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GLOBAL ACCOLADE
PROTOLABS
Protolabs receives RoSPA Gold Award for
keeping employees healthy and safe
World-leading digital manufacturer
Protolabs has secured an global accolade
for demonstrating excellence in health
and safety.
The company received a RoSPA Gold
Health & Safety Award for ensuring its
staff, customers, contractors and any
visitors to its state-of-the-art manufacturing
facility in Shropshire remain safe.
“We are delighted to have won a RoSPA
Gold Health & Safety Award and it is
testament to the magnificent work of the
whole team here. Great pride is taken in
achieving excellence in the workplace,
whether that is being at the forefront of
innovation or creating the safest possible
working environment for our employees,”
explained Lee Ball, General Manager of
Protolabs’ Telford facility.
“As a business we help thousands of
companies across Europe to bring
exciting new products to market in
record-breaking time. And this Award
demonstrates that we do it safely.”
The RoSPA Awards scheme is the longest
running of its kind in the UK and receives
entries from organisations around the
world, making it one of the most soughtafter
global accolades in health and
safety.
The majority are non-competitive and
mark achievement at merit, bronze, silver
and gold levels. Currently, around 7 million
people are directly impacted, but the
scheme’s influence is even wider.
Andrew Green, Facilities Manager at
Protolabs, added his support: “As an
organisation we always seek to do the
right thing by our employees and all
visitors to our facilities, so this makes the
award even more special. It reinforces our
commitment to excellent standards.”
Protolabs was founded in 1999 and now
has bases across Europe and around the
world, with a number of key European
export markets including Germany,
France, Italy, Sweden and Spain.
Employing more than 440 people at
its facility in Telford, the company uses
advanced 3D printing, CNC machining
and injection moulding technologies to
produce custom-designed parts and
prototypes in days.
Protolabs will be formally presented with
the RoSPA Award later this year.
For more information visit protolabs.co.uk or follow @protolabs_emea on twitter.
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