Effective as of June 1, 2021, Detex Corporation will end our nearly century-old participation in the Guard Tour market.

The responsibility for the management of the sales, service and support for our guard tour products and systems will be transferred to Central Time Clock, Inc. (CTC) in the New York City area. CTC has been selling and supporting Detex guard tour products through three generations of family ownership, and they are totally capable of handling these responsibilities and eager to do so.

Beginning on June 1, 2021, our Guard Tour Sales Channel Partners and End Users may continue to procure Detex guard tour products through CTC. CTC has committed to maintain current pricing in effect at least through the end of 2021.

Contact information for CTC is as follows:

Central Time Clock, Inc.
5-23 50th Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101
Phone: (718) 784-4900
Fax: (718) 472-9491
Web: www.centraltimeclock.com
Principal: Hal Reinhardt hal@centraltimeclock.com

Detex Corporation is profoundly grateful to our many loyal distributors and customers who have trusted us to provide you with effective guard tour solutions for nearly a century. We are confident that you can continue to place this same trust in CTC.

Detex Corporation, one of the nation’s oldest and largest security door hardware companies, is celebrating its 100th Anniversary in 2023. The Detex Corporation centennial commemoration will be ongoing throughout 2023 as the company highlights key moments in its history, hosts events for employees and customers and conducts a series of community service projects.

While very few businesses in any industry withstand the test of time to reach their centennial, Detex Corporation is proud to be one of just a couple of door hardware manufacturers to claim this distinction.

The celebrations and community service events will take place in New Braunfels, Texas. These events will recognize and thank the customers and employees that have helped make Detex Corporation successful over the past century.

“We are privileged to have outstanding, loyal customers, and this year we want to take the opportunity to thank them for their continued confidence,” said Ken Kuehler, President and CEO of Detex Corporation. “As we look to our next 100 years, our commitment to delivering quality products and superior support services while practicing the highest ethical standards will continue to be our business model.”

Headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas, Detex Corporation is consistently ranked as one of the top security door hardware companies in the country. Detex also represents a variety of other major equipment lines and maintains an extensive parts inventory and dedicated service capabilities.

Today, as it has throughout its history, Detex continues to serve the needs of the construction market and other industrial segments. The company also remains committed to top quality customer service and prides itself in having played a major role as a good corporate citizen in all the communities it has served.

For more information about Detex Corporation’s centennial celebration or any of the company’s products and services, please visit www.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.”