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Industrial and Safety - Product safety and quality
The Industrial and Safety division is committed to providing
customers with safe products and had zero own-brand product recalls in 2024.
The division continues to improve standards and drive risk
mitigation protocols within its product quality and safety program. It
maintains accredited ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems accreditation in
Blackwoods, Bullivants, Coregas and Workwear Group, and ISO/IEC 17025 NATA
accreditation for laboratories for Coregas and Bullivants. Coregas also
maintains ISO 17034 general requirements for the competence of reference
material producers, as well as licences to produce medical gases, with all
filling sites rated at the highest level A1.
Blackwoods, NZ Safety Blackwoods and Workwear Group
independently certify selected own-brand products against required standards.
Most of these own-brand products are within the safety product range, which
includes apparel, footwear, hand protection and safety eyewear. Certification
from independent, accredited certifying bodies provides customers with assurance
of the business units’ compliance with manufacturing and product standards.
Coregas continues its participation in the ANZIGA Product
Stewardship working group.
Workwear Group has representation on the following Australian
Standards Committees: SF-053 Personal Protective Equipment and Clothing, SF-049
Firefighters Personal Protective Clothing and SF-050 High Visibility Clothing.
Customer engagement within the division remains integral within
the B2B and industrial customer market. Workwear Group continues its Trust and
Verification Audit Program which includes unannounced audits across the supply
chain. Blackwoods, Bullivants and NZ Safety Blackwoods continue to support
customer requests in supplier qualifications, of which having demonstrable
quality management systems are integral to continued business.