Across The Wire

1. Black & Veatch’s Connected Data Real-Time Mapping Technology Keeps Projects Moving And Workers Safe 4/28/2020

   Black & Veatch, a global provider of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services, has developed a geospatial tracking tool to additionally safeguard field services and construction crews during the current COVID-19 global health crisis.

2. Blackline Safety Adds Industrial Contact Tracing Capability To Its Intrinsically Safe Cloud-Connected Wearables 4/27/2020

   Major smartphone vendors and software companies are developing contact tracing technology to assist governments and healthcare providers to understand and slow the infection rate of COVID-19.

3. Hasbro, Inc. And Cartamundi Partner To Produce Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) For Front Line Medical Workers 4/25/2020

   Hasbro, Inc., a global play and entertainment company, and Cartamundi, the worldwide leading manufacturer of playing cards, trading cards and board games, today announced plans to produce 50,000 face shields a week for front-line health care workers over the next several weeks.

4. Shields For Heroes - Community Partnership To Create And Distribute Reusable Medical Face Shields 4/24/2020

   TotalCare eHealth and the Bee Guardian Project launch the 'Shields for Heroes' campaign, a community partnership to create and distribute reusable medical face shields for the frontline heroes of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.

5. Honeywell Begins Production Of N95 Face Masks In Smithfield, R.I. 4/17/2020

   Honeywell (NYSE: HON) has begun production of N95 face masks in Smithfield, R.I. The site will supply masks to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Strategic National Stockpile to support health, safety and emergency response workers.

6. Triax Technologies Launches Social Distancing And Contact Tracing IoT Solution, Helping Keep Workers Safe During COVID-19 And Beyond 4/15/2020

   In response to the need for greater worker protection during the COVID-19 pandemic, Triax Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of Internet of Things (IoT) worksite technology, today announced a new IoT system, Proximity TraceTM.

7. NILIT Assures Continuity And Support, Focuses On PPE During COVID-19 4/2/2020

   NILIT, the worldwide Nylon 6.6. leader, continues to monitor closely the global COVID-19 outbreak situation as it protects its people around the world, ensures its ability to meet the needs of all its customers, and focuses on products for medical and PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). To protect the health and safety of its associates, the company is following local country regulations, implementing social distancing and more frequent disinfecting procedures at all its facilities, and

8. SpiderTech Develops Product To Protect Healthcare Workers From Their Protective Masks 3/31/2020

   Face masks have become the first line of defense for health care professionals around the globe battling COVID-19. Yet through prolonged use, that same protective equipment may be putting them at further risk.

9. Process & Safety Solutions Offers Free Respiratory Training Including Use Of The N95 Mask 3/30/2020

   Due to the recent concerns over the outbreak of infectious diseases, Process & Safety Solutions, a U.S.-based process safety management consulting company, is offering their respiratory protection course free of charge for a limited time.

10. Comfort Meets ANSI A7 Cut Resistance 3/30/2020

    Introducing the Tillman 1457: a version of America's best-selling drivers glove with an ANSI A7 cut-resistance.