Pelican Products

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The Pelican Products logo.
The Pelican Products logo.

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.

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[edit] History

Pelican Products was founded in Torrance, California in 1976 by David and Arline Parker. It was originally a mail-order home business founded bu David H. Parker in 1975. It was David Parker's desire to develop unique and practical products for the dive market.

[edit] Cases

See full article: Pelican case.

[edit] 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[1] include ETL (Edison Testing Labs), UL (Underwriter Laboratories), FM (Factory Mutual), CE-EX (ATEX Europe), CSA (Canadian Standards Association), USAR (Urban Search and Rescue), MSHA (Mine Safety Health Administration)[2] and the AUS (Australian Board of Approvals).

[edit] 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.[3][4]

[edit] Mass Media

The Travel Channel show John Ratzenberger's Made in America had an episode about Pelican products.[5] Also, Pelican cases and flashlights are used in many TV shows and movies:[6]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

  • Southwest Public Safety Equipment Blog [1]
  • Pelican Products website [2]
  • Pelican 7060 flashlight website [3]
  • Pelican OEM website [4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Safety Approvals. www.comptoncontrols.com. Compton Controls (unknown). Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
  2. ^ List of Approved Products. www.msha.gov. Mining Safety Health Administration (September 2001). Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
  3. ^ "New LAPD Flashlight Avoids Use As Weapon", www.knbc.com, NBC4 TV, 30 March 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-26. 
  4. ^ "Los Angeles Police Department First in Nation to Roll Out New Revolutionary Flashlight for Its 10,000 Sworn Officers", prnewswire.com, PR Newswire, 20 March 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-26. 
  5. ^ Alliance Rubber Bands, Pelican Products, Benjamin Moore. travel.discovery.com. Travel Channel (unknown). Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
  6. ^ Flashlights in TV Shows and Movies. www.candlepowerforums.com. Candle Power Forums (11 October 2005). Retrieved on 2007-11-26.