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INDUSTRY UPDATE
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ADVISORY BOARD
Leo J. DeBobes, MA (OH&S), CSP, CHCM, CPEA, CSC, EMT
Stony Brook University Medical Center Stony Brook, NY
Scott Lawson
The Scott Lawson Companies Concord, N.H.
Angelo Pinheiro, CSP, CRSP, CPEA
Senior HES Professional Marathon Oil Company Houston, Texas
William H. Weems, DrPH, CIH
Director, Environmental & Industrial Programs University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Henry Wright, MBA, CFPS
Senior Vice President & Director — Risk Solutions BB&T Insurance Services Inc. Charlotte, N.C.
EMERITUS
Barry R. Weissman, MBA
Green Valley, Ariz.
On the Move
Shown at the grand opening, from left, are Sean Kane, director, Corporate Strategy & Business Development; Vince Palumbo, metallurgist; Bill Kulis, facilities manager; Mike Chrysosferidis, project engineer; Scott Lagocki, MCLS technical lead; Jim Steele, R&D scientist; and Al Romano, director of Advancing Technologies.
Farmington, Conn.-based Mott Corpora- tion (www.mottcorp.com), a high precision filtration company, recently celebrated the grand opening of a new Rapid Prototype Manufacturing Cell. The cell enables quick prototype development of next-generation technology, including technology for chro- matography labs made by incorporating 3D printing. An employee-owned company, Mott manufactures products for a range of industries and applications, including the next generation of smartphone manufac- turing, new methods for safely processing chemicals, improving beer and wine fer- mentation, and filtering bacteria from the NASA Mars rover, and the cell is expected to increase the speed to innovation for these industries. . . . Linda Babiak joined as an account manager in the
Construction Group at
New Day Underwriting
Managers LLC, (www. newdayunderwriting.
com) a Hamilton, N.J.-
based specialty interme-
diary of environmental
and construction-related
professional liability insurance coverages. Babiak is responsible for providing detailed risk management and insurance informa- tion to New Day’s agents, brokers, and cus- tomers nationwide. “Linda’s professional background and intense desire to support clients are assets that we value highly at New Day,” said Jeff Slivka, the company’s president. “Her in-depth property line ex- perience offers another layer of industry understanding that furthers our ability to responsively meet customer needs with the
highest level of professionalism, insight, and sound strategic guidance.” Prior to joining New Day, Babiak spent the past 30 years supporting the property and casualty lines of business at insurance firms based throughout southern and central New Jersey. . . . Camfil Air Pollution Control promoted Graeme Bell to the position of vice president for Camfil
APC Americas, saying
Bell will relocate from
Europe to Camfil APC’s
corporate headquarters
in Jonesboro, Ark. and
will hold full responsibili-
ty for the manufacturing,
technical, and training
facility there, as well as North and South American sales operations for the com- pany’s dust, mist and fume collection prod- ucts. “I very much look forward to leading the Camfil APC business in the Americas and delivering substantial growth in line with our global strategic initiatives,” said Bell, who reports to Christian Debus, global executive vice president of Camfil APC. Bell previously was vice president of Camfil APC Europe, where he handled UK, German, and Czech operations. . . . C. Christopher Patton, CSP, ASP, began his term as president of the Board of Certified Safety Professionals’ Board of Directors in January 2017. Also elected as officers on the 2017 board are Linda F. Martin, CSP, ASP, OHST, CHST, STSC, CET, Vice President; and Patricia C. Cruse, CSP, CET, Treasurer, and BCSP also welcomed V. Raymond Ferrara, CFP, and Jim S. Kreinbrink, CSP, CIC, who have joined the board this year. Pat- ton is the Senior Technical Advisor, ES&H for UT-Battelle at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a past president of ASSE. Martin is the Corporate Safety Director for Bay Crane, an adjunct faculty mem- ber at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Uni- versity, and a faculty member at Colum- bia Southern University. Cruse, who has continued to serve as treasurer this year, has more than 35 years’ experience in industrial hygiene, product stewardship, training, and occupational safety. She is a Safety and Health Manager for Evergreen Packaging. BCSP expressed its thanks to James A. Gentry and Jack H. Dobson, Jr., CSP, who completed their terms as board members in 2016.
Michigan Welcomes
Self-Driving Vehicles
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill into law on Dec. 9, 2016, that allows self-driving vehicles on the state’s roads, where before only testing of those vehicles by manufac- turers was permitted. Snyder signed it with a Model-T Ford on one side and a self-driv- ing Fusion on the other at the Automotive Hall of Fame Museum in Dearborn.
“Michigan put the world on wheels, and now we are leading the way in trans- forming the auto industry,” he said. “We are becoming the mobility industry, shaped around technology that makes us more aware and safer as we’re driving. By recog- nizing that and aligning our state’s policies as new technology is developed, we will continue as the leader the rest of the world sees as its biggest competition.” Safety re- quirements that pertain to the testing of autonomous vehicles will apply to autono- mous vehicle operation, and the law allows for automated vehicle platoons, where ve- hicles travel together at electronically coor- dinated speeds, and authorizes on-demand autonomous vehicle networks. It also es- tablishes the Michigan Council on Future Mobility within the Michigan Department of Transportation to make future recom- mendations on statewide policy.
The new law allows testing of vehicles
GRAEME BELL
LINDA BABIAK
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MOTT CORPORATION
NEW DAY UNDERWRITING MANAGERS LLC
CAMFIL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL