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 to increase the amount of information available to you, at the time when you want it. We have therefore increased the level of product detail available to you directly on-site.

This is, as always, a work-in-progress as we still have to add a number of missing photographs and there are some products not yet featured – we aim to get these online within the next few weeks. Following that we have plans to further expand the datasheets available online and enhance the images with some interactive content – Watch this space!

If all has gone to plan, you should now be able to see our new site at beaconlamps.com – let us know what you think!

Everyone at deegee is delighted to welcome Jo Lovatt to the team.  Jo started with us a couple of months ago and was really thrown in at the deep-end when the other members of the sales team manned the booth at the Hannover Messe, leaving Jo to “hold the fort”.

Jo’s career started on the hot chicken counter at Morrisons, but she then progressed into an accountancy office before joining deegee, working on an AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) home learning course since last year.  Whilst Jo will start to take a key role in the buying-function, the best way of learning any business is by familiarisation with the products it sells.  For this reason Jo has already taken much of the responsibility for following-up quotes and enquiries, so that our response time to you continues to get even shorter.

Jo is a Staffordshire girl, the youngest of 4 children.  She is learning to play acoustic guitar and loves music but is really a rock-chick at heart.

Having settled really well into deegee,  Jo says, “The things I like most about working at DG are being part of the team and getting to know everyone.  I also love learning all about the products and speaking to the customers. I think my biggest challenges are getting to know all the ins and outs of the job.”

In response to enquiries from some of our key customers, deegee has modified the XFD product to accommodate a Universal Current.  This opens up new possibilities with this little xenon beacon.

Specified at 24V AC and DC, the unit is otherwise the same, housed in the little D housing, with its 102 mm height and 79 mm base diameter.  With an easy to wire terminal block, and entry to the ABS base via a 10mm cable entry hole, the XFD is very easy to install and maintain.  Offering 360 degree all-round and 270 degree all-over visibility, the XFD packs a lot of punch when it comes to flash intensity per unit size. 

Low voltage mains is a popular choice for air-conditioners, heating and cooling systems, and so to have a warning or status signal which works on this same voltage makes for a much easier installation.  One of the specialities of D. G. Controls is its ability to adapt and develop product to more particularly suit customer needs.  This is all possible because of our in-house development department and manufacturing facility.

For further assistance please do not hesitate to contact our sales team on +44 (0) 1283 550850.

The deegee team have always been keen to undertake training and new experiences, and Office Manager Lisa Baum leads by example. 

A 2 day Change Management course set in a beautiful location in Middle Aston, Oxfordshire took Lisa and 8 other delegates from various backgrounds through a detailed explanation of the change process within an organisation, and the best way to manage these changes.  

“Practical outdoor tasks which involved planning, strategic thinking, and crucially communication were great fun and a very useful learning tool.  We had no option but to get stuck in, as you can see from the glamorous head-gear!!   I feel the overall experience has been very beneficial to me,” said Lisa.  “By making me aware of the importance of thorough planning, in addition to maintaining good channels of communication throughout, and taking these into account, future changes will be smoother and more structured transitions.”

Closing with an open forum session which allowed all delegates to discuss issues or incidents that they have experienced within their organisation during the change process, the course remained thoroughly relevant to the real-life situations of the attendees.

Wishing you every business success for 2011.

After a highly successful re-introduction to the SPS Drives show in 2009, and with the new German deegee distributor Riese Electronic doing a great job in raising the awareness of the deegee brand in the German market, the only response was to “take our stand” again at SPS/IPC Drives in Nuremberg.

Just a 3-day show, running between 23rd and 25th November 2010,  SPS Drives is an excellent showcase for all things industrial.  Focussing on the stacking beacons, warehousing warning systems, the sounder beacon range, and the new Series-C family of beacons, a wide-range of warning solutions were demonstrated on the deegee stand.

“With a high standard of visitors, and excellent support from Riese, SPS Drives in 2010 could be considered a great success,” said Jon Whiten, Managing Director of D. G. Controls Ltd.  Plans are already in-hand to attend the show again in November 2011.

In addition deegee will be exhibiting at the Hannover Messe 4th to 8th April 2011, at the new signalling location of Hall 17, stand location A08.

D.G. Controls Ltd has been ISO certified for over 16 years, originally compliant with the BS5750 QMS, which subsequently became ISO 9000:1994 and then ISO 9001:2000, which had been released in 2000.
ISO 9001:2008 is highly respected around the world as the most wide-reaching and influential set of standards of quality management systems and practices, and clarifies the existing requirements of the previous standard, ISO 9001:2000.

Wendy Whiten, Operations Director stated that “The Quality Management System is integrated into all activities which take place at D.G. Controls Ltd, and as such forms an essential indicator of business success and achievement for the organisation. Achievement of ISO 9001:2008 is testament to the Company’s investment and commitment to improved customer satisfaction, staff motivation and training, and continuous business improvement. I am so pleased for the Company’s employees that this certification has been awarded, as every individual knows their contribution to its success.”

The new Certificate will be issued by UL over the next few weeks, and be available for download on our website as soon as it is received.

After a series of very fruitful meetings at the Hannover Messe 2010 in April, we are delighted that first product training took place at the premises of our newest distributor in August.  We shall be announcing details in due course, but have been discussing opportunities with this organisation for several years and mutually feel that the time is now right to launch the deegee products into their market.

In fact, this distributor brought one of their clients to the Hannover 2010 booth to evaluate a new product concept we had designed specifically for them;  they were thrilled, and have already placed their initial orders.

Don’t forget – we are at SPS/IPC/Drives in November!

It is therefore our great pleasure to congratulate Angie Beal, Caran Gibson and Carol Hartley from our manufacturing team on their being awarded the NVQ Performing Manufacturing Operations.  Evaluation of the ladies took place over the duration of six months, and involved group and individual discussions with the tutor, observations of the ladies working at various aspects of their day-to-day jobs, and assessment of their written responses to questions about why and how they do their jobs in a certain way.  The PMO NVQ qualification recognises the individual’s understanding of their role within the organisation, their responsibility to Health & Safety in the workplace, and most importantly that they understand how to do their jobs and the impact of effective performance.

Somewhat nervous before they started the course, the awarding of the NVQ is just reward for the hard work these ladies put in, and is particularly well-deserved as they had all left school with no formal qualifications.  Angie put it well, saying “It was quite difficult at first to understand some of the questions, with not having done anything like this before, but I soon got into my stride and quite enjoyed it.  It has given me a lot more insight into how the business works, and I am really quite chuffed to have been awarded one.”

Hats-off to you, ladies, and well done.

An integral part of the marketing strategy, exhibitions are a great opportunity to show much of the deegee catalogue of enclosures and circuit technologies, and prove a worthwhile forum at which to discuss specific product requirements with the deegee sales team.

MACH is a biennial event hosted by the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), a UK based trade association dealing specifically with engineering based manufacturing.  D. G. Controls has been part of the MTA since 2008, when it first exhibited at MACH. 

The week at MACH proved especially fruitful with a number of discussions with one of the UK’s leading automotive manufacturers regarding the deegee stacking beacon ANDON range.  With a portfolio which includes LED, xenon and filament technology, and being the only beacon company to offer 7 different colours and a sounder unit, the deegee stacker is wholly versatile for all your signalling requirements. 

For further details of any of the deegee beacon and sounder range, visit our website.

Don’t forget – we are at SPS/IPC/Drives in November!