MākuSafe® News Archive
Meet MākuSafe’s Shawn Harrington at the 2024Michigan Safety Conference
April 11, 2024
The Michigan Safety Conference stands as a beacon of voluntary commitment, steadfastly devoted to enhancing workplace safety and health standards across Michigan. Through its flagship annual conference, it delivers top-notch workplace health and safety education, drawing in one of the nation’s most robust gatherings of safety professionals. Among the attendees,
Join MākuSafe at CIRAS event – Wearable Technology to Support your Workforce
April 9, 2024
Iowa businesses are familiar with workforce hurdles, intensified by customer demands to escalate production. But how do you meet these demands with a limited workforce? Explore the potential of a right-sized tech toolbox for a productivity boost. Learn from CIRAS experts, technology distributors and integrators, and Iowa manufacturing peers about
MākuSafe Selected As A Finalist For Innovation World Cup At HANNOVER MESSE 2024
April 5, 2024
MākuSafe is proud to be recognized as a finalist in the 2024 Innovation World Cup at Hannover Messe. In the heart of Hannover, where groundbreaking innovations converge with industrial prowess, HANNOVER MESSE stands as a beacon of technological advancement and entrepreneurial spirit. This year, the anticipation reaches new heights as
MākuSafe’s Aaron Johnson heading to Europe for the 2024 Wearable Technology Conference
March 25, 2024
Aaron Johnson, managing director of international business development at MākuSafe, will be speaking at the WT | Wearable Technologies Conference in Munich on April 16th. His session called “Optimizing Work Environments: Exploring Parameters for Improved Safety and Health” will cover wearable tech for frontline workers. The conference offers a comprehensive
Tom West Webinar for NSC Divisions – Managing Safety Across Generations: Communicating, Leading, Motivating, and Technology Adoption!
March 20, 2024
Wednesday,March 20Communicating, Leading, and Motivating Across Generations1:00 p.m. (ET) / 12:00 p.m. (CT)During your typical day, who do you interact with? Who are you responsible for? Chances are that you are engaged with people who span several age groups. In fact, there are at least five
MākuSafe Tom West to speak at Kirkwood Safety Conference 2024
March 11, 2024
The Kirkwood Safety Conference is designed for all individuals involved in their company’s safety programs who aim to refresh their safety perspectives and seek opportunities to learn something new. We also welcome newcomers to the safety profession and value their questions and insights. Safety conferences like this one offer an excellent platform
Visit MākuSafe at SheTech Explorer Day!
March 8, 2024
Team MakuSafe’s Amanda Kelley will be participating at SheTech in Sandy, Utah on March 14th! MakuSafe is happy to support the event, as the Women Tech Council’s SheTech program is the largest industry-led STEM program to activate, engage and inspire high school girls into STEM degrees and successful careers with
Tom West Presenting at Ohio Safety Conference
March 8, 2024
Join Tom West and Shawn Harrington in Columbus OH at OSC24! Tom will be delivering a session on wearable technology accelerating human and organizational performance. MākuSafe will host a private reception Wednesday evening 4:30-6:30pm. Connect with Shawn & Tom for details by scanning the QR code and sending us a
MākuSafe Presenting to ASSP Quad Cities Chapter – Free Webinar
March 7, 2024
Quad Cities ASSP Virtual Chapter Meeting Wearable Safety Technology March 14, 2024 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Topic Wearable Safety Technology Delivers EHS Leading Indicators Easily To Reduce Incidents & Claims! Workforce wearable technology can go beyond biometrics and fitness, tracking usable data that’s relevant to employee safety and focused on the environment around an employee and
MākuSafe’s COSS Aaron Johnson to speak at Industrial SafetyWorX in Amsterdam
February 28, 2024
The conference, Industrial SafetyWorX, is geared towards exploring innovation in manufacturing, highlighting the integration of digital, physical, and sustainability elements to meet production KPIs while minimizing downtime. With a focus on IoT, AI, machine learning, digitization, and customer centricity, the agenda showcases how industry leaders leverage these technologies for significant
Tom West hosts webinar with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
February 9, 2024
Established in 1932, SME (the Society of Manufacturing Engineers) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of manufacturing. SME leads the industrial ecosystem by elevating manufacturers, academia and the communities in which they operate. Together we share one common belief: Manufacturing holds the key to economic growth and prosperity. SME helps
MākuSafe at The Future of EHS 2024
February 6, 2024
We’re participating in the NSC Future of EHS conference again in 2024, and will be a part of the Safety Technology Pavilion during the event. Innovation and technology have always been at the core of our mission to enhance safety and health strategies. Now, more than ever, it’s crucial
Tom West of MākuSafe interviewed for Safety Storytellers Video Podcast
January 10, 2024
Our own Tom West sat down with Stacey Godbold for Safety Storytellers Podcast at a conference a while back, and talked about the future of workplace safety technology and some key differentiators that set MakuSafe apart. Watch the 16 minute interview on their video channel here.
PRESS RELEASE – MākuSafe Selected by Department of the Air Force AFWERX Program to Provide Wearable Safety Technology Through SBIR Contract
January 8, 2024
For Immediate Release: WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – MākuSafe, Corp. announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract in the amount of $74,598.00 focused on use of MākuSafe’s wearable safety and connected worker technology to address the most pressing challenges in the Department
The Future Of Workplace Safety Is Now
January 3, 2024
Part Two of an NCCI series – The Technology Provider Perspective: The NCCI surveyed technologists to discover how innovations introduced today will improve jobsite safety tomorrow. MākuSafe contributed to a series of articles on Workplace Safety Tech by Damian England, Yuchen Su, Raji H. Chadarevian and Laura Kersey for NCCI.
MākuSafe CEO, Gabriel Glynn, presenting at WEAR Conference, Dec 5-6, San Diego
November 21, 2023
The annual WEAR Conference examines the significant breakthroughs and new opportunities made possible through the integration of textiles and technology through wearables. This event regularly brings together key players from across the smart fabrics, e-textiles, and wearable tech marketplace to hear the latest updates on market dynamics
MākuSafe at The 23rd World Congress on Safety & Health at Work in Sydney
November 21, 2023
MakuSafe is proud to present and exhibit at The 23rd World Congress on Safety & Health at Work in Australia! Hear from our CEO and Co-Founder, Gabriel Glynn, COSS Glynn, on the Innovator Showcase Stage, 13:30 on 28 November. Topic: The Connected Worker – A Data-Driven
MākuSafe joins National Safety Council TechHub Marketplace
November 3, 2023
MākuSafe today announced it will be featured in the TechHub Marketplace, a new searchable online directory created by the National Safety Council to streamline the process for companies seeking technology providers best suited to address their unique safety risks. Any company interested in adopting safety technology can browse the NSC
MākuSafe Hosts Engage 23 Annual Users Summit in Des Moines
September 28, 2023
For Immediate Release: West Des Moines, IA – MākuSafe recently held its annual Engage Users Summit at The River Center in Downtown Des Moines, attracting attendees in-person and virtually from organizations across the country. The focus of the conference was centered on optimizing safety management and accelerating
MākuSafe at Plug and Play Startup Arena in Detroit Auto Show
September 12, 2023
Plug and Play is returning to the Detroit Auto Show in 2023 as the official co-host of the Startup Arena on September 13-14 and MākuSafe will be one of 150 startups participating. See the full list of participating startups here. MākuSafe’s Aaron Johnson will host a booth
MākuSafe’s Matt Joens on Leading Safely™ | A HazTek Podcast
September 5, 2023
MākuSafe Client Executive Matt Joens joined hosts Chris Bellina and Matt Clark on their podcast Leading Safely | A HazTek Podcast to discuss Wearable Technology for the Construction Industry. During the episode, Matt and the HazTek hosts discuss how digital technology has significantly advanced the functions and expectations of
Tom West Speaking at VPPPA Safety+ Symposium
August 22, 2023
Tom West will be speaking and MākuSafe will be exhibiting at VPPPA’s Safety+ Symposium on Sunday, September 17 – Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida. MākuSafe will be at Booth #530, so stop by to learn how our wearable
MākuSafe Exhibiting Sponsor of 2023 Human & Organizational Performance Summit
August 17, 2023
MākuSafe is an Exhibiting Sponsor of the National Safety Council’s 2023 Human & Organizational Performance Summit in Indianapolis, IN on September 13-14. As defined by NSC, HOP is a risk-based operating philosophy that recognizes error is part of the human condition, and an organization’s processes,
MākuSafe Exhibiting at Smart Factory Expo
August 8, 2023
MākuSafe’s Aaron Johnson will exhibit at the Smart Factory Expo in Cleveland, TN on August 10th, 2023. The Smart Solutions for Smart Factories Expo & CRMA Manufacturers Excellence Luncheon is focused on helping manufacturers embrace Industry 4.0 with innovative technology and solution providers. MākuSafe will be among the vendors
MākuSafe on Tech Tribune’s Best Tech Startup in Iowa List for Fourth Year
July 7, 2023
MākuSafe was recently named to the Tech Tribune’s Best Tech Startup in Iowa list along with ten other notable Iowa companies, including: Moov, Grower’s Edge, OpenLoop, Roboflow,