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22/11/2010

Lightning Conductors, By Protectis Ltd

With a lineage going back over 130 years, Protectis has become recognised as one of the UK's foremost providers of reliable and effective lightning protection systems. Now more than a century later the Company operates from bases in Nottingham and Bristol serving clients world-wide.

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Today, no other company can offer Protectis's unique range of products and services for the combined protection of both building structures and their increasingly sensitive electronic, high technology contents.
Feel free to contact us on Tel: 01159 758 820 or visit www.construction.co.uk/company_230870.htm

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