’s first manufacturer of surgical and examination nitrile gloves, bringing down prices, and rounding out...
Monash researchers devise scalable paper gowns for frontline workers amid PPE shortages
Researchers at Monash University's BioPRA, Department of Chemical Engineering and School of Biological have manufactured a paper-based medical gown – a breakthrough discovery that...
National plan for gas markets and fuel refining a significant step on the road...
Media Release
The Federal Government has delivered a significant boost to Australia’s future economic security following announcements this week of measures to strengthen national sovereign...
Queensland’s Aspen Medical to ramp up manufacture of N95 face masks
Brendale healthcare manufacturer Aspen Medical is producing two million face masks per month following the launch of a new manufacturing facility with support from...
Victorian factory starts production on 180 million medical-grade face masks
Melbourne-based company Softmed has begun producing millions of medical-grade face masks at its new state-of-the-art factory in Campbellfield and expects to employ 70 people...
Fully transparent surgical mask receives US FDA clearance
American medical supply company Clearmask LLC has announced that it received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) clearance for its ClearMask™, a fully...
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