NECA 2019 Safety Professionals Conference

Richard Rivkin
President and CEO
Saf-T-Gard


Richard A. Rivkin is President and Chief Executive Officer of Saf-T-Gard International, Inc., a privately-held family-owned and operated global supplier of industrial safety products based in Northbrook, Illinois. Rivkin joined the company in 1970 to help steer the transformation from a glove company to the global manufacturer, distributor, importer and exporter of industrial safety products and personal protective equipment (PPE) that Saf-T-Gard International, Inc. is today. Always at the forefront of the safety industry, Rivkin’s career spans more than 40 years of innovation and accomplishments including the development and implementation of the Voltgard® Test Lab, the largest, independent, NAIL4PET-accredited test lab for rubber insulating products in the United States, providing testing and recertification services to the electric power and telephone utility markets. He was also responsible for introducing a new stainless steel ring mesh (chain mail) technology cut-resistant PPE program to both the meat and poultry processing and food service industries.

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