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Since its foundation in 1914, MSA Safety has had one mission: to help protect men and women at work. As a global leader in the development, manufacture and supply of innovative safety solutions that help to protect workers and critical infrastructure, MSA Safety is driven by the singular purpose of helping to ensure men and women can work in safety. This mission is at the heart of everything the safety company does.
Over the last 110 years, MSA Safety has built a proud legacy of taking safety to new heights, advancing technology and best practices to deliver safety solutions for first responders and workers around the world.
Known worldwide as ‘The Safety Company’, MSA’s drive for innovation has resulted in the creation of a lineup of connected technologies across Detection, Firefighter Safety and Industrial PPE, including self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), protective apparel and helmets, portable and fixed gas and flame detection, and HVAC and refrigeration detection systems.
The impact of the company’s dedication to safety is evident in how it is helping to protect over 40 million workers worldwide annually. Known as the MSA Safety Impact Metric, this figure demonstrates how MSA Safety’s products and services help to protect workers. It guides the team as MSA continues to invent, innovate and create the next generation of safety technology.
With safety becoming an increasingly critical priority for companies around the world in recent years, MSA has successfully leveraged its century’s worth of industry-leading expertise and knowledge to fuel further growth. Now operating in over 37 countries globally across several industries, including the fire service, police and military, MSA Safety provides sophisticated safety products and solutions for the toughest of environments, wherever advanced safety needs are required. Through its team of over 5,000 dedicated associates, the company is committed to bringing high value to emergency responders in the markets it serves, delivering its mission of safety to all corners of the globe.
The fire safety landscape has evolved immensely in recent years, bringing new challenges for first responders in terms of operating environments. The variety of conditions facing firefighters has required future-forward product innovation to develop task-specific solutions for the sector. Such innovations include the Connected Firefighter platform, an ecosystem of products that work together to help keep firefighters safe, connected and accounted for, even in the most unpredictable situations.
As an industry leader, MSA works closely with its customers, using its global scale and brand reputation to address emerging safety challenges based on customer needs, with a focus on exceptional commercial execution and user experience.
Despite the drastically changed world since MSA Safety founders John T. Ryan Sr and George H. Deike first distributed the electric cap lamp following its creation by renowned inventor Thomas Edison over a century ago, MSA’s unwavering commitment to safety remains unchanged. As worker protection evolves, MSA Safety will continue its mission for safety for years to come.
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The industry will once again be gathering at the NEC, Birmingham for The Emergency Services Show 2024, co located with The Emergency Tech Show on 18-19 September, check out the full exhibitor list here. You can find MSA Safety in Hall 5, stand G190.