Exchange key interlock system for power isolation at a high speed rail maintenance facility Chicago, Illinois (January 5, 2012) – During a recent upgrade, an exchange key, power isolation interlock system from industrial safety specialist Castell was installed at the Amtrak Southampton Maintenance Facility to ensure worker safety during maintenance and repair operations. The South Boston facility [...] [Read more]

Wealth of information enables customers to choose products more accurately Industrial safety specialist Castell Safety International Ltd has updated its product datasheets to help customers order products in the quickest and most efficient manner. The full and revised set of datasheets show product operation, usage, installation, technical details, drawings, application notes and ordering information in a consistent [...] [Read more]

Entire Castell board now features qualified engineers Industrial safety specialist Castell Safety International Ltd has appointed Chris Webster as its new finance director. Unusually for a financial incumbent, Chris holds an engineering degree from Cambridge University in addition to his accountancy qualification. Chris joins Castell from Delice de France, where he spent five years as commercial manager [...] [Read more]

Castell Safety International Ltd has appointed Paul Marks as its new product development director. Castell has chosen to expand and strengthen the NPD team following a record year to April 2011. Paul joins Castell form SMAC Corporation, where he was director and general manager, Europe. He holds a first class degree in Mechanical Engineering and an [...] [Read more]

(July 2011) Leading UK food-to-go manufacturer Uniq Prepared Foods has virtually eliminated downtime from the bacon-slicing process at its facility in Northampton, thanks to a trapped key interlocking system from Castell. As part of its continuous improvement program, Uniq replaced the electrical safety switches on its bacon slicer with a panel-mounted KSSE20 multi-key solenoid-controlled switch and [...] [Read more]

Fully welded design reduces potential dirt and food traps Chicago, Illinois (April 5, 2011) – Key exchange units from industrial safety specialist Castell form part of an integrated safety system linking machine control and access interlocks. Its new X-type key exchange unit has an extremely robust design for reliable use in a wide variety of environments. The [...] [Read more]

Chicago, Illinois (June 9, 2010) – Effective June 7, 2010, industrial safety specialist Castell will begin operating from its new US headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. Moving from Erlanger, Kentucky to a more central location near a major transportation hub will allow the company to provide better sales and product support to its customers across the United [...] [Read more]

New manufacturing approach dramatically reduces lead times Erlanger, Kentucky (March 11, 2010) – Industrial safety specialist Castell has adopted a manufacturing process to improve efficiency and benefit the end-users, machine builders and distributors who use its safety interlocks. The company is the first in the interlocking sector to implement end coding, which allows standard products to [...] [Read more]

Erlanger, Kentucky (August 18, 2009) – Equipment from industrial safety specialist Castell has been added to Tapeswitch Corporation’s product line up.  Castell’s portfolio of trapped key interlocks and loading dock guarding systems will now be available in the United States through Tapeswitch. Castell’s trapped key interlocks ensure that personnel follow a predetermined sequence of tasks to [...] [Read more]

Cocktail reception planned for Tuesday, July 14 Erlanger, Kentucky (July 1, 2009) – Castell will be exhibiting safety interlocking products at the Air Pollution Control (APC) Roundtable and Exposition, July 13-14, 2009 at the Woodlands Resort & Conference Center (Houston, TX).  Castell’s range of heavy-duty interlocks promotes worker safety by preventing access to live electrostatic precipitators. Strict [...] [Read more]