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Germany, which also enables its role as a development partner for the customer as well as enhancing its own commitment to innovation in South Africa. Subsequent forays into improved engineering support, rapid prototyping, in-house machining, photo digitisation, casting simulations, prototype tooling and design optimisation represent just a select few of these research and development tools; but are all underpinned by the Companies primary focus on health & safety. “The health & safety of our employees is always at the forefront of our minds. With the switch to waterbased coatings, our employees are no longer exposed to the inhalation of vapours given off from alcohol-based paint. In addition, the risk of fire is significantly reduced as the waterbased coatings are non-flammable, versus the high flammability of alcoholbased coatings previously used,”
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The health & safety of our employees is always at the forefront of our minds. With the switch to water-based coatings, our employees are no longer exposed to the inhalation of vapours given off from alcohol-based paint
Redshaw offers as an example. Such dedication to employee comfort and satisfaction makes Atlantis a clear employer of choice in the Atlantis area, with 85 percent of the workforce emanating from the local region, while also achieving very high retention rates as a result of its internal development programmes. “We firmly believe that we must respect, support and understand the culture of Atlantis Foundries. There is a lot of history within the Company and the workforce, alongside a lot of knowledge and experience. Our Employees have dedicated a large portion of their lifetime to contributing towards the success that Atlantis Foundries is today, and we appreciate that,” Redshaw emphasises. “We also support the learning needs and development paths of our employees and, as such, have seen production operators move to administrative positions within finance and human resources for example.