Rockford Systems to Announce Partnership with Unitrol Electronics at Safety 2018 Exposition

Rockford Systems, LLC, a premier provider of machine safeguarding products and services, demonstrated a range of machine safety solutions at the Safety 2018 Professional Development Conference and Exposition. The company exhibited in booth #2601 at Safety 2018, from Sunday, June 3 to Tuesday, June 5 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Committed to machine and worker safety through safeguarding education, customized solutions and continual innovation, Rockford Systems announced at Safety 2018 a new partnership with Unitrol Electronics, Inc. As a distribution partner, Rockford Systems will provide sales, installation and technical support on the revolutionary Soft Touch Pinch-Point Safety System for spot welder and pneumatic riveter customers, designed to enhance worker safety and help avoid pinch-point injuries. Roger Hirsh, President of Unitrol Electronics, Inc. and the Inventor of Soft Touch, was present to answer questions from attendees and media.

“We are excited to showcase the Soft Touch Pinch-Point Safety System at Safety 2018, which draws the type of audience that will appreciate the quantum leap in safety this solution brings to welders and riveters,” said Carrie Halle, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development.

Show attendees were invited to participate in a live demonstration of Soft Touch’s safety features during Expo hours. Demo participants were entered into a drawing to win one of five Amazon® Echo® Plus devices that Rockford Systems gave away. Drawing winners were announced daily and did not need to be present to win. Echo Plus connects to the Alexa Voice Service to play music, ask questions, make calls, provide information, news, sports scores, weather and more. It has a retail value of $149.

In addition to Soft Touch, Rockford Systems showcased its full line of machine safeguarding solutions for industrial machinery, including a fully safeguarded mill drill and drill press under power at the show. Booth visitors were able to pick up a free OSHA guard opening scale (retail value of $32) or bench grinder safety gauge (retail value of $21), while supplies lasted.

About Rockford Systems
Headquartered in Rockford, Illinois, Rockford Systems, LLC delivers trusted machine safeguarding solutions for organizations working with industrial machinery. As a trusted adviser since 1971, Rockford Systems helps organizations interpret and apply complex Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) machine safety standards for a broad array of industrial applications. In addition, Rockford Systems provides complete Turnkey Machine Safeguarding Management Solutions, including machine safeguarding assessments; machine risk assessments; customized build-to-spec integration; over 10,000 safeguarding products; expert installation services; training and technical support; and ongoing compliance validation. Rockford Systems has improved the profitability of many of North America’s largest companies by increasing compliance, reducing worker risk, enhancing productivity and decreasing cost.

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