At Clarion, we know that creating a culture of safety is a 24-by-7-by-365 project. Join Clarion at these critical industry events for authoritative, best-practices info on protecting your workers and your business.

The Role of Warnings and Instructions Course April 22-24, 2008 The University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Clarion's Standards Compliance Manager, Jerry Reganess, will again lecture at the Department of Engineering's 3-day course on "The Role of Warnings and Instructions." The course is a practical, results-oriented course for technical writers, engineers, managers, product safety and liability prevention specialists or anyone responsible for creating and reviewing directions and warnings. Adequate warnings and instructions are the most cost-effective way to increase the safety of your product, while decreasing your product's liability exposure. Course content covers how to evaluate warnings and instructions, the legal duty to warn and instruct, recent court interpretations on this duty, and current ANSI Z535 and ISO 3864 standards for product safety signs and labels. Find out more here.

American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Safety 2008 June 9-11, 2008 Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV Geoffrey Peckham, Clarion Safety Systems president, and other key staff members will be on hand with information on the latest industry standards, samples of our expanded product line (including facility signs and markings), and practical information to help you reduce risk and protect people. Join us at booth number 368.

VPPPA National Conference August 25-28, 2008 Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA This is the annual gathering of the Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association, the leading organization dedicated to cooperative occupational safety, health and environmental management systems. Clarion President Geoffrey Peckham and other staff will be available to brief you on visual safety systems that comply with the latest national and international standards.

If you'd like to meet with one of Clarion's safety experts during the ASSE or VPPPA shows for a more detailed review of how your company can reduce its exposure and protect workers, email sales@clarionsafety.com.

Travelers Insurance Webinar - "Product Safety - Warnings and Instructions" Recorded October 24, 2007 Geoffrey Peckham, Clarion Safety Systems president, was one of the panelists for this information-packed webinar, sponsered by Travelers Insurance. The topic of discussion was warnings and instructions, their integral part in the design process and their reinforcement of the safe use of a product. What is "adequate" or "effective" can vary based upon many factors such as the product, who is using it, and the usage environment. Mr. Peckham spoke about the ANSI Z535 series of standards, which are applicable to both industrial and consumer products. The webinar also provided an overview of the new ANSI Z535.6 - 2006 standard for Safety Information in Product Manuals, Instructions, and Other Collateral Materials. That standard aims to help unify the labels on a product or workspace with the labels in the instruction manual, an important factor in boosting worker safety. To listen to a complete replay of the webinar, click here.

Around the world, Clarion is a leader in reducing risk and protecting people. Here are some highlights.

New Escape Plan Signs Will Save Lives Clarion Safety Systems President Geoff Peckham was among a select group of safety experts meeting in Berlin recently to review the protocols and symbology for new Escape Plan Signs, which are the focus of the soon-to-be-approved standard ISO 23601. Clarion believes the signs will help direct building occupants to safety in any emergency - including when lights and power are lost. Read a full account of how this standard came to pass and what it will mean for building managers and owners.

Clarion To Represent U.S. On Critical ISO Panel Clarion Safety Systems president Geoffrey Peckham has been selected to be the ANSI Z535 expert representing the U.S. to an ISO committee that is reviewing design principles for safety signs in workplaces and public areas. Formally known as the "Technical Advisory Committee ISO/TC 145 Graphical Symbols for the revision of ISO 3864-1:2002 Graphical symbols - Safety colours and safety signs - Part 1: Design principles for safety signs in workplaces and public areas," this important international standard outlines how to convey safety information to prevent accidents, protect from fire and health hazards, and provide for safe emergency building evacuation. Worldwide standards use graphic-only signs, and Clarion is a recognized leader in compliance and design for both ANSI and ISO standards.

Clarion Named Outstanding Business of the Year The Pike County Chamber of Commerce hailed Clarion Safety Systems as Pike County's Outstanding Business of the Year for 2007. Founder Geoffrey Peckham started Clarion Safety Systems in 1990 to design and manufacture safety labels. Clarion is located in a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired building in Milford, PA. As importantly, Clarion donates a significant portion of its profits to helping people locally and globally. The Tri-State Pregnancy Center, Young Life, and Children's HopeChest are three organizations supported by Clarion, among many others. Clarion serves to make the world a better place.

New Name: Hazard Communication Systems is Now Clarion Safety Systems Clarion Safety Systems is the new name for Hazard Communication Systems (HCS), a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of safety labels, signage, and markings in Milford, PA. The company was founded in 1990. The new name and accomanying logo reflect Clarion's mission to provide clear, concise and compliant safety signs, labels, markings, and egress systems. Clarion products are specifically designed to improve safety, ensure compliance, and minimize corporate liability. Notably, one of Clarion's new roles is to provide a full range of risk engineering services. "This is a natural extension of our expertise," says Geoffrey Peckham, president and CEO. "Clients can now call us for hazard analysis, risk assessment, facility and product safety label audits, and other related services." Clarion products are used by more than 8,000 customers in 180 different industries around the world. Their labels, signs, markings and egress systems are installed on products, in commercial and residential buildings, entertainment venues, ships, tunnels, power plants and a wide range of other locations. Among Clarion's clients are Lockheed Martin, Johnson & Johnson, General Electric, Verizon, the U.S. Army, and Honeywell. Clarion is also a distributor of photoluminescent signs and safety egress systems, including products from Jalite. Clarion's photoluminescent line includes directional route and exit safety systems now mandatory in certain public buildings in many jurisdictions, including New York City. They provide effective, bright contrast for text and graphical symbols, ensuring that safety messages are quickly recognized by building occupants in emergency situations. Plus, photoluminescent products are a green solution for forward-looking builders who are constructing to LEED standards. The environmentally friendly signs use no energy and dramatically reduce both installation and maintenance costs.

AFIA (American Feed Industry Association) Clarion Safety Systems partners with the AFIA to provide their members with state-of-the-art safety labeling, enabling them to meet the design requirements of the most current U.S. and international safety labeling standards. At the 2007 conference of the Equipment Manufacturers Council (EMC) of the AFIA, in Phoenix, AZ, Clarion's Bob Romyns presented on the topic of Hazard Communications: Safety Labels, Warning Signs, and U.S. and International Standards. The AFIA is in the process of implementing an association labeling program to its membership using a standardized approach for safety labeling for the industry. Clarion is designing a set of standardized labels and developing a label program that will assist the AFIA in this goal. For more information, AFIA members may email Mr. Romyns, Manager for Strategic Partners, at bromyns@clarionsafety.com. For more information on the AFIA, go to http://www.afia.org/.

PMMI (Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute) Clarion Safety Systems has joined PMMI's Affinity Program providing its members with a comprehensive set of benefits, including discounts on compliant, up-to-date product safety labels from Clarion. Clarion supplies some of the largest companies in the packaging equipment manufacturing industry, and was a presenter and sponser at PMMI's 2007 Safety Conference held in Rosement (Chicago). Key topics there included RoHS, WEEE, Risk Assessment and Product Safety Labeling. Clarion's Manager for Strategic Partners, Bob Romyns, briefed PMMI members on the PMMI/Clarion Affinity Program and on compliance with current standards for product safety labeling, while Clarion President Geoffrey Peckham, one of the key speakers at the gathering, recommended a "best practices" approach to communicating safety information, for both products and facilities. For more information on PMMI visit http://www.pmmi.org/. To reach Mr. Romyns for more details on the PMMI/Clarion Affinity Program, email him at bromyns@clarionsafety.com.

SemiConductor Show Clarion Safety Systems is a key partner with industry groups around the world in keeping people from harm, and that's certainly true with the semi-conductor industry. In fact, Clarion President Geoffrey Peckham and Manager for Strategic Partners Bob Romyns took part in the SEMI S1 committee meeting at the Semicon West 2007 event in San Francisco. The Semicon West event is the flagship for SEMI and for the global microelectronics industry, where more than 1,200 premium exhibitors display cutting edge products and the latest ideas and technologies. Clarion's Peckham co-chairs the SEMI S1 task force; the Semi S1 standard, Safety Guidelines For Equipment Safety Labels, defines the requirements for product safety labeling for the semiconductor industry. It's another measure of Clarion's commitment and involvement in sharing its vast experience and expertise in product safety labeling, compliant with U.S. and international standards. For more information on Clarion and SEMI, email Mr. Romyns at bromyns@clarionsafety.com.

Master Lock Distributor In 1989, OSHA created the Lockout/Tagout Standard, 29 CFR 1910.147, to help reduce the death and injury rate caused by the unexpected energization or start-up of machines, or the release of stored energy. Hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries are attributes to this area each year. Unfortunately, Lockout/Tagout continues to be one of the most cited OSHA Standards. Clarion Safety Systems now offers Master Lock Safety Series™ products designed to implement the best possible lockout/tagout system for your facility. Safety padlocks, group lock boxes, valve lockouts, circuit breaker lockouts and padlock stations are just some of the products available to help prevent accidents and protect your employees. For more information on this critical safety program, email Derek Eversdyke at deversdyke@clarionsafety.com.