So, after 35 long and wonderful years in the stairlift industry, David Dow our Sales Manager is hanging up his measuring tape and retiring from Caltech on 31st March.
David first started working in the stairlift trade for a company called Gimsons which was a UK based manufacturer.
He spent 20 years there before moving on to work for independent dealers in Scotland. We were fortunate to have David join us in 2013 where he spent two years increasing our sales across the country.
Well respected
David is very well respected throughout the industry by both colleagues and Occupational Therapists, his knowledge is second to none so we have also be very fortunate that he has been able to pass this on to Graeme who joined Caltech in September as a trainee stairlift surveyor. In David’s own words: “Graeme has got to be the fastest learner I have had the privilege of training over many years in the industry. He is extremely enthusiastic, likeable and with an excellent work ethic…. which are key characteristics in going far in this job!”
Graeme is now out and about surveying stairs in the Perth, Perthshire, Dundee, Angus, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire areas. Please feel free to email him with any stairlift queries tel. Email [email protected]
We’re also excited to announce that Bill McKay formerly of Wessex Lifts will be taking over David’s role as Regional Sales Manager.
Bill brings to the table a huge amount of knowledge in the stairlift and disabled access industry.
Many people know the name Bill McKay in Scotland as the ‘Wessex guy’, but prior to Wessex Bill worked for Bison Bede for many years where he gained an invaluable amount of knowledge on stairlifts.
Bill and David will be working together during the month of March as they take a roundtrip across Scotland visiting our many local authority customers as part of our handover period. Please feel free to email or phone Bill with any stairlift or disabled access lift queries.
Sandra Cole05/08/2022I would like to say a huge thank you to your team for the excellent customer service you have provided to my parents in Dundee. You have gone way beyond providing a service. My mum is disabled and cannot function at home without her stairlift. She is by all accounts housebound. The support you have given them is quite frankly unbelievable and it is blatantly apparent how much you care. I cannot recommend your company highly enough. My parents are my world and I have no words to explain just how well you have looked after them. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are amazing. Sandra Cole.Lynn N14/02/2022Quoted and fitted a stairlift for my parents at short notice and at a significantly lower price than all the national competitors. Happy to support a local company, and we were delighted with the service - from sales staff to the guy who performed the installation.kev08/06/2021We (Alpha Projects) have worked with Caltech Lifts on several projects and would not hesitate to highly recommend the company. We have always found Caltech to offer a friendly, personable service and carry out their works in an efficient, safe and timely manner.John Fort07/05/2021Cannot thank Caltech enough for swift service in getting our lift back up and running in time when we urgently needed it most, could not have got this service any where else top job guys - Thank you again - The Fort Hotel Broughty Ferry DundeeJason Sellars18/12/2020An absolute pleasure to deal with. Having discussed my requirements Caltech were able to provide a stairlift that matched my criteria and budget perfectly. Very impressed by their clear, friendly and fast communication as well as punctuality . Installation work by engineer Tony is impeccable, and was carried out very efficiently with no disruption at all. He also gave excellent step by step instructions on using the lift (we all observed Covid awareness throughout). This stairlift has helped to lift my mum out of what has been a very difficult time for her, and I'm so pleased to have supported such a well deserving local company. Thanks again Murray, Graeme and Tony!Robert Sloan13/12/2020I would highly recommend Caltech Lifts as just installed a stair lift into my mothers home. From start to finish all those involved have been very professional, efficient, keeping us informed throughout the whole process. The installation was carried out to a high standard. Special thanks to Graeme and TonyHenry Donaldson19/07/2020We recently had a problem with the lift in the care home myself and my wife run - our current service provider said we were going to have to spend £20,000 to upgrade the equipment so naturally I got a second price. To my absolute delight Caltech sent an engineer out to take details but also to spend a little time on the lift to which they managed to resolve the intermittent fault and it has now been running perfectly for 6 weeks!! Can't thank the team enough.Brian J Kidd03/07/2017Super helpful. Great service and staff, highly recommend
