Second Queen’s Award win

Since 1984 A-Safe has evolved from manufacturing polythene films, to using the waste from this to produce plastic cores, which led to polymer pallets, and the invention of the first industrial strength polymer safety barrier in 2001.

The safety barrier is designed to flex and absorb impact forces, then reform to its original shape. A-Safe has since released next generation safety barriers with more technology, more engineering design and more safety features.

A-Safe added: "We last won the Queen’s Award in 2014, but we never stand still and since then have strived to improve workplace safety even further. Our Innovation Centre in West Yorkshire now proudly recruits polymer physicists, design engineers, and electronics engineers; it is the humble birthplace of some of the most advanced polymer technology and cutting-edge safety engineering in the world. We invest millions of pounds in custom-built machinery to ensure quality and attention to detail is inherent throughout every element of the process.

"Our latest Queen’s Award is for outstanding achievement in international trade. We are passionate about workplace safety and actively share our passion and experience worldwide, striving to create better safety conditions for ordinary workers in every workplace, in every industry, on every continent. With this drive, we also created the world’s first and only official code of practice for workplace safety barriers; partnering with the BSI to create PAS 13."