“Specifying Lockers for Functionality, Security & Safety” presentation is now available to all architects. To review or download the program goals and schedule a Lunch & Learn presentation in your office,
click here.
Lyon Workspace Products is a Registered Provider with The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Systems.
Lyon's Eco of Hope team joined up with 22 other teams to kick off the 2010 Saint Baldrick's Shave-a-thon in Naperville, IL. Currently the event has raised $98,050 for childhood cancer research (the final total is still being calculated). Lyon's Eco of Hope team currently has raised $8,735 for the event.
The event began with cancer survivors and their families speaking out on successfully battling pediatric cancer. While other families of cancer victims honored the memory of their family member. They all encouraged people to team up to conquer childhood cancer so no other family will feel the pain and anguish they have gone through.
It was truly a loving and memorable event and will last in the minds of all participants! Many participants and family members have commented that the 2010 Saint Baldrick’s Naperville, IL event was the biggest ever!
You can continue to support the efforts of the Lyon-Eco team at www.stbaldricks.org/teams/lyonecowater through 2010!
2010 Lyon’s Eco of Hope team
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America’s Storage Solutions Expert helps America’s Team store and organize their rescue gear and vehicles. Lyon sales representative Larry Meyers & the Grainger sales representative Donna Montgomery worked with the City of Arlington and the Dallas Cowboys to provide the best storage solution for fire & police gear, rescue gear and vehicles.
Originally the City of Arlington has specified an integrated system of bulk storage racking and 8000 Series shelving. However, after taking measurements of the workspace Larry recommended installing a mezanine to go vertical and maximize their workspace.
The final storage solution is a system of mezzanine, bulk storage racking and 8000 Series shelving. Dallas Stadium nearly doubled their storage footprint while maximzing their work space!
Click here to read more about the new Dallas Stadium!
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Lyon employees Chris Washington, Chris Miller and Chris Rudella have teamed up with Roger Loptien of Eco-Water and Craig & Dawn Wilson to form “Lyon’s Eco of Hope” team for the 2010 Saint Baldrick’s Foundation Shave-a-thon.
Every year over 160,000 children are diagnosed with cancer worldwide and The Saint Baldrick’s Foundation is the leader in funding and childhood cancer research grants.
Please take this opportunity to support “Lyon’s Eco of Hope” team to help find a cure to all childhood cancer. Click on the link below to “Lyon’s Eco of Hope” web page and kindly make a donation today!
http://www.stbaldricks.org/teams/lyonecowater
St. Baldricks Foundation
http://www.stbaldricks.org/
See all the photos here from Monday’s shoot. The Sarah Fisher Racing garage in Indianapolis, IN has expanded to nearly double in space, and with that doubling their Lyon storage and workspace solutions.
The increase in the size of the garage reflects the increase of races for Sarah in 2010, her race schedule is as follows:
March 28, 2010 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
April 11, 2010 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
May 1, 2010 Roadrunner Turbo Indy 300
May 30, 2010 94th Indianapolis 500
June 5, 2010 Bombardier Learjet Indy 550
June 20, 2010 Iowa Corn Indy 250
August 28, 2010 Peak Indy 300
September 4, 2010 Meijer Indy 300
October 2, 2010 Indycar Series Championship Race
Follow all the action- Latest photos, press releases and news at sarahfisher.com!
Sarah Fisher Racing Expands and Photo Shoot is Scheduled for February 1, 2010. Indianapolis-based Sarah Fisher Racing will expand for the 2010 Indy Racing League season, adding a second car and running three more races.
Fisher will run her sixth race of 2009 in Saturday’s season-ending Indy 300. She plans to enter nine events in 2010. The owner-driver said Friday that 2006 Indy Pro Series champion
Jay Howard will drive her second car, which will compete in four races next year. Fisher said, “Having a partner out there changes everything.”
Fisher was the youngest starter in IRL history when she raced at Texas in 1999. She was voted IRL’s most popular driver in 2001, 2002 and 2003, and became an owner-driver in 2008.
http://www.sarahfisher.com/
Lyon lockers have been featured on the Science Channel’s second season of “Factory Made” TV program. “Factory Made” spotlights the innovation involved in manufacturing everyday products like the Lyon Locker!
The location of the video shoot was at Lyon's Pride Metal plant in Watseka, IL. Since most Americans have opened, filled and locked a school locker, The Science Channel feels it’s a perfect American made fit!
The Discovery Channel’s “How it’s Made” TV program will be featuring another Lyon steel locker in the fall of 2010. The location of the video shoot was at Lyon’s Paris Metal plant in Paris, IL. The episode air date will be announced in late summer of 2010.
The Aurora Police Department opened the doors of their new $108.2 million Aurora Police Headquarters and Branch Court Facility. The City of Aurora chose Lyon to engineer and manufacturer 500 Valor™ law enforcement lockers for the women’s and men’s locker rooms.
These oversized lockers have shelving and compartments to hold the officer’s work uniform and civilian clothes, laptop, radio, Kevlar vest and small personal belongs. The lockers also have a boot compartment for boots, sneakers and shoes. The locker is fully ventilated to maximize the drying of articles within like the Kevlar vest, clothing and boots.These oversized lockers have shelving and compartments to hold the officer’s work uniform and civilian clothes, laptop, radio, Kevlar vest and small personal belongs. The lockers also have a boot compartment for boots, sneakers and shoes. The locker is fully ventilated to maximize the drying of articles within like the Kevlar vest, clothing and boots.
Lyon is working with police departments across the country to engineer and manufacturer law enforcement lockers that fit their storage needs. Not all police departments are the same, the police departments in the south west and the Boston police department need different locker solutions for their officers.
Valor™ Law Enforcement Lockers, America’s Finest Locker for America’s Finest!
Lyon has donated shelving storage solutions for Carter Oosterhouse’s holiday home coming trip to Traverse City, Michigan. Carter Oosterhouse, star of the HGTV series "Carter Can", returns to his hometown of Traverse City, Michigan to spend the holidays with his family and change the lives of a deserving single mother in his hometown.
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Susan Campbell is a single mom raising two special needs kids and was awarded an extra pair of hands from Carter to remodel her home to make it more child safe and a wonderful happy place for everyone. Susan has raised and grown three children of her own, and after has decided to adopt special needs children which needed her round the clock care. She quit her job and committed herself two special needs boys. Since she was young, Susan wanted to help people with special needs and abilities. Susan depends on government and community help to support and has no extra income to renovate her home. She and her children will only benefit from such a selfless act of kindness from Carter and Lyon Workspace Products.
One aspect of the renovation is the overall organization of the home and basement. Lyon Workspace Products was called to the challenge and donated the rivet racking in the basement of the home. The three above photos show the different racking systems, far left photo is the wire decking rivet rack while the center and right photos show the particle board rivet rack.
"Carter Comes Home" is a multi-run Holiday special that will premiere Friday, Nov. 27 at 5pm EST and encores on Dec. 24 at 2pm EST and Dec. 25 at 9 am EST. Carter Oosterhouse, whose series on HGTV include “Red Hot & Green and Carter Can”, hosts the special.
For further information on Carter Oosterhouse and the Holiday Special “Carter Comes Home” click on the below links:
http://www.hgtv.com/carter-can/show/index.html
http://www.carteroosterhouse.com/
http://www.mynorth.com/My-North/March-2009/Carter-Oosterhouse-Comes-Home-to-Traverse-City/
Lyon engineering has implemented an immediate design change to the 8000 Series shelving backs, designing horizontal back panels versus the original vertical back panels. The horizontal (panel) backs will provide easier handling and installation for the user, versus the long vertical panels which were difficult to hold in place and install the backing screws.
New Horizontal Back Panel Original Vertical Back Panel
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The new horizontal back panels are as strong as the original vertical panels, the overall load capacities will continue to be the same. Click here for the load capacities of the 8000 Series shelving.
From the freight and shipping aspect, the new horizontal (panel) backs will cost less to ship due to the more compact shipping foot print versus the original vertical and oversized back panels.
This back panel transition has taken effect and the new (horizontal) back panels are currently shipping. Continue to use the existing Lyon product numbers to order 8000 Series shelves and the new back panels will be delivered. Click here for the instruction sheet on installation details.
Someday there will be a revolutionary material that will replace cold rolled steel as the best material for manufacturing lockers. Maybe carbon nanotubes but plastic is not that revolutionary material. Common plastics used for lockers are HDPE (high-density polyethylene) and Phenolic. Plastic locker manufactures have effectively promoted their products by playing on the bad experiences with lockers manufactured before contemporary technology. It is comparable to claiming a 2009 automobile will suffer the same short term resistance to corrosion that a 1970’s car suffered. The same advancements that prolong the corrosion resistance of today’s cars have been adapted to Lyon steel lockers.
The truth about plastic lockers is that they are 2 to 3 times the cost of metal lockers, are not as secure and have limited options. The original plastic locker designs used all plastic parts. After many years of locker users destroying the plastic hinges and plastic latches, the plastic locker designers added hinges and latches formed from metal. They obviously realized the need for the strength of metal. Most fire codes limit the type and quantity of plastics in public buildings, such as schools, due to flame spread and toxic fume concerns. UV exposure and sharp objects can damage most plastics and surface damage is permanent.
Lyon’s steel lockers utilize Galvannealed steel and Powder Coat to resist corrosion. Galvannealed steel is cold rolled steel with a mill applied Zinc coating. Steel lockers can be made using Galvannealed as the base material. If the top coat is damaged or penetrated by moisture, the Zinc coating protects the underlying steel from corrosion through Galvanic action. The liquid paints used on lockers before the conversion to Powder Coat could be broken down by most chemicals especially Chlorine. Once the paint was compromised moisture could easily reach the steel. Lyon’s standard Powder Coat provides a very durable coating and is not affected by common chemicals including Chlorine. It also provides dry film thicknesses in excess of 1.5 mils which prevents moisture penetration.
Once the misconceptions are dispelled, Lyon Workspace steel lockers are clearly the best choice for all locker applications.
Michigan City, IN- Lyon Workspace Products-Michigan City, the factory which makes the 8000 Series Shelving and the bulk storage racking, has just installed a paint reclaim system on their paint line. This newly installed system reclaims the unused paint and collects it to use again for future painting.
The old system collected the unused paint and stored it in barrels. When full, the barrels were baked to harden the paint. The hardened blocks of paint were thrown in the trash and then shipped to a landfill where they take centuries to break down.
Lyon is committed to developing products and programs that positively impact the environment. Whether the goal is creating a healthier environment, lowering operating costs, reducing emissions or maintaining an environmentally-friendly product delivery system, Lyon is the industry leader in green initiatives.
MRO Today and Roy Taylor, 45 year sales veteran of Lyon Workspace Products, Discuss the five storage solutions of tool cribs. They are as follows:
Solution No. 1: Restrict access to an open crib
Solution No. 2: Stocked and locked
Solution No. 3: The specialized satellite crib
Solution No. 4: Condensed and computer controlled
Solution No. 5: Continually count the inventory
The above solutions, when working in tandem will reduce theft and increase both efficiency and productivity. Click here to read the entire article.
The Lyon Locker Advantage– A complete selection of locker configurations in 30 premier colors or use our computerized color matching system for an INFINITE selection of custom colors. Lyon premier powder coating process provides 1.5 to 2.0 mil coverage at no extra cost. This coverage thickness exceeds most conventional and competitive coatings!
Lyon’s premier powder coating process is standard on all lockers, both in-stock and manufactured. The result is decades of protection from corrosion in harsh environments. Multiple locker manufacturing plants in Paris, Sycamore & Watseka, IL give Lyon industry leading manufacturing capacity and short project lead times.
LEED focused and environmentally friendly, the premier powder coating process gives off no VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds). Lyon Workspace Products is ready to assist in your LEED certification documentation (LEED data sheet).
Don’t hesitate to log onto lyonworkspace.com and enter your zip code in our Rep Finder. A local “Locker Solution Expert” will meet you the next business day (or sooner) to provide immediate attention and execution to every project!
On Monday May 11, High Noon Entertainment, filming company for the Discovery Channel filmed "How a Lyon Locker gets Made". In the Watseka, IL manufacturing plant, the film crew followed a roll of steel through the plant and filmed the process of creating a Lyon locker.
The "How Stuff Gets Made" program highlights a product (Lyon lockers) or thing that is being made and the step-by-step process provides the storyline. The focus is on several key steps or machines in the process, see them in action, and explain to the viewers how the machine or process we are seeing works and how it contributes to the creation of the finished product (Lyon lockers).
Matt Washington, VP of Manufacturing/Distribution led the film team through the plant to highlight the key processes of building Lyon lockers.
Nike launches the new Air Max+ 2009 running shoes using a card board 3-wide Lyon locker point of purchase display. The gray Lyon locker display has amazing detail, easily reading the Lyon name badge and Lyon brand name on the tamper guard handle.
These 36" tall x 36" wide x 13" deep Lyon POP displays are in Finish Line stores across the country.
Up to three times the break-in protection versus the competitive latching systems. Locker break-in theft and ownership of small expensive personal items are both on the rise. Lyon engineers have also risen to the challenge of 21st century locker protection. Lyon Workspace Products announces its patent pending nano metal roller with Zamack 3 latching system. This innovative system provided up to three times the break-in protection versus the competitive latching systems. The metal used for the nano roller is the same metal alloy as auto transmission gears.
Get more information on the nano metal roller latching system.
Lyon lockers and storage products get “Made” on Discovery Channel’s “How Stuff Gets Made”. Lockers, modular drawer cabinets and all-welded storage cabinets are expected to be filmed this fall.
Discovery Channel’s popular, long-running series, “How It’s Made,” under the new working title of “How Stuff Gets Made” has reached out to Lyon Workspace Products in regards to filming Lyon steel lockers, modular drawer cabinets and all-welded storage cabinets.
“How Stuff Gets Made” reveals the extraordinary origins of everyday products (or the components of everyday products) by following their creation in a factory from start-to-finish. Each 30-minute episode features four unique items with emphasis on the machines, assembly lines, technology and processes that transform raw materials into the objects our viewers see, touch, use and rely upon every day. The machines are the stars of the show and the processes drive the storylines. The goal is to give viewers a new appreciation for the hard work, innovation, automation, and mass production behind familiar and, at times, not-so-familiar things.
Lyon lockers have a long resume of cameo appearances on the big or small screen. In the opening scenes of The Breakfast Club, an 80’s classic, uses red Lyon steel lockers. On this season’s American Idol, Kansas City audition, during the interview of Jessica Furney (pictured left) there are red Lyon steel lockers!
Click here for the pdf version of the newspaper article.
Watch the Nike “Maybe” ad, spotlighting Michael Jordan’s Lyon locker. Pay particular attention to the :30 mark of the video to see the close-up of the Lyon Locker featured in this commercial with an inspirational message about hard work and dedication.