Image credit: ISS / NASA Steel entered the space age on 30 May 2024 when a 3D steel printer printed its first steel component on the International Space Station. Just a few weeks ago, at the end of May 2024, a 3D metal printer on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Columbus Laboratory module on the…
▪︎Images: Wikicommons In the realm of workplace safety, steel toecaps are a fundamental element of protective footwear that have been a cornerstone of occupational health for over nearly 100 years. Originally invented in Germany in the early 20th century to protect workers’ feet, steel toecaps slowly reached wider adoption until a rapid increase across the…
The Global Initiative for Industrial Safety (GIFIS) has launched a first-of-its-kind Manifesto for Global Industrial Safety through technology adoption. The International Labour Organization (ILO) reported that annually, about three million industrial workers die globally as a result of occupational accidents. The GIFIS Manifesto was developed in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Lloyd’s Register Foundation, the Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit (GMIS), and…
