GUANGZHOU, China – Milos modeled a technical training and safety awareness workshop at its facility here on workshops that Milos runs regularly in Europe. The Guangzhou workshop was attended by representatives from major companies in Thailand, Indonesia, India, Singapore, Macau, Hong Kong and elsewhere in China. Along with the goal of marketing its trussing, roofing and staging products, the two-day event stressed safe working practices for rigging and the building of temporary structures for all types of events and projects.
Milos China's chief engineer Marek Zubor led the presentation, joined by Milos sales manager Michal Zykan, Harold Waldack from Thailand-based AsiaRig Ltd and Stephen Huang, director of Milos Guangzhou.
"It is really important that people making the decisions to invest in new equipment in the specialist area of temporary construction and rigging are fully aware of the advantages of buying properly tested and certified equipment for their companies and installations," said Zykan.
Attendees got a first-hand look at the Milos manufacturing process and an overview of Milos products including MR roofing systems and towers, M290V and M950 QuickTruss, S3 aluminium staging platforms, S4 xStage decking, MT3 ground support systems and banner stands.
Waldack and Zykan led the safety section of the workshop, covering safety rules at work; how using the wrong trussing can lead to accidents; prevention of accidents; personal safety protection while working with trussing; applications for truss and temporary structures; and a detailed explanation of the basics of structural construction – including elements like anchoring, working on different terrains and how the immediate environmental conditions of a site will impact a project.
Zubor and Huang coordinated the two-part factory tour of Milos Guangzhou. The first part dealt with the machinery and materials, elements like welding practices, controlling processes, tolerance testing, the importance of precision for tooling, load tests and an overview of the complete production process. The second part covered the product presentation complete with practical demonstrations of safety applications, including ballasting, exterior conditions, slings, steels, O-rings, shackles, chains and safeties.
The seminar concluded with customer feedback, and attendees also benefited from the opportunity to swap ideas and experiences.
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