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The Protective Guarding Manufacturers Association (ProGMA) members are the Industry’s leading suppliers of fixed protective guarding products designed to protect personnel, equipment, and inventory in industrial facilities. Mission: ProGMA promotes safety, security, and guarding for people, products, and facilities. ProGMA educates about protective barrier and guarding solutions through industry standards and best practices. Vision Statement: To be the authoritative resource for the best practices, standards, and applications of protective barrier, guarding solutions and associated technologies for industrial facilities. Protective Guarding Manufacturing Association member companies meet regularly to review and discuss industrial safety hazards and to promote specific guarding solutions for people, products, and facilities. ProGMA programs include: Development of educational materials for the promotion of proper protective guarding methods. Development, maintenance, and publishing of industry standards and specifications. Promotion of the features, advantages, and benefits of properly used protective guarding equipment. Development and promotion of standard nomenclature for protective guarding products. Dissemination of information regarding relevant legislation and international trade. Development, review and revision of product standards. Confidential collection and reporting of market statistics for different types of guarding products. Protective Guarding is a fixed barrier or device, used in manufacturing, distribution, and other industrial facilities to protect personnel, equipment, and inventory from hazards present in the workplace. Protective Guarding items range from fixed objects installed around articulating equipment, machinery, or material storage areas such as safety fence, netting, guard rail, and bollards to specialized switches designed to stop machine operation as well as safeguarding through visual or auditory aids.
At a new facility 40 miles south of Milwaukee, Niagara Bottling was looking to protect brand new equipment and create pedestrian walkways, as well as ensuring the site complied with OSHA standards for overall health and safety. “The key factors that drove Niagara to change its standard approach to protective barriers on recent projects were A-SAFE’s modular approach, damage-preventing design, and overall commercial competitiveness.”
A luggage screening facility needed a cost effective solution to replace sliding jersey barriers and protect walls from luggage cages and tugs. A-SAFE’s products solved both issues while reducing the amount of noise and maintenance previously caused by the original cement structures.
A custom made Height Restrictor was designed and built to solve a major safety risk for forklifts on both sides of a 2 story high double door. A-SAFE’s flexible barriers complied with FDA hygienic requirements and reduced the amount of repairs, replacements, and maintenance.
Eight O’Clock Coffee was looking to upgrade certain areas of their warehouse because steel was damaged and needed to be replaced. Looking to try something new for a more permanent solution, A-SAFE products were chosen and repair, replacement, and maintenance costs have been dramatically reduced.
A leading auto manufacturer was opening a new 450K Sqft parts center, which would house over 130 Personnel. It would be the center piece and the heartbeat of their aftermarket parts distribution for parts of the EU. The customer needed to ensure they protected staff, machinery, conveyor belts, racking, Doorways, car parts and the structure of the building. After using Armco barriers in the past, they wanted to eliminate the problem of replacing damaged barrier and reduce floor damage repair costs. Storing valuable car and motorcycle parts such as windshields, body panels and mirrors, it was essential that the protection chosen by the customer was of the highest standard.
A-SAFE Inc, a global leader in workplace efficiency and safety solutions, is revolutionising impact protection with the launch of its brand-new barrier range – including Active Technology. This integrated solution marks the latest evolution in safety technology.After years of dedicated re-engineering, re-design, and rigorous testing, A-SAFE has unveiled a breakthrough in safety-barrier technology, designed to deliver the highest level of protection available. Unlike traditional barriers, which are strongest in the middle but vulnerable near the posts, A-SAFE’s Total Performance technology redistributes impact forces across the entire system, eliminating weak points and drastically reducing repair costs and downtime.Before today, businesses were only able to detect impact if it was reported, if damage was visible upon inspection, or worse, after an accident. Now, A-SAFE’s Active Technology provides instant impact alerts, allowing teams to take immediate action, preventing further damage, and ensuring maximum uptime.Luke Smith, co-CEO of A-SAFE, says: “Introducing Active Technology in the brand-new A-SAFE Barrier range is more than a product launch - it’s a game changer for workplace safety. For too long, businesses have had to choose between performance, cost, and maintenance. We’ve solved that problem by adding in Active Technology, a high-performance safety system that delivers long-term financial benefits. By integrating active impact detection, energy-dissipating technology, and a simplified classification system, businesses can make data-driven safety decisions faster and more effectively than ever before.”From manufacturing floors to global logistics hubs, businesses face the daily challenge of keeping workers safe while maintaining efficiency. With Active Technology in their safety barriers, companies can finally eliminate guesswork, reduce downtime, and build a safer, smarter future – all while achieving a measurable return on investment.Luke Smith continues: “We are always looking at evolving our solutions to offer even greater flexibility and value for businesses worldwide. Future purchasing options will provide businesses with adaptable investment models, ensuring that companies of all sizes can access the latest in workplace safety technology in a way that best suits their operational and financial needs.”About A-SAFEA-SAFE is a global leader in workplace safety solutions.As the creator of the world's first industrial-strength polymer barrier safety system, innovation is at A-SAFE’s core. Supplying transformative safety tech to warehouses, factories, airports, and more, A-SAFE's impact spans the globe. With 17 subsidiaries across 65+ countries and partnerships with Nestlé, Coca-Cola, and others, A-SAFE's influence is unparalleled.To bolster safety across all industries, A-SAFE proudly sponsored and authored PAS13 – the world's first Code of Practice for Safety Barriers with the British Standards Institution.For further information, visit www.asafe.com.Contactsales@asafe.us
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Memaplex
A-SAFE iFlex
A-SAFE eFlex
A-SAFE Atlas
ForkGuard
FlexiShield
Alarm Bar
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RackGuard
Dock Gate
A-SAFE barriers for cold storage
RackEye
A-SAFE mFlex
Universal Swing Gate
Step Bumper
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