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WEC CCTV has successfully completed the manufacture of 32 wall mounted, high security cabinets for a customer project spanning multiple sites across the UK. The cabinets were designed to provide a secure and durable housing solution for CCTV equipment, ensuring reliable protection in a range of environments. Each unit was designed, fabricated, assembled, and galvanised in-house by the WEC CCTV...

  WEC CCTV has successfully completed the manufacture of five FMV4T Turner Style Decorative CCTV Columns, complete with Deco ladder rests, for a customer in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. The columns form part of our Victorian style CCTV range, designed to combine traditional aesthetics with modern security functionality. Inspired by classic Victorian lighting columns, the FMV range is particularly well suited...

A local parish council in Buckinghamshire has successfully enhanced its public safety coverage using an innovative wall mounted CCTV pole supplied by WEC Group, with installation carried out by DSSL Group. The project presented several infrastructure challenges from the outset. There was no available column in the required location and no nearby fibre connection. Installing a new lighting column and...

We are pleased to have supplied CCTV poles for a recent security upgrade at the StoneX Stadium, home of the Saracens rugby team. The project supports the continued improvement of safety and surveillance at the well-known North London venue, ensuring reliable monitoring across key areas of the stadium. The installation was carried out by Definitive Security Solutions, who integrated our...

Ensuring your team is fully trained to safely operate CCTV infrastructure is essential for both efficiency and compliance. At WEC CCTV, we not only manufacture industry-leading camera mounting solutions, but also provide comprehensive CCTV Winch Training Courses designed to give your team the confidence and competence to operate our systems correctly. Our specialist training programme covers both the theoretical knowledge...

We recently completed a major project for Cheshire East Council, supplying and installing new CCTV columns across multiple sites. The project involved the removal of four existing columns and the installation of two replacements, all carried out simultaneously. With works running in parallel, careful planning and precise execution were essential to ensure a smooth delivery. Our team supplied the new...

We’re always proud to see our products making a real difference for our customers, and our CCTV poles are no exception. One of our poles is now in action at a customer site with CJ4 Systems, demonstrating the quality, reliability, and performance that WEC CCTV solutions bring to any project. Whether it’s towers, standalone poles, columns, cabinet-based columns, or trolley...

WEC CCTV has recently invested in a new fleet of vehicles to support the delivery of our CCTV orders nationwide. This expansion reflects our commitment to providing a seamless service from design and production to final delivery, ensuring our customers receive their camera mounting solutions quickly and efficiently. Owning our own vehicles brings significant benefits to our customers. It allows...

Precision, Safety and Experience on the UK Motorway Network WEC CCTV teams were recently out on the UK Motorway Network, delivering a complex overnight installation of bespoke steel framework as part of a wider highways security project. Carrying out the work during night-time hours allowed the team to take advantage of quieter roads, significantly reducing disruption to road users while...

Another bespoke pole project has recently been completed by WEC CCTV, showcasing our ability to design and manufacture solutions that are tailored precisely to our customers’ needs. For this project, we supplied a set of custom engineered poles designed to accommodate multiple technologies in one integrated structure. Each pole was built to support solar panels and CCTV cameras, while also...

We have recently completed another impressive project involving the preparation of a full overseas order for one of our customers. This shipment required careful planning, attention to detail, and a strong understanding of the challenges that come with transporting sensitive equipment across multiple modes of transport. To ensure the entire consignment travelled safely and securely, our team designed and manufactured...

WEC CCTV Team Delivers Rapid Emergency Column Replacement in Knutsford When an unexpected incident caused a CCTV column in Knutsford to be struck by a passing truck, the situation had the potential to cause significant disruption. For the local authority, fast action was essential to maintain safety, visibility and security in the area. That is where the WEC CCTV team...

CCTV Installation at the Top of Blackpool Tower by WEC CCTV WEC CCTV is proud to have played a part in safeguarding one of Britain’s most recognisable landmarks - the iconic Blackpool Tower. Standing 518 feet tall and first opened in 1894, this historic structure has watched over the seafront for more than a century, attracting millions of visitors each...

WEC CCTV Supplies Custom Brackets for Etihad Stadium’s New Stand Our team at WEC CCTV has been back on site at Manchester City’s world-famous Etihad Stadium as part of the venue’s ongoing expansion project. After successfully supplying custom-designed speaker brackets during Phase One of the development, we are now proud to be involved in Phase Two – providing a new...

WEC Group will once again be exhibiting at Intersec, Dubai in 2024 from 16-18 January. The event is a premium trade platform on security & safety, and it will celebrate its 25th edition next year. As the largest and most diverse security event in the Middle East, the show’s influence has spread beyond the Middle East and Africa plus the...

WEC Group will once again be exhibiting at The Security Event, Birmingham in 2023 from 25 - 27 April. We will be showcasing our range of CCTV Towers, Poles (including our new Telescopic Poles), Highways Trolley Poles, Brackets, Accessories and Roadside Cabinets which we manufacture in the UK and supply worldwide. Our expert team will be available to discuss all your...

WEC Group will once again be exhibiting at Intersec, Dubai in 2023 from 17-19 January. The event is a premium trade platform on security & safety, and it will celebrate its 24th edition next year. As the largest and most diverse security event in the Middle East, the show's influence has spread beyond the Middle East and Africa plus the...

WEC CCTV’s new bespoke Telescopic Camera Pole is the latest to be manufactured by the company. Built to complement our extensive range of highways masts, it has endured rigorous in-house testing and been designed to guarantee robustness and reliability in all weather conditions, whilst providing our usual standard of reliability. The simple features of the bespoke telescopic camera mast provides greater reliability and...

Our CCTV team have designed and developed the brand new TC8 Double Door Swing Arm Cantilever Pole, which offers a swinging arm feature that can be easily moved into position through the base cabinet. The new cabinet based pole features a 4.5m cantilever arm which has swing capabilities. The base cabinet features a top compartment which houses the arm swinging...

By popular demand, we have launched our new ABOVE GROUND WEC CONCRETE BLOCKS FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT. Working with our customers we have designed and developed this new product for rapid deployment of CCTV systems. Our new Concrete Blocks make for easy and rapid deployment and can be adapted for any of our CCTV Poles, Columns or Cabinets. This makes them...

We would like inform our customers that our annual festive shutdown will begin on Wednesday 23rd December 2020 at 5pm and we will reopen on Monday 4th January 2021. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

To keep up with the ever progressing market, WEC CCTV together with their customers, have launched a brand new Heavy Duty Modular Tilt down Pole c/w base support. The new Modular tilt down pole is available in 4 & 6 metres heights and is perfectly suited for roof areas to clear parapet and obstacles. The structure is ideal at the...

During the 2020 pandemic, WEC Group wanted to provide support to other businesses to enable them to reopen safely. Utilising our expertise in manufacturing, our new Sentry Sanitisers were created with the ease of customer use in mind. Organisations can now reopen with the facilities to offer hands free sanitation, so that their staff will remain safe. With a pedal...

WEC CCTV has successfully qualified to ISO 9606-1:2017 in order to manufacture and supply 11 stainless steel camera poles and 31 brackets/accessories to Basra, Iraq. John Whittle, WEC CCTV Export Sales & Technical Manager, discussed the project for Exxon Mobil Gas Company at Intersec in January 2017, but in order to secure the job it was specified that welders needed...

WEC CCTV has supplied 65 specially designed camera masts for the newly created Mersey Gateway Bridge.

WEC CCTV's new bespoke telescopic camera pole is the latest to be manufactured by the company as a result of customer demand...

WEC CCTV successfully passed National Highway Sector Scheme 19A audit with flying colours! We are delighted to announce that WEC CCTV has successfully passed the audit for the National Highway Sector Scheme 19A accreditation for painting processes. The recent audit upgrades the company's scope of certification, and means we comply with the requirements of the scheme for workshop, industrial coating...

The Project Deckchair supply remotely managed webcams to hotels and resorts around the world, enabling them to streamline high-quality images of their destination online to attract, engage and convert customers. The cameras capture over 105,000 images a year and generate daily timelapse videos of the hotel's views as a unique way of advertising their location to customers.WEC CCTV has been...

WEC CCTV once again exhibited at Intersec, Dubai from 17 - 19 January 2016 to showcase a range of our CCTV poles, towers and accessories that have been specifically designed for the Export market. It was an exciting three days and since returning to the United Kingdom, we have received numerous enquiries for our CCTV Towers throughout the United Arab Emirates and...

The WEC Group which specialises in small to large fabrication, laser cutting, CNC Machining, waterjet cutting, and heavy engineering has revealed it has secured a deal with MTL Group, saving 130 jobs. MTL Group went into administration in early February after suffering the loss of a large overseas defence contract. The deal allows South Yorkshire based steel engineering specialist, which...

IFSEC is the largest event of the year for the security industry, and this year celebrates its 40th anniversary! Bringing together the entire security buying chain IFSEC is at the centre of the security industry, ensuring excellence and innovation at each ground breaking event. Each year the event attracts mass international interest; in 2012 605+ exhibitors from 103 countries attended...

Intersec has been taking place annually for the past 15 years and is currently recognised as the premiere tradeshow for the security industry. Each year the event attracts mass international interest; in 2012, 909 exhibitors and approximately 20,000 vistors from around the world attended! The event enables exhibitors and visitors working in the industry to develop business relationships, identify business...

We are delighted to have won the Deal of the Year 2011 Award for this year's Lancashire Telegraph Awards. 2011 has been a very exciting year for the WEC Group, and on the back of our largest automotive contract to date, we had a lot to shout about indeed! Thanks to the Group management team's eye for a business opportunity...

Have a look at WEC's latest Railway Footbridge Installation that was recently installed in Cambridge Station. The bridge was entirely manufactured at the company's headquarters in Darwen by the WEC Rail division before being sent down to Cambridge where our team installed it in less than 24 hours! This is the 4th footbridge manufactured by WEC since they opened their...

The WEC Laser division has recently benefited from substantial investments with the purchase of an Adige LT8 Tube Laser Cutting machine from BLM Group. The new machine adds 3D laser cutting to the company's list of available services The Tube Laser excels for the highest flexibility and user- friendliness, as well as for top quality and extremely precise laser cutting...

The Group's Apprentice of the Year Awards was held on Thursday 16th September at Astley Bank, Darwen. The evening is an annual event held to celebrate the success of all our students throughout their time on the apprenticeship including Apprentice of the Year and various other awards for achievement. Ryan Nelsen, Defender for Blackburn Rovers and New Zealand International, presented...

SP Fabrications have recently been acquired by WEC Group Ltd to extend the range of products and services on offer to customers. SP Fabrications are based in Blackburn, Lancashire and specialise in prototype, production sheet metalwork and welded fabrications in stainless steel, aluminium, mild steel and polycarbonate; along with other ferrous and non-ferrous metals. The Amada Europe 255 CNC Turret...

Conservative leader David Cameron made a late night stop at WEC Group on his pre-election campaign. Mr Cameron arrived at WEC Group shortly after 1am as part of an all-night, last-minute nationwide tour as the country prepared to go to the polls. The visit saw David Cameron speaking with apprentices, buying a cup of coffee from the vending machine and...

Thanks to ongoing investments in the latest 2, 3, 4 and 5 axis Mazak machines, Nutter Aircrafts - Precision Engineering have managed to thrive and grow during the downturn, making it the perfect match for forward thinking local engineering company WEC Group Ltd. WEC Group acquired the Blackburn based precision engineering company back in April 2010 to add capacity and...

WEC Group Ltd were awarded 'Business of the Year 2009' sponsored by The Lancashire Evening Telegraph. At an awards evening held at Ewood Park, the Group was awarded the much coveted main prize beating off 117 other entries for the title. This really is a fantastic achievement and we wouldn't have done it without the contribution of all the staff...

The WEC Welding & Engineering Training Academy has become a member of the Association of Welding and Fabrication Training and Education (AWFTE). "Membership of the AWFTE ensures we are kept abreast of the latest welding and fabrication methods and have access to the latest information on materials." Kris Mercer - Training Instructor AWFTE was established in 1990 creating a national...