Flying high with a new idea

A SITE SAFETY specialist has made the first major innovation in 90 years for simple handrails which protect millions of UK workers.

Scottish-based Kite Group already provides vital safe access to industrial and commercial premises – and promises that its new breakthrough product has major environmental benefits.

Managers of the £3 million+ a-year firm, which provides handrails to oil rigs and industrial settings, have harnessed the latest laser-cutting technology to transform how its tubular steel systems are produced and how the components fit together securely.

Managing Director, Anthony Wells, unveiled the new system, called ModiFix, and said:

“Delivering the first major innovation in a product since the 1930s is something we are proud of. Tubular steel handrails are so ubiquitous that they are virtually invisible. It is like they have been around so long and are so prevalent that no-one stopped to think how they could be improved.”