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Salt Lake City’s 300 West Reconstruction Projects

300 West Reconstruction: Industrial Supply to Have a Front Seat View of One of Salt Lake City’s New Infrastructure Projects For over one hundred years, Industrial Supply has provided the materials, support, and expertise for a wide-range of infrastructure projects throughout the Intermountain Region. As our population has grown, our critical structures, roadways, and utilities have had to be expanded upon, renovated, and added to, all in an effort to ensure the strong health of our communities and our economy. In [...]

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Increased Demand for Nitrile Gloves Impacts Industrial Supply’s Customers

Worldwide, the coronavirus has led to a dramatic increase in the demand for Personal Protective Equipment in both the healthcare fields and in the general population. Unfortunately, this has meant that manufacturers and other non-health-related businesses are finding it more and more difficult to maintain an adequate stock of the products necessary to ensure the safety of their employees. While much of the initial reporting on PPE shortages focused on the lack of N95 masks, the limited supply and increased [...]

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How to Meet OSHA Workplace Safety Requirement During COVID-19

This year, workplace safety has become a top priority for all U.S. employers. Covid-19 has provided new challenges for businesses, as they seek to operate in accordance with OSHA’s requirement (https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/oshact/section5-duties) that their workplaces be “free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm” to their employees. The large majority of workers Industrial Supply serves are in fields in which they do not have the option to do their jobs from home. [...]

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Inclusion

February, 2020 The shifting demographics within our communities, cities, states, and our nation have created a challenging landscape for many businesses to navigate. While these changes can be intimidating, companies that choose to move beyond "business as usual" and intentionally develop a business and client base that reflect the larger community are uniquely positioned to become the innovators in their industries. Businesses have always had an idea of what it takes to be economically successful. However, they have been less [...]

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Industrial Supply Helps Businesses Keep Their Employees Safe at Work

National Safety Month couldn’t come at a more critical time for employers and business owners. Observed every June, this event is organized by the leading nonprofit safety advocate in the United States, the National Safety Council, which works to eliminate preventable injuries and deaths in and out of the workplace. From providing our customers with essential safety products, to conducting onsite safety assessments, to coordinating industry-specific safety trainings, Industrial Supply makes it easier for businesses to safeguard the well-being of [...]

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Is Your Aerospace Distributor ISO Certified?

Is Your Aerospace Distributor ISO Certified? The aerospace industry is characterized by constant change. Every year, technological and scientific advancements redefine what is possible, and permanently alter expected standards, outcomes, and products. It is, therefore, critical that companies in this industry trust that their distributors can keep up with these changes, specifically with regards to product safety, quality, and reliability. One important consideration in choosing an aerospace distributor is whether that company has received an ISO certification specific to that industry. [...]

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Resilience

Written by Shawn Newell, Vice President of New Business Development Resilience is at the core of Industrial Supply Company’s DNA. From the time our founder, Rudy Orlob, began his quest to provide necessary products to underserved customers, to today’s Industrial Supply Company, where service is still a major part of who we are, Industrial Supply has always and will continue to exude resilience. The company was resilient through the almost 10 years of the Great Depression, through the loss of key industries, [...]

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Global Player: Mining in the Intermountain West

At Industrial Supply, we strive to be at the forefront of fully understanding the major industries in our region. And that means we know a lot about mining. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming are some of our country’s top producers of nonfuel mineral commodities. In 2018, each of these states—which were respectively ranked first, eighth, and twelfth for mineral production—produced more than $2 billion worth of these materials. This is a remarkably high number [...]

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You Don’t Have to Build an Ark to Prepare For a Flood

From considerable flooding to invisible yet destructive leakage, unwanted or excess water can cause significant problems for facility managers. Despite a business’s best efforts, spills, leaks, and floods are real possibilities in any building, and the subsequent water damage can devastate a company that is not prepared for such occurrences. The first step in addressing water damage is knowing its causes. Only by thoroughly evaluating the ways in which your building is vulnerable to water damage, will you be able [...]

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Going Green: The Rise of Sustainable Building Practices

Energy efficient design, eco-friendly construction, sustainable building practices – these are all terms that are increasingly being used in the construction and facilities management industries. And for good reason! Architects, builders, and facility managers are seeing the benefits of buildings that minimize their reliance on limited resources, and create healthy work and living spaces. So-called “green building” can be incorporated in all phases of a building’s lifespan, from its initial design and the methods used in its construction, to how [...]

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