NEW PRODUCTIS and selected sales aids

a strong defense against back, hand, wrist and arm injuries, while allowing dexterity to get the job done. All are machine washable.

Safety Supports

SafetyMates personal protective gear, a full line of safety products for the do-iryourselfer and professional contractor, has been introduced by Ergodyne Corp.

Comfortable and durable, supports limit excessive movements to provide

A back support provides a broad base of lower back and abdominal support for any lifting task, while reminding the wearer to use proper lifting technique. Designed for jobs that require holding vibrating tools like a power drill, chain saw or lawn mower, anti-vibration gloves feature padding to reduce the effects of vibration and an anti-bacterial lining to wick moisture away from the skin, keeping hands dry.

Wrist supports neutralize wrist posture while permitting full movement of the fingers and thumb. Tennis elbow supports can be used for jobs requiring forceful, frequent arm use, such as hammering and painting.

Laundry Grab Bag

Short lengths of chain are easily transferrable from reels onto the displays.

Textured Wallboard Panels

A new textured wallboard product from Plywood Panels, Inc. can be used in place of drywall panels to save time, material and monev in a varietv of new construction and remodelini applications.

Murus panels provide a completely finished surface ihat can be initalleil quickly and easily, eliminating the need for painting or other wallcoverings. They come in several colors in standard sizes with either gypsum or plywood substrate.

The finished surface consists of an acrylic latex painted base over which natural textured yam strands are posi-

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Eliminates Moulding Indents

A new industrial strensth rubber band for bundling mouldin-gs without causing tie indentations is new from Henrich Packaging Co.

The Henrich Green Rubber Band is said to greatly reduce damaged mouldings, employee wrist injury claims and high labor costs.

Automated rubber band machines are available to apply the bands automatically, increasing productivity and protlts.

In a value-added promotion, free matching laundry bags are being included with Seymour Housewares ironing board ensembles featuring board cover designs by Joan Luntz.

Cover patterns and companion laundry bags include Provence, a French country design in three colors, and English Garden, elegant borders with fields of hunter green and pastel flowers.

tioned and laminated. A matchins seaming tape with the same base coai and pattern of yarn strands has a peeland-stick permanent adhesive backing to cover panel joints, providing a seamless appearance.

The clear acrylic latex coating makes the panels durable, washable and able to be painted with normal latex paint without special undercoat.

This channeled section prevents the cable from being damaged by garden tools, burrowing animals, severe weather, etc.

Lights are easily mounted to the block face. Lead wires from the fixture pass through a hole drilled in the block at the time of installation. Special connectors clamp these leads to the main power cable, which rests inside the notches on the top of the block.

Lightscaping

A new lighting system has been designed by StoneWall Landscape Systems for use with its decorative, lightweight, mortarless retaining wall. Walls can now accommodate a low voltage electric cable within the block for on-the-wall lighting.

Lighting is installed as the wall is built. Notches at the top of each block provide space for cable wiring to be concealed below a decorative cap.

Slatelike Cement Shingles

Caroline Slate, a new non-asbestos fiber cement slate-simulated shingle, has been introduced by FibreCem Corp.

It comes in a three-tab form to offer the small slate look while keeping the Euro design configuration of the firm's other three slate products.

The roofing features a 50 year limited transferable warrantv.

Payroll Software

New software from RealWorld Corp. keeps payroll systems current by keeping federal and state tax files up to date.

The Payroll Tax Service includes year-end updates for RealWorld Payroll (including W-2 s, 1099 s and federal magnetic media), the new 1992 federal tax table and tax tables for all states, federal magnetic media changes, quarterly report templates, plus 75 l99l W-2 forms. Users will be sent tax bulletins throughout the year with current information on state and federal tax tables and quarterly report changes.

Portable Bar Coders

Two new peripheral bar code printers designed for use with radio frequency handheld data collection terminals have been added to Monarch Marking Systems' line of Pathfinder Scout printers.

They are completely portable and provide high quality, low cost marking. Featuring self-contained keypad and display and a variety of options, each model can be customized so retailers pay only for the features they requlre.

Up to l0 different fixed label formats can be stored in the Printer's memory. Each printer accommodates one of six label sizesL5" wide and from .55" to 4" long.

One model operates on-line to the host radio frequency device or as a stand-alone, off-line printer. The other runs only in the on-line mode.