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09/01/2012
Bollards to Hong Kong
Leafield Environmental sees export potential of British award winning design.
British highway traffic bollard manufacturer Leafield Environmental has won a contract to supply its Night Owl, retroreflective bounce-back, sign bollards to the Hong Kong Transport Authority through its Kowloon based distributor.
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18/08/2011
Sentry Junction Bollards get attention!
The new Sentry Bollard from Leafield has been developed to help reduce accidents on rural roads by alerting drivers to hidden junctions.
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04/05/2011
New Parking Bollard Selector from Leafield
Leafield Environmental has produced a Product Selector for their range of Parking and Site Safety Products. The all new, at a glance, guide features a comprehensive range of Bollards, Sign Bollards and Grit Bins specifically for car park safety, building security and parking control applications.
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05/04/2011
New Night Owl lights up TRAFFEX
Our new Base Lit Night Owl, keep left bollard, was launched at TRAFFEX last week and was a highlight for many visitors to the show.
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30/03/2011
Safety improvements completed in Leicester
Campaigners' delight as road safety improvements completed
Night Owl keep left bollards have been used a Road Safety Scheme in Leicester. The following story appeared in the Leicester Mercury:
A road safety scheme to tackle speeding motorists has been completed – to the delight of campaigners.
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24/03/2011
Leafield set to build on ‘Bounce Back’ Bollards
Stand H42
Leafield Environmental, previously known as Linpac Environmental, will showcase their wide range of Highway products at Traffex 2011 with a strong emphasis on ‘Bounce Back’ or Self Righting Bollards.
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10/01/2011
Bright new name for a bright New Year!
LINPAC Environmental Limited will be known as Leafield Environmental Limited due to a change in the ownership of the business at the end of 2010.
Leafield Environmental Ltd is a now an independent business backed by funds managed by investment group Chamonix Private Equity but will continue to be run by the existing management team.
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13/12/2010
Early delivery of Grit Bins helps Hampshire CC
LEAFIELD Environmental (Formally known as Linpac Environmental) has completed delivery of 1250 Grit Bins for Hampshire County Council, a full six weeks ahead of schedule.
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29/11/2010
LEAFIELD Reflex Bollards, helping save lives & money!
Use of Heritage Reflex Bollards from LEAFIELD Environmental (Formally known as Linpac Environmental) an innovative road traffic scheme in Hull is helping to reduce injury related accidents and costs.
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21/10/2010
Night Owl awarded Horners and BPF Commendation
Night Owl, the highly innovative, self righting ‘Keep Left’ highways bollard from LEAFIELD Environmental (Formally known as Linpac Environmental) has been awarded a Highly Commended Certificate for Plastic Design and Innovation. The award was made by the Worshipful Company of Horners, in conjunction with the British Plastics Federation at a recent Gala Dinner held in London.
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06/10/2010
See Night Owl at ‘Seeing is Believing’
LEAFIELD Environmental (Formally known as Linpac Environmental) will be demonstrating the impressive passive safety and impact performance of Night Owl self righting bollards at the ‘Seeing is Believing’ highways event at the MIRA Proving Grounds in November.
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06/10/2010
RediPave & Night Owl traffic solutions
Traffic Management and pedestrian safety features are increasingly being created using new materials and construction methods that greatly increase safety whilst reducing traffic hold ups.
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26/08/2010
Night Owl Bollards in Edinburgh traffic scheme
Night Owl Keep Left Bollards from LEAFIELD Environmental (Formally known as Linpac Environmental) are playing an important part on the temporary traffic management scheme within Edinburgh City Centre.
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03/08/2010
Passive Safety UK Guidelines click for download
The recently published ‘Passive Safety UK Guidelines for Specification and Use of Passively Safe Street Furniture on the UK Road Network’ from the Passive Revolution is now available to download here via the Leafield Highways website.
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02/08/2010
Self Righting Bollards - BS 8442 explained
Retroreflective Self Righting Bollards, insist on the Highest Standard… BS 8442:2006 explained.
With Keep Left Bollards, Passive Safety is certainly an important requirement. However did you know that BS 8442:2006 also requires Retro Reflective Bollards to stay intact and importantly ‘self right’ after an impact?
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23/07/2010
Compact Grit Bin ideal for City Parks & Gardens
This year saw the coldest winter for almost 30 years and many Councils struggled to keep public spaces open to residents. LEAFIELD (Formally known as Linpac Environmental) has 200 litre Grit Bin with a compact footprint is ideal for residential areas, Parks and Gardens.
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05/07/2010
LEAFIELD Grit Bins and Bollards at Cold Comfort Show
LEAFIELD Environmental (Formally known as Linpac Environmental) will be returning to Cold Comfort in September to show their range of Grit Bins, Salt Bins, Bollards and the Night Owl, ‘bounce back’, Keep Left Bollard.
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17/05/2010
Councils upgrading Grit Bin cover even earlier
Responding to the worst winter in 30 years many Councils are currently reviewing their Cold Weather performance in the ‘warmer’ light of day. High on the agenda will are Grit Bins. Were there enough and what state are they now in?
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15/02/2010
Night Owl Approved by DfT
The Night Owl Keep Left Bollard from LEAFIELD Environmental (Formally known as Linpac Environmental)is now formally approved by the Department for Transport and is included in the list of non-illuminated bollards authorised for use.
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01/01/2010
LEAFIELD Environmental joins the Passive Revolution
LEAFIELD Environmental (Formally known as Linpac Environmental), a leading manufacturer of highways products was recently invited to join ‘The Passive Revolution’, the high-profile website dedicated to highways passive safety as a direct result of the launch of ‘Night Owl Keep Left Bollard’.
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01/12/2009
Replacing your illuminated bollard with Night Owl
The new Night Owl Keep Left Bollard has impressively passed independent High Impact Resistance Testing at 70km/h and as a result, Night Owl is an approved product for use by the Department for Transport.
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01/11/2009
Night Owl passes High Speed Impact Test at 70km/h
The new Night Owl Keep Left Bollard, from LEAFIELD Environmental (Formally known as Linpac Environmental), has impressively passed an official independent High Impact Resistance Test at 70km/h, returning, intact, to an upright position after the vehicle impact.
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23/04/2009
You can’t keep a good bollard down
Made from maintenance-free UV stabilised polyethylene with shatter-proof reflective banding, the Reflex Vergemarker is designed to withstand vehicle drive-through and impact from any direction.
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01/04/2009
From waste plastic bottles to ECO Safety Bollards
Plastic bottles used in homes all over the UK are being chipped and combined with regular polymer by LEAFIELD Environmental (Formally known as Linpac Environmental) to produce an environmentally friendly ECO traffic bollard.