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 ]
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*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
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*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