News (SSG)

From this year, LKAB, Boliden, Northland Resources and Dannemora Mineral are requiring their contractors to have completed the interactive safety training course SSG Entre. So far, around 100 industrial facilities from several different sectors in Sweden have signed up to the concept, while almost 75, 000 contractors have undergone the training and gained an Entre passport. SSG Entre is an...

SSG’s newly launched Reliability and Efficiency Committee held its inaugural meeting on 16 June at SCA’s head office on Klarabergsviadukten in Stockholm. The meeting was attended by representatives from Stora Enso, Billerud, Holmen, Korsnäs, M-real, SCA, Södra Cell, Cascades Djupafors, Fiskeby Board, Munksjö Aspa Bruk and SSG. The purpose of the committee’s work is to identify common...

Over the summer, SSG has carried out certain organisational changes within the senior management team. Under the leadership of Johan Nylander, SSG Entre has made strong progress in recent years and is now on the brink of international expansion. On his own initiative, Johan has therefore expressed a desire to concentrate specifically on business development of the successful Entre concept, with...

The two SSG Days on the 16-17 May 2011 at Rica Talk in Älvsjö, Sweden, were a highly appreciated event and an exciting springboard for SSG’s continued development of committee activities. The day before the SPCI 2011 trade exhibition, close to 110 people from SSG, SSG’s Board of Directors and SSG’s committees gathered to discuss their previous experiences and the industry’s future expectations...

SSG is finishing a new edition of SSG 2001, maintenance efficiency, terminology and key performance indicators (KPI) in English. The Swedish version of the standard was publicized in mid May and the English version is only to be proofread before introduction. The estimated date for release is in July. For more information regarding SSG 2001, please contact:Mats Karlsson Telephone: +46 60 14 15...

A number of new local training courses for web based safety training course SSG Entre has been produced and publicized during the spring. From the 1st of December 2011, LKAB mineral group in Kiruna and Malmberget demand an Entre passport from their contractors. To fulfil this demand, the training course has been available by SSG from the 1st of February this year, when LKAB's own web based...

SSG congratulates Sundsvall Dragons to the Swedish national title in basketball, 2011. Seven finals were needed to separate the two teams (the other was Norrköping Dolphins) but Sundsvall Dragons was the strongest and took the crown in front of a capacity crowd at Sundsvalls sports arena. After a scintillating start of the game, the Dragons took the lead with over 20 points and held the lead...

SSG’s unique cooperation across borders, businesses and companies to achieve efficiency and security in the industry continues to create good results. For the last six years, SSG has had an annual growth of 16% and during 2010 revenue was 48.2 million SEK. Even more growth is planned for 2011. By the end of last year, eight people had been added to the workforce and two more are to be recruited....

Company management bears ultimate legal responsibility and must always take the initiative to ensure that workplace safety is thorough and successful. This point of view was shared by all of the speakers at the 2007 SSG Safety Conference. SSG held its third consecutive, and much appreciated, Safety Conference on 27-28 September 2007. This year’s focus was on work environment and safety issues in...