At Guardian, R & D goes beyond inventing or creating new products. We like to think of it as a core investment into our continuing success.

  A commitment to investing resources to look at processes and methods from different perspectives to determine if we should make changes, improvements and refinements (to an already good thing)

  Testing equipment, methods, procedures and tools in real life situations

  Developing in-house training and mentoring programs

  Monitoring the environment to keep abreast of changes to regulations, resources, technologies, equipment and materials

  Attending trade shows and industry presentations

  Ongoing, two-way communication with manufacturers and approved vendor list suppliers