Rockwell Automation Opens its Call for Nominations for its First-Ever Manufacturing Safety Excellence Award
Recognize a company for exemplary manufacturing safety performance. Celebrate their commitment to worker safety. Acknowledge top-notch safety professionals.
What: Rockwell Automation Manufacturing Safety Excellence Award
Who: Any manufacturer that demonstrates a strong commitment to safety
When: Deadline - Aug. 31, 2013
Where: Award will be presented at the America's Safest Companies Conference Oct. 28 to 30 in Atlanta
Award Cost: FREE
Entry Form: http://ehstoday.com/rockwell-automation-manufacturing-excellence-award
As the number one global supplier of machinery safety systems1, Rockwell Automation is pleased to open nominations for the Manufacturing Safety Excellence Awards, celebrating the world's safest manufacturing companies - those with a strong safety culture, well-executed compliance procedures, and effective use of contemporary automation technology. The award will also recognize collaboration between environmental health and safety (EHS) departments and engineering departments to help ensure compliance, worker safety and increased productivity.
Entrants can range from end-user manufacturers to machine and equipment builders and system integrators, as long as they demonstrate a true commitment to safety.
Nomination forms must be submitted by Aug. 31, 2013 to swludwig@ra.rockwell.com or mailed to the following address:
Rockwell Automation
Attn: Steve Ludwig - Safety Excellence Award
1 Allen Bradley Drive
Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
For more information, visit http://ehstoday.com/rockwell-automation-manufacturing-excellence-award.
1 ARC Advisory Group, 2012. "Machine Safeguarding Solutions Worldwide Outlook Report: Market Analysis and Forecast Through 2016"
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell Automation employs over 22,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries.
Featured Product
TM Robotics - Shibaura Machine THE SCARA range
The THE range from Shibaura Machine is an extensive line up of SCARA robots. Available in four arm lengths THE400 (400mm), THE600 (600mm) and the most recent THE800 (800mm) and THE1000 (1000mm), this range is suitable for assembly, handling, inspection and pick and place processes in varied industrial applications. The THE1000 boasts a 20kg payload capacity and an impressive 0.44 second cycle time, providing high speeds for processes with large components. In fact, the range has been recognised for as the price-to-performance leader compared to other SCARA models in its price range due to its impressive speed versus payload capacity.