Web shop for safety interlocking kit (1st April 2012)

Industrial safety specialist Castell Safety International has launched a web shop - Porta Castell (www.porta.castell.com).

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Datasheet update (1st March 2012)

Industrial safety specialist Castell Safety International has updated its product datasheets to help customers order products in the quickest and most efficient manner.

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Take control of performance (1st January 2012)

Castell has launched a new control panel for its Salvo range of driveaway prevention products. Suitable for use with automatic and manual loading bay doors, Salvo Control Panel+ is said to be easier both to use and

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Castell's new Salvo Susie (1st December 2011)

Industrial safety specialist Castell Safety International has developed a new Susie lock for its Salvo range of drive-away prevention products. The redesigned Salvo Susie features an ergonomic grip that enables the l

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New area sales manager joins (1st October 2011)

Castell Safety International has appointed Ed Smith as its new area sales manager for central England. Ed joins Castell from industrial panel and partition systems manufacturer Troax UK.

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New product development director (1st August 2011)

Paul Marks has been appointed by Castell Safety International as its new product development director.

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A Salvo of safety (1st May 2011)

With a long safety interlocking pedigree, in recent years Castell has made a name for itself in the loading bay. Simon Duddy caught up with the company's management to hear how this was achieved.

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Prevents fail-to-danger (1st April 2011)

The KSD+ from Castell is a new trapped key interlock power isolator, suitable for 3-phase currents from 32 to 250A, which is said to dramatically increase safety protection over conventional designs, preventing fail-to-

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Tesco opts for Castell Salvo to KO driveaways across UK DCs (1st February 2011)

Tesco will install Castell’s driveaway-prevention system, Salvo, at each of its 24 distribution centres in the UK. Rowland Door Services will install the systems.

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New X-type key exchange unit (1st January 2011)

Castell Safety International has developed a new X-type key exchange unit.

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Key to loading bay safety (1st April 2010)

Salad grower, packer and distributor, Vitacress, has chosen Castell's Salvo driveaway prevention system to protect warehouse staff at its Amesbury facility.

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Shunters take control (1st December 2009)

Chilled dairy foods company, Dairy Crest, is protecting loading bay personnel at two sites with Castell's interlocking driveaway prevention system, Salvo. The system is in use at facilities in Fenstanton and Crudgington

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Fits any door (1st October 2009)

Salus is a new trapped key access interlock from Castell Safety International that is suitable for any type of industrial door.

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Arla installs Salvo at third site (1st August 2009)

Leading supplier of fresh milk and cream, Arla Foods has installed Castell's Salvo on 16 loading bays at its stateof- the-art dairy in Leeds. The facility handles between 100 and 200 vehicle movements a day and is the

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Supermarket uses safety system (1st June 2009)

Supermarket, Netto, has installed Castell's Salvo driveaway prevention system at distribution centres in Pontefract and Daventry, safeguarding 53 loading bays.

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Prevents loading bay driveaways (1st December 2008)

Caterpillar Logistics is enhancing the safety of loading bay employees at its Tullamarine warehouse in Victoria, Australia, with Castell's Salvo. The aim was to implement a process to protect employees from unschedule

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Drive-away prevention system (1st October 2008)

Copella Fruit Juices, part of PepsiCo, has invested in Salvo, Castell's drive-away prevention system, safeguarding 50 deliveries per week.

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Salvo now quicker & easier to install (1st August 2008)

Industrial safety specialist Castell has revamped its Salvo range of driveawayprevention products with third-party installers and distributors in mind.

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Salvo provides failsafe at second Cummins site (1st June 2008)

Diesel engine manufacturer Cummins has demonstrated its faith in Castell's Salvo by installing the driveawayprevention system at a second UK site. Cummins has adopted Salvo at its Darlington site, following a recommen

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Safety locks put a stop to driveaways (1st June 2008)

The threat of driveaways has led Pork Farms bakeries, to protect employees by investing in Castell's Salvo.

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Drive-away prevention system (1st February 2008)

UPM Shotton has chosen to protect warehouse staff at its Flintshire site with Salvo, the drive-away prevention system from Castell. The company originally considered a vehicle restraint system but was concerned that v

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No brown bread bay workers (1st December 2007)

Castell's Salvo drive-away prevention system has been installed at Warburtons' Burnley and Blackpool sites, safeguarding a total of eight loading bays.

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Drive-away prevention system (1st October 2007)

Castell's drive-away prevention system Salvo is now protecting warehouse staff at what is believed to be Europe's largest singlesite PVC compounding operation.

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Warburtons uses its loaf (1st June 2007)

Warburtons is the latest big name to adopt Castell's Salvo drive away prevention system at its Burnley and Blackpool sites, safeguarding a total of eight loading bays.

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Drive away protection system (1st April 2007)

Wincanton, the UK's secondlargest logistics company, has installed Castell's Salvo drive-away prevention system across all 11 loading bays at its West Thurrock site.

This is the fourth Wincanton distribution centre to be pro

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Bays now safer for loaders (1st February 2007)

Frozen food maker Birds Eye uses Castell's Salvo to protect operatives at its Hull factory from unscheduled trailer departure. Salvo provides a physical block on all ten bays, preventing 'drive-aways'.

Once drivers have reve

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Prevent drive-aways from manual doors (1st August 2006)

Castell has expanded its Salvo drive-away prevention system with the introduction of Gallant, a keyless door interlock for manuallyoperated warehouse loading bay doors.

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Walkers installs Castell's Salvo (1st June 2006)

Walkers Crisps has chosen Castell's Salvo to protect its warehouse operatives from the threat of drive-aways.

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Keyless drive-away prevention (1st February 2006)

Castell has expanded its Salvo drive-away prevention system with the introduction of Gallant, a keyless door interlock designed for manually-operated loading bay doors.

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Drive away prevention reassures operatives (1st October 2005)

Cummins Engines has fitted Castell’s Salvo drive-away prevention system to all three loading bays at its Daventry distribution centre, after the need for a reliable method of safeguarding loading operations was identified.

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Distribution centre gets drive-away protection (1st August 2005)

Castell’s drive-away prevention system, Salvo, has been installed across the whole of Christian Salvesen’s 18-bay distribution centre at Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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Salvo the white stuff for safety (1st June 2005)

Castell’s Salvo drive away prevention system is used by Arla Foods at its Hatfield Peverel dairy in Essex – which processes 5 million litres of milk per week.

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Salvo solves drive-aways (1st February 2005)

European supply chain management company Wincanton has adopted Castell’s drive-away prevention system across its entire Gloucester site.

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Protects staff from risk of drive-aways (1st August 2004)

Christian Salvesen has installed Castells Salvo safety system across its entire distribution site at Bury, thereby helping to protect staff from the threat of drive-always . Since warehouse operatives are now given an instant visual indication that l

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At-a-glance padlock management (1st April 2004)

Lockable metal storage cabinets from Castell Iso-Lok are for key and padlock management. Clear fronted, they come with single or double layers and have space for up to 140 padlocks, keys and Multi-Clasps. Standard sizes are offered. Units can also be

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Low cost drive-away prevention (1st April 2004)

New from Castell is a product to protect forklift drivers during loading/unloading operations. Salvo is reported to greatly reduce the threat of drive-aways at a fraction of the cost of alternative technologies. Salvo consists of a mechanical key-hol

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