Dear Headworks Readers,

Welcome to summer.  June 1st is the first day of Hurricane season and we’re ready! Did you know that June is National Safety Month? It is a great month to focus on such an important subject; to remind and inform everyone to adopt and maintain safety and health practices in all aspects or our daily lives.

This issue includes a case study on our Mahr Bar Screens installed ten years ago in Mattabassett Connecticut.  Not surprisingly, we report that in a decade of constant use in an abusive environment, both screens are still running like new! Read how we were able to solve the problem of installing a six foot wide, twenty-one foot long piece of equipment inside a building.

Headworks is a “Buy American” company which fortunately easily complies with the rules and regulations for producing quality equipment within the EPA guidelines. But many companies in the States are struggling with the regulations and dreading potential backlash from international trading partners.  For a brief review of some of the reasons why the Buy American provision is hurting American employees, read our article on this complicated issue. 

Most of us are unaware that more and more of the products we use everyday contain nanoparticles. We’ve included an interesting article discussing just what these mini fragments are and some of the potentially negative environmental repercussions they may have.

Have a wonderful, safe, summer!

Michele LaNoue
CEO