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For many different stakeholders in building design, construction, and management, security specifications can be a difficult, time-consuming task. Everyone from architects, developers, and contractors to security consultants, distributors, and even building inspectors benefits from trustworthy, transparent specification support for doors and related solutions. Digitalisation and personalised service When the goals are better buildings, safer building users, and happier customers,...
ASSA ABLOY’s innovative new mobile access solution has won yet another prestigious industry award. At October’s Detektor International Awards, ABLOY CUMULUS received the 2024 prize for Innovative Achievement in IoT & Security. Secure mobile unlocking Chosen from among hundreds of products reviewed over the year by Detektor experts, ABLOY CUMULUS "streamlines access management with encrypted mobile credentials, eliminating key management hassles. Its robust, customisable...
Another digital access innovation from ASSA ABLOY has been recognised in prestigious awards. At the 25th Kings Excellence Awards, dedicated to products and solutions for the safety and security industry, iDFace from Control iD, an ASSA ABLOY brand, won Best Biometric Product of the Year. Part of a suite of digital access solutions from the experts at ASSA ABLOY, this award-winning new facial recognition reader works with Impro’s Primo access control platform, a flexible, scalable digital...
Corbin Russwin, an ASSA ABLOY Group brand, will proudly showcase its enhanced portfolio of locks featuring visual status indicators at the Global Security Exchange (GSX) from September 23-25, 2024, in Orlando, FL. These innovative locks offer instant visual verification of whether a door is locked or unlocked, addressing security, safety and privacy needs across various applications. Extended portfolio of locks "The newly extended portfolio of Corbin Russwin locks with visual status indicator...
SARGENT, an ASSA ABLOY Group brand, is set to showcase its newly expanded lineup of locks featuring visual status indicators at the Global Security Exchange (GSX) in booth 1434. These innovative locks provide instant visual verification of door status, enhancing security, safety, and privacy while delivering robust, enduring protection across diverse applications. Innovative door control solutions "This advanced offering of locks with visual status indicators is testimony to SARGENT’s c...
SARGENT, an ASSA ABLOY Group brand, is displaying its latest innovations and product enhancements at the Global Security Exchange (GSX) 2024 in Booth #1434. Highlights include an expanded suite of locks with visual status indicators, newly enhanced integrated mechanical and electronic access control solutions, and mortise locks with Motorised Electric Latch Retraction (MELR). Door control solutions "Our commitment to innovation drives us to continuously expand and improve our product offering...
ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions returns to Global Security Exchange (GSX) for 2024's powerhouse get-together of security professionals from around the world. Digital access control Attendees can visit the ASSA ABLOY booth 1434 from September 23-25 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The company will showcase its latest innovations in comprehensive door security and digital access control, featuring products and solutions to protect lives, assets, data, and more. Fu...
Equipping an escape, fire, or emergency exit with cost-efficient, effective electronic security can be a challenge, particularly where a door is already in place. The Security Door Closer from ASSA ABLOY offers an intelligent, flexible solution. Its innovative product design is also suited to controlling access through interior doors, maintaining aesthetics while enhancing barrier-free door use. Escape door issues Emergency exits and escape doors must always offer a fast, reliable route...
Fences, gates, storage cages, racks, containers, tool cabinets, and other non-standard openings often require restricted access and greater control. In many cases, they are secured with mechanical locking, rather than connected to an access control system, creating workflow inefficiencies. For these openings – and many more, in all types of premises – the new Aperio® P100 Wireless Padlock provides convenient, connected digital protection. Challenges due to inefficiency W...
The revolutionary approach to mobile access taken by ABLOY CUMULUS has been recognised by ISJ’s 2024 Leaders in Security Awards. ABLOY CUMULUS was named the 2024 winner in the Innovation Initiative category, which recognises a solution that may be “put together with ethical and sustainable considerations in mind, has a direct impact on operational outcomes, is flexible for users, or facilitates collaboration”. ABLOY CUMULUS ABLOY CUMULUS is a new keyless access solution, par...
Digital access should be quick, secure and convenient. It also needs to be comprehensive: not every opening in a building is suited to a cylinder, escutcheon or security lock. The new SMARTair i-reader brings streamlined digital access to anywhere locking or blocking is automated — from entrance doors and turnstiles to lifts and car parks, including outdoors. Digital access system It’s easy and seamless to add the i-reader to any new or existing SMARTair digital access system, wh...
Having doors with mechanical security can be a drag on the effectiveness and efficiency of facilities management. While wiring ever more locks to make access control more flexible is expensive and disruptive, a wireless solution built for compatibility can be the answer. It takes a few minutes to swap almost any mechanical cylinder for a digital cylinder and connect it to an access control system. The battery-powered Aperio® C100 Cylinder can equip almost any door without the need for cabl...
SARGENT, an ASSA ABLOY Group brand known for innovative door lock and hardware solutions, is excited to announce the latest evolution of its 10X Line bored locks now featuring visual status indicators. Designed to provide clear, instantaneous confirmation of a door's locked or unlocked status, these highly visible status indicators enhance users’ security and safety across a wide range of applications. New dimension of interaction "Our new SARGENT 10X Line bored locks with visual status...
Organisations equipped with CLIQ intelligent key-based access management have confidence that their premises and employees are safe and secure. With CLIQ employees can flexibly manage access, to secure almost any opening with electronic cylinders or padlocks and programmable smart keys. A new upgrade in the programming device family simultaneously enhances this security and convenience. Credential updates Requiring regular credential updates is the simplest, most effective method for keeping...
Digitalisation is reshaping the way individuals live and work. Buildings should be at the centre of this change, streamlining daily interactions with homes, offices, and other workplaces, moving into and around them seamlessly. Everyone who uses a site also needs confidence in its security and safety, not just its efficiency and usability. Connected digital access In addition, connected digital access is a fundamental block in constructing more intelligent buildings. As analysts Omdia...
Corbin Russwin, an ASSA ABLOY Group brand, introduces the newest function for the ML2000 Series mortise lock - Motorised Electric Latch Retraction (MELR). Engineered for demanding commercial, institutional, and industrial applications, these new locks set new benchmarks in security by ensuring compliance, reliability and the enduring style and security that everyone has come to expect from Corbin Russwin door hardware solutions. New ML2000 Series MELR mortise locks “Our new ML2000 Serie...
When it comes to protecting the environment, the security industry has historically been perched on the sidelines. For instance, the amount of electricity that physical security systems use is minimal when compared to the total energy usage in a typical building. However, as awareness of environmental issues has surged, and as some of the "low-hanging fruit" has been harvested, attention has come back to opportunities for additional, if small, savings. The lifecycles of security products are als...
Compatibility with a range of credential technologies can be a critical factor when selecting access control. As organisations across the world explore a move to mobile keys for access, it is more important than ever. Aperio’s open technology platform has been built on compatibility. Its range of battery-powered access hardware for integration with third-party access control systems can secure almost any opening. Wireless Aperio solutions Customers have a choice of wir...
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the 2024 winners of the SIA New Products and Solutions (NPS) Awards, the flagship awards programme presented in partnership with ISC West recognising innovative security products, services, and solutions. Top among the winners, who were recognised on April 10 during an award ceremony on the Bridge Stage on the ISC West show floor, was IronYun, receiving the 2024 Best New Product Award. SIA NPS Since its inception i...
Improving sustainability performance is becoming a higher priority for building developers, owners and users. One consequence is the fast-growing demand for green building certifications — and therefore specification. Specialist input can make the difference between hitting and missing a project target. As experts in industrial design and construction, GBPBP PROJPRZEM was engaged by multinational Phillips-Medisize to create and execute the concept for a major new facility outside Katowice...
SARGENT, an ASSA ABLOY Group brand, is showcasing its expansive portfolio of door controls, electronic access control, exit devices and locks at ISC West in booth #8061. Showcased products include SARGENT’s PE80 Series exit device, which incorporates an extensive list of next-generation features including new visual status indicators and robust end cap designs. Also highlighted is SARGENT’s extensive offering of Electronic Access Control (EAC) devices for integrated systems or WIFI...
Corbin Russwin, an ASSA ABLOY Group brand, is displaying the company’s extensive portfolio of door opening solutions at ISC West in booth #8061. Featured products include Corbin Russwin PED5000/PED4000 Series exit devices incorporating a host of next-generation features like visual status indicators, alongside a comprehensive offering of premium lock and architectural door hardware products designed for environments that demand the perfect balance of safety, security and high aesthetics.&...
ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions will be exhibiting an expanded range of innovative products at booth #8061 during ISC West. With access and intrusion risks rising in schools, healthcare spaces, and worship facilities, the latest technology reinforces ASSA ABLOY’s leadership position for future-proof, secure access. "Security isn’t only about staying ahead of threats; it’s about creating technology designed to withstand the test of time,” says Angelo Faenza, Head of D...
ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions is showcasing its expanded offering of products available within the United States and Canada at the 2024 ISC West Conference. As part of its commitment to providing cutting-edge solutions, ASSA ABLOY will feature an extensive range of new technology aimed at enhancing access control, security, and convenience for businesses of all sizes. Access control and security “We must continuously broaden our offering to address the changing security landscape,&...
Specifying, surveying, installing, inspecting, and maintaining doors requires a vast amount of information. All technical data must be trustworthy and timely, a task made harder by the diversity of project stakeholders who are inevitably involved. A single software subscription, for PC, tablet, and smartphone, can help marshal all information across the whole life-cycle of a building without hassle another case where digitalisation delivers concrete benefits. Openings Studio™...
New software integration with the CLIQ Web Manager (CWM) brings even greater control and more streamlined processes to teams who deploy the C•CURE security management solution. Key to this seamless integration is bi-directional communication and synchronisation between CWM and C•CURE software. Security managers can minimise potential duplicate work and trust that their master interface is accurate. Automated sync saves them time, ensures transparency and accountability, and make...
ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions announces that Axis Communications, an industry pioneer in video surveillance, access control, intercom, and audio systems, has completed the integration of ASSA ABLOY Aperio® wireless lock technology into the AXIS Camera Station Secure Entry all-in-one video and access control management system. The Aperio integration offers Axis Communications customers an easy way to connect additional openings to their new and existing AXIS Camera Station Secure E...
ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions announces the latest release of its K-12 School Virtual Tour. Along with a 360° exploration of a K-12 school environment that allows users to visualise how door security solutions can be used to address everyday challenges, the interactive experience now provides an added dimension of detail on the PASS K-12 Safety and Security Guidelines from the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS). Protecting schools against emerging threats while maintaining a nurturing...
More than 700 international brands competed for the renowned PLUS X AWARD this year. International and independent expert jurors selected the 2023 winners in the world’s largest innovation prize for technology, sport and lifestyle, across more than 80 industries. ASSA ABLOY’s eCLIQ smart key-based access control solution was among them. The PLUS X AWARD is awarded in seven categories: innovation, quality, design, ergonomics, ecology, ease of use and functionality. Products are permi...
If you were to ask people outside our industry what door and access security entails, chances are their answers would reflect their common encounters with locks, security guards, cameras, and maybe metal detectors, badges, or automatic doors. But if they were curious enough, they’d probably be astounded to learn how extensive, intricate, and interesting the business can be and, of course, how vital it is to life safety, physical security, and cybersecurity. Integrated, inter...
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The world is constantly changing, with people, data and goods moving more fluidly than ever before. The security solution needs to move with it. New Incedo Business connects all security software and hardware within one platform. One can easily scale it up or down, based on one’s needs, to keep people moving and business growing. Together. People need different access times and entry points, and the access and security requirements change day to day – so, a static solution is no lon...
With a stock of over 13,000 apartments and an ambitious new residential development programme, GWW has been helping to make Wiesbaden affordable for a broad range of population groups over more than 70 years. Digital access is helping them meet the needs of the future with confidence and flexibility. Being the city’s largest provider of housing goes hand in hand with an aspiration to make a measurable contribution to living together in an urban environment. GWW’s corporate culture...
About 20 miles northeast of Battle Creek, Michigan, and 30 miles southwest of the state capital of Lansing lies the bucolic city of Olivet, population 1600. Olivet may be small as far as municipalities go, but it knows how to think big when it comes to protecting the safety of the 1250 students enrolled in its three Olivet Community Schools. Schools of Choice programme That may sound like a large student body for a town its size until they realise that the district serves a geographic a...