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PARAMOUNT SAFETY
ACQUIRES PRATT
Australian wholesale supplier
of personal safety solutions,
Paramount Safety Products has
acquired Pratt Safety Systems,
bringing the total number of
safety brands under its umbrella
to four.
Best known for its personal
protective equipment (PPE)
brand ProChoice Safety Gear, the
24-year-old Paramount Safety
has been experiencing significant
Australian and international
growth, particularly over the past
five years thanks to strong PPE
sales and a string of successful
business ventures.
These include the launch of LINQ
Height Safety Gear, SignViz Safety
Signs and the clinical research,
development and release of
industrial hydration and heat stress
solutions, THORZT.
The acquisition of the 40-year-
old Pratt Safety Systems
–
manufacturer of premium dangerous
goods storage systems, emergency
showers and eye wash stations
–
was a great fit for Paramount, says
managing director Tim Bird.
“Pratt was the market leader
in bringing emergency showers to
Australia and has lead the way with
a very high quality product all the
way through,” he says.
“Pratt actually has a signage
business too, which we will be
merging with SignViz.
“With our significant distribution
network throughout our five
warehouses in Australia and New
Zealand, we can now offer Pratt
products with next day delivery
to most areas in Australia and
New Zealand.”
The National Electrical and
Communications Association’s (NECA’s)
2016 Policy Statement has now been
released and made available on the
Association’s website.
The 2016 Statement builds upon
NECA’s inaugural statement in 2015,
adding five new policy themes and
expanding another to further grow the
electrical sector:
§Ŷ
Unfair contract terms.
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Renewable energy.
§Ŷ
Security of payments.
§Ŷ
Building and contents insurance.
§Ŷ
Home safety and energy audits.
§Ŷ
Competency-based wage
progression.
“This statement outlines 12 key policy
themes and makes 43 specific policy
recommendations. NECA believes these
recommendations will deliver a more
prosperous and effective electrical
contracting sector through the creation
of new employment opportunities,
increased safety and compliance
standards and a boost in growth for
our national economy, should they be
actioned by Government,” says NECA
chief executive Suresh Manickam.
The updated statement is now being
distributed to Federal Members
of Parliament.
Siemon has released a new
Zone
Cabling and Coverage Area Planning
Guide
that was developed to assist
designers and architects ensure flexible
zone cabling designs that provide
benefits within intelligent buildings.
The growing adoption of Internet of
Things (IoT) will be optimally supported
by a cabling design where low-voltage
building, network and security systems
are converged on a single IP network
infrastructure and powered by advanced
Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology.
Ideally suited for these converged
infrastructures, zone cabling
consists of horizontal cables run
from telecommunications rooms to
intermediate connection points housed
in zone enclosures typically placed in
the ceiling space. Cables from zone unit
enclosures connect directly to building
devices such as sensors, wireless access
points, cameras and digital signage or to
outlets serving any such device.
Combining these connections within
zone enclosures supports rapid, less
disruptive changes and reorganisation of
work areas while simplifying deployment
of new devices and applications.
“Deploying a zone cabling approach
that facilitates building device
connections within zone enclosures saves
significant cost for automated buildings
where a variety of low-voltage systems
are converging on a single unified physical
infrastructure,” says Siemon global sales
engineer Valerie Maguire.
“It’s important for those designing
these converged infrastructures to realise
the benefits of this highly economical and
functional standards-based design and to
understand how best to deploy it.”
The
Zone Cabling and Coverage Area
Planning Guide
explains the various
patterns that designers and architects
can use for effective arrangements of
coverage areas and their associated zone
enclosures. The guide also highlights best
practices for optimising device density,
scalability, and flexibility, and it covers
considerations for selecting cable media
and complying with industry standards.
NECAANNOUNCES 2016 POLICYSTATEMENT
SIEMONDEVELOPS PLANNINGGUIDE FORAUTOMATED INTELLIGENTBUILDINGS