Company COO says expansion increases volume of products onsite
Blackline Safety Corp. has expanded its manufacturing capacity at its Calgary headquarters to meet the growing demand for its connected safety wearables. The company repurposed its existing space, resulting in a 30 to 50 percent increase in production capacity.
The expansion comes as Blackline Safety experiences a milestone year, with its global customer base reaching 1,800 and 150,000 workers benefiting from the company's safety wearables across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and New Zealand.
Blackline Safety has witnessed significant growth in demand for its real-time connected safety technology, with a 30 percent average increase over the past year. Additionally, product rentals rose by 214 percent, and the company's cartridge line saw growth of 165 percent.
Kevin Meyers, the COO of Blackline Safety, stated, "Amid the rising demand for our products, the expansion enables us to assemble increased volumes of products onsite and maintain Blackline's industry-best lead times for order fulfillment. Our customers depend on Blackline to keep their workers safe, and we are committed to ensuring product availability and reliability to meet the needs of our growing user base as we transform the industrial workplace through state-of-the-art technology."
The expanded manufacturing area at Blackline's headquarters now spans over 11,850 square feet on the main floor, representing a 49% increase in space. This repurposing was made possible by employees choosing a hybrid work model and by relocating the company's development facilities to the second floor of the building.
Blackline Safety's technology is cloud-based and incorporates GPS-enabled safety sensors and devices that leverage the Internet of Things (IoT) to connect workers to live monitoring.
The platform includes emergency response and evacuation management capabilities, as well as contact tracing. It enables employees to pinpoint their location, engage in back-and-forth information sharing, and collect vital data, thereby detecting the exact location of a gas leak or determining workers' frequency of travel through high-risk areas.
The company offers two robust models of wearables—one connected via a cellular network and another via satellite.
