Supplier News

St. Louis-based Warson Brands, official licensee of Rockport for occupational footwear, has revamped its website. Visitors to the site can shop new collections, get recommendations, view footwear by feature and style, and enjoy one-click shopping.

Milliken & Co. recently announced it has donated 70,000 reusable fabric gowns to Singapore-based QMT Industrial & Safety PTE. QMT Safety will distribute the gowns to local hospitals to help provide additional personal protective equipment for frontline workers. The donation was the result of a limited supply of excess inventory of Level 1 PPE gowns at a South Carolina-based Milliken manufacturing facility.

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals will host the Global Learning Summit – a professional development opportunity for workers with environmental, safety and health responsibilities – on May 10-12.

Milwaukee-based Arbon Equipment Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Rite-Hite, has acquired Pugleasa Co. Inc., a loading dock and industrial door sales and service organization headquartered in Arden Hills, MN.

Pacific Handy Cutter, based in Irvine, CA, has acquired Lewis Safety Knife Co., a safety knife manufacturer located in Jacksonville, OR. The acquisition “further solidifies PHC’s position as a market leader in the design, production and distribution of safety cutting products,” a press release from PHC says.

Romeoville, IL-based Magid Glove & Safety Manufacturing Co. LLC, a provider of personal protective equipment, has partnered with the Chicago Scholars college access, success and leadership development program for financially under-resourced youth from the Chicago area to establish The Rusty Cohen Legacy Scholarship Fund.

Ergodyne, a leading safety work gear manufacturer headquartered in St. Paul, MN, recently announced a partnership with Mips, a world-leading helmet safety technology company, to be among the first to integrate the Mips safety system into industrial safety helmets.

The International Safety Equipment Association, located in Arlington, VA, is presenting a docuseries on the personal protective equipment industry and its impact on protecting workers and lives. “Protecting Workers, Protecting Lives” puts a spotlight on the many facets of safety equipment and the innovation taking place within the industry.

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals, located in Indianapolis, recently welcomed two members to its executive team: Marya Ryan, Ph.D., PMP, CAE, as chief operating officer and J.A. Rodriguez Jr., CSP, ASP, as chief strategy officer.

The ANSI National Accreditation Board has granted initial accreditation for the Wilmington, NC-based National Association of Safety Professionals’ Certified Safety Director and Master Safety Professional credentials, under the ISO/IEC 17024:2012 standard “General Requirements for Bodies Operating Certification of Persons.”