South India’s largest trade show for Occupational Health & Safety industry by UBM India

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.