8 Reason ISSUE 1 2015 editor s note Fired up Clients make a passionate case for an energized approach to safety and training It is something of a cliché now to say that technology has had a profound effect on life and business It has and we know it No big surprise And amid this wave of technol ogy we have grown accustomed to change Not just any change but true change and fast Sometimes that change is engendered simply because of a technological innovation a change that didn t arise necessarily out of need but out of ingenuity Often though that change comes more out of commitment and necessity Take Sandvik this month s featured client Not long ago the Sweden based manufac turing giant was similar to many companies of its type and geographical origin It was con tent with its insurance and skeptical about sprinklers It viewed risk as merely a byproduct of doing business Perhaps as a result the company suffered a handful of losses Today Sandvik has an impressive reinvigorated approach to risk and it s evident as soon as you set foot in one of their facilities All visitors must watch a safety video prior to touring the plant and in fact every meeting involving outside parties at Sandvik starts with a safety rundown The risk management and insurance group now approaches its work with high energy and passion Indeed its Safety First mantra is more than lip service It s real Sandvik means business Oshkosh a global industrial manufacturing firm in the Fortune 500 also meant business when it showed up en masse at FM Global s own SimZone and Research Campus facilities Led by Tony Hess senior risk analyst and Steve Stich the company s chief risk officer and accompanied by personnel from the world over the global manufacturing titan expressed its own commitment to safety by using a portion of its 2014 membership credit toward employee safety and training These are but two FM Global clients that have shown a real passion for safety loss prevention and managing risk How committed is your organization Bob Gulla managing editor reason fmglobal com TOP VIDEOS on fmglobal com reason Dave Kuchta MAINTENANCE AND UTILITY PLANT MANAGER THE JACKSON LABORATORY FROM WORKING TOGETHER JACKSON LABORATORY AND FM GLOBAL I have a very close partnership with FM Global I know that in the end their goal is the same as mine which is to have a facility that s safe and operating 50 years from now with no loss Jenny Chao Ph D SENIOR RESEARCH SPECIALIST TECHNICAL TEAM LEADER FM GLOBAL FROM RESEARCH MATTERS Our clients need real technically sound solutions relevant to their business This balance between scientific research and practical engineering makes FM Global an exciting company to work for

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