11th October 2007

Romtrac award winners for health and safety innovation at Working Buildings Week
Lone worker personal safety solution wins innovation awards

London, UK 12 October 2007 Romtrac, the provider of lone worker personal safety and workforce management solutions, won the Working Buildings Week Award for Best Innovation in Health and Safety 2007, awarded at the Workplace Management Conference held at the Olympia, London.

Recognising the solution’s contribution to improving working building environments and the benefits it offers in reducing accidents and potential workplace hazards, Romtrac’s Romad device and management platform was awarded the accolade and was also short listed Best Product Innovation.

Using proprietary mobile GPS and location based technologies, Romtrac’s lone worker safety solution by provides a secure way of contacting, identifying, locating and response. Romtrac’s Romad device and safety management system provides unrivalled peace of mind and security. The Romad device has robust build quality, with a simple operation that ensures that it is suited for any lone worker environment. Incorporating the latest SiRF GPS chipset, and sensitive omni-directional ariel without sacrificing ease of use, the device provides unmatched location accuracy with low power consumption.

Michael Carrington Director of Romtrac commented “Everyone from the Health and Safety Executive to the Health Secretary is recommending the use of personal safety devices in the workplace as a good way of protecting its employees. However, when personal safety and security is at stake, there can be no compromise. That’s why innovation in Health & Safety is so important and we are delighted that our commitment to this has been recognised by Romtrac winning the award.”

The winners were announced at the Total Workplace Management Conference on Wednesday 10th October.

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