Clearview North January 2014 - Issue 146 | Page 63
HARDWARE&SECURITY
British company takes overseas
markets by storm
Award-winning safety firm, Jackloc, is a global export success story
A pioneering safety company,
Jackloc, the first window
safety lock of its kind over 10
years ago has achieved global
success, exporting to markets
worldwide.
Jackloc, based in Leicestershire,
created the original, awardwinning universal window
restrictor in 2003. It’s a simple, but
very strong safety product, aimed
at reducing the risk of falls from
open windows.
The family-run company
now exports Jacklocs to Russia,
South Africa, Mexico, Australia,
Singapore, Malaysia and Arabia,
and is seeking to expand further
into international markets.
Jacklocs are fitted in hotels,
hospitals, care homes, schools,
student accommodation, high-rise
flats and private homes all over
the globe. The firm has sold more
than half a million of its locks,
having established its worldwide
market via a variety of channels,
through multinational companies,
mail order, e-commerce and
independent retailers.
Business is growing year on year
and the company’s customer base
has expanded enormously, with the
winning of numerous new contacts
both in the UK and overseas in the
last couple of years.
One export challenge has been
the differing overseas laws and
regulations, but the Jackloc team
has been successful in championing
UK health and safety ideas as well
as coming up with concepts that
meet customers’ varying needs and
requirements.
Following new Decree governing
window safety in Abu Dhabi,
Jackloc started exporting to the
United Arab Emirates in 2012.
The Department of Municipal
Affairs ordered that all windows
and other openings in residential
buildings must be restricted after
a number of children died in falls
from the city’s high-rise tower
blocks.
Jackloc also sought advice from
UK Trade & Investment, the
government department, which
works with UK-based businesses
to ensure they have overseas
success. It helped with issues such
as language, translation, cultural
differences and ways of doing
business in different countries.
Emma Wells, Director of Jackloc,
said: “It’s our mission to save lives
and reduce injuries. We want to
see window restrictors installed in
buildings all around the world, and
are delighted to have become a real
UK export success story.”
The Jacklocs comprise a flexible
cable between a window or door
and its frame, restricting how far it
can be opened. They can be fitted
to any type of window or door,
whether wooden, metal or UPVC.
A new ‘push-and-turn’ variation
aims to be as child resistant as
possible, without the need for a
key.
Find out more at www.jackloc.
com or call 01455 220616.
Jackloc is the original,
award-winning universal
window restrictor
It is simple, strong, exceeds the most
rigorous safety standards and can
be fitted easily to any window or door.
Available in various colours, it allows
windows to be opened safely and securely,
reducing the risk of injury and fatality from
falls from windows.
Available in three designs - key release,
push-and-turn release or permanent
fixed cable.
Made in Great Britain, sold worldwide
CALL US TODAY 01455 220 616 AND VISIT WWW.JACKLOC.COM
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“the price of safety cannot be measured”
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