Hazardex 2023 Paper | Fake Products & Certificates – How Big Is The Problem?

Published 14 Dec 2022

Hazardex Live 2023

Fake Products & Certificates

Conference Paper By Terry McDonald

Thorne & Derrick are thrilled to announce that they will be exhibiting at the return of the Hazardex 2023 Live on the 1st March 2023.

On the back of exhibiting at HazardEx 2021 & Hazardex In The Regions, Terry and the team will be showcasing a range of products that help to improve safety, increase reliability and optimise productivity in explosive atmospheres.

We can now also confirm that Terry McDonald will be delivering a conference paper at the event. Thorne & Derrick over the years have listened closely to their customers and extensively researched the market to bring their clients fully compliant and correctly certified hazardous area solutions for the safe use in explosive atmospheres.

Terry will be speaking about the problems posed by fake products and certificates, including incorrectly certified products, that enter the market. He will look at just how big the problem is and highlight some solutions to the issue.

Abstract

Safety and compliance should always come first but unfortunately there are companies that make cost and profit their priority.

There are many examples of fake goods and incorrectly certified products being sold into the explosive atmosphere industry. How big is this problem? How can we all take our share of the responsibility to prevent this? The discussion will highlight some recent examples of fake/non-compliant products and how training and competency levels must improve throughout the supply chain to combat this problem.

About The Author:

Terry McDonald is Sales Manager at Thorne & Derrick and joined the company in 2005 as a graduate technical sales engineer. He has headed their Hazardous Area sales division since 2014. Terry has many years of experience working with Tier 1 and 2 COMAH sites in the UK, as well as clients around the world. He is a passionate supporter of innovation, sharing best practice & knowledge with the aim of improving safety & compliance within the industry. T&D recently won the Hazardex 2021 Best Customer Service award.

Hazardex! Live 2023

Hazardex Live! 2023 is taking place on March 1st & 2nd 2023 at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate, UK. The varied and quality conference programme will focus on Hazardous Area Operations and Process Safety, bringing the industry together to review current or forthcoming legislation and stay up-to-date with best practice and the latest research in those areas key to managing process safety effectively.

Other Speakers at the 2 day event include:

Paper: Extraordinary events require an extraordinary mindset
Speaker: Ken Rivers – Former Chair of the COMAH Strategic Forum, Past President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers

Paper: TC 31 standards for Ex Equipment – standardization not only for IECEx
Speaker: Dr. Martin Thedens – Chair of IEC TC 31, Immediate Past Chair of ExNBG, Head of PTB-Department 3.6, Chair of DKE K241

Paper: Collaborative leadership for fire safety in nuclear
Speaker: Dr. Diego Fernandez Lisbona, Deputy Professional Lead – Internal Hazards – Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR)

Paper: Process safety leadership: what have we learnt?
Speaker: Peter Davidson, Executive Director – Tank Storage Association (TSA)

Paper: Reorganization measures and management continuity during the pandemic: case histories from Seveso inspections on process industry
Speaker: Romualdo Marrazzo, Engineer, HSE Expert, Seveso & IPPC-IED Inspector – ISPRA (Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research)

Paper: Recent developments in the field of hydrogen safety
Speaker: Dr. Kees van Wingerden, VP Industrial Risk and Senior Principal Consultant – Vysus Group

Paper: ATEX inspections – commitment versus compliance!
Speaker: Tal Hopkins, Principal C&I Engineer/Technical Director – C&P Engineering Services

Paper: Unpacking the new British Standard 60080 for toxic gas detection
Speaker: Randall Williams, Project Engineer, Fire & Gas Protection – Proeon Systems

Paper: Training and assessment of competence: review, reflect, refine
Speaker: John Harris, Technical Development Manager – CompEx

Paper: Understanding hazardous area training of mechanical personnel
Speaker: Rolf Kinck, Senior Key Account Manager – Trainor

Paper: Control of work risk management and its effects on Functional Safety
Speaker: Mark Breese – Yokogawa RAP

Paper: Protection of electrical equipment in hazardous areas by purge & pressurization – overview of changes to IEC standard 60079-2 – did some projects just become simpler?
Speaker: Alex Brady – Expo Technologies

Paper: Taming runaways in Lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage Systems
Speaker: Roger Stokes, Principal Engineer – BakerRisk

Paper: A new approach to offshore cable design and cable gland installation
Speaker: Dr. Geof Mood, Technical Director – CCG Cable Terminations Ltd

Paper: The connectivity between Functional Safety and cybersecurity
Speaker: Dr. Hassan El-sayed, Business Development Manager – Functional Safety – UL International

Paper: How real-time data could be the beginning of the end for occupational silicosis
Speaker: Glyn Pierce-Jones, CEO – Trolex Ltd.

Paper: Developments of competence management in Functional Safety
Speaker: Dave Green, Principal Consultant – RPS Group

Thorne & Derrick will be featuring a range of products and solutions including innovations in Power, Heat, Ventilation, Lighting & Security for use in harsh industrial and hazardous area environments – helping to improve our clients’ operational efficiency and safety.

LEADERS IN ATEX PRODUCT INNOVATIONS

POWER | HEAT | VENTILATION | SECURITY

Thorne & Derrick are leaders in the development and distribution of Product Innovations that deliver significant improvements to clients plant, people and operational safety in the explosive atmosphere industries.

Your proactive problem solvers experienced in succession planning for the replacement of obsolete, non-conformant and legacy equipment in hazardous areas.

Your first-choice provider of innovative and competitive solutions to ensure ATEX & IECEx Compliance for Hazardous Area Electrical, HVAC & Process Instrumentation Equipment to your UK and international projects.

Over the last 3 years, Thorne & Derrick have introduced several products which have led to improved efficiency, reliability and productivity in the hazardous area and process industries.