Bend-tech Group

Bend-tech Group is a safety equipment manufacturer in the Workwear, PPE and Equipment category, designing and fabricating certified access platforms from Perth for clients including BHP, Rio Tinto and the Australian Department of Defence.

• More than 30 years of design, engineering and manufacturing for industrial and mining conditions, operating under ISO 9001 quality certification from its Welshpool WA headquarters and a Beresfield NSW facility.
• Eight platform types cover fixed plant, mobile equipment maintenance (MEM), height adjustable, conveyor, general purpose, light vehicle, wharf and rail applications, each built to comply with and exceed relevant Australian standards.
• Platforms are engineered to prevent falls from height, which the company cites as 11% of workplace deaths in 2019/20, with slip resistant stairways and work areas across the range.
• Clients include BHP, Fortescue Metals Group, Rio Tinto, Woodside, South32, BAE Systems, Rheinmetall Defence and Austal, with availability across Australia.

Best for: mining, rail and defence maintenance teams that need certified access platforms for elevated work where standard equipment does not fit their plant.

Bend-tech Group supports its safety access equipment with on-site safety audits and risk assessments, sending engineers to Australian mining and industrial operations to assess elevated access hazards before designing a solution.

• Site visits and risk assessments are offered at no obligation ahead of each bespoke platform design.
• Assessments draw on more than 30 years of engineering for mining and industrial conditions, under an ISO 9001 certified quality system.
• Findings feed directly into custom design, engineering and fabrication, with equipment built to comply with and exceed relevant Australian standards.

Best for: site and maintenance managers who want an elevated access hazard assessed and engineered out rather than managed with procedures.