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, 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.

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.”