Marshalls, the UK’s leading hard landscaping manufacturer, has
strengthened its product team as it plans for Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM)
market growth over the next 12 months.
Roger Knight joins the business as Head of New Product
Development and Engineering for Landscape Protection, and will lead a sharp
expansion in the company’s HVM portfolio as it responds to an increase in
market demand.
Prior to joining Marshalls, Roger spent five years as
Engineering and Innovation Manager at ATG Access, where he was heavily involved
with developing automated HVM security solutions for critical national
infrastructure and utility companies.
Before this he was Operations Manager for APT where he assisted
in developing the first UK crash test standards, PAS 68/69, with the Centre for
the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI).
Marshalls’ Landscape Protection product line consists of
specially designed street furniture, which includes benches, planters, litter
bins, cycle stands and bollards, manufactured to PAS 68/69 and IWA 14.1/14.2
standards. These are used to create safe, attractive spaces that protect the
public, while integrating seamlessly into the surrounding environment.
Jaz Vilkhu, Managing Director for Landscape Protection at
Marshalls, said: “Roger’s experience and expertise in developing innovative
products will play a key role in building on the double-digit growth we
achieved last year. The terrorist threat has evolved significantly over the
past few years and an increasing number of organisations in the public and
private sectors are starting to see the value in installing long-term,
aesthetic solutions for protecting heavily populated areas.”
The FTSE 250-listed company works with public sector bodies and
businesses to manufacture and recommend the right Landscape Protection products
with the appropriate safety ratings. Marshalls employs approximately 2,500
people across the UK.
