06/07/06 - Top Safety Accreditation for Clyde Materials Handling Ltd

Clyde Materials Handling is one of the latest group of successful companies to join a leading edge scheme, designed to help industry improve its safety record.

 

The Doncaster-based firm recently received accreditation from SAFEcontractor, a programme which recognises very high standards of health and safety practise amongst UK contractors.

 

Employing 110 people, Clyde Materials Handling is principally involved in the design, assembly, commissioning, maintenance and aftersales of spares of Pneumatic Conveying and Pneumatic Injection solutions for granular and powder type materials, globally.

 

Specialising in the metals and minerals industries and with a £14.6 million turnover, Clyde Materials Handling?s most recent clients have included major players such as BPB, Codelco and Corus.

 

The company?s application for SAFEcontractor accreditation was driven by the need for a uniform standard across the business.

 

Dave Shilling, Operations Manager at Clyde Materials Handling said, ?A great deal of effort has been put into achieving accreditation and many improvements have been made to our health & safety management system as a result. Our ongoing accreditation with SAFEcontractor will bring benefits to the company, our employees and our customers, through more effective health and safety related performance, management and administration?.   

 

Neil Gardiner, Clyde Materials Handling?s Customer Support Services Director continued, ?People are the greatest asset that our company has, and we are delighted at Clyde Materials Handling to be accredited with the SAFEcontractor standard. The well being of people is our prime importance and schemes like this can only reinforce this message to businesses across the UK.?

 

SAFEcontractor accreditation is expected to enhance the company?s ability to attract new contracts and its commitment to safety will be viewed positively by its insurers when the company liability policy is up for renewal.

 

SAFEcontractor is operated by international safety, health and environmental risk management specialists, the National Britannia Group. The system is applicable to most sectors although it is particularly relevant to food manufacture, property, facilities management, retail and leisure sectors, all of which are big users of contract services.

 

James Ostler, Managing Director of Information Service at National Britannia said, ?Major organisations can no longer run the risk of employing contractors who are not able to prove that they have sound health and safety policies?.

 

?More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that Clyde Materials Handling has done. The firms? high standard has set an example, which hopefully will be followed by other companies within the sector?.

 

Under the SAFEcontractor system, businesses undergo a vetting process, which examines health and safety procedures and their track record for safe practice.

 

Those companies meeting the high standard are included on a database, which is accessible to registered users only via a website, www.safecontractor.com.

 

Employer-organisations who sign up to the scheme can access the database, which enables them to vet potential contractors before they even set foot on site. These employers agree that, as users of the scheme, they will engage only those who have received accreditation.

 

Over eighty major nation-wide businesses, from several key sectors, have signed up to use the scheme when selecting contractors for services such as building, cleaning, maintenance, refurbishment or electrical and mechanical work.

 

Notes to editors:

About Clyde Materials Handling

 

Clyde Materials Handling is a customer-driven solutions provider, which utilises its technology, expertise and process knowledge to develop bespoke solutions for its customers.

The Clyde Materials Handling Group is engaged internationally in the design, assembly, commissioning, maintenance and aftersales of spares of Pneumatic Conveying and Pneumatic Injection systems for granular and powder type materials.

Pneumatic Conveying is defined as the movement of solids suspended in or forced by a gas stream through horizontal and/or vertical pipes.

Pneumatic Injection is a method of injecting material into the heart of a process vessel in a continuous, free flowing manner at variable velocities.

Clyde Materials Handling and its predecessors have been in operation for over 20 years, and in that time has built up a substantial and diverse reference list of solutions for its customers. Clyde Materials Handling's products pneumatically transport materials around its customers' sites. Clyde Materials Handling also creates solutions which inject materials into its customers' production processes.

Clyde Materials Handling has developed solutions aimed at transforming the effectiveness of its customers' operations, of which two have been patented in the past. Clyde Materials Handling has been ISO9001 certified since 2004

The Group employed 110 people on average in its financial year. The Clyde Materials Handling Group operates globally from offices located in the UK, USA, Brazil, China and has interests in India, Singapore and South Africa. In addition, Clyde Materials Handling has a global network of agents who market and distribute Clyde Materials Handling's solutions.

For further information contact:

 

Gavin Money

Marketing Manager

Clyde Materials Handling

 

Tel:              +44 (0) 1302 321 313

E-mail: gmoney@clydeblowers.co.uk

 

The National Britannia Group

The National Britannia Group is one of the UK?s largest independent safety, health and environmental risk management specialists, employing a total of 450 people within its UK operations. More than 200 of these personnel are scientists or other qualified professionals. The business provides leading edge solutions in disciplines such as health & safety, food safety, water quality control, environmental management, occupational health and hygiene, fire safety and asbestos management. It also operates two major information services on behalf of the UK Health & Safety Executive. Its heavy commitment to research and development has led to the creation of e-riskMANAGER, the world?s first interactive web-based risk management system. For more information visit www.WhatRisk.com.

 

For further information about the National Britannia Group, contact:

 

Steve McCormack

Working Word Public Relations