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space products and lifelines and climbing systems, are
among the most sought after products in MSA’s ranges. In
addition, MSA recently acquired Latchways plc, a UK-based
provider of innovative fall protection systems and solutions
thereby significantly broadening its existing line of fall pro-
tection products and strengthening the company’s position
in the global fall protection market, estimated at between
US$1,5 and US$2,0 billion globally.
Portable gas detectors and other Fixed Gas & Flame
Detection (FGFP) monitors and detectors are also used on
a large scale in the safety field to detect sparks and open
fires or flames, and, of course, explosive gases, particularly
in the OGP sector. An acoustic type of gas detector is able
to pick up leaks of gas, or anything else and has proved
itself over time – more than 20 years – in African countries.
General Monitors, acquired by MSA during 2010 and based
in California, supplies these, especially in the Middle East
where OGP projects are plentiful.
Oliver told us that Floating Production, Storage and
Offloading (FPSO) units (floating vessels used by the off-
shore oil and gas industry for the production and processing
of hydrocarbons, and for the storage of oil), partially owned
by governments and other players such as Sonangol, in
countries such as Angola, offer MSA opportunities to install
and maintain safety equipment, as well as to train and
certify the relevant staff on the vessels.
To do this, MSA staff is especially trained and certifi-
cated with the qualification, BOSIET (Basic Offshore Safety
Induction Emergency Training), which includes range of
knowledge and skills relevant to working offshore and the
proper emergency response procedures, including safety
induction, fire safety and self-rescue, helicopter safety and
escape, and sea survival.
Ethisphere Institute award for
standards of ethical business practices
Last, but by no means least, when asked about MSA’s
recent international award for ethical business practices,
Oliver explained that the company was yet again, for the
second year in succession, recognised by the Ethisphere
Institute, the global leader in defining and advancing the
standards of ethical business practices, as a 2016 World’s
Most Ethical Company®.
There is no doubt that this basic tenet contributes, on a
daily basis, to MSA’s success worldwide, a fact that Oliver
is at pains to reiterate.
For more information contact:
Colin Oliver, tel: +27 11 610 2600;
email: or
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