OSH Chennai 2016 South India's largest trade show for Occupational Health & Safety industry by UBM India
by Shrutee K/DNS
Chennai,
June 2016: OSH Chennai 2016, South India's largest international
trade event catering to the occupational safety and health industry reiterated
the industry’s potential and roadmap in South India. The trade show
organized by UBM India successfully concluded on 10th June at Chennai Trade
Centre. The inaugural took place in the presence of Chief Guest, Shri.
Thiru K Kalaiannan, Additional Director, Directorate Industrial Safety and
Health, Government of Tamil Nadu; Guest of Honour, Shri V.V.G.Raju,
Regional Executive Director - Southern Region, Airport Authority of India; Key
Dignitaries, Shri A K Megharaj, Deputy Director General Mines Safety, Southern
Zone, Directorate Mines Safety, Government of India; Mr Karthikeya R. Reddy,
CEO & Director, Dickies India & ID Overseas Pvt. Ltd.; Mr Badrinath
Gulur, Director, Training & Capacity Building - Social Accountability
International (SAI); Mr. Varun Budhiraja, Director, Euro Safety Footwear, India
and Mr. Dr P.C.Ghosh, Director Retired (Physiology& Ergonomics), Central
Labour Institute, Mumbai and Mr. Yogesh Mudras, Managing Director, UBM India
amidst an august industry gathering.
The
two day event provided an industry platform for professionals across industries
to interact with global and domestic suppliers, safety experts, consultants,
manufacturers and distributors for quality solutions in the occupational safety
and health industry. Renowned companies such as Dickies India - ‘Presenting
Partner’; Euro Safety Footwear (India) Pvt. Ltd. - ‘Occupational Safety &
Health Partner’; Mallcom India Ltd; Venus Safety and Health Pvt Ltd; Acme
Safetywears Ltd; Accent Industries Ltd; Prolite Autoglo Ltd; Acme Fabrik Plast
Co; Lakeland Glove and Safety Apparels Pvt Ltd; Allied Safety Equipments Pvt
Ltd; JLG Industries; Aktion Safety Solutions Pvt Ltd; Tobit Engineers; Tej
Engineering; Prem Safety Works; Hetal International and NIST Institute Pvt.
Ltd. amongst others participated in this edition.
One
of the main highlights of the event was the two-day conference which brought
occupational safety to the forefront by experts from across the country and
leading international organizations, whilst discussing industry challenges and
global best practices. Topics of discussion at the conference ranged
from: ‘Building a culture of prevention in Occupational Safety and Health’;
Responsible Care – A comprehensive Safety System for Chemical Industries’,
‘Building Safety Leadership and Talent’; ‘Fire Safety Challenges in India’;
‘Construction Industry: Building a Proactive Safety Culture’ to ‘Workplace
Stress: A Collective Challenge’.
The
summit lined-up eminent speakers including Mr Birendra Verma, Joint President
& Group Head Safety, Aditya Birla Group; Mr Michael Sanderson, EHS
Head - Metro and Defence, Larsen and Toubro, Chennai; Ms Gitanjali J B,
Chairperson & Managing Director,
AUM
Hospitals ; Mr. R.A.Venkitachalam, Vice President, Public Safety, Underwriters
Laboratories Inc; Dr. Ashish Arora, Occupational Health Physician, Shell India;
Mr Shailesh Raval, Head-Health, Safety & Environment, Deepak Nitrite Ltd.
and Mr. JC Sekar, CEO, AcuiZen Technologies Singapore Pte. Ltd.
amongst many others. The interactive certified class room style workshop conducted by Mr Badrinath Gulur, Director, Training
& Capacity Building - Social Accountability International (SAI) was also
well received by the participants, where the overriding message was how to
encourage safety culture among the workforce and organizations.
Speaking
on the successful completion of OSH Chennai 2016, Mr. Yogesh Mudras, Managing
Director, UBM India said, “We echo industry’s advocacy of ensuring the
safety and health of the growing workforce in our country. To enhance quality
of life as a whole, Occupational Safety and Health is extremely important to
emerging economies. Applying and highlighting the importance of this sector has
become a necessity which in turn gives a huge opportunity to suppliers and
service providers from across the world to showcase their product and solution offerings.
UBM India met its objective for the 3rd edition of OSH Chennai by providing the
perfect platform to the industry in South India to realise this opportunity.”
Launches at OSH Chennai 2016
Dickies
India Leading global work wear brand ‘Dickies’, the ‘Presenting
Partner’ for OSH Chennai 2016 unveiled their new safety footwear and
performance occupational work wear line at the expo. Speaking on their launch and association with OSH
Chennai 2016 as Presenting Partners, Mr. Karthikeya R. Reddy, CEO &
Director, Dickies India said, “OSH India provides a great platform for
Dickies to introduce its products to Indian workers and we are glad to be the
Presenting Partners for this year’s edition too. We have introduced global
largest work wear brand to Indian workers and we believe OSH was great platform
for it. We launched our new safety footwear and performance occupational
work wear line at OSH Chennai in June’2016.”
Euro
Safety Footwear
Euro Safety
Footwear, the ‘Occupational Safety & Health Partner’ for OSH Chennai 2016
showcased their newly developed range of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE),
with promising products to cater to every kind of industry. Speaking on the launch and
their association with OSH Chennai 2016, Mr. Varun Budhiraja, Director, Euro
Safety Footwear (India) Pvt. Ltd., said, “We have been working on our new
product range for months now. When any new player enters a market, it follows
the ongoing trend and offers what people are already buying. What we have
offered is something new and what people would want to buy. Workers want
comfort, convenience, looks all wrapped up in a blanket of safety and this is
exactly what we have offered. OSH and Euro Safety Footwear have been
working together to spread awareness about occupational safety and
for the first time, we supported the expo as ‘Occupational Safety &
Health Partner’
to strengthen our beliefs. We must always remember that the money
saved today on compromising a worker’s safety is spent on fatality; what’s left
of it is the guilt."
Karam
KARAM launched Safe India Drive campaign which is
basically a mobile exhibition demo van as part of our continuous effort to
achieve worker safety. The KARAM Mobile Studio will be covering the entire
length and breadth of the country to generate safety awareness at work place. Being no.1 manufacturer of Fall Protection Equipment
& PPE and a one stop solution for safety consultancy the company felt
responsible to educate people and organisations about safety awareness and how
to best use the safety products that may help them to minimize the risks of
working at height & in Confined Spaces. This van will go to their door-step and will give them
a chance to see new innovative products, use fall protection equipment and
training on scaffolding followed by opportunity to witness a live Strength test
of their products. The entire program is scheduled for 90 minutes and can be
repeated multiple times in a day as per the customer’s satisfaction on product
training.
About UBM India
UBM India is India's leading
exhibition organizer that provides the industry with platforms that bring
together buyers and sellers from around the world, through a portfolio of
exhibitions, content led conferences & seminars. UBM India hosts over 25
large scale exhibitions and 40 conferences across the country every year;
thereby enabling trade across multiple industry verticals. A UBM Asia Company,
UBM India has offices across Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai. UBM Asia
is owned by UBM plc which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. UBM Asia is
the leading exhibition organizer in Asia and the biggest commercial organizer
in mainland China, India and Malaysia. For further details, please visit
ubmindia.in.
UBM India is India's leading exhibition organizer that provides the industry
with platforms that bring together buyers and sellers from around the world,
through a portfolio of exhibitions, content led conferences & seminars. UBM
India hosts over 25 large scale exhibitions and 40 conferences across the
country every year; thereby enabling trade across multiple industry verticals.
A UBM Asia Company, UBM India has offices across Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore
and Chennai. UBM Asia is owned by UBM plc which is listed on the London Stock
Exchange. UBM Asia is the leading exhibition organizer in Asia and the biggest
commercial organizer in mainland China, India and Malaysia. For further
details, please visit ubmindia.in
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