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Abloy
Assa Abloy AB is a Swedish conglomerate whose offerings include products and services related to locks, doors, gates, and entrance automation. Related products and services include controlling access and confirming identities with keys, cards, tags, mobile, and bio-metric identity verification systems. The company was formed in 1994, when Assa AB was separated from Swedish security firm Securitas AB. Shortly thereafter, Assa AB merged with the Finnish high security lock manufacturer Abloy Oy (based in Joensuu, a subsidiary of the Finnish company Wärtsilä). The company was introduced to the Stockholm Stock Exchange later the same year. Assa Abloy has since made over 200 acquisitions including Yale lock, Chubb Locks, Medeco in the United States, Mul-T-Lock in Israel and Fichet-Bauche in France. Its two largest shareholders are Latour and Melker Schörling AB. Name Assa Abloy was founded at the merger of the two companies Assa and Abloy in 1994. Assa stands for August Stenma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lockwood (company)
Assa Abloy AB is a Swedish conglomerate whose offerings include products and services related to locks, doors, gates, and entrance automation. Related products and services include controlling access and confirming identities with keys, cards, tags, mobile, and bio-metric identity verification systems. The company was formed in 1994, when Assa AB was separated from Swedish security firm Securitas AB. Shortly thereafter, Assa AB merged with the Finnish high security lock manufacturer Abloy Oy (based in Joensuu, a subsidiary of the Finnish company Wärtsilä). The company was introduced to the Stockholm Stock Exchange later the same year. Assa Abloy has since made over 200 acquisitions including Yale lock, Chubb Locks, Medeco in the United States, Mul-T-Lock in Israel and Fichet-Bauche in France. Its two largest shareholders are Latour and Melker Schörling AB. Name Assa Abloy was founded at the merger of the two companies Assa and Abloy in 1994. Assa stands for August Stenman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VingCard Elsafe
VingCard Elsafe, whose origin was in Moss, Norway, is an international producer of hotel locking systems, electronic in-room safes and energy management systems. After inventing the first mechanical hole card operated lock in 1976, VingCard was acquired in 1994 by ASSA ABLOY, and merged with the electronic safe producer Elsafe to form VingCard Elsafe in 2006. Since 2015 VingCard Elsafe is not an operating company, but a product brand within ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions. History Founding of VingCard The original VingCard lock was invented by Tor Sørnes, a Norwegian author, politician, and engineer. In 1950 Sørnes worked as a production planner at Christiania Staal & Jernvarefabrikk in Moss, Norway, a factory which made Lock (security device), locks and ice skates under the brandname Ving. In 1955 he became the factory's machine constructor and when the factory in 1960—as one of the first in the country—established a department of research and development, he became its direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HID Global
HID Global is an American manufacturer of secure identity products. The company is an independent brand of Assa Abloy, a Swedish door and access control conglomerate. Björn Lidefelt was appointed CEO on 27 January 2020. He succeeded Stefan Widing, who led HID Global for over four years. History Originally formed to develop radio frequency identification technologies, HID Global was formed in 1991 as Hughes Identification Devices, a subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft Company with offices in California and Scotland. The original 125-kilohertz and 400-kilohertz proximity technology had been pioneered by Destron/IDI (formerly Identification Devices Inc.), in Boulder, Colorado, and used primarily for Animal Identification and Proximity Access Control, and to a lesser degree in Manufacturing Processes, Tyre tracking and a few other Asset Identification applications. Already a supplier to Destron/ID of low-frequency microchips, Hughes Aircraft Company acquired exclusive rights to the Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chubb Locks
Chubb Locks is a former brand name (expired 2010) of the Mul-T-Lock subsidiary of the Assa Abloy Group, which manufactures locking systems for residential, secure confinement and commercial applications. History Chubb was started as a ship's ironmonger by Charles Chubb in Winchester, England, and then moved to Portsmouth, England, in 1804. Chubb moved the company into the locksmith business in 1818, in Wolverhampton. The company worked out of a number of premises in Wolverhampton, including the purpose-built factory on Railway Street, now still known as the Chubb Building. His brother Jeremiah Chubb then joined the company, and they sold Jeremiah's patented detector lock. In 1823, the company was awarded a special licence by George IV, and later became the sole supplier of locks to the General Post Office, and a supplier to Her Majesty's Prison Service. In 1835, they received a patent for a burglar-resisting safe, and opened a safe factory in London in 1837. In 1851, they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yale Lock
Yale is one of the world's oldest lock manufacturers, owned by its parent company, Assa Abloy. Over its extensive history, Yale has received patents for dozens of its products, and the company has distributed its products to more than 120 countries, including Australia, Greece, India, Kuwait, and others. Yale's headquarters are located in Stockholm, Sweden. History In 1868, the business was founded in Stamford, Connecticut, by Henry R. Towne and Linus Yale Jr., an inventor of the pin tumbler lock. The founding name of the corporation was Yale Lock Manufacturing Co. and later the name was changed to Yale & Towne, basing themselves in Newport, New York.. From 1843 to 1857, Yale had registered eight patents, such as pin tumbler safe lock, safe lock, bank lock, vault, safe door bolt and padlock with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Around 1876, they have added the manufacturing of chain blocks, electric hoists, cranes and testing machines, becoming the pioneer of crane bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medeco
Medeco, a subsidiary of the Swedish Assa Abloy Group, is a lock manufacturer located in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. History Medeco traces its origins to the Mechanical Development Company, a tool and die shop, founded in mid-1950s by Paul A. Powell, Roy C. Spain and Roy N. Oliver in the Cave Spring area of Roanoke County. Roy Oliver served as the CEO of Medeco through the early 1980s. In the 1960s, Mr. Spain perfected a lock featuring angled key cuts with elevating and rotating pin tumblers, and submitted the design to the U.S. Patent Office. As part of a promotional campaign, he advertised that anyone who could pick this lock would receive $50,000. Only a detective from New York City succeeded; accomplishing the feat a single time but failing on subsequent attempts. The design ultimately proved to be resistant to the widely used forms of attack of that time. Capitalizing on this invention and related patents, the Medeco company was established in 1968. The name wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mul-T-Lock
Mul-T-Lock is an Israeli locking products manufacturer and part of Assa Abloy. History Mul-T-Lock was established in 1973 and become famous for its four-way lock invention. In 1976, the success of Mul-T-Lock's four-way lock spread worldwide when marketing efforts expanded globally. With the company's rapid expansion, Mul-T-Lock expanded its manufacturing plant. By 1982, the company had significantly increased its product line to include a wide range of high-security cylinders, locks, and applications. In 1987, Mul-T-Lock opened its first sales division in the US and in 2000 changed ownership to Assa Abloy news.cision.com, JAN 31, 2000. Mul-T-Lock has expanded its global activity; with European sale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Home
August, Inc is a San Francisco home automation company, focusing on Wi-Fi connected door locks and doorbell cameras. The company was founded in November 2012 by Yves Béhar and Jason Johnson. On October 19, 2017, Swedish lock manufacturer Assa Abloy announced an acquisition of August Home. The deal closed in December 2017. As of July 2018, August Home had sold over one million smart locks and cameras. Products In May 2013, August released their first smart lock. The lock had a metal frame and was controlled using Bluetooth 4.0 with a smartphone app. As with other August door locks, the device clips on to an existing deadbolt on the inside portion of a door, still allowing the use of a traditional key. A Wi-Fi bridge was later released allowing remote access to the lock, and the use of virtual assistants (such as Amazon Alexa). In October 2015, the company debuted a suite of new products including a second generation smart lock, a smart doorbell, and a keypad for users withou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joensuu
Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) is a city and municipality in North Karelia, Finland, located on the northern shore of Lake Pyhäselkä (northern part of Lake Saimaa) at the mouth of the Pielinen River (''Pielisjoki''). It was founded in 1848. The population of Joensuu is (), and the economic region of Joensuu has a population of 115,000. It is the largest city in Finland. The nearest major city, Kuopio in North Savonia, is located to the west. From Joensuu, the distance to Lappeenranta, the capital of South Karelia, is along Highway 6. As is typical of cities in Eastern Finland, Joensuu is monolingually Finnish. Along with Kuopio, Joensuu is one of major urban, economic, and cultural hubs of Eastern Finland. Joensuu is a student city with a subsidiary of the University of Eastern Finland, which has over 20,000 enrolled students, and a further 4,000 students at the Karelia University of Applied Sciences. Heraldry The explanation of the coat of arms of Joensuu reads: ”shie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emtek Products, Inc
Emtek Products is a door and cabinet hardware manufacturer based in the City of Industry, Los Angeles County. They are a subsidiary of Swedish company Assa Abloy. The brand produces a range of residential lock products, including tubular locks, interior door knobs and levers, key locking hardware sets, electronic keyless locks, deadbolts, hinges, dutch door bolts and Mortise locks. They are represented by dealers and showrooms in the United States, Latin America and Canada. They also provide cabinet and drawer pulls for interior spaces like Kitchen cabinets and bathroom cabinets. History Beginning in the mid-1980s, the company began making a limited range of solid brass door levers for specialty hardware dealers in the Los Angeles area. Emtek is based in City of Industry, where it has three facilities for product assembly, shipping, management, and customer service. Emtek was acquired by Swedish conglomerate ASSA ABLOY in 1999, the largest lock manufacturing company in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Besam
Besam is an international supplier and manufacturer of automatic entrance equipment for commercial, health care and residential buildings owned by Assa Abloy. The present product portfolio includes automatic doors, automatic swing doors, sliding doors and revolving doors, as well as air curtains and dedicated service and maintenance. Headquartered in Landskrona, Sweden, Besam has 1500 employees at 26 subsidiaries around the globe and representation in another 55 countries. The company has production units in United States, Czech Republic and China. U.S. manufacturing is based in Monroe, North Carolina. Besam originated as a manufacturer of automatic doors for the healthcare sector in 1962 and expanded its portfolio with automated sliding door systems in the 1970s as well as revolving doors in 1985. Due to the rapidly growing demand for automatic door solutions, especially in retail and transportation industries, Besam kept on expanding its portfolio. Since 2002 the Besam group of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lock (security Device)
A lock is a mechanical or electronic fastening device that is released by a physical object (such as a key, keycard, fingerprint, RFID card, security token or coin), by supplying secret information (such as a number or letter permutation or password), by a combination thereof, or it may only be able to be opened from one side, such as a door chain. A key is a device that is used to operate a lock (to lock or unlock it). A typical key is a small piece of metal consisting of two parts: the ''bit'' or ''blade'', which slides into the keyway of the lock and distinguishes between different keys, and the ''bow'', which is left protruding so that torque can be applied by the user. In its simplest implementation, a key operates one lock or set of locks that are keyed alike, a lock/key system where each similarly keyed lock requires the same, unique key. The key serves as a security token for access to the locked area; locks are meant to only allow persons having the correct key to ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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