Detex Corporation, manufacturer of life safety and security door hardware for commercial buildings, now provides an aluminum exit device option for budget-conscious project planners.

Part of the premium Advantex line, this aluminum (628) exit device fills the need for economy without lowering the Detex standard for quality electrified functions. Designed and engineered with the same precision and good looks as all Advantex hardware, it is available with a full range of trims, and is easy to install. As always with Detex products, full customer support is included.

“Customers such as school districts are especially concerned about saving every bit they can, so they need to “value engineer” their projects,” said Ken Kuehler, National Accounts Manager at Detex. “This aluminum option for high-grade panic hardware is a practical solution.”

For more than a century, Detex has earned the trust of architects and owners who rely on Detex products for the safety and security of people and property. A USA company, Detex designs, manufactures, markets and ships products around the world from New Braunfels, Texas. Detex is known internationally for life safety and security door hardware, loss prevention and architectural hardware, integrated door security systems and guard tour verification.

For more information, visit www.detex.com or email marketing@detex.com.

More than 22,000 Detex EAX-500 door alarms were installed in about 1,500 New York City elementary schools by the close of 2015. The project fulfills “Avonte’s Law,” which was passed after the death of Avonte Oquendo, an autistic teen who ran unnoticed from his Queens school in 2014. The law prompted the NYC Department of Education (NYCDOE) to evaluate public-school buildings for audible exterior-door alarms on unlocked security doors, changing school security forever.

To increase student safety, the NYCDOE selected Detex’s EAX-500 door alarm to secure all exterior exits in all schools. The product sounds an alarm at 100dB when someone attempts an unauthorized exit, alerting school staff to potential wandering incidents.

The recently completed alarm installation spans all five of the city’s boroughs and includes thirty school districts. Originally scheduled for a three-year timeline, Detex ramped up EAX-500 production, and Maximum Security Group accelerated installation, to complete the project in just ten months.

“As a company that has manufactured life safety and security door hardware for over a century, we are always proud when our products make a substantial difference in the wellbeing of our users, such as these New York City students,” says Ken Kuehler, Director of Marketing and Sales at Detex Corporation, a New Braunfels, TX-based company.

In addition to drawing immediate attention to wandering incidents, the alarms alert security personnel to all unauthorized security door use, preventing unsanctioned entry to school buildings.

Jim Lengyel, President of Maximum Security Group, the Queens-based locksmith company that installed Detex’s alarms, says he has seen them in action: “The alarm works really well. I have observed kids react to it and notice the signs on the door. They turn around and choose the appropriate exit instead.”

After the project’s successful implementation, the Department of Education approached Lengyel to install similar alarms in all of New York City’s Pre-Kindergarten buildings. His company will use a combination of Detex’s EAX-500 door alarms and Detex Value Series panic hardware to secure about 400 Pre-K locations.

“We recommended Detex products for the Pre-K buildings after seeing how well they worked in elementary schools,” explained Lengyel. “Beyond installing alarms, we will be bringing all of these Pre-Kindergarten doors up to current fire code regulations. We’re using Detex’s life safety products to make it happen.”

For more than a century, Detex has earned the trust of architects and owners who rely on Detex products for the safety and security of people and property. A USA company, Detex designs, manufactures, markets and ships products around the world from New Braunfels, Texas. Detex is known internationally for life safety and security door hardware, loss prevention and architectural hardware, integrated door security systems and guard tour verification.

For more information, visit www.detex.com or email marketing@detex.com.

Detex Corporation, an industry-leading source of life safety and security door hardware for commercial buildings, has been known over the years as a specialist in back door applications. But many companies may not be aware that Detex has evolved its product lines and added new ones, and today provides hardware designed for virtually all doors – back, front, side or inside.

Security managers responsible for retail stores, corporate offices, distribution facilities, and other commercial buildings are ordering Detex products for every door that calls for quality, durable hardware, whether the need is for life safety hardware or security door applications that require panic hardware. From restricted access interior doors to main entrance swing doors, outdoor area loss-prevention systems to employee entrances, side exits with anti-shoplifting features to fire-rated doors, stockroom-to-sales-floor doors to ADA swing doors, the Detex inventory of life safety and security products is comprehensive. The choice includes non-alarmed or alarmed equipment, electrified or not electrified, and application systems tailored to specific needs.

“We’re more than the name you already know,” said Ken Kuehler, Director of Marketing and Sales at Detex.  “Our product line has such breadth and depth that our options have options, so you can find exactly the hardware you need for any door.”

For more than a century, Detex has earned the trust of architects and owners who rely on Detex products for the safety and security of people and property. A USA company, Detex designs, manufactures, markets and ships products around the world from New Braunfels, Texas. Detex is known internationally for life safety and security door hardware, loss prevention and architectural hardware, integrated door security systems and guard tour verification.

For more information, visit www.detex.com or email marketing@detex.com.

The Advantex Latch Retraction Exit device (ER) is now available in a weatherized option.  Tested to meet UL 1034-34 Temperature Section 34, UL 1034-54 Dust Section 54, MIL-STD 810F, Method 509.4 (salt fog test), MIL-STD 810F, Method 506.4 (driving rain test) and UBC standard 7-2 (positive pressure),  the Detex weatherized latch retraction is a great option for outdoor access control application where a panic exit device is required.

Perfect for outdoor gates in amusement parks, garden centers, lumber yards, courtyards, and other exterior applications as well as interior applications that get wet, the Advantex Latch Retraction can be configured for single and pairs of doors.  Detex also offers gate plates with adjustable strike locators, allowing exit devices to be custom fit to just about any gate application. Detex’s Advantex, weatherized latch retraction exit device is just the newest addition to the proven list of Detex weatherized door alarms, weatherized exit control locks, weatherized exit devices, weatherized delayed egress and weatherized guard tour products.

For more than a century, Detex has earned the trust of architects and owners who rely on Detex products for the safety and security of people and property. A USA company, Detex designs, manufactures, markets and ships products around the world from New Braunfels, Texas. Detex is known internationally for life safety and security door hardware, loss prevention and architectural hardware, integrated door security systems and guard tour verification.

For more information, visit www.detex.com or email marketing@detex.com.

Detex Corporation, manufacturer of high-quality life safety and security door hardware, welcomed Tim Shafer and Kent Nelson to the Marketing and Sales team.

Tim Shafer joined Detex Corporation in 2004 starting in the repair department where he gained vast knowledge regarding the various Detex products.  In 2012 he was promoted to production supervisor, and in 2014 Tim joined the Marketing Team after obtaining his Bachelor’s Degree in Sales and Marketing. Originally from Ohio, Tim is an avid sports fan and maintains his loyalty to Ohio sports teams even though he lives in Texas with his family. As a Detex Sales Manager, Tim will be traveling to various trade shows, helping with quote requests, visiting with various end user customers and helping with a variety of marketing and sales objectives.

Kent Nelson has worked in the door and hardware industry most of his career.  Originally from the Dallas Ft. Worth area, he started in distribution and from there moved to San Antonio and became a manufacturer representative for a variety of door hardware companies.  Kent went to college in Kansas, and for the past 21 years Kent has resided in San Antonio where he enjoys spending time with his family, playing golf and hunting.  As a Detex Sales Manager, Kent will be traveling to various trade shows, visiting with many end users and helping Detex achieve marketing and sales growth for the foreseeable future.

For more than a century, Detex has earned the trust of architects and owners who rely on Detex products for the safety and security of people and property. A USA company, Detex designs, manufactures, markets and ships products around the world from New Braunfels, Texas. Detex is known internationally for life safety and security door hardware, loss prevention and architectural hardware, integrated door security systems and guard tour verification.

For more information, visit www.detex.com or email marketing@detex.com.

Detex Corporation has lost a valued colleague and a true friend with the unexpected passing of Carl Dean on September 19, while traveling in the Northwest. As National Training Manager, Carl was doing what he loved best – traveling and teaching people around the world.

One of the best-known names in the field, Carl had more than four decades of experience to his credit, and job. After many years as a trainer for exit device manufacturers, Dean contracted with Detex in 2007 to continue teaching and training.

Known for his keen wit and immense knowledge of the industry, especially in commercial builders’ hardware and exit devices, he brought his own special instructional style to his job. His career included teaching code classes, and continuing education classes to architects and specification writers. He traveled and taught door hardware installation at The Council of Carpenters apprentice and training program, as well as classes for the Door and Hardware Institute.

“Carl was dedicated to teaching others about door hardware and understanding building codes, while making it fun and interesting, too,” said Ken Kuehler, Director of Marketing and Sales at Detex. “He will be greatly missed, both personally and professionally.”

Dean was an electrical engineering graduate of Purdue University at Indianapolis. He leaves his wife Mireille, son Barry, daughter Lisa and their extended family.

Detex Corporation, manufacturer of high-quality life safety and security door hardware, has redesigned and expanded its website to include special new features and more extensive product information for customer research. Now, end users or architects or anyone who may be unfamiliar with commercial door hardware products can easily explore the possibilities for their own requirements.

The site is designed to provide easy access not only to life safety and security door hardware, but to integrated door security systems, and safety and security risk management products. With fewer clicks, visitors can reach their specific areas of interest.

Two new sections are especially popular with site visitors. In the Idea Center, customers choose an industry – retail, healthcare, government, education, or transportation – and click to see products and applications for their purposes. Each category includes 3D building images illustrating products and systems in place, so that it’s simple to tailor systems for any application.

In the Help & Support section, visitors can see installation videos, videos on how to change batteries, installation instructions, product templates, contact information for technical support, guard tour support, and information on scheduled training sessions.

“We’ve even included a site video that explains how to navigate so that you find what you’re looking for right away,” said Ken Kuehler, Director of Marketing and Sales at Detex. “Customers get a wider perspective on all the systems and products available, so they can compare product applications, side by side.”

For more than a century, Detex has earned the trust of architects and owners who rely on Detex products for the safety and security of people and property. A USA company, Detex designs, manufactures, markets and ships products around the world from New Braunfels, Texas. Detex is known internationally for life safety and security door hardware, loss prevention and architectural hardware, integrated door security systems and guard tour verification.

For more information, visit www.detex.com or email marketing@detex.com.

Detex Corporation, manufacturer of high-quality life safety and security door hardware, recently helped fill an important need for residents of a senior living center in Oxford, North Carolina.

Late last year, a volunteer worker at the center noticed that some of the seniors were experiencing difficulty getting in and out of the restrooms because they couldn’t handle the heavy doors. When she talked about her concern with her husband (the late Jake Jakubuwski, author, teacher, and technical editor for The National Locksmith Magazine), he contacted Gary Hackney at Detex about the situation. Detex agreed to donate two AO19 Automatic Door Operators to the center, if volunteer installers could be found. Jake called on two installer friends (Steve Bright, of J&S Locksmith in Fayetteville, NC, and Scott Spencer, of Absolute Security in Roxboro, NC), who volunteered to install the units at no cost to the center.

Detex sent sales engineer Scott Peck and factory rep Dave Boardman to help guide the installation. Jake organized an installation class with these experts, and invited several other area locksmiths to watch and learn. Not only did the residents gain easier restroom access, but the locksmiths found that the AO19 is easier to install than they’ve come to expect.

Exclusive to Detex, the AO19 Series Automatic Operated Door System is the only AOD that offers the advantage of one-box installation. The system’s door opener controls are mounted and pre-wired in one unit, so it’s simple to install, wire and service. It features a super heavy duty, direct drive motor that can operate light or heavy doors in low energy applications. It is available in an EasyKit™ with integrated latch retraction.

“We were pleased to contribute our door operators to the senior center project,” said Ken Kuehler, Director of Marketing and Sales at Detex.  “Thanks to Jake and the volunteer locksmiths, the mission was accomplished. And we hear that the center’s residents are very grateful.”

For more than a century, Detex has earned the trust of architects and owners who rely on Detex products for the safety and security of people and property. A USA company, Detex designs, manufactures, markets and ships products around the world from New Braunfels, Texas. Detex is known internationally for life safety and security door hardware, loss prevention and architectural hardware, integrated door security systems and guard tour verification.

For more information, visit www.detex.com or email marketing@detex.com.

Detex Corporation is proud to announce that the EAX-300 Battery-Powered Door Prop Alarm was recently selected as a 2014 Money-Saving Product winner by Buildings Magazine. Only 97 products made this list.

Finalists were evaluated by the Buildings editorial staff for the money-saving qualities they offer to building owners and facility managers. The EAX-300 was selected as 1 of 7 money-saving products in the Safety & Security category.

For more than a century, Detex has earned the trust of architects and owners who rely on Detex products for the safety and security of people and property. A USA company, Detex designs, manufactures, markets and ships products around the world from New Braunfels, Texas. Detex is known internationally for life safety and security door hardware, loss prevention and architectural hardware, integrated door security systems and guard tour verification.

For more information, visit www.detex.com or email marketing@detex.com.

A long-time leader in guard tour equipment, Detex Corporation is continuing the tradition with a complete system for guard tour verification and other data collection tasks. The GCS® ProxiPen System is increasingly in use at healthcare facilities, not only for security rounds, but for daily inspections and preventative maintenance.

At the center of the system, the ProxiPen uses advanced proximity technology that provides consistently dependable data inside or outside, even when weather conditions are not good. Powered by one AA battery, the ProxiPen autosenses and reads RFID tags whether they are concealed or visible.

Also a part of the system, TopGuard Patrol Software makes it easy to download and evaluate collected data and prepare reports. And TopGuard Patrol Plus extends capacity and offers more reporting options. ProxiPen Kits include everything needed for quick set-up of the complete system according to your needs.

“This system is ideal for healthcare facility rounds,” said Detex National Accounts Manager Ken Kuehler. “The data collected is very useful for building management, and can even help lower liability and insurance costs.”

For more than a century, Detex has earned the trust of architects and owners who rely on Detex products for the safety and security of people and property. A USA company, Detex designs, manufactures, markets and ships products around the world from New Braunfels, Texas. Detex is known internationally for life safety and security door hardware, loss prevention and architectural hardware, integrated door security systems and guard tour verification.

For more information, visit www.detex.com or email marketing@detex.com.