Clearview Midlands January 2014 - Issue 146 | Page 63

HARDWARE&SECURITY

British company takes overseas
markets by storm
Award-winning safety firm, Jackloc, is a global export success story
A pioneering safety company,
Jackloc, the first window
safety lock of its kind over 10
years ago has achieved global
success, exporting to markets
worldwide.
Jackloc, based in Leicestershire,
created the original, awardwinning universal window
restrictor in 2003. It’s a simple, but
very strong safety product, aimed
at reducing the risk of falls from
open windows.
The family-run company
now exports Jacklocs to Russia,
South Africa, Mexico, Australia,
Singapore, Malaysia and Arabia,
and is seeking to expand further
into international markets.
Jacklocs are fitted in hotels,
hospitals, care homes, schools,

student accommodation, high-rise
flats and private homes all over
the globe. The firm has sold more
than half a million of its locks,
having established its worldwide
market via a variety of channels,
through multinational companies,
mail order, e-commerce and
independent retailers.
Business is growing year on year
and the company’s customer base
has expanded enormously, with the
winning of numerous new contacts
both in the UK and overseas in the
last couple of years.
One export challenge has been
the differing overseas laws and
regulations, but the Jackloc team
has been successful in championing
UK health and safety ideas as well
as coming up with concepts that

meet customers’ varying needs and
requirements.
Following new Decree governing
window safety in Abu Dhabi,
Jackloc started exporting to the
United Arab Emirates in 2012.
The Department of Municipal
Affairs ordered that all windows
and other openings in residential
buildings must be restricted after
a number of children died in falls
from the city’s high-rise tower
blocks.
Jackloc also sought advice from
UK Trade & Investment, the
government department, which
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