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PCL had a blast from the past when one of the company’s trail
blazing design engineers paid a visit to the Sheffield HQ to see how
the company’s products have fared over the last half a century.
Eric
Renshaw, who created the Pavement Gauge at PCL in 1958, returned to see
how the product is faring 50 years on – and was delighted to discover
it had stood the test of time.
The product is still running well and, apart from a few modern tweaks,
maintains its original appearance and is a popular piece of retro-look kit amongst customers.
In fact, even though it has been replaced in the UK with PCL’s hi-tech
electronic and mechanical equipment, it is still favoured in a number of
European markets where it is well-reputed for ease of use and accuracy.
Eric
also brought in his own 1958 PCL tyre pressure gauge for testing and
found it to be in fine working order with excellent levels of accuracy.
Director
Simon Shorter said: “It was great to meet Eric and talk about how PCL
and its products have evolved over the last 50 years, transforming us
from a small manufacturing company founded in 1938, into a dynamic
market-leading company exporting the industry’s most up-to-date
equipment to over 60 countries, with a worldwide network of agents and
distributors.
“Eric was fascinated by both the latest
developments in tyre inflation and the current levels of production,
and was pleased to see that, despite our continually expanding product
range, we place great importance on maintaining and updating our
quality timeless classics, running them alongside our high-tech
portfolios.”
Simon added: “It is innovative designers like Eric
who have helped establish PCL as an industry leader and placed us on
the worldwide map.
“Now, as then, “quality” and “reliability” are
our watchwords for product development. We remain committed to building
on our hard-fought reputation for design and high standards which,
although some may see as traditional, we value as key to a dynamic
business like ours.”
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