Editorial: Europe's Research Roadmap for New Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Publication Date	May 2009
Publisher	Textiles Intelligence
Product Type	Report
Pages	9
ISBN Number	978-1-906720-56-8
Product Code	TXI00068

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Summary

The global market for personal protective equipment (PPE)-including protective clothing-is worth over Euro10 bn (US$13 bn) per annum and is growing at a healthy rate. In Europe alone, PPE helps to protect over 140 mn workers.

Employers are becoming more aware of their obligations to their workers, and these obligations are being reinforced by legislation.

The principal user industries are:

engineering and manufacturing
chemicals, pharmaceuticals and food
oil, gas and petrochemicals
construction
utilities
emergency services

PPE can be divided into the following four categories:

above-the-neck protection, including headwear and ear and eye protectors
protective clothing; protective gloves
footwear

Content

INTRODUCTION
EU-FUNDED PROJECTS FOR RESEARCH INTO PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT (PPE)
- Viking life-saving equipment and Ohmatex: National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) suit with built-in thermal sensor technology
- Aval on
- Flexifunbar
- Fly-Bag
- Inteltex
- I-Protect
- Leapfrog
- Lidwine
- Microflex
- No Bug
- Noterefiga
- Proetex
- Profitex
- Prospie
- Safe@Sea
- Safeprotex
OUTLOOK