Detex Corporation, manufacturer of high-quality life safety and security door hardware for commercial-use buildings, provides critical protection for healthcare facilities when threatening situations arise. Using centralized control, the Detex Lockdown System can rapidly secure external doors and prevent access into the building.

Lockdown System components include Advantex® panic hardware with electric latch retraction or electric dogging, remote control switches (central or multiple), and power supplies. Auxiliary equipment includes door-propped alarms to alert staff of open exit doors, vandal-resistant breakaway trims, and ProxiPen guard tour verification.

Healthcare customers can select the exact combination of components they require and know that they will integrate easily with each other and function well as a system.

“Hospitals and other healthcare facilities have to be prepared for serious problems caused by unauthorized intruders,” said Ken Kuehler, National Accounts Manager at Detex.  “With our Lockdown System in place, they have an important security measure to use if it ever becomes necessary.”

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 offers new high-security life safety door hardware systems designed for retail. Installed on doors that require higher levels of security, these extra-tough hardware systems are scalable to provide the level of security that matches a retailer’s specific needs.

Certain high-security and retail applications require a combination of components, and Detex features a range of hardware designed specifically for the job. In addition, Detex provides complete systems that efficiently meet more complex application requirements. Retail customers can select the exact combination of components that suit their particular application and know that the components will integrate easily with each other and function well as a system.

At the core of the system, and built to withstand the most aggressive attempts to break through rear doors, the 230X Maximum Locking Strength Multi-Point Panic Hardware is engineered with an extreme-duty, triple-bolt design that withstands 10,000 pounds of pull force. Single and double-bolt and weatherized models are available. Additional components include V50 and 20 Series Vertical Rod Exit Devices for dependably tough protection on double doors, as well as Detex Door-Propped Alarms, battery-powered or wired, designed to sound a warning when exterior doors are propped open by personnel.

“Considering the configuration of your retail set-up, Detex can provide a choice of security hardware systems that are very powerful deterrents,” said Ken Kuehler, National Accounts Manager at Detex. “Once we talk to you about your requirements, we can help you tailor a combination of hardware that works together to function dependably in a panic situation, while raising your protection level in high risk areas.”

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 the exclusive manufacturer of a unique exit alarm designed to assure restaurant managers that delivery and trash doors are never left unmonitored. The EAX-3500 combines the features of an exit alarm and a door-prop alarm in a wall-mounted unit that cannot be turned off. Its bypass mode allows only a pre-selected amount of time before the alarm sounds.

“This is a different category of exit alarms,” said Ken Kuehler, National Accounts Manager of Detex. “It eliminates the risk that an employee will forget to re-arm it after the five or ten minutes necessary to accept a delivery or take out the trash, so it’s always watching the door.”

Using the main store key (rather than a key that fits only the alarm), the manager selects the time appropriate for most kitchen-door functions, ranging from five to forty minutes. The time is indicated on an LED light bar that clearly indicates armed status and bypass time.  At a glance, employees and delivery personnel can see how many minutes are remaining before the alarm sounds.  Powered by a low-voltage transformer, the 100dB alarm also has a rechargeable backup battery.  With tamper-resistant housing and circuits, the EAX-3500 is built to prevent employees from defeating the alarm.

“Managers can feel better about reducing the threat of robbery or theft,” said Kuehler. “With the EAX-3500 in place, the restaurant’s most vulnerable door is protected.”

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 offers a life safety and security hardware system designed specifically for retail buildings that have areas exposed to the weather. For garden center gates, restaurant patios, lumberyards, or building doors that at times stand open, the Outdoor Area System offers security without concern about hardware deterioration from exposure.

Certain retail applications require a combination of components, and the Outdoor Area System features a range of hardware designed for those needs. In addition, the system is scalable for more complex application requirements. Retail customers can select the exact combinations of components that suit their particular application and know that they will integrate easily with each other and function well in rain, snow and heat.

Outdoor Area System components include Detex weatherized delayed egress hardware to prevent shoppers from slipping out with merchandise; access control devices that  allow entry from an outside courtyard with a keypad or card reader; and door-propped alarms that produce an audible warning when a door is being propped or held open.

“Retailers can put together a system that keeps their premises secure in harsh environments,” said Ken Kuehler, National Accounts Manager at Detex. “Our weatherized components can take the elements without fail.”

Detex Corporation, manufacturer of high-quality door hardware designed to meet the life safety and security requirements of commercial buildings, offers Automatic Swing Door Systems ideal for healthcare applications. Used at entrance doors, in surgical areas, on cross-corridor doors – anywhere complete access without hands-on door contact is required – Detex Automatic Swing Door Systems are proven performers.

Certain healthcare applications require a combination of components to meet the needs of specific applications.  Detex features a range of hardware designed specifically for healthcare uses. In addition, Detex provides complete systems that efficiently meet more complex application requirements. Customers can select the exact components that suit a certain application and know that the components will integrate easily with each other and function well as a system.

Detex Swing Door System components include the AO19 automatic door opener that can operate light or heavy doors in low energy applications and has controls mounted and pre-wired in one unit, as well as electrified Advantex® panic hardware, keypads and card readers. These can be used for interior doors where the general public can access a wall button or authorized personnel can use a keypad or card reader, or for exterior doors that open with a wall button for assisted entry during the day and restricted entry after hours.

“Detex is the only manufacturer that integrates all these hardware components,” said Ken Kuehler, National Accounts Manager at Detex.  “We even offer preconfigured EasyKits® that install easily with any hardware already in place, such as door prop alarms, camera setups, or roaming-alert systems used in assisted living facilities.”

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 provides a life safety and security hardware system designed specifically for healthcare facilities that have courtyards and gardens where patients or residents spend time. Especially useful for assisted living facilities where gates need to be secured with panic hardware, this weatherized system makes sure that residents can’t wander beyond the premises and are secure from outsiders who might try to get in.

Certain healthcare applications require a combination of components and the Outdoor Area System features a range of hardware designed for those needs.  In addition, the system is scalable for more complex application requirements.  Healthcare facility customers can select the exact combinations of components that suit their particular application and know that they will integrate easily with each other and function well in rain, snow and heat.

Outdoor Area System components include Detex weatherized panic devices with delayed unlocking hardware and a 15-second alarm that notifies a monitoring station of attempted exit; access control devices that allow entry from an outside courtyard with a keypad or card reader; and weatherized door-propped alarms that produce an audible warning when a door or gate is being held open.

“Our Outdoor Area System hardware is Advantex® quality, so it’s extra durable and dependable,” said Ken Kuehler, National Accounts Manager at Detex. “Where weather exposure is a factor, this is the system that lasts.”

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 Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) recognized Detex Corporation of New Braunfels with the Peer Review Safety Program Award for exemplary occupational safety and health programs on April 12 at the 16th Annual Safety and Health Conference, the Texas Safety Summit, in Austin.

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 now offers the EAX-300 Battery Powered Door-Propped Alarm that sounds an alert when a secured door is propped open. It provides a low-cost security solution because it requires no electrical connection and is quick and easy to install.

“Propping can defeat the whole security system, but some customers hesitate to install a wired alarm because of the electrical connection requirements,” said Ken Kuehler, national accounts manager for Detex Corporation. “The battery powered alarm is a practical solution that’s especially useful in retrofitting situations because it saves money as well as space.”

The EAX-300 can be field-set for door-open times ranging from one second to two minutes, with a 15-second default.  A 100-decibel alarm alerts employees, then silences when the door is closed so there is no waiting for a key-holder to arrive.  A 9-volt battery with low battery/LED alert powers the alarm. Accurate installation is foolproof, with a patented plastic template that indicates alignment with the internal magnetic door contact. Weatherized models are available for outside doors.

“Of course, Detex also offers hard-wired alarms,” said Kuehler. “But customers who have very tight budgets or unusual installation problems really like this battery powered option.”

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 captured the most votes in the Best New Product Contest for its ECL-230X-TDB exit control lock at the 2011 ALOA tradeshow.  The ECL-230X-TDB is a code-compliant, battery-alarmed, 3-point dead bolt panic device with a photo-luminescent sign providing maximum security and a 100-decibel alarm for secondary exits.   The award was accepted by Trice Kastein, Sales Manager for Institutional Sales; Tim Shafer, Repair Technician; Scott Peck, Sales Engineer; and Gary Hackney, Manager of Channel Sales.

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.

Since Detex Corporation was established in 1923, our Newman, Guardsman and Safe-T-Chek watchman’s clocks have become icons in the history of America’s security industry, and have helped to cement our reputation for Quality, Service and Reliability.

Since the early 1990s, however, the market has gradually moved away from the mechanical clocks and toward more technologically advanced guard tour solutions, such as our GCS Escorte system and, more recently, our proximity-based GCS ProxiPen.

Accordingly, we have decided that the time is right to retire our venerable watchman’s clocks. Therefore, Detex Corporation will discontinue the production and sale of the Newman, Guardsman, Safe-T-Chek and Newman Quartz watchclocks effective December 31, 2011.

It is our goal and our plan to continue to support current users of these watchclocks for the next five (5) years, or through December 31, 2016, to include repair parts, service and consumables (tapes and dials). We are currently organizing the production and procurement of adequate inventory to allow us to meet that goal.

For end users of Detex watchclocks who wish to take this opportunity to transition to either a ProxiPen or Reliant system, we are prepared to offer appropriate discounting.

We appreciate the trust placed in Detex by the security industry that has made these products viable and relevant for so many years. You can read about the evolution of the mechanical watchman’s clock by visiting the Detex Watchman’s Clock Album at http://watchclocks.org.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your Detex Distributor; or contact Detex Corporation at (800) 729-3839, or by e-mail at marketing@detex.com.

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.