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  • What Is Formaldehyde? Smell, Health Effects and What It Does to the Body

    What Is Formaldehyde? Smell, Health Effects and What It Does to the Body

    Formaldehyde is one of the most commonly encountered chemical hazards in industrial and laboratory environments, yet many people are unaware... Read more
  • The Most Common Airborne Contaminants Found in Industrial Workspaces

    The Most Common Airborne Contaminants Found in Industrial Workspaces

    Airborne contaminants exist in nearly every industrial environment. From fine dust particles to chemical vapours and welding fumes... Read more
  • Choosing the Best Welding Fume Extraction System to Prevent Metal Fume Fever

    Choosing the Best Welding Fume Extraction System to Prevent Metal Fume Fever

    Welding is essential across manufacturing, fabrication and heavy industry. But alongside productivity always opens up the&nbs... Read more
  • Air Quality in Manufacturing: What Poor Ventilation Is Really Costing Your Business

    Air Quality in Manufacturing: What Poor Ventilation Is Really Costing Your Business

    In manufacturing environments, the focus is on keeping production moving. Output targets, deadlines and efficiency take priority, while air... Read more
  • The Dangers of Grinding Dust and Particulate Matter

    The Dangers of Grinding Dust and Particulate Matter

    Grinding, cutting, fettling, and surface preparation are essential steps across metalworking, fabrication, aerospace, automotive, plastics and ma... Read more
  • The Dangers of Flux Fumes in Electronics Assembly

    The Dangers of Flux Fumes in Electronics Assembly

    Flux is an essential material in electronics assembly, helping to clean metal surfaces and ensure reliable solder joints. However, when flux is heated... Read more
  • 5 Signs Your Fume Extraction System Isn’t Working Effectively

    5 Signs Your Fume Extraction System Isn’t Working Effectively

     and maintaining productivity. When systems begin to fail, the signs may be subtle at first, but ignoring them can lead to dangero... Read more
  • The Dangers of Aluminium Dust Exposure

    The Dangers of Aluminium Dust Exposure

    Aluminium may seem harmless in solid form, but once it’s cut, sanded, ground or polished, it produces fine dust that becomes... Read more
  • Extraction Strategies for High-Heat Processes

    Extraction Strategies for High-Heat Processes

    Soldering, smelting and casting all generate intense heat and with that heat comes fumes, vapours, metal particulates and gases th... Read more
  • The dangers of not commissioning an LEV unit

    The dangers of not commissioning an LEV unit

    Your Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) system is only effective if it’s correctly commissioned from the very beginning.&n... Read more
  • How Fume Extraction Improves Workplace Health and Safety

    How Fume Extraction Improves Workplace Health and Safety

    If you’ve ever worked in an industrial environment, you know that the highest priority is health and safety. ... Read more
  • Purex International Creates 7 New Jobs in Brough – Including Apprenticeships for Local Talent

    Purex International Creates 7 New Jobs in Brough – Including Apprenticeships for Local Talent

    Brough, East Yorkshire – Purex International is proud to announce 5 brand new full-time job openings and 2 apprenticeship roles at our manufactu... Read more