Who is BSI-Crowd Control?
BSI-Crowd Control is new, yet old. How can that be? We're glad you asked! Our company and our passion is new, but our durable products and experience have a long history.
In 1984, Brass Smith Inc. began building traditional post and rope crowd control systems. In 1987, Brass Smith Inc. introduced the first American made retractable belt system, known as Beltway. In 2005, the owner of Brass Smith, Inc. decided to retire and divided the company into three distinct product lines. One product line went to a supplier, one to a competitor, and the crowd control line to an employee, Doug Aden. Doug then formed BSI-Crowd Control and encouraged those employees that contributed to its previous success to join him. We believe this rich history and experience, combined with the opportunity to focus solely on the crowd control market, positions us for excellent market growth.
Not only did the sales staff, production, and production support staff join with Doug, but so did his father, his wife and five young boys. Combining generations and many ethnic groups with one common goal of building the highest quality crowd control systems, we will provide you with durable products for many years to come.
We generally market our products, Beltway posts, Traditional post and rope systems, along with their accessories, through the catalogs of the largest distribution and highest profile dealers in the country. We are pleased to have added many new dealers. Our commitment to personalized customer service and faster delivery times will remain our competitive advantage as we expand into new markets and opportunities.
You have probably seen our quality posts at banks, airports, hotels, casinos, cruise lines, theme parks, stadiums, commissaries, restaurants, universities, retail stores, museums, hospitals, schools, and any other public space. When out and about it is always one of our pleasures in life to see our posts that were delivered several years ago still in daily operation.
All of us at BSI-Crowd Control want to extend our deepest gratitude to our customers for their continuous support. It is our hope that we receive feedback from you on the things you like or would like to see, so we can continue to improve and solidify our position as your preferred crowd control supplier.
2019
July
We release a new website. Keep checking in on this site, as this fall, we hope to add some cool new features.
June
Office and shop labor changed as we brought on four young men. This should enable us to cut our lead times down.
May
All of our original production staff have either retired or moved on to new position in other places. This is a sad day and yet an exciting one.
2015
January
We have introduced a new rover base cover. Now each rover will have an injection-molded cover instead of the vacuum-molded of years gone by. These new covers are US sourced, cheaper, and more durable that previous covers.
2014
September
Some businesses say that they go the extra mile in serves. Well we do just that; Doug packed up 95 polished stainless post into a rented truck and drove 1900 miles to deliver them to a School in Massachusetts as school started the next week.
2013
August
To increase production speed and reduce that cost of materials we have invested into a double miter saw.
May
Monica, who started with us in 2005, has moved on to use her BA in Accounting that she finally completed.
2010
December
George, our polisher from that start, retired. He will be sorely missed.
2009
August
We have worn out a circular saw, so we have invested in a new Kaltenbach circular saw as a replacement.
2008
September
Mike, Doug's Dad, who stated with us in 2005; retired to spend the days at his cabin in the rocky mountain hills: enjoying fishing, hiking, and family visits.
July
We pledge to never move again, after purchasing a facility two and half times the size we started in, we should have plenty of room for future expansion. Our new permanent address is 1100 Denver Ave., Fort Lupton CO 80621.
2007
July
The IAAM trade show was quite eyeopening to us. We actually had no idea what some of our competitors provide you. One gentleman was explaining that he has to remove the rope ends, from the ropes he buys, and straightens the seam and glues the ends back on. We were confounded that one he was able to take the ends off, as the epoxy we use pretty much prevents even us from removing. Secondly that his supplier did not even care enough to send an acceptable product. We expect he will start ordering from us from now on. What an encouragement to discover that few if any can match our quality.
2006
June
Not pleased with the performance of the new shaft (the piece that connects the belt and retraction spring) that was introduced in Oct. 2001, we started redesign in May 2005, purchased new tooling, and started testing in February 2006. The longevity looks great so you will start receiving the improved Beltway cassettes soon.
May
After months of work, we finally have a new brochure, request your copy today or download pdf.
Bragging Rights, BSI Crowd Control accepts an Award of Vendor Excellence from the largest catalog company in food service. "We would like to take this opportunity to recognize and applaud your commitment in providing quality products, backed with exceptional service at fair prices." --They evaluated our performance in the areas of Cost, Delivery, and Service. We feel honored.
April
Still working at decreasing our lead times even further, we added additional space to store more inventory.
March
Started building this website, ain't as easy as we thought. Please be patient, it should get better!!
2005
November
Faster, faster, faster, we began stocking our most popular post, Classic Beltway wrinkle black w/ black belt, so you can receive your orders faster as we can ship the same day.
April
We moved into our new facility at 4965 Jackson St, Denver.
