CHENNAI, August 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
OSH Chennai 2015 , South India's largest international trade event catering to the occupational health and safety industry, reiterated the industry's potential and roadmap in South India. The trade show organized by UBM India concluded on 21st August at Chennai Trade Centre. Leading dignitaries, Shri R. Bhattacharya, Vice-Chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Government of India; Shri G.M.E.K. Raj, Director General (Retd) Directorate General Factory Advice Service & Labour Institutes, Govt of India, Ministry of Labour and Employment; Michael Penn, Senior Vice President Marketing & International Sales, Williamson-Dickie Mfg.Co; Mr. Mike Binnie, President, Dickies, North America, Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing company; and Mr Reinhold Eisenbarth, Regional Segment Manager Mining, Middle East/ Africa/South West Asia & Regional Marketing Manager, Dräger South Africa (Pty) Ltd. inaugurated the show.
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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 health and safety industry. The trade show had an industry congregation of around 67 companies, over 2200 trade visitors and over 80 conference delegates over two days . Renowned companies such as Paulson International, CIRRUS, Dickies, Honeywell, Dupont, Drager, Cosmos, Udyogi Plastics, KARAM, Sure Safety, Lifegear, Accent Industries, KEL, Tara Lohia, Respo Products, Allied safety equipments amongst other participated this edition.
The main highlight of the event was the interactive Global Conference on Occupational Safety & Health including eminent speakers such as Mr J C Sekar, CEO & Co-Founder, MComply Technologies Singapore Pte. Ltd, Mr Stephen Phillip Storey, Head - EHS- Heavy Civil Infra IC, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Mr VK Seshadri, Head EHS, Britannia Industries Limited, Mr Arvind Bodhankar, Global Head- Sustainability, Health, Safety & Environment, Tata Motors Limited amongst many others. The interactive certified class room style workshop, open for walk-in vistors, was also well received by the participants, where the overriding message was how to encourage safety culture among the workforce and organizations.
Concluding the event, Yogesh Mudras, Acting Managing Director, UBM India, said, "We echo industry's advocacy of ensuring the health and safety of the growing workforce which compliments the government programme 'Skill India' initiative, aiming at developing the workforce to bring up competency levels to global standards. A safe and healthy workforce would increase productivity and consequently prove critical in making these programmes a reality. OSH India in Chennai has been a successful attempt in helping the industry, keep pace with the global trends and at the same time, grow their business and in-turn protect the interests of this growing workforce. The increased international participation at the event further endorsed the growing potential of this sector in India."
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 www.ubmindia.in.
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