MSA Wins Packaging Award

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MSA Safety Works was awarded the 2011 Environmental Packaging of the Year award by the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA.) This was awarded for the packaging of MSA Safety Works Espresso Polarized Safety Glasses. The packaging contains 8 percent less plastic and one-third less cardstock insert material than standard models of eyewear.

"We're especially proud and humbled to receive this NRHA award, as it represents an industry acknowledgement of our efforts to promote product packaging that makes sense for both MSA retailers and our end users," says John Quinn, MSA Safety Works' retail segment manager.

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