A-SAFE, THE global leader in advanced polymer safety guardrails, barriers, and bollards, has been recognised with an esteemed Red Dot Award for Product Design 2024 for its Industry 4.0-ready, active racking management product RackEye, powered by its IoT safety and efficiency platform, Conek.
When A-SAFE invented the world’s first flexible, polymer-based barrier in 2001 it transformed health and safety and barrier protection in the industrial workplace.
The core properties of A-SAFE barriers then, remain in place today – on impact from a workplace vehicle, A-SAFE barriers flex, absorb 80% of the impact forces, then reform to their original state.
This principle alone saves companies vast amounts on their health and safety budgets. Replacement barriers, manpower and downtime are greatly reduced and the ultra-low maintenance properties of the MemaplexTM polymer (no repainting, non-scratch, non-corrosive, no substrate repairs) means the return on investment is increased even further – and is fast and permanent.
When A-SAFE barriers were installed in the baggage handling area in Gatwick Airport, barrier maintenance and replacement costs were cut from £100,000 per year, to just £3,000 over a five-year period.
iFlex
In 2016, A-SAFE launched the iFlex barrier range, enhancing the company commitment to protect people and property in the industrial workplace:
Posts are now 400% stronger and rails 60% stronger and longer, creating a safer, more economical system.
A built-in modularity gives customers ultimate flexibility, allowing barriers to move or adapt as a facility changes.
Hygiene seals and an absence of ingress points are revolutionary for sensitive manufacturing industries such as food and drink or pharmaceutical.
A multi-directional capability allows the barriers to fit better and more economically in to any facility, removing the hard angles that can often be the cause of accidents.
In addition to improved safety, A-SAFE barriers carry other benefits which can improve the performance of a facility and offer an even stronger return on investment:
A well-protected, well-organised, modern looking facility not only protects a business’s assets, it reassures and invigorates the personnel, boosting productivity and morale in the process.
A seamless, streamlined exterior combines with a uniform cylindrical design to create an organised aesthetic appeal for modern workplaces.
A carbon footprint reduction of 450% over steel equivalents, taking into account the manufacturing processes, reduced maintenance demands and vastly decreased need for replacement barriers.
Industries
A-SAFE products are for use in most industrial environments, including: warehousing, factories, facilities management, airports, car parks, food and drink manufacturing, pharmaceutical, automotive manufacturing, cold storage, distribution centres, retail outlets, rail, transport depots and more.
Fully Tested & Compliant
All A-SAFE barriers are fully tested in-house using in-depth FEA analysis on independently-approved equipment so they meet – and surpass – all relevant regulations.
A-SAFE use a scientific understanding of the impact forces created by workplace vehicles at different speeds, loads and angles in order to always install barriers that are fit for purpose.
A-SAFE Clients
Some of A-SAFE’s clients are: Amazon, Unilever, Nestlé, 3M, IKEA, BMW, Jaguar Landrover, Lego, Caterpillar, UPS, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Smurfit Kappa, Proctor and Gamble, MARS, Kimberly Clark, Kuehne + Nagel, Volkswagen.
Awards & Accolades
2014 – The Queen’s Award for International Trade
2015 – The iF Award for innovation for the iFlex RackGuard
2015 – A-SAFE were placed #33rd in The Sunday Times Top 100 of the fastest growing UK SME exporters
2016 – iFlex barrier range won the iF Award in the Industry/Skilled Trades category
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A-SAFE, the company which provides innovative polymer based barriers to the health and safety barrier industry, has been honoured with a prestigious award for its latest RackEye invention.
A-Safe’s award winning iFlex Barrier System was on show at the 2016/17 iF Design Exhibition in Hamburg.
International safety barrier company, A-SAFE has launched a competition to find out when people believe health and safety has been taken too far, after research found two thirds of Brits flout the H&S rules in their workplace.
From humorous ‘wet floor’ signs on the beach to absurd toilet symbols, entries have flooded in for A-SAFE’s competition to find what the public perceive to be the most unusual health and safety signs in the UK.
Dundee-based Graeme Madden, Safety Manager at Michelin will present alongside A-SAFE at Safer Logistics Scotland at the Glasgow SEC on May 3-4.
A-SAFE is celebrating a month of achievements after winning an Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Award at the recent Made in the UK event, where they received recognition for exceptional sales growth and inventing new damage detection product, RackEye.
A-SAFE has been shortlisted for two coveted design awards – for Design Team of the Year for new racking damage detection solution RackEye at the British Engineering Excellence Awards and Innovation & Design at the MX Manufacturing Awards.
A-Safe is thrilled to announce its second Queen’s Award win. The company said: “This highly sought-after award is a mark of quality for British businesses. A seal of approval that speaks volumes about a company. To win the award twice is a great honour.”
Having entered three categories of the 2018 TMMX Awards; West Yorkshire Manufacturer and workplace safety barrier innovators, A-Safe, has been shortlisted across the board.
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Workplace safety innovator, A-SAFE, has been recognised for its achievements in export at the annual TMMX Awards delivered by The Manufacturer in association with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
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A-SAFE has made the HSBC International Track 200 league table for the second year running. After achieving 68% average international sales growth over two years, the safety barrier expert achieved place 78, outranking their previous position of 82.
A-SAFE has been presented the Queen’s Award for International Trade for the second time. The company welcomed the Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire to its manufacturing headquarters to unveil the commemorative plaque and Queen’s Award crystal bowl in recognition of A-SAFE’s outstanding achievement.
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