Blackline Safety expanding quality assurance program

Aug. 14, 2025, Calgary — Connected safety technology company Blackline Safety Corp. has announced an expansion of its quality assurance (QA) program.

As part of the expansion, the company has increased its QA team, upgraded its inspection equipment and boosted in-lab testing of its entire product line.

“When most people think of safety technology, they think about the moment it matters – a gas leak detected, an SOS alert triggered, or a worker protected – but our team is focused on everything that leads up to that moment because protection starts on the bench, in the lab, and on the line,” said Blair Svoboda, director, quality assurance at Blackline Safety, in a media release.

The expansion of Blackline’s QA program, which is conducted entirely in-house at the company’s manufacturing facility, builds on its investment of $2 million in surface mount technology (SMT) and advanced inspection tools to provide greater oversight and control throughout the entire production process.

Automated state-of-the-art equipment tests product reliability (dock insertions, button presses, etc.) and ensures the devices are able to withstand water immersion, extreme temperatures and dust penetration, which could potentially damage internal components.

“All of our quality assurance testing is done in true-to-life simulated environments just steps from the manufacturing floor to enable us to react in real time as needed – a process that just can’t be achieved when manufacturing is done elsewhere,” Svoboda said in a press statement.

He explained that Blackline’s global team of 35 quality assurance specialists, which has grown by more than 250 per cent, runs a 68-point quality test on every single safety device before it ships, from testing radios, sensors and alarms, to conducting connectivity checks across cellular and satellite networks.