About James Fisher Prolec

With 30 years’ experience supplying machine productivity and safety systems for construction equipment, James Fisher Prolec has set the benchmark for compliant, smart solutions.

Equipment safety and machine control is at the heart of our business; our expertise is in the control, measurement and guidance of equipment to enhance functionality, deliver higher productivity and reduce costs. James Fisher Prolec's systems enable end users and OEMs to drive productivity to the highest level within their machine's safety envelope.

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Innovative machine guidance solutions:

JF Prolec's success stems from innovative applications of sensor, hardware and software technologies; from excavator safety and telehandler control systems, through to height limitation technology and rail safety equipment and machine guidance solutions.

JF Prolec's products have been successfully deployed across a wide range of applications in construction, rail, highways and marine markets. Our reliable and proven technologies safeguard our customers' operations whilst driving productivity.

Safety and productivity:

James Fisher Prolec is unique in that it is the only company to provide a range of both safety and productivity solutions for construction equipment. As a market leader, JF Prolec has developed many innovations that are now commonplace, including CAN sensors, graphical dig depth monitors, on-board weighing, height limitation solutions and advanced road-rail systems.

We have an extensive distributor network, ensuring the highest level of support in every region wherever James Fisher Prolec's products are deployed.

James Fisher Prolec heritage

1982 - Today

Douglas Every and David Tappin found Prolec, manufacturing circuit board assemblies for third parties.

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1987

Prolec buys manufacturer Litewate and with it comes the first of the Liftwatch product range.

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1990

Prolec gains ISO 9001 certification.

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1993

Liftwatch ASLI for road rail excavators is launched.

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1995

Prolec is the first company to develop a graphical depth monitoring system, as a project for AMEC. It is approached by Spectra Precision (now Trimble) to develop an own label “Digmaster”, which is then marketed as "Bucket-Pro" worldwide.

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1996

Prolec launches its Weightmaster system, a wheeled loader weighing product.

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1999

Prolec develops Digmaster, the first 2D excavator machine guidance system.

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2000

World-wide launch of CANbus compatible component. Prolec's Liftwatch 5 is the first CANbus product.

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2001

First graphical SLI for rail safety to become Liftwatch PC-RCI. Level-X and Digmaster 3 systems using the industry's first Can angle sensor are launched. Prolec is commissioned by Scanmudring Norway for a monitoring system for ROV's using pcX-3D.

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2002

The pcX system is relaunched. Prolec supplies custom RCI systems for fitment to OEMs' material handling systems, featuring monitoring of cab articulation and cab anti-collision. Putzmeister approaches Prolec for a supply of solid state CANBus angle sensors for use in OEMs' range of multi-articulated concrete delivery systems.

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