And the winner is...
May 26th 2009 Polyco has been awarded the prestigious BSIF Product Innovation Award for its unique, knitted cut level 5 glove, Metallica. The award was announced by David Lummis of the BSIF at the Awards Presentation on the opening day of the Safety & Health Expo 2009, which took place in Birmingham last week.
The awards were presented at the Products & Innovations Hub, with a high standard of finalists attending. The 12 finalists had to meet stringent criteria, reflecting the highest standards of innovation and excellence in improving occupational health & safety, and it was therefore with great pleasure that Bernard Garvey, Polyco’s Technology Director, accepted the award.
“We are extremely pleased with the award, it is a tremendous accolade,” commented Garvey. “We developed Metallica™ as an easy to use alternative to the widely used chainmail gloves, to be used in industries where high level cut resistance and dexterity is equally important. Using a unique technology to create a lightweight but robust design, Metallica™ has proven to be a great success and we are delighted that our efforts have been recognised by such a respected industry body”.
There were six awards given for the category of Product Innovation. Keytools received a Highly Commended award with its Cleankeys innovation, as did JSP Ltd with its Necprotech product. The three Commended Awards went to Centurion Safety Products, Sperian Protection Ltd and Kimberly-Clark Professional for their entries.
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