Lisa Bucki is the marketing director at Saf-T-Gard International, Inc., a privately-held family-owned and operated global supplier of industrial safety products. Founded in 1936 as Latex Glove Company, Saf T-Gard quickly evolved into a predominant manufacturer, distributor, importer and exporter of personal protective equipment, environmental safety, facility safety, first aid, public safety and electrical safety. Today, Saf-T-Gard carries on the tradition that was started more than 70 years ago: bringing customers the products, training and service they need to keep employees safe in the workplace. Saf-T-Gard is an active member of the National Safety Council (NSC), International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) and the Safety Marketing Group (SMG), and provides thousands of solutions from recognized brand names in addition to its renowned line of proprietary brands. Saf-T-Gard actively operates the Voltgard Test Lab, one of the largest, independent, NAIL4PET-accredited test labs for rubber insulating products in the United States. To learn more, visit www.saftgard.com or call 1-800-548-4273.
While consolidation, channel proliferation and personal protective equipment (PPE) vending trends continue to shape the industrial distribution landscape in 2013