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Guardian is pleased to introduce the latest addition to its patented Quick-Switch® hands-free tool tether system family, the Quick-Switch® Tool Transfer Station.The Quick-Switch® Tool Transfer Station is a highly portable and easily installed storage solution that features five permanently attached Quick-Switch® Docks and two D-ring connection points for storing multiple tools securely. Quick-Switch® Docks offer 100% tool connection during tool transfer to eliminate the possibility of dropped tools.Constructed from durable ballistic nylon for extended service life, the Quick-Switch® Tool Transfer Station attaches securely to a variety of structures, using extra-strength hook and loop material. The deep front pocket keeps tools contained and ready for use between multiple users.&nbsp;“The Tool Transfer Station was developed based on end-user input with an eye toward maximizing the functionality of our revolutionary Quick-Switch® system, and highlights our commitment to create unique dropped-object prevention solutions for workers at height. Its straight-forward design embodies the characteristics that are at the heart of all we do: simplicity, durability and 360-degree thinking. We are excited to further expand our Quick-Switch® offering and will continue to innovate new products that make working at height simpler.” said Judd Perner, Director of Product &amp; Engineering &nbsp;The product excels in any work area where a falling tool could cause an injury (scaffolding, ladders, lifts, etc.) by allowing users to easily switch tools at height without risk of drops. When not in use, simply fold the Quick-Switch® Tool Transfer Station in half to securely store or transport tools to the next jobsite.The Quick-Switch® Tool Transfer Station launches in the US on May 10th and will be available in Guardian’s other markets late Summer 2022.Click <a href="https://guardianfall.com/product/quick-switch-tool-transfer-station" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a> to visit the Quick-Switch® Tool Transfer Station product page.&nbsp;For more information contact:Jackie Gyoerkoe<a href="mailto:v_jackie.gyoerkoe@guardianfall.com">v_jackie.gyoerkoe@guardianfall.com</a>+1 (773) 398-2270About Guardian Fall Guardian is the world’s largest independent fall protection and prevention partner. With design, manufacturing, height safety training and engineered system experts across North America and the UK, it serves partners around the globe with a 360-degree height safety offer.

Guardian Introduces New Quick-Switch® Tool Transfer Station in US 

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Following the launch of its new brand positioning at the Las Vegas World of Concrete exhibition in January, Height Safety specialist Guardian has released new brand and category videos to further evidence and embed its commitment to simplifying safety at height.Developed following extensive user research, the positioning is built around the core truth that Guardian’s 360-degree height safety offer makes it simpler for users to keep their wearers safe at height.The brand video uses the ‘sounds of safety’ to dramatize the experience of working at height. The sounds of snap hooks connecting, cables deploying, feet climbing a ladder are layered together to create an increasingly noisy backdrop, while the camera pans between at-height working environments – from construction site to warehouse to wind turbine. A voiceover articulates the Guardian belief that “when the stakes are at their highest, we think safe should be simple.”The animated category video has been designed to demonstrate the 360-degree nature of Guardian’s expanded offer, following the consolidation of the Stronghold, Ty-Flot and Checkmate brands under the Guardian banner in the summer of 2021. The voiceover opens by setting up the brand belief that “simple is one sole focus, one trusted partner and complete protection from every angle.”. The visual simplicity of the animation counterpoints with the depth of expertise and experience that underpins Guardian’s deep and focused height safety offer.“’Height Safety. Simplified.’ is a clear and simple articulation of our safety mission. We feel that our new brand video brings to life the challenges that our 360-degree offer enables us to address – the complexity and high stakes nature of the work our users take on, every day, in all they do. Our animated category film demonstrates the focus, clarity and connectivity that we bring to our partners in a bold and fresh way,” comments Guardian CEO, Jeff Ward.Guardian partnered with specialist communications agency OTM to develop both videos.&nbsp; Andrew Ward, ECD at OTM comments; “Guardian’s brief to us was an exciting one. To cut through the noise and bring to life their mission to make safe simple. The team worked to turn simplicity into a powerful creative device, as well as the focus of our message. This is one more step on Guardian’s journey, with the new global website to follow very soon.”The website launch will be followed by further developments to the product range and the services offer throughout 2022 – all driven by the mission to make safe simple.Both films are available in English, Spanish and with subtitles – subscribe to Guardian’s Youtube channel to find out more. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/c/Guardianfall">www.youtube.com/c/Guardianfall</a> &nbsp;See the new Guardian videos here:English <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAQ0095p1hA">Guardian – Height Safety. Simplified</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4YBkNPf7Xo">360-Degrees of Height Safety by Guardian®</a> Español <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpPbIfXND5c">Guardian - Seguridad en Altura. Simplificada.</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pkL1GbmHz4">360 grados de Seguridad en altura por Guardian®</a>&nbsp;The NEW&nbsp; <a href="http://www.guardianfall.com/">www.guardianfall.com</a> launches in early April 2022.For more information contact: Jackie Gyoerkoe <a href="mailto:v_jackie.gyoerkoe@guardianfall.com">v_jackie.gyoerkoe@guardianfall.com</a> +1 (773) 398-2270About Guardian Fall Guardian is the world’s largest independent fall protection and prevention partner. With design, manufacturing, height safety training and engineered system experts across North America and the UK, it serves partners around the globe with a 360-degree height safety offer.

Height Safety. Simplified. Guardian brand and category videos bring new positioning to life

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Guardian, the world’s largest independent fall protection and prevention company, announced today that it is partnering with The Blueprint Corporation to assist in supporting the company’s sales and services in the southeast region of the US.&nbsp; The two companies will bring their shared vision and passion for safety together to provide the Southeast region with Guardian’s best in class product and support solutions designed to keep workers safe at height. The partnership goes into effect on March 1, 2022.“It’s my honor and privilege to announce our new partnership with The Blueprint Corporation in the Southeast”, said Jonathan Hart, Business Development Manager. &nbsp;“Together, we will be dedicated to educating the work-force and aim to be the users’ first choice for their 360 degrees height safety needs. Our shared goal is to help more end users across the region understand, create, and implement safe practices for the inevitable fall hazards that exist in their day-to-day applications. In turn, this will help us continue to support our valued channel partners and together we will provide optimal service levels.”Headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, The Blueprint Corporation has been dedicated to providing safety solutions for workers in America for over 25 years.&nbsp; With outside sales, inside sales support, business development, and marketing departments, the organization will support Guardian in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states.Darric Miller, President of The Blueprint Corporation commented, “Here at The Blueprint, our sole mission is to help American workers return home safely to their families every day. Partnering with Guardian, the industry’s leader in first-class 360-degree height safety, allows us to help create safer working environments where the sky is quite literally the only limit.”For more information on Guardian, please visit <a href="https://www.guardianfall.com/">https://www.guardianfall.com/</a>For more information on The Blueprint Corporation, please see &nbsp;<a href="https://www.teamblueprint.com/">https://www.teamblueprint.com/</a>

Guardian partners with the Blueprint Corporation in the southeast and mid-Atlantic United States  

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Guardian, the world’s largest independent fall protection and prevention company, is pleased to announce Jeff Wilder as its new SVP Sales and Services for the Americas. In his new role, Wilder will be responsible for leading the company’s commercial team, including sales, business development, engineered systems, support and training throughout North, Central, and South America.Wilder joins Guardian with a wealth of experience in industrial and construction products and services. Most recently, Jeff led sales for Hempel, a leading coatings manufacturer in the Marine, Oil &amp; Gas, Rail, Infrastructure, Wind and Industrial segments. Prior to that, he spent almost 14 years at Hilti leading both large sales divisions and business unit strategy. Jeff holds a degree in Management from Southern Polytechnic State University.“We are thrilled to have Jeff join the Guardian team”, said Jeff Ward, Guardian CEO. “We have been impressed with Jeff’s track record of optimizing commercial strategy to grow and strengthen customer partnerships and deliver strong results. His experience in sales process excellence make him an ideal choice in carrying out Guardian’s 360-degree Height Safety commercial strategies.”Of his new role at Guardian, Wilder commented “I am excited to join the Guardian team. I’m inspired by the company’s purpose of making safe simple. I look forward to ensuring this purpose is actualized in all our work with customers and key stakeholders.”Wilder resides in Houston and will be based out of Guardian’s Headquarters and home of the company’s new Design and Innovation Center in Pasadena, TX. Says Ward, “We are excited for Jeff’s help to further shape the customer experience in Houston, as well lead the commercial efforts in further advancing partnerships and programs aimed at keeping workers safe at height.”For more information contact: Jackie Gyoerkoe <a href="mailto:v_jackie.gyoerkoe@guardianfall.com">v_jackie.gyoerkoe@guardianfall.com</a> +1 (773) 398-2270About Guardian Fall Guardian is the world’s largest independent fall protection and prevention partner. With design, manufacturing, height safety training and engineered system experts across North America and the UK, it serves partners around the globe with a 360-degree height safety offer.

Guardian announces Jeff Wilder as new SVP Sales and Services for the Americas

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HOUSTON, TX, USA, January 12, 2022 — Height safety specialist Guardian launches its new brand positioning at the World of Concrete show in Las Vegas this month. The relaunch follows the consolidation of the Stronghold, Ty-Flōt and Checkmate brands under the Guardian banner in the summer of 2021.The positioning has been developed following extensive user research and is built around the core truth that Guardian’s 360-degree height safety offer makes it simpler for customers to keep their workers safe at height. Spanning fall protection, dropped object prevention, foreign material exclusion, engineered systems, and certified training, Guardian now acts as a single source for all height safety needs, backed up by fully integrated expert customer service.“’Height safety. Simplified.’ is a brilliantly straightforward articulation of our safety mission. Born out of the belief that safe should be simple, we make complexity our enemy every day, in all we do,” comments Guardian CEO, Jeff Ward.“We combine the scale to make things happen with the agility to flex, respond and move at pace. Our range offers an unrivalled blend of breadth and depth – with products, services, training, and support designed around our users’ needs.”The World of Concrete booth will feature a preview of the brand’s new website, along with two new brand videos and includes a 360-degree Height Safety Insights Room where users can experience and provide feedback on products that are currently in development.Launching next month, the new website has been designed to embody the brand’s simplicity mission. Pulling together the full product range in one place, it will feature multiple tools designed to help visitors compare, select, and customize their height safety system, as well as the option to book custom training or ask for expert advice. The site will be fully regionalized and videos will be available in both English and Spanish languages.Ward continues, “Height safety is what we do. Height safety is all we do. So, we think it’s our job to constantly go further to ensure the users of our products return home safely at the end of the day. We’re excited about the new initiatives we have in the pipeline for 2022 and excited to continue working closely with our users and partners to make safe simple together.”&nbsp;The NEW <a href="https://www.guardianfall.com/">guardianfall.com</a> website launches in February 2022.For more information contact: Jackie Gyoerkoe <a href="mailto:v_jackie.gyoerkoe@guardianfall.com">v_jackie.gyoerkoe@guardianfall.com</a> +1 (773) 398-2270&nbsp;About Guardian Fall Guardian is the world’s largest independent fall protection and prevention partner. With design, manufacturing, height safety training and engineered system experts across North America and the UK, it serves partners around the globe with a 360-degree height safety offer.Visit us at World of Concrete - West Hall - Booth #4241

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Height Safety. Simplified. Guardian launches new positioning at World of Concrete show

Guardian is delighted to announce that our CEO, Jeff Ward, has received the ‘Rising CEO Award’ from CEO Monthly. An internationally respected publication, CEO Monthly regularly shines a light on the greatest and brightest business leaders from around the world.Jeff Ward is highlighted as playing an integral role in the harmonization of multiple acquisitions into a single organization, Guardian, making it the largest independent fall protection and prevention brand. Whether working at heights, securing dropped objects, providing custom engineering solutions, or offering industry leading training, Guardian takes a 360-degree approach to keeping its customers safe.Jeff responded, “Although this award kindly recognizes me, it is really a team award. It was clear that the reason for the award was very much driven by our hard work this year to consolidate around the Guardian brand and promote, hire, and develop some awesome safety experts. In my discussions with CEO Monthly, they clearly recognized our ambition and our bright future. Another great award for Guardian.”

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Guardian is delighted to announce that our CEO, Jeff Ward, has received the ‘Rising CEO Award’ from CEO Monthly. An internationally respected publication, CEO Monthly regularly shines a light on the greatest and brightest business leaders from around the world.Jeff Ward is highlighted as playing an integral role in the harmonization of multiple acquisitions into a single organization, Guardian, making it the largest independent fall protection and prevention brand. Whether working at heights, securing dropped objects, providing custom engineering solutions, or offering industry leading training, Guardian takes a 360-degree approach to keeping its customers safe.Jeff responded, “Although this award kindly recognizes me, it is really a team award. It was clear that the reason for the award was very much driven by our hard work this year to consolidate around the Guardian brand and promote, hire, and develop some awesome safety experts. In my discussions with CEO Monthly, they clearly recognized our ambition and our bright future. Another great award for Guardian.”

Jeff Ward, named 2021 Rising CEO Award Winner

Height Safety specialist Guardian has announced the latest in a series of initiatives aiming to drive speed of innovation and further embed user insights at the heart of its design processes. Its new state-of-the-art Design and Innovation Center will open in Houston, TX – situated nearby the world class Testing Facility, Training Center and the businesses’ largest Manufacturing Facility – creating a true 360-degree height safety offer in a single US location. The initiative will encourage regular customer visits to enable collaborative dialogue throughout the design, engineering, testing and training process – allowing unique product insight and facilitating unrivaled responsiveness to customers' needs. The location nearby the key manufacturing and testing facilities is part of a strategic initiative to improve speed-to-market, recognizing customers’ needs for fast and focused innovation in a rapidly changing landscape.

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Height Safety specialist Guardian has announced the latest in a series of initiatives aiming to drive speed of innovation and further embed user insights at the heart of its design processes. &nbsp;Its new state-of-the-art Design and Innovation Center will open in Houston, TX – situated nearby the world class Testing Facility, Training Center and the businesses’ largest Manufacturing Facility – creating a true 360-degree height safety offer in a single US location. &nbsp;The initiative will encourage regular customer visits to enable collaborative dialogue throughout the design, engineering, testing and training process – allowing unique product insight and facilitating unrivaled responsiveness to customers' needs. &nbsp;The location nearby the key manufacturing and testing facilities is part of a strategic initiative to improve speed-to-market, recognizing customers’ needs for fast and focused innovation in a rapidly changing landscape.

New Houston Based Design & Innovation Center Announced

Guardian is pleased to announce the Quick Switch® Tool Transfer System has received the Highly Commended recognition for Product Innovation from the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF), the UK’s leading trade body for the safety industry.&nbsp;Each year, BSIF recognizes outstanding efforts of safety industry leaders in four categories: Product Innovation, Service, Safety Solutions, and Water Pollution Prevention.Guardian Head of Sales in Europe, MEA &amp; APAC, Peter Styth, who demonstrated the unique capabilities of the Quick Switch® to the panel of BSIF judges, said of its inspiration: “Every year, Dropped Objects cause hundreds of deaths and tens of thousands of lost hours due to injury. With the Quick Switch® Tool Transfer System, we can bring those figures down dramatically. The Guardian team devotes ourselves to creating a habit of excellence in which increased safety is the ultimate indicator of our success.”

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Guardian is pleased to announce the Quick Switch® Tool Transfer System has received the Highly Commended recognition for Product Innovation from the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF), the UK’s leading trade body for the safety industry. &nbsp;Each year, BSIF recognizes outstanding efforts of safety industry leaders in four categories: Product Innovation, Service, Safety Solutions, and Water Pollution Prevention.Guardian Head of Sales in Europe, MEA &amp; APAC, Peter Styth, who demonstrated the unique capabilities of the Quick Switch® to the panel of BSIF judges, said of its inspiration: “Every year, Dropped Objects cause hundreds of deaths and tens of thousands of lost hours due to injury. With the Quick Switch® Tool Transfer System, we can bring those figures down dramatically. The Guardian team devotes ourselves to creating a habit of excellence in which increased safety is the ultimate indicator of our success.”

Quick-Switch® Receives BSIF Highly Commended Recognition

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Bringing the Pure Safety Group’s family of brands under one banner, Guardian helps offer clients around the world an unrivalled range of fall protection and prevention solutions to allow them to operate safely at height.Prior to May 2021, the US-based Pure Safety Group had a family of Ty-Flōt, Checkmate, HART and Guardian. Each of these brands possessed its own proven pedigree. Guardian, for instance, boasted scale and expertise in US fall protection, while Checkmate was able to call upon cutting edge fall protection design and innovation with a UK manufacturing, training, and design center, and Ty-Flōt was a pioneer in dropped object prevention and foreign material exclusion.“In May of this year,” explains CEO Jeff Ward, “we took the decision to combine everything under the Guardian banner. As a result, the expanded Guardian is now the world’s largest independent fall protection and prevention brand, working under a shared vision to blend scale, agility and 360-degree thinking in order to make it easier than ever for our partners to operate safely at height.”As a result of the aforementioned decision, Guardian and its 400 directly employed safety experts is able to offer design, manufacturing, height safety training, and engineered systems across North America and the UK, serving its partners with a 360-degree height safety offer. “We supply our range of fall protection, dropped object prevention and foreign material exclusion products through distribution partners who serve construction and general industry specification and health &amp; safety experts,” Jeff adds. “Our height safety training offer is a blend of in class, on-site or online, which we can design around our client’s specific needs, while our engineered systems offer is one where we can design, supply and maintain fall arrest systems. This holistic offer aims to help clients take all the complexity and hassle out of height safety.”

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Brand strengthSpeaking further about the rebranding of the business, Jeff provides us with additional insight into the thinking behind this significant decision. “To leverage the full potential of the acquired businesses is to understand deeply the unique strength each one brings,” he states. “We are fortunate that each business brought with it unique talent and expertise, and our recent move to Guardian highlights our passion to be one unified company rather than a group of companies. We are better together, and it is our strong belief that our simplification and unification can help further reduce fatal falls from height and help workers get on with what’s important to them. Our recent (January 2021) end user research told us that the Guardian brand was not only our strongest brand, but the strongest brand in the US construction and general industry space overall.”Today, the Guardian business possesses manufacturing capabilities in the United States, Canada, and in the UK. “In these locations, we manufacture self-retracting devices, anchors, body harnesses, and lanyards to name just a few products,” Jeff details. “Every brake we place into a self-retract device, or stitch we put into a harness, is done with precision and pride as we all know these are made to potentially save or rescue someone’s life. We have some special patents in the company that also rely on our ability to be flexible in our manufacturing capabilities. We actually have over 400 design and utility patents.“One good example is our FABX self-retracting lifelines, which are the only ones that have a modular, sealed brake built-in. They are also the only devices of their kind in the world that have computer-aiding torquing. Each one can be calibrated to control the brake like a bike or a car. We have a few torque machines built specifically for us and operators are constantly optimizing each and every brake. This has all been driven by the insight that competitor brakes were fading over time. If they are not sealed and modular, they can absorb grease and moisture, and they become much more difficult and inconsistent to service.”In terms of product development, the business is currently experiencing a lot of momentum around its Dropped Object Prevention product range. “In the last 12 months, we have adapted our Quick-Switch product, and begun introducing this into markets outside of the United States,” Jeff says. “This is an amazing, patented innovation that is the only design in the world that allows 100 percent tool connection during use and storage. As anyone with experience will tell you, changing tools at height is a nightmare – long, cumbersome, unsafe, and impractical – but this product changes all that, and really changes the game.“We have also just introduced globally our Dropped Object Prevention kits, which are trade specific kits that conveniently put everything you need in one pack with a nice point of purchase unit. We have one for steelworkers, one for scaffolders, as so forth. We are all about taking the complexity out of working at height, and we have a lot more exciting innovations on the way, a number of which we look forward to showcasing in Las Vegas at the World of Concrete show in January 2022!”&nbsp;

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Improved serviceBuoyed by the rebranding of the business, Guardian is now also embarking upon ambitious plans to expand its operations globally and into new sectors. “In the United States, our core source of revenue remains the construction market,” Jeff details. “We are also now pursuing opportunities to expand more into general industry – working with companies in manufacturing, distribution, etc. Meanwhile, from our UK base, we are keen to expand into Europe and the Middle East. We are improving our language capabilities and product offering and have just started appointing some new distribution partners in these regions. In the last few months, for example, we have cemented partnerships in the GCC, Spain, Holland, Sweden, and beyond, and we have also established new training partnerships in Europe.”In spite of numerous challenges faced by Guardian over the last 12 months – from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic to unprecedented supply chain difficulties created by long lead times, and rising material and freight costs – it has refused to lie down. “We have worked incredibly hard to mitigate a lot of these challenges for our customers, and this has resulted in us actually improving upon our service levels verses 2020,” Jeff declares. “This has been noticed within our net promoter score measures, and I could not be any prouder of the resilience that we have displayed.”Looking to build upon this further, Jeff has a clear vision of what the short and medium-term future holds for Guardian. “From January 2022, our clients and peers can expect to see a brand that is anchored in user insight and leverages its digital channels to inform and enable our partners, that makes a sustained investment in specialist roles in order to cultivate even deeper expertise, and that is powered by operational excellence and ongoing improvements.“Further ahead – in three-to-five years’ time – I expect Guardian’s unrivalled brand awareness levels to have further strengthened in our home market of the United States, and for it to have extended further across the world. We have continually launched unique products and services that make it simpler for our partners to operate at height, and we continue to collect customer and industry awards for solving some of height safety’s thorniest problems. We have likely doubled in annual revenues, but we have achieved this through complete dedication and a focus on height safety, and not by getting distracted with anything else.”

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Manufacturing Today Issue 190 <a href="https://manufacturing-today.com/profiles/guardian/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://manufacturing-today.com/profiles/guardian/</a>View issue here: <a href="https://issuu.com/schofieldpublishingltd/docs/mt190/84" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://issuu.com/schofieldpublishingltd/docs/mt190/84</a>

A Head for Heights

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HOUSTON, TX, USA, May 17, 2021 – Pure Safety Group has announced that its family of height safety brands –Stronghold by PSG, Ty-Flōt, Checkmate, and HART–have all been brought under the Guardian banner. The expanded Guardian is now the world’s largest independent fall protection and prevention brand. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreygward/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jeff Ward</a>, Guardian CEO comments, “We are excited by Guardian brand awareness levels amongst the core end user groups we strive to protect. We are proud to further extend the brand offer into an unrivaled range of fall protection and prevention solutions. Our vision is to blend scale with agility to make it easier than ever for our partners to operate safely at height. This is the start of a new journey for Guardian with several exciting initiatives in the pipeline over the coming months.” The announcement comes at a time of meaningful investment by Guardian. Its manufacturing and supply chain team have grown under the leadership of recently appointed SVP of Operations, Derek Grant. The sales team has been strengthened with multiple hires – led by newly appointed industry veteran, Dale Bartelson. New specialist roles have been created to further deepen expertise and partner support in areas such as dropped object prevention and foreign material exclusion. And its fast-growing Engineered Systems and Training arms continue to expand as they take on a greater strategic role within the business. For more information contact: Jocelyn Durant <a href="mailto:jocelyn.durant@guardianfall.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">jocelyn.durant@guardianfall.com</a> +1 (414) 881 0882<h3> About Guardian Fall &nbsp;</h3>Guardian is the world’s largest independent fall protection and prevention partner. With design, manufacturing, height safety training and engineered system experts across North America and the UK, it serves partners around the globe with a 360-degree height safety offer.

Guardian Expands into 360-Degree Height Safety Offer

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HOUSTON, Tex. (Dec. 2, 2020) – Pure Safety Group’s Guardian ®Fall Protection brand has introduced a new cable lanyard, compatible for leading edges, that combines the lightweight durability of a fixed-length lanyard that permits up to 12 feet of fall protection during the event of a free fall from an at-height working surface. Through extensive research and development in Guardian’s ISO/IEC:10725-compliant laboratory, the company established rigorous leading-edge verification testing procedures to ensure consistent performance of the lanyard over a wide range of extreme conditions. Drop-tested in both a perpendicular and offset orientationagainst.005" radius steel, the Guardian Cable Leading Edge Lanyard exhibited high performance and predictability –two characteristics that are mandatory when it comes to fall protection. The Cable Leading Edge Lanyards feature a vinyl-coated ¼-inch galvanized steel cable, combined with Guardian’s proprietary high-efficiency external shock absorber that keeps maximum and average arrest forces low during fall deceleration. Cable Leading Edge Lanyards are available in single-or dual-leg configurations with steel rebar or snap hooks. A high-visibility orange shock pack cover helps confirm proper application suitability, even from a distance. For more information about Guardian lanyards and their full range of fall protection solutions, visit the Guardian website or call customer service at 1.800.466.6385.<h3> About Pure Safety Group &nbsp;</h3>Pure Safety Group (PSG) is the largest independent dedicated fall protection company in the world, providing high-performance and professional fall protection equipment, tool tethering products, and services such as training, engineering and onsite consultation. Its more than 350 employees serve customers in the construction, oil and gas, energy, utilities, telecom, mining, and transportation industries. PSG was formed by a team of industry veterans with a family of companies and brands including industry-leading fall protection companies Guardian Fall Protection, Checkmate, and Stronghold by PSG. Houston, Texas, is home to PSG global headquarters and training center with a second training center located in the U.K. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.puresafetygroup.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.puresafetygroup.com</a>.

Guardian Fall Protection Unveils Leading-Edge Cable Lanyard

HOUSTON (Sept. 23, 2020) Pure Safety Group (PSG), the world’s largest independent height safety product development, manufacturing and training company, today announced it has named Jeff Ward as chief executive officer. Previously, Ward was president of the company’s international operations. He has spent the last 20 years in various marketing, sales, operations, and general management roles within premium industrial and consumer goods companies. Prior to joining PSG, Ward was CEO of Centurion Safety Products and director of the British Safety Industry Federation. He holds an undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from Warwick Business School from the University of Warwick in the U.K. Ward assumes the role of CEO effective immediately and will lead PSG’s global team of fall protection experts. “Jeff’s track record as a CEO in the safety industry, his success in integrating and transforming private companies, and his experience working and living in both the U.S. and Europe, makes him an ideal and logical leader for Pure Safety Group,” said John Arney, chairperson of PSG. Kevin Coplan, acting CEO and PSG board member added, “Jeff’s appointment comes at an opportune time in our expansion. Since joining the company, he’s had time to spend with customers, workers, distributors, and employees to understand the PSG vision and culture and opportunities ahead. With this, he’ll hit the ground running as CEO.” Ward commented, “PSG is a company with a truly noble mission: To protect and save lives through continual advancements and innovation. I am inspired by our products and our people and I look forward to further leveraging our brands across industries and geographies to serve this mission.”<h3> About Pure Safety Group &nbsp;</h3>Pure Safety Group (PSG) is the largest dedicated fall protection company in the world, providing high-performance and professional height safety equipment, tool tethering products, textile lifting and lashing products and services such as training, engineering and onsite consultation. Its more than 350 employees serve customers in the construction, oil and gas, energy, utilities, telecom, mining and transportation industries. PSG was formed by a team of industry veterans with a family of companies and brands including industry-leading height safety brands Guardian Fall Protection, Checkmate and Stronghold by PSG. Houston, Texas, is home to PSG global headquarters and training center with a second training center located in the U.K.

Pure Safety Group Names Jeff Ward CEO

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KENT, WA – As part of a continuing effort to increase performance across all of its brands to better protect the workforce, Guardian Fall Protection is pleased to announce its membership in the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA). Membership in the ANSI-accredited ISEA will ensure Guardian is at the forefront of personal protective equipment (PPE) standards development, product design, and performance testing, resulting in the highest level of safety possible for its worldwide users of PPE. Guardian Fall Protection Vice President of Products and Marketing, Bradley Dillon, said of the membership, “We are excited to be involved in the standards-creation process, and feel this shows how deeply committed we are in making the safest and most effective personal protective products on the market.” Cindy Kunitsugu, product manager of soft goods, added: “Being a contributor to the standards-making process is an important role we’ve been looking forward to filling for some time. It marks a new era for us, and will help allow us to fulfill our potential as a world leader in PPE manufacturing.” To read the official announcement or to learn more about ISEA, please follow the link here: <a href="https://safetyequipment.org/new-isea-member-announcement-guardian-fall-protection/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ISEA/Guardian Announcement.</a>

Guardian Accepted for ISEA Membership

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