Amcor Flexibles invested Sole-Mate for their staff

Katey Bell from Amcor explains why…

"We print and convert polythene bags, it is vital that our employees wear anti static footwear. On a recent H & S audit we were asked "how do you know your safety shoes are anti-static" and I answered "because the supplier says they are".  "Not good enough" said the auditor "you need to prove they are".

So I contacted Newson Gale in November of last year and they supplied me with a Sole-Mate anti static testing station. One of the best investments I have made. Since its installation, I have tested all safety shoes that come onto site before they are passed onto our employees and found that 2 pairs of shoes tested negative even though the manufacturer has advertised them as being antistatic and they have the antistatic stamp on them. Makes you think doesn't it?

Since the tester has proven to be successful for our site the rest of the group have invested in a testing station, they knew it made sense."