Our cover story on Occupational Safety titled ‘Putting Safety Ahead of Production’ looks into the state of occupational Safety in India vs. global benchmarks and finds that occupational safety and health is gaining popularity among cement companies as it proves to be a business case for them when huge costs and reputation are at stake on the flipside. Our feature on Lab Automation titled ‘Customer Specs are getting Tougher’ explains that with increasing quality consciousness among industry players to gain competitive edge, customer specification of equipment is getting stringent day by day.