Archive for 2012


Posted by Jon Whiten on December 20, 2012 in Uncategorized

Tech Thursday – Light Part 2 – Luminous Intensity and its measurement

This is the second instalment of a short three part series discussing Light. In the first part we briefly looked at what we define light to be went on to discuss some of the photometric units that are typically found in photometric measurements. In this second part continue on to discuss Luminous Intensity and in […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on November 6, 2012 in Uncategorized

Light – Part 1 – Units and definitions

  This is the first instalment of a short three part series discussing Light. In this first part we will briefly look at what we define light to be and go on to discuss some of the photometric units that are typically found in photometric measurements. In the second part we go on to discuss […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on October 16, 2012 in Uncategorized

D.G. Controls Limited gets a Twitter Boost from Theo Paphitis

Swadlincote based D.G. Controls Limited gets a Twitter Boost from Theo Paphitis A Swadlincote based firm received a business boost from TV Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis. Last week, Jon Whiten, Managing Director of D.G. Controls Limited, tweeted Theo about his business during ‘Small Business Sunday’, an initiative set up by Theo that runs weekly. […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on September 10, 2012 in Uncategorized

deegee @ Tekniikka 2012 – Jyväskylä, Finland

Electronics – Automation – Maintenance – Energy – Environment – NEW Nanotecnology Professionals of the industry from all over Finland will meet again at the Tekniikka 2012 exhibition at the Congress and Exhibition Center Jyväskylä Paviljonki. Organised since 1979, this automation and production technology event has established its position as the meeting place beyond compare […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on August 18, 2012 in Uncategorized

deegee @ Alihankintamessut 2012 – Tampere, Finland

The international Subcontracting Trade Fair will be held between 18th and 20th September 2012 at the Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre. The subcontracting trade fair event of industry that Tampere has hosted since 1988, will now be held for the 22nd time. Subcontracting for metal, electronic, plastic and rubber industries as well as ICT solutions […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on August 16, 2012 in Uncategorized

deegee @ Skydd, Stockholm Sweden

Toleka, the Swedish distributor of the deegee beacon brand, are exhibiting at SKYDD at the Stockholmsmässan in Stockholm, from 18th to 21st September 2012.  In addition to the fire and emergency DUPLEX products, almost the full deegee beacon and sounder range will be on show. SKYDD! Security, Fire & Rescue Exhibition is northern europe’s largest trade […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on July 29, 2012 in Uncategorized

deegee @ Mittalaitepäivät 2012 – Helsinki, Finland

The deegee brand is to be represented at Mittalaitepäivät 2012 by long-standing partner Elektro-Tukku. The show runs from 29th to 30th August 2012 and the products may be found on Stand H-6.

Posted by Jon Whiten on April 19, 2012 in Uncategorized

Website Launch

For us, this is probably the most exciting news in quite some time. After many, many weeks work, we today launch our new consolidated website. As well as a fresh theme, we have integrated the various sites and news postings into a single site for easy navigation. One of the key drivers for us is […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on April 2, 2012 in Uncategorized

Hannover Messe 2012

Back in Hall 8 for 2012,  D. G. Controls Ltd are looking forward to welcoming you to see the full range of deegee beacons and sounders at Hannover Messe between 23rd and 27th April 2012. You can find us in Hall 8, Stand C29. Follow the link http://www.hannovermesse.de/ticketregistration?Rfmf4qkb8gbopo to get yourself an eTicket.   Each personalized […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on January 4, 2012 in Uncategorized

ISO 9001 : 2008

The same week in November that some of  the deegee team were exhibiting at SPS/IPC/Drives in Nuremberg, the rest of the business hosted a UL auditor for the triennial ISO9001:2008 audit.  During triennial audits the complete Quality Management System is interrogated, and a decision taken whether to re-issue certification for a further 3 years. Deegee […]