Pelican Products

Pelican Products

Pelican Products is an American multinational company that designs and manufactures flashlights and cases. Their products are used in many industries including military, police, and entertainment. Their company logo includes the slogan, "You break it, we replace it...forever." Pelican has over 700 employees worldwide. Pelican also has distribution centers in Barcelona, Spain; Edmonton, Canada; Tokyo, Japan; and Adelaide, Australia.

History

Pelican Products was founded in Torrance, California in 1976 by David and Arline Parker. It was originally a mail-order home business founded by David H. Parker in 1975. It was David Parker's desire to develop unique and practical products for the dive market. In October 2004, a private equity investment firm Behrman Capital, based in New York and San Francisco, paid about $200 million for Pelican Products. In August 2006, Behrman Capital announced that Lyndon J. Faulkner has been named CEO of Pelican™ Products, Inc. by its Board of Directors. He succeeds David H. Parker, who has retired from his role as Chief Executive Officer and was elected Vice Chairman of the Company’s Board.

Cases

See full article: Pelican case.

Flashlights

Pelican flashlights (known as Pelican Lights) use Xenon, Halogen, and LED technology. Many are safety approved with features such as valves, anti-shock systems, and battery polarity guards. The safety approvals cite web
url = http://www.comptoncontrols.com/c-19-safety-approvals.aspx
title = Safety Approvals
work = www.comptoncontrols.com
publisher = Compton Controls
date = unknown
accessdate = 2007-11-26
] include ETL (Edison Testing Labs), UL (Underwriters Laboratories), FM (Factory Mutual), CE-EX (ATEX Europe), CSA (Canadian Standards Association), USAR (Urban Search and Rescue), MSHA (Mine Safety Health Administration) cite web
url = http://www.msha.gov/techsupp/acc/lists/monthly/2001/Sept2001.htm
title = List of Approved Products
work = www.msha.gov
publisher = Mining Safety Health Administration
date = September 2001
accessdate = 2007-11-26
] and the AUS (Australian Board of Approvals).

Technology

Flashlight and equipment case technology that Pelican has made improvements on include the use of Gore-tex membranes in cases. Pelican also has its own patented designs, such as the Recoil LED. One of their newest inventions, the 7060 LED flashlight, is used by the Los Angeles Police Department as its standard issue duty light. cite news
url = http://www.knbc.com/news/11454136/detail.html
title = New LAPD Flashlight Avoids Use As Weapon
work = www.knbc.com
publisher = NBC4 TV
date = 30 March 2007
accessdate = 2007-11-26
] cite news
url = http://prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=ind_focus.story&STORY=/www/story/03-30-2007/0004556864&EDATE=FRI+Mar+30+2007,+02:30+PM
title = Los Angeles Police Department First in Nation to Roll Out New Revolutionary Flashlight for Its 10,000 Sworn Officers
work = prnewswire.com
publisher = PR Newswire
date = 20 March 2007
accessdate = 2007-11-26
]

Mass Media

The Travel Channel show John Ratzenberger's Made in America had an episode about Pelican products. cite web
url = http://travel.discovery.com/tv/ratzenberger-america/goods/rubber-band.html
title = Alliance Rubber Bands, Pelican Products, Benjamin Moore
work = travel.discovery.com
publisher = Travel Channel
date = unknown
accessdate = 2007-11-26
] Also, Pelican cases and flashlights are used in many TV shows and movies:cite web
url = http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=95026
title = Flashlights in TV Shows and Movies
work = www.candlepowerforums.com
publisher = Candle Power Forums
date = 11 October 2005
accessdate = 2007-11-26
]
*
*
*Dante's Peak
*Daylight
*Deadliest Catch
*Die Hard 2
*ER
*Godzilla
*Independence Day
*JAG
*Junkyard Wars
*Jurassic Park (all three movies)
*Mission Impossible
*Panic Room
*Tomb Raider (both movies)
*Stargate SG-1
*
*Zoolander

ee also

*Maglite
*Flashlight
*Pelican case

External links

*Southwest Public Safety Equipment Blog [http://blog.swps.com/]
*Pelican Products website [http://www.pelican.com]
*Pelican 7060 flashlight website [http://www.pelican7060.com]
*Pelican OEM website [http://www.pelicanoem.com]

Distributors

*Atlas Case Inc. [http://www.atlascases.com/pelican.html]
*Caseman Inc. [http://www.caseman.com/PEC.html]
*Nalpak [http://www.4lessdepot.com]
*Pacific Supply & Trading Co. [http://www.pstco.com]
*Rocky Mountain Tool, Inc. [http://www.pelicanproducts.us] [http://www.rockymountaintool.com]

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Pelican Products — Rechtsform Trans National Corporation (TNC) Gründung 1975 Sitz Torrance, USA Leitung Lyndon Faulkner Mitarbeiter …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pelican case — Pelican cases, designed by Pelican Products, are molded plastic containers that seal with an airtight and watertight gasket. Pelican cases include a barometric relief valve made of Gore tex to prevent barotrauma to the case, during transportation …   Wikipedia

  • Pelican Accessories — is an after market video gaming peripheral company. They manufacture peripherals for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS lite and PlayStation. They have plans to manufacture… …   Wikipedia

  • Pelican (disambiguation) — A pelican is a bird of the family Pelecanidae .Pelican may also refer to: Places *Pelican, Alaska *Pelican, Wisconsin *Pelican, New South Wales Ships and aircraft*Boeing Pelican, the large capacity low altitude transport aircraft currently being… …   Wikipedia

  • Extreme Ice Survey — The Extreme Ice Survey documents rapid changes on glaciers across the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most wide ranging glacier study ever conducted using ground based, real time photography. The Extreme Ice Survey uses time lapse photography,… …   Wikipedia

  • List of California companies — includes notable companies that are, or once were, headquartered in California.0–9* 20th Century Fox * 23andMe * 24 Hour FitnessA* ABM Industries * ACC Capital Holdings * AECOM * AMD * Accelrys * Accept Software * Activision * Actuate Corporation …   Wikipedia

  • Torrance, California — City of Torrance   City   View of Torrance Beach with neighboring Palos Verdes in the background …   Wikipedia

  • Maglite — (auch MAG LITE oder MAGLITE) beschreibt eine Produktpalette von batteriebetriebenen Stablampen und mittlerweile auch LED Stablampen Logo Anthony Maglica, der in New York geboren, aber in Kroatien (damals noch Jugoslawien) aufgewachsen ist,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Caplet — can refer to one of the following:*Interest rate cap and floor *Tablet, a smooth, coated, oval shaped medicinal tablet in the shape of a capsule. *Caplet (computer security), a kind of applet, used in the CapDesk desktop environment. *André… …   Wikipedia

  • VG Pocket Caplet — The VG Pocket Caplet was created by Performance Designed Products and Pelican Products. The Caplet comes in four colors; blue, silver, red, orange. Has a very bright 2.5” backlit 320 x 240 TFT display. (The package claims its resolution is… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”