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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
The Board of Certified Safety Profession- als recently announced the 2017 recipients of its most prestigious awards. Rich Bald- win, CSP; Brad Giles, CSP; Ann-Marie Grusch, CHST; and James Lange, CSP, ASP, OHST, STSC, received their awards during ASSE’s Safety 2017 conference. Giles, principal of Bradley Giles and Asso- ciates, received the BCSP Lifetime Achieve- ment Award, while Baldwin received the CSP Award of Excellence, Lange received the OHST Award of Excellence, and Grusch received the CHST Award of Excellence. . . . Doug Cowin has joined Stanley Consul- tants, Inc. as a business
development manager
in the firm’s energy and
environment market. His
focus will be solutions for
industrial, federal, state,
and municipal clients
throughout the Midwest
and supporting services
in power generation/transmission, trans- portation, and water/wastewater. Founded in 1913, Stanley Consultants (www.stan- leyconsultants.com) provides engineering, environmental and construction services worldwide. “Doug’s technical and commer- cial expertise meshes nicely with our stron- gest industrial markets,” said Tom Hickey, Stanley Consultants’ Energy and Environ- ment market leader. Cowin is a certified professional geologist and a member of the National Groundwater Association (NGWA) and Western Dredging Associa- tion (WEDA). . . . HHS Secretary Dr. Tom Price on July 7 appointed Brenda Fitzger- ald, M.D., as CDC director and adminis- trator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). She is the 17th director in CDC’s history, follow- ing Dr. Tom Frieden. Fitzgerald had been the commissioner of the Georgia Depart- ment of Public Health and the state health officer for the past six years. Also on July 7, as a result of Fitzgerald’s appointment, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal appointed Dr. J. Patrick O’Neal, who was director of Health Protection for the Georgia Depart- ment of Public Health, as the department’s interim commissioner. . . . Gasco, a lead- ing manufacturer of precision calibration gas, has relaunched its ecosmartTM return- able cylinder in recognition of the prod-
uct’s 10th anniversary, modifying the size of the cylinder and designing new pack- aging to emphasize the
significance of returning
cylinders to meet global
sustainability initia-
tives. . . . San Francisco-
based Sciens Building
Solutions, which pro-
vides fire detection and
security services, re-
cently appointed Michael Dawid as its chief financial officer, reporting directly to Sciens CEO Terry Heath. Dawid most recently was vice president of finance at Arconic, Inc.
Business Moves
■ Health & Safety Institute, a leader in environmental health and safety software, training, and compliance services, an- nounced June 13 the acquisition of Min- neapolis-based CLMI Safety Training, a provider of safety training videos and pro- grams. “The addition of a well-known com- pany like CLMI to the HSI family of com- panies represents a great opportunity, and we look forward to working closely with their team to expand our offerings to the market,” said HSI CEO Chad Birckelbaw.
“We are excited about the opportunity to become part of the HSI family of com- panies,” said Rick Pollock, president and CEO of CLMI. “HSI is a growing company with the same mission as CLMI of deliver- ing great service to customers, high-quality content, and industry-leading solutions.”
■ MSA Safety Inc. announced June 28 that it had entered into a definitive agree- ment to acquire Globe Holding Company, LLC, a Pittsfield, N.H.-based provider of firefighter apparel and boots, in an all- cash $215 million transaction. “Helping to keep firefighters safe has been a constant of MSA’s mission since the 1920s. With vir- tually no product overlap, this acquisition aligns extremely well with our corporation strategy,” said MSA Chairman and CEO William M. Lambert.
■ Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. an inter- national insurance brokerage and risk man- agement services firm headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Ill., announced on June 7 the acquisition of Total Reward Group in Kent, England. Founded in 2005, Total Re- ward Group is a UK consultancy offering
remuneration support, executive search, in- terim placement, and corporate training for reward professionals worldwide.
■ Rockford Systems, LLC (Rockford, IL, www.rockfordsystems.com), a leader in machine safeguarding technologies, an- nounced a new partnership with Lazersafe® by becoming an authorized distributor of the Lazersafe Sentinel Plus press brake guarding system.
■ Minneapolis-based Pace Analytical, a leader in environmental and life science testing, recently acquired ESC Lab Sciences (Mt Juliet, Tenn.) Peter Schulert, former CEO of ESC, is now in an executive role at Pace. ESC will continue to operate under the ESC name and is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pace Analytical, LLC.
Awards & Recognition
■ Nestlé recently received the 2017 Ver- dantix EHS Innovation Award in Food & Beverage at the Verdantix Summit event in Houston. Nestlé received the award for implementing UL EHS Sustainability safe- ty, health, and environmental sustainability software across its 1,400 facilities world- wide; the company has engaged more than 2,000 employees in the project.
MICHAEL DAWID
DOUG COWIN
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