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Partnering For The Next Step
Welcome to the Digital Enterprise Virtual Summit brought to you by Siemens
How quickly can you react to changing conditions and demands in your market? How can you ensure your production will run securely at any time in the future?
Industry’s digital and technological transformation is the answer for meeting today’s and tomorrow’s challenges and market needs.
With the right digitalization and automation solutions, expertise won from practical experience, and a partnership approach that benefits all involved parties.
To explore these possibilities, we’re bringing together top-level speakers, specialists and decision-makers from various industries and experts from Siemens to the Digital Enterprise Virtual Summit under the motto “Partnering for the next step.”
This virtual summit will be an interactive digital event featuring first-hand experiences and success stories achieved with industrial digitalization and automation solutions, and cutting-edge technologies.
Join us on July 16 and learn from customers and experts how you can respond efficiently, flexibly and safely to the changing market environment.
To cover as many different time zones as possible, we offer two almost identical live sessions – you can also watch them on demand at your convenience:
Sessions runs from : 9:30 am to 2:15 pm ET (3:30 pm to 8:15 pm CEST)
Westburne Introduces 24hr Easy Pick up Locker
Many contractors prefer to deal with the people that they know, in their local branch. When doing a job out of town, it’s often inconvenient or simply impossible to return to your home branch to pick up material orders for the next day, within standard business hours.
Westburne’s new locker solution extends the branch’s pick up times to 24 hours, 7 days a week.
Employees Don’t Do What You Expect, They Do What You Inspect!
By Terry Becker
All electrical incidents are preventable! Keep employees safe with an up-to-date electrical safety program and complimentary training.
“Employees don’t do what you expect, they do what you inspect!” This is a great quote when it comes down to occupational health and safety. The need for ensuring that an audit is a key component of your overall occupational health and safety management system and your company’s electrical safety program is essential.
Brady Pull-handle Butterfly Valve Lockout
The Pull-handle Butterfly Valve Lockout. Its simple, fold-over design effectively lockspull handles in any desired position. And, it holds up to four padlocks for added safety. No matter what industry you’re in, this versatile, one-piece lockout device bolsters your safety lockout solution. And that’s a welcome addition to any lockout program. With this device you’ll also get:
- A great fit – exclusive, anti-pivot lockout device that fits a variety of pull handle butterfly valve sizes
Shannon Tymosko — Electrical Apprentice, IBEW — Ambassador, KickAss Careers
By Blake Marchand
Shannon Tymosko is a first-year apprentice with IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) Local 105, something she undertook after 10 years working her way up the ranks of a payday loan company.
“One of the things I love, working in the trades, is you can see your progress and you can see at the end of the day the work that you have done.
