Assa Abloy

The Assa Abloy Group - (proper spelling ASSA ABLOY) is a Swedish worldwide operating group of companies, the locking systems, electromechanical products, security doors and fittings manufactures and sells. The company is listed since 1994 on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (now Nasdaq OMX, Stockholm ).

Organization

Assa Abloy has five divisions: EMEA, Americas, Asia - Pacific, Global Technologies and Entrance Systems.

  • The EMEA division is in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Europe, Middle East and Africa, EMEA). Brands are among others: ABLOY, ASSA, IKON, TESA, Yale and Vachette. Office of the divisional management is London.
  • The Americas Division is active in North and South America. Brands are among others: Corbin Russwin, Curries, Emtek, Medeco, Phillips, SARGENT and La Fonte. Divisional headquarters line is New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
  • The Asia - Pacific Division is active in Asia and Oceania. Brands are among others: Lockwood, Guli, Wangli, Baodean, Tianming, Shenfei, interlock and iRevo. Divisional headquarters line is Hong Kong, China.
  • The Global Technologies division is active worldwide. Your business HID Global manufactures and distributes products for the electronic access control, secure ID card production systems and identification technology. The Assa Abloy Hospitality division deals with production, sales and service of electronic locking systems and software for hotels and cruise ships. Brand: HID, Fargo, Elsafe and VingCard.
  • The Entrance Systems division manufactures, sells and services automatic door systems. Brands: Besam, EntreMatic and DITEC. Divisional headquarters line Landskrona, Sweden.

Larger acquisitions

  • Yale: Assa Abloy acquired in March 2000, British Yale.
  • Cardo: In December 2010, Assa Abloy acquired by the investment company LE Lundbergföretagen a majority stake in the industrial group Cardo, among other things, Industrial doors, garage doors and pump manufactures, and gave a bid for the remaining shares. 2011, the acquisition of Cardo was completed. Cardo belongs under the name Crawford for Assa Abloy Group.

Product Categories

  • Mechanical locking products. They consist of keys, lock cylinders and locking mechanism. Examples: Door Locks, bolts, mortise locks, padlocks, door handles and emergency exit devices.
  • Electromechanical and electronic locks. Examples: electric mortise for high security applications with narrow door profiles or modular doors, electric door openers, electromagnetic locks, electronic hotel locks, fire exit devices.
  • Padlocks. For high security locks in industry and manufacturing, mining, and at airports. Simple padlocks for home. Padlocks are available as combination locks.
  • Access control systems. For physical and logical access control with ID check. The control is wired or wireless, via private or public networks. Common in buildings with high traffic.
  • Smartphone - Key. NFC -compatible smartphones for identification and access control. The Assa- Seo's system generates and virtual keys, which can be opened with NFC -enabled digital locks.
  • Automatic doors. Revolving doors, swing doors, sliding doors, air curtains, screens, shutters, garage doors and automatic industrial doors ( hall gates, overhead doors, high speed doors and folding doors ) and docking systems for retail and logistics.
  • Door closer. Connect automatically after the person has passed the door. Visible and invisible mounted door closers, door lock, floor spring door closer, closer for special doors and electromechanical door drives.
  • Emergency exit devices and panic door locks. Prevent to hinder unauthorized access to buildings, equipment, etc., without leaving in an emergency. Panic outputs have a handle bar or lever handle for emergency opening.
  • Hotel locks. Electronic locks, RFID locks, NFC locks, safes. Energy management systems to integrate in hotel locking systems. Identification solutions with smart cards, magnetic cards or NFC-enabled mobile phones.
  • Security doors. Certified fire protection, storm -proof, explosion-proof, electronic security doors and door frames.

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History

The Assa Abloy Group, was founded in 1994, when the company ASSA AB from the Swedish security company Securitas AB separated. Shortly thereafter, he took over the Finnish manufacturer of high security locks, Abloy Oy, a subsidiary of the Finnish company Wärtsilä. That same year, the Assa Abloy - Group was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.

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Germany

The group include, among others, the German company Assa Abloy security technology, which has emerged from the company IKON, eff eff Melchert, Dörrenhaus and BAB IKON. The company develops, produces and sells mechanical and electromechanical security solutions for safety, security and comfort in the building. Its products include security locks, locking and access control systems, emergency equipment, electric door strike and deadbolt lock, electro holding magnets and Arrester

KESO is an independent subsidiary, the KESO id GmbH with seat in beech wood North Heath, represented in Germany. KESO GmbH was merged with effect from 1 January 2014, with the Assa Abloy security technology under one roof. The site Buchholz continues as usual for all customers of the brand KESO and Assa.

Switzerland

Since 2004, the Swiss company KESO heard - now under the name of ASSA ABLOY ( Switzerland ) AG - 100% owned by Assa Abloy. The company holds more than 300 patents and produces and closing systems, both for households and for large companies or institutions.

Belgium

Assa Abloy Belgium N.V. arose from the merger of Litto and Duperay in 2006 and has offices in Belgium at the production site Nieuwport and with a sales office in Wemmel.

Netherlands

The Assa Abloy Nederland sells on the Dutch market security products Nemef and Lips.

Austria

Under the name of Assa Abloy Austria, the Group has since 2003 worked in Austria and in Salzburg and Vienna sales offices. In 2010, the Mul-T -Lok dealer Seccom was integrated.

Sponsoring

Assa Abloy sponsored for the Volvo Ocean Race 2001/2002, a racing yacht of the same name, reaching the skipper Neal McDonald ( GB) in total comprehensive income location 2 ( 55 pts ) after four stage wins.

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