Detex Corporation has reached an agreement with Lockman Peck LLC to purchase the intellectual property and all exclusive rights related to their Model 2000 automatic door operator product line.

During the last eighteen months, this product line has been offered by Detex under the AO19 private label and has been manufactured by Lockman Peck at South Bend, Indiana. Production of the automatic operator product line will transition to Detex in New Braunfels, Texas by year end.

John Blodgett, President of Detex, has also announced the appointment of Scott Peck as Sales Engineer, Detex Products.  Peck’s role will be to assure a smooth integration of the automatic operator product line into the Detex brand from the customer service and technical sales perspectives.  Ed Lockman will continue to provide sales and marketing support on the automatic operator product line with a focus on the sales channel, sales representatives and end user customers.

“Our automatic door customers will now have the benefit of a single integrated product line that will perform all the desired functions seamlessly and conveniently,” said Blodgett.  “We are pleased to add this high-quality line to the Detex brand, as well as to have the continuing benefit of Lockman Peck’s expertise on these products.”

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.”