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Good Samaritans’ New Year security deed
Winter is a busy time of the year for
the Samaritans - so one Blackburn
company decided to help the charity
out with a New Year’s good deed.
The Samaritans of Blackburn,
Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
contacted Blackburn Alarms
about updating the security
system at their New Park
Street branch.
Much to their surprise, the
security specialists - based at the
B1 Business Centre on Davyfield
Road - offered to carry out the
work free of charge as a ‘random
act of kindness’
.
Daniel Halenko, MD of
Blackburn Alarms, said: “We’d
been planning to start 2014
with a random act of kindness
and had been coming up
with various ideas before the
Samaritans got in touch. “As
soon as their enquiry came
through we felt it was the perfect
way to give something back to
the community and start the
New Year on a high.
“Charities like the Samaritans
do such an important job and
their work is especially poignant
over winter with Christmas and
the New Year - we are delighted
to have done our small bit to
benefit a great cause on our very
own doorstep.”
Chris Ashcroft, Director of
the Samaritans Blackburn,
Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
said:
Daniel Halenko from
Blackburn Alarms
with Chris Ashcroft
from the Samaritans.
“I would personally like to
thank Blackburn Alarms on
behalf of the branch for its very
generous gesture of making our
branch a much safer place to
visit for those who need it.
“We are here to listen 24/7, 365
days a year for those individuals
who feel they are in the need of
emotional support, please call
01254 662424 or 0845 790 9090
(local rates apply) or email
[email protected]”
.
For further information
or to make a donation visit
www.samaritans.org,
www.blackburnalarms.com
PICKERSGILL-KAYE: LOCKING IN OVERSEAS SALES
Leeds lock manufacture PickersgillKaye Ltd has posted sales of over
£2.25million for the year ending
November 2013, of which 33%
(£751,912) was export business – the
biggest proportion of total sales the
company has ever achieved.
Part of the Joseph Kaye Holdings Group,
Pickersgill-Kaye, which designs and
produces locks and safety products for the
rail, security and custodial and industries,
last year won contracts with a number of
well-known blue chip names.
The specialist engineering firm has
developed a growing reputation for
well-designed and quality engineered
rail and high security products. It is this
manufacturing commitment, backed
up by excellent levels of service, which
has helped it fill its overseas order book
against often tough competition.
Demand for its rail products continues
at a pace. In North America, the company
supplied Axion Technologies with
further passenger alarms for fitting to
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Toronto Transit ‘Rocket’ subway cars and
locomotive cab door locks to several train
companies in the USA.
In Europe, the business manufactured
toilet door switch units for EVAC in
Germany, emergency hammer boxes for
a new build tram project in Belgium, cab
door locks for Irish Rail’s 18-strong fleet of
071 class locomotives, emergency break
access panels for trains in Austria, budget
locks and break panels for Siemens’ Desiro
trains and an ongoing supply of loco door
locks for the Bombardier Traxx locos.
On the other side of the globe,
Pickersgill-Kaye has received an initial
order from Jardine Engineering for cell
door locks and strikers for the first railway
satellite police station on a new rail link
between Hong Kong and China as well
as EED (emergency egress device) and
EAD (emergency access device) units for
Hitachi Japan, destined for trains being
built for the UK.
International demand for PickersgillKaye’s range of high security and custodial
locks for prisons and police stations
continues to increase with ongoing sales
of its cell door locks, strikers and hatches
to Ireland, multi-point lock to a Libyan
company and Kaye-Rota padlock for
France.
Pickersgill-Kaye’s sales director Harry
Griffiths said: “Overseas sales are a
growing proportion of our business.
During the 12 months the company has
maintained exports to the three continents
of Asia, America and Europe.”
All Pickersgill-Kaye products are
designed on state-of-the-art CAD software
and are subjected to extensive and
challenging testing on key operation, lock
construction and overall durability and
resistance to attack, in order to satisfy the
operational requirements of national and
international market sectors.
The company is confident of
strengthening its presence at home
and breaking into even more markets
overseas in 2014.
To read more, visit www.locksmithjournal.co.uk