Home | Business News | Browse by Publication | L | Los Angeles Business Journal

Security details: Delta Scientific's barriers protect government and diplomatic sites at home and abroad.

Publication: Los Angeles Business Journal
Publication Date: 26-NOV-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Security details: Delta Scientific's barriers protect government and diplomatic sites at home and abroad.(Innovation)(Delta Scientific Corp)

Article Excerpt
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

HARRY Dickinson was working in his machine shop when a client in the drive-in cinema industry came to him with a problem: Kids were driving their cars into the outdoor cinemas through the exits and there didn't seem to be any way of stopping them without posting guards.

In the early 1970s, Dickinson designed and built a spike strip that would puncture the tires of any vehicle going in through the exits. Similar spike strips had been around for decades, but Dickinson standardized the design. Soon banks and savings and loans found out about them and wanted controlled access to their parking lots, too.

Today, those spike strips can be found in parking lots all over the country, accompanied by me warning: "Do Not Back Up--Severe Tire Damage."

Dickinson went from his success with spike strips to launch Delta Scientific Corp., a business specializing in barriers that fall back and flatten to allow authorized vehicles through, but spring up to block unauthorized ones.

In the 33 years since its founding, Palmdale-based Delta Scientific...

Access Full Article, Compliments of Goliath

Read the FULL article now - Try Goliath Business News - FREE!   
You can view this article PLUS...

  • Over 5 million business articles
  • Hundreds of the most trusted magazines, newswires, and journals (see list)
  • Premium business information that is timely and relevant
  • Unlimited Access

Now for a Limited Time, try Goliath Business News - Free for 3 Days!
Tell Me More   Terms and Conditions

Get Goliath Business News for 1 year - Just $99 (Save 65%)
Tell Me More   Terms and Conditions

Already a subscriber? Log in to view full article



More articles from Los Angeles Business Journal
It's time to stop California's plans for high-speed rail.(COMMENTARY), November 26, 2007
Fresh & easy promises accountability and social responsibility.(COMMEN..., November 26, 2007
'Clean Tech' company pushes ahead on carbon recycling: study planned f..., November 26, 2007
Transfer student: LA BioMed Chief Executive Ken Trevett focuses on spe..., November 26, 2007
Grades would aid senior care.(COMMENT), November 26, 2007

Looking for additional articles?
Search our database of over 3 million articles.

Looking for more in-depth information on this industry?
Search our complete database of Industry & Market reports by text, subject, publication name or publication date.

About Goliath
Whether you're looking for sales prospects, competitive information, company analysis or best practices in managing your organization, Goliath can help you meet your business needs.

Our extensive business information databases empower business professionals with both the breadth and depth of credible, authoritative information they need to support their business goals. Whether it be strategic planning, sales prospecting, company research or defining management best practices - Goliath is your leading source for accurate information.