Dynaco is the world leader in high-speed door technology. It offers state of the art solutions for both commercial and industrial applications. Founded in 1987, Dynaco has acquired an extensive expertise in high-performance doors. Yet it continues to invest in order to exceed your expectations of quality and performance. A network of certified and dedicated partners ensures an optimal service to customers all over Europe.

A total of 30 nominees have been shortlisted across five categories for the Hazardex Awards 2026, designed to recognise excellence in the hazardous area sector. The winners of the industry’s most prestigious awards will be announced during a Gala Dinner at Hazardex Live 2026 on 25 February in Harrogate. Here, you can find the nominees for Technical Innovation – Sponsored by C&P Engineering Services. Submit your votes now!

A total of 30 nominees have been shortlisted across five categories for the Hazardex Awards 2026, designed to recognise excellence in the hazardous area sector. The winners of the industry’s most prestigious awards will be announced during a Gala Dinner at Hazardex Live 2026 on 25 February in Harrogate. Here, you can find the nominees for Net Zero, Environmental & Sustainability – Sponsored by Mutech. Submit your votes now!

A total of 30 nominees have been shortlisted across five categories for the Hazardex Awards 2026, designed to recognise excellence in the hazardous area sector. The winners of the industry’s most prestigious awards will be announced during a Gala Dinner at Hazardex Live 2026 on 25 February in Harrogate. Here, you can find the nominees for Customer Service – Sponsored by DNV. Submit your votes now!

A total of 30 nominees have been shortlisted across five categories for the Hazardex Awards 2026, designed to recognise excellence in the hazardous area sector. The winners of the industry’s most prestigious awards will be announced during a Gala Dinner at Hazardex Live 2026 on 25 February in Harrogate. Here, you can find the nominees for Plant Upgrade & Innovation - Sponsored by C&P Engineering. Submit your votes now!

A total of 30 nominees have been shortlisted across five categories for the Hazardex Awards 2026, designed to recognise excellence in the hazardous area sector. The winners of the industry’s most prestigious awards will be announced during a Gala Dinner at Hazardex Live 2026 on 25 February in Harrogate. Here, you can find the nominees for Contribution to Safety – Sponsored by CEF. Submit your votes now!

DNV is a global quality assurance and risk management company. Driven by our purpose of safeguarding life, property and the environment, we enable our customers to advance the safety and sustainability of their business.

iCorDEX Ltd is a global leader in providing ATEX certified safe mobile solutions for hazardous areas. We provide a range of ATEX digital mobile solutions; from digital cameras, mobile phone cases, modular lighting and app controlled measurement tools, all designed to help speed up workflows, and keep digital field workers safe in explosive environments.

Raytec specialises in LED lighting for hazardous areas. Certified to ATEX, IECEx and North American standards, our explosion-proof solutions deliver high performance and safety in the world's most demanding environments.

At Teledyne Gas and Flame Detection, protecting lives and assets is our mission. Every industrial environment presents unique challenges, and we deliver tailored solutions to meet those specific needs. Our expertise ensures the right detection strategy for the right hazards.

Moore Industries is a world leader in the design and manufacture of exceptionally rugged, reliable, and high-quality field and DIN rail mounted instrumentation for the process monitoring and control industries.

Site Bright is a leading supplier of Industrial lighting to the UK Petrochemical, Industrial, Rental, Confined Space, and Hazardous Area Industries.

A total of 30 nominees have been shortlisted across five categories for the Hazardex Awards 2026, designed to recognise excellence in the hazardous area sector. The winners of the industry’s most prestigious awards will be announced during a Gala Dinner at Hazardex Live 2026 on 25 February in Harrogate. Submit your votes now!

Founded in 1951, CEF is the UK’s largest multi-channel electrical distributor, with a trusted network of over 400 branches across UK & Ireland. We support professional electricians and contractors through a combination of convenient services - including an industry-leading website, and trade app.

For over 40 years, Newson Gale has been leading the way in hazardous area static grounding control, serving industries where processes generating static electricity have the potential to ignite flammable or combustible atmospheres.

C&P Engineering Services, through its integrated electrical, control and instrumentation disciplines, design, construct and deliver complete projects and provide maintenance services to companies throughout the UK and internationally.

BEKA associates will be demonstrating their new Intrinsically Safe Operator Panel for installation in zone 1 or 2. 

CCG’s patented Captive Component Gland® is recognised within the hazardous petrochemical, oil and gas industries, as having significant safety advantages over other cable gland designs, which all have loose components.

CompEx is the international scheme for competency validation and certification of personnel who work in explosive atmospheres. Through a network of independent training and assessment centres, the CompEx Scheme supports practitioners in a range of industrial sectors including oil and gas, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food manufacturing and utilities.

Connectivity, a sister title to Hazardex, is a leading Industry 4.0/IIoT online information resource.

Keep your Electrical Switchgear and Workforce Safe. At EA Technology we can help you keep your electrical switchgear and workforce safe whilst ensuring your compliance with safety regulations.

F.E.S. (EX) Limited is a dynamic and trusted engineering firm, dedicated for nearly 20 years to providing comprehensive, tailored solutions that meet our clients' evolving needs.

Personnel & plant safety are paramount, that is why Fike is your natural partner when it comes to explosion, over-pressure and fire prevention systems. At Fike we understand the complex legislative environment in which you operate and can take some of this burden off your shoulders.

Cloud based Software for Compliant futures incorporating: Ingenuity & SISSuite.

Lewden are offering a comprehensive and competitive range of Hazardous Area lighting fixtures and power distribution accessories for applications across Zones 1/2/21/22. Make sure to visit us on Stand 29 at Hazardex Live 2026.

At Mutech, we believe our technical excellence comes from the quality of our people. Every member of staff is highly skilled and takes a real pride in their work. We have over 30 years of experience in the design and manufacture of electronics for hazardous environments and we strive to be experts in our field.

As one of the leading companies in the automation industry, Pepperl+Fuchs is a global pioneer in its markets due to groundbreaking technologies. For conventional and future applications, the company offers a comprehensive portfolio and at the same time drives trend-setting future developments.

Established in 1948, Pratley manufactures and markets highly innovative electrical cable glands, electrical junction boxes and related accessories.

Saft's products are designed for manufacturers of equipment that needs portable power in hazardous locations. Since 2006 Saft has been continuing to advance its range of Li-ion batteries specifically designed for this purpose.

Scame has continuously searched for new markets, and it has now led Scame to develop an articulated range of ATEX IECEx products for installation in hazardous areas, without neglecting its traditional offer based on products for domestic and industrial applications.

In the words of one of our highly valued clients “Prior to engaging with Terrington our vision of delivering best-in-class Accredited ATEX Inspection and Verification services was inhibited by the limited non-customisable solutions in the market."

Roxby Training Solutions Limited are a specialist engineering training provider, having over 40 years’ experience with a successful track record of delivering quality training and assessments. Operating from their first-class facilities located in Stockton and Stallingborough.

Mobexx is a specialist supplier of ATEX certified computers and associated products. Our team has many years experience working with customers and suppliers to ensure the most appropriate and cost effective solutions are supplied.

Blackline Safety is a technology leader driving innovation in the industrial workforce through IoT (Internet of Things). With connected safety devices and predictive analytics, Blackline enables companies to drive towards zero safety incidents and improved operational performance.

As the leading Nordic electrical and Ex safety trainer, EdTech company Trainor combines solid electrical, Ex safety and HSE competence with modern technology, offering groundbreaking e-learning courses to the worldwide Ex industry. Trainor is also now a CompEx Approved Training Provider.

Established in 1989 to manufacture and export enclosures and cabinets for low-voltage applications, Tempa Pano has built a strong market presence through affordable, high-quality engineering solutions. Over the years, the company has expanded through offices in the UK, France, Romania and Bulgaria, ensuring that Tempa Pano remains closely aligned with the needs of its international customer base.

STL International Ltd is a lighting solution provider, offering a wide range of low maintenance and hazardous area LED luminaires with high performance levels.

Exloc Instruments UK Ltd is a leading provider of hazardous area equipment in the UK. With a comprehensive range of products, we specialise in intrinsically safe devices, lighting products, process safety equipment, hazardous area networking and more. Our focus on ATEX certified products serves the needs of various industries, especially the oil and gas sector, ensuring safe and efficient operations.

We are excited to announce that the Hazardex Live 2026 Call for Speakers is now open! Play your part in the hazardous area industry's leading event by sharing your knowledge & insights with the wider process safety community. Taking place on 25-26 February 2026, Hazardex Live is the perfect platform to help improve standards across the hazardous area safety sector. Submit an abstract now!

At Boss Products UK, we specialise in providing cutting-edge safety solutions to protect industrial facilities from the risks of combustible dust, fire, and explosions. With a deep understanding of industrial ventilation, dust collection, and process safety we deliver high-performance solutions that ensure compliance, reliability, and efficiency for businesses worldwide.

Chris Mellows. Manging Director at Zulu Joint Integrity, will be presenting at Hazardex in the Regions: Swansea on 22 October about the mechanical skills gap within hazardous process industries.

At Hazardex in the Regions: Swansea on 22 October, Carl Evans, E&I Project Manager at C&P Engineering Services, will be presenting a follow-up to his previous Hazardex Live presentation by exploring the considerations and other key aspects of hazardous area inspections involving 'legacy' equipment.

At Hazardex in the Regions: Swansea on 22 October, experienced hazardous area expert Tal Hopkins, Managing Director at Vital Ex Engineering, will take a look at area classification standards and ask the question: which one should we use?

The Tank Storage Association’s Executive Director, Peter Davidson, will be presenting at Hazardex in the Regions: Swansea about the Buncefield explosions and fire. 20 years on from the major oil storage fire, Peter will be discussing what the industry has done in response to the incident, the lessons learnt and how these have been applied, as well as what we still have to do as an industry to ensure another incident such as Buncefield never happens again.

Peter Evans, Principal Inspector - Electrical, Control, & Cyber Security at Health & Safety Executive, will be providing an update from the regulator at Hazardex in the Regions: Swansea on 22 October. The aim of this presentation is to provide an update by the Regulator on a number of key messages affecting Major Hazard industries and Operators of Essential Services across the Chemical and Energy sectors.

Huw Bement, Managing Director of CompEx, will be presenting at Hazardex in the Regions: Swansea on 22 October. He will be discussing the Ex competency journey and about developing a pathway to align individual growth with corporate capability and regulatory compliance.

Rob Bevan, Workforce Development Manager for Cogent Skills, will be speaking at Hazardex in the Regions: Ellesmere Port on 17 September. He will be discussing the ways that the organisation are helping develop a competent workforce for high hazard industries.

Paul Hague, Technical Director at CompEx, will be presenting at Hazardex in the Regions: Ellesmere Port on 17 September. He will be discussing the Ex competency journey and about developing a pathway to align individual growth with corporate capability and regulatory compliance.

Jonathan Hichens, Training and Operations Director at insightEx Ltd, will be presenting at Hazardex in the Regions: Ellesmere Port on 17 September. He will discuss the release of Edition 6 of IEC 60079-14 and what it means for Ex d Cables and Cable Glands.

At Hazardex in the Regions: Ellesmere Port on 17 September, Carl Evans, E&I Project Manager at C&P Engineering Services, will be presenting a follow-up to his previous Hazardex Live presentation by exploring the considerations and other key aspects of hazardous area inspections involving 'legacy' equipment.

At Hazardex in the Regions: Ellesmere Port on 17 September, Andy Smith, General Manager & Alex Toohie, Technical Solution Manager from Element Materials Technology will be discussing how (and why) to protect your products against cyber threats.

Richard Hellebrand, Board Member of IMechE Process Industries Division - Institution of Mechanical Engineers, will be speaking at Hazardex in the Regions: Ellesmere Port on 17 September on Safety Critical Task Analysis for an upper tier COMAH site.

This special interest group is dedicated to matters related to the management of Explosive Atmosphere (Ex) hazards, that will be familiar territory for many members. In some respects, the SIG is a sister to the established functional safety SIG that also serves a discipline that enjoys(?) interest from the regulatory authorities.

Peter Heyse, Director at STL International, will be presenting at Hazardex in the Regions: Grangemouth on 18 June. He will be discussing the use of smart lighting controls in hazardous areas.

Jon Wallis, EC&I Compliance Lead at ECFIO, will be presenting at Hazardex in the Regions: Grangemouth on 18 June. He will be discussing root cause thinking when it comes to CPD and asking the question: what's driving your career decisions?

Alan Montgomery, Head of Qualifications at CompEx, will be presenting at Hazardex in the Regions: Grangemouth on 18 June. He will be discussing the Ex competency journey and about developing a pathway to align individual growth with corporate capability and regulatory compliance.

James Steven, Senior Principal Engineer at DNV, will be presenting at Hazardex in the Regions: Grangemouth on 18 June. He will be discussing compliance and provide clarity on what you need to be aware of when applying regulations to your projects.

Christian Liggett, Senior Engineer at Frazer-Nash Consultancy, will be presenting at Hazardex in the Regions: Grangemouth on 18 June. He will be exploring the DSEAR assessment for the Ammonia Synthesis Plant from Intermittent Renewable Energy (ASPIRE) project, a demonstrator facility for flexible E-Ammonia synthesis managed by STFC.

Jonathan Hichens, Training and Operations Director at insightEx Ltd, will be presenting at Hazardex in the Regions: Grangemouth on 18 June. He will discuss the release of Edition 6 of IEC 60079-14 and what it means for Ex d Cables and Cable Glands.

Our FREE to attend one-day events are returning 2025! This year, Hazardex in the Regions will be held in:

Grangemouth, Scotland - Macdonald Inchyra Hotel - 18 June
Ellesmere Port, England - Holiday Inn Hotel - 17 September
Swansea, Wales - Village Hotel - 22 October

A conference programme & tabletop exhibition all in one-place, on one-day. We even prove the existence of a free lunch (included in your attendance) - don't miss out, register NOW!

A total of 16 nominees were shortlisted across four categories for the Hazardex Awards 2025, designed to recognise excellence in the hazardous area sector. The winners and highly commended participants were announced during a Gala Dinner at Hazardex Live 2025 on 26 February in Harrogate. Find out the winning and highly commended entries here!

At Hazardex Live 2025, Ithaca Energy's Technical Safety and Process Safety Team Lead Dr. Ed Bailey will be asking the question: are you confident your safety critical system is fully operational, degraded, or impaired?

More headspace for safety and performance. Eigen frees up your engineers’ time for higher value activities. Founded in 2007, we are a team of digital innovators dedicated to advancing safety and efficiency by streamlining workflows and delivering technology solutions.

Taking place on 26-27 February in Harrogate, Hazardex Live 2025 – sponsored by TÜV Rheinland and C&P Engineering Services – will include a varied and quality Conference focused on hazardous area operations and process safety, bringing operators, legislators, consultants, service providers & others together to review legislation, best practices, and stay up-to-date with the latest research. Take a look at our first speakers & topics and book your place at Hazardex Live 2025 now!

At Hazardex Live 2025, David Rees from TÜV Rheinland Risktec Solutions will be presenting on DSEAR and Hazardous Area Classification (HAC) for hydrogen road vehicles.

Smart Actuated Valves & Dynamic Corporation Limited will be exhibiting together at Hazardex Live 2025, showcasing their actuated valve solutions.

Martha Carrillo, Certification & Consultancy Manager, from Expo Technologies will be presenting at Hazardex Live 2025 about a collaborative approach to challenging Ex protection projects, using customer & project case studies to discuss the stages most critical to the success of the certification process

Dr. Andrzej Wolff, Process Security Expert at Polish company Grupa Wolff, will be presenting a new, innovative approach to risk assessment for combustible dusts at Hazardex Live 2025.

Dewi Evans, Hazardous Area Operations Manager at C&P Engineering Services, will be presenting a follow-up to his previous Hazardex Live presentation by exploring the considerations and other key aspects of hazardous area inspections involving 'legacy' equipment.

Fuels Industry UK (formerly UKPIA) will once again be participating in Hazardex Live 2025 with Environment, Health, and Safety Specialist Simon Wood set to talk about the importance of a flexible, risk based, efficient planning system to deliver Net Zero.

Chemicals and energy giant Sasol will be participating in the Hazardex Live 2025 Conference with Michelle Du Preez, an explosion prevention practitioner for the company's Hazardous Location Centre in South Africa, discussing blanketing, how it impacts a business, and the role that human behaviour plays in the process.

Elaine McGavin, Regulatory Lead at the Chemical Business Association (CBA), will be providing the latest news & developments regarding UK REACH regulations, providing an overview of the current issues and answering any questions that delegates may have.

Michelle Smith, a Nuclear Site Health and Safety Inspector at the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), will be presenting at Hazardex Live 2025 on the Regulatory Expectations for DSEAR Compliance in the Nuclear Sector.

At Hazardex Live 2025, Explosion Safety Consultant Jim Vingerhoets from Fike will be focusing on the critical differences between flameless explosion venting of combustible dust explosions using flameless vent devices with dust retention screens versus those without.

At Hazardex Live 2025, Gavin Cornall, Global Segment Manager at Roxtec Group, will be explaining how to protect traditional and new nuclear power facilities from multiple hazards by securing all cable and pipe penetrations in line with IAEA safety guides.

During Hazardex Live 2025, experienced hazardous area expert Tal Hopkins, Managing Director at Vital Ex Engineering, will take a look at area classification standards and ask the question: which one should we use?

TÜV Rheinland's Global Manager for Safety Culture George Bradley will be discussing safety culture at Hazardex Live 2025 and present some case study examples of how employees can identify unsafe working practices.

Andy Fisher, Senior Inspection Engineer at TÜV Rheinland, will be looking at risk-based inspection and repurposing of pressure equipment for hydrogen duty at Hazardex Live 2025.

At Hazardex Live 2025, Senior Consultant for TÜV Rheinland, Conal Brown, will argue that qualitative approaches are still relevant for risk assessment in a digital world, especially where there are substantial data gaps and uncertainties.

During this session at Hazardex Live 2025, TÜV Rheinland Cyber Security Team Leader David Allen will be highlighting some of the ransomware risks you may not know along with some of the pitfalls companies make, which you can look to avoid.

At Hazardex Live, TÜV Rheinland's Principal Process Safety Consultant Graeme Laughland will highlight some key deficiencies found in the application and design of Management of Change (MoC) systems as discovered through incident case studies, auditing and gap analyses conducted on this topic.

At Hazardex Live 2025, Stephen Beedle, a Principal Consultant in TÜV Rheinland's Process Safety Group, will be looking at the need for independence in terms of the Basic Process Control System when carrying out SIL assessments.

Functional Safety, Alarm and Hazardous Area Management Lead for TÜV Rheinland, Suresh Sugavanam, will be providing an insight into where Process Safety encounters Machinery Safety for Hazardex Live 2025 delegates.

This session at Hazardex Live 2025 will see William Hair, Integrity Management Principal Consultant with TÜV Rheinland, help delegates make sense of EC&I ageing and obsolescence.

At Hazardex Live 2025, TÜV Rheinland's Colin Bartliff, Senior Safety Consultant, and Suresh Sugavanam, Functional Safety, Alarm and Hazardous Area Management Lead, will discuss final element proof testing and ask the question: what can go wrong?

Gary Lumbard, Senior Process Safety Consultant at TÜV Rheinland, will present at Hazardex Live 2025 on Process Safety, discussing the balance between implementing new tools and methodologies, and the risk that this presents to maintaining the basics of a process safety management system.

ECFIO's Jon Wallis, EC&I Compliance Lead, and Graham Doggett, Hazardous Area Consultant, will be speaking at Hazardex Live 2025 about managing ageing assets and the role of DSEAR compliance in process safety.

Join Michelle Smith at Hazardex Live 2025 to discover why establishing a clear definition for lone workers within your organisation is critical, what the legal obligations and industry-specific regulations are pertaining to lone worker safety and how to develop a comprehensive lone worker safety policy, that includes comprehensive hazard assessments and clear roles and responsibilities.

At Hazardex Live 2025, Bruce Holcombe will look at some ‘good practice’ examples for Lower and Upper Tier COMAH regulated sites when managing incidents, with an emphasis on communications and the flow of information.

This session at Hazardex Live 2025 will see Roger Stokes, Principal Engineer at BakerRisk, provide guidelines for preparing equipment for maintenance and return to service

Dr. Martin Thedens, Chair of IEC TC 31 and Head of PTB-Department 3.6, will be guiding Hazardex Live 2025 delegates through the requirements for the marking code and discuss if it is needed to reduce the marking code.

The Tank Storage Association’s Executive Director, Peter Davidson, will be presenting at Hazardex Live 2025 about the Buncefield explosions and fire. 20 years on from the major oil storage fire, Peter will be discussing what the industry has done in response to the incident, the lessons learnt and how these have been applied, as well as what we still have to do as an industry to ensure another incident such as Bucnefield never happens again.

Looking at a selection of technologies around hydrogen (and derivates), energy storage systems and carbon capture, this session from DNV's Business Development & Growth Manager James Steven will look at some of the main hazards from these areas as well as challenging some of the industry's perceptions on how to manage these.

This session at Hazardex Live 2025 by the Chemical Business Association (CBA) will look at employing the Responsible Care Initiative to build sustainable future generations of talent.

Risk scoring as an input to developing a risk-based inspection strategy often focusses solely on the equipment and the installed environment. In this Hazardex Live 2025 session, Bob Banks from Dron & Dickson will present a case study demonstrating implementation of a risk-based inspection strategy for equipment installed in potentially explosive atmospheres where robust inspection data has been used to accurately define the ignition risk profile and optimise the site inspection strategy.”

This Hazardex Live 2025 presentation will see Karen Warhurst, Senior Principal Consultant at DNV, speak on behalf of the Institute of Gas Engineers & Managers to describe the key changes in Edition 3 of IGEM/TD/2. The revised code, and its content, is considered to represent the current UK best practice for QRAs of high pressure natural gas transmission pipelines.

Abd Elrahman Afifi from National Gas will be presenting at Hazardex Live 2025 and discuss gas detection and the methods and equipment that are used to locate and minimise gas emissions and leaks.

At Hazardex Live 2025, Ian Kelsall, the Respiratory Protection Equipment (RPE) Business Development Manager for Draeger Safety Ltd., will take a look at some of the benefits offered by Powered Air Purifying Respirator systems and address some of the perceived barriers too.

At Hazardex Live 2025, CompEx Certification's Managing Director Huw Bement will be discussing the key steps to understanding competency in hazardous areas.

Roxby Training Solutions and sister company F.E.S. (EX) will be at Hazardex Live 2025 to exhibit their specialist services and technical training services for the high hazard industries.