Industrial and Safety - Product safety and quality

The Industrial and Safety division is committed to providing customers with safe products and had zero own-brand product recalls in 2024.

The division continues to improve standards and drive risk mitigation protocols within its product quality and safety program. It maintains accredited ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems accreditation in Blackwoods, Bullivants, Coregas and Workwear Group, and ISO/IEC 17025 NATA accreditation for laboratories for Coregas and Bullivants. Coregas also maintains ISO 17034 general requirements for the competence of reference material producers, as well as licences to produce medical gases, with all filling sites rated at the highest level A1.  

Blackwoods, NZ Safety Blackwoods and Workwear Group independently certify selected own-brand products against required standards. Most of these own-brand products are within the safety product range, which includes apparel, footwear, hand protection and safety eyewear. Certification from independent, accredited certifying bodies provides customers with assurance of the business units’ compliance with manufacturing and product standards.

Coregas continues its participation in the ANZIGA Product Stewardship working group.

Workwear Group has representation on the following Australian Standards Committees: SF-053 Personal Protective Equipment and Clothing, SF-049 Firefighters Personal Protective Clothing and SF-050 High Visibility Clothing.

Customer engagement within the division remains integral within the B2B and industrial customer market. Workwear Group continues its Trust and Verification Audit Program which includes unannounced audits across the supply chain. Blackwoods, Bullivants and NZ Safety Blackwoods continue to support customer requests in supplier qualifications, of which having demonstrable quality management systems are integral to continued business.