ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions News

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...

Koning Willem I College in north-east Brabant, The Netherlands offers various educational and integration programmes. In total, around 18,000 students take 250 courses at its 16 locations. Modern educational institution A new location on Onderwijsboulevard in 's-Hertogenbosch was designed to be a model modern educational institution, including its access control.   The imposing new building has modern rooms that provide opportunities for consultation, collaboration in small and larg...

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...

With approximately 29,000 employees worldwide, Amdocs is a pioneering global software company providing services and solutions to communications and media companies. When building a new campus in Ra’anana, Israel, their large site with four office buildings and three underground floors required a door closer solution tailored to every door, considering their different size, type, and usage. Finding a single supplier to meet all their needs was a challenge, but they succeeded.  Site...

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,&...

Tenant and homeowner expectations in the multi-residential sector are evolving fast. Digital access offers a solution that fits a contemporary ethos blending design, functionality, technology, and sustainability. STAY by Kronos is a fast-growing developer and service provider in Spain’s build-to-rent (BTR) property sector, where business is booming: Investment grew over 17% between 2021 and 2022 alone. Such high-profile success attracts more providers who compete for location, quality, an...

Helsinki Airport is a busy transport hub, with a network of flights connecting Finland with cities across Europe, Asia, and beyond. Managing access in such a dynamic environment is a challenge. This challenge extends to the control of access to cupboards, drawers, and cabinets where travel documents are stored — in the spotlight after new EU guidance on logging access to these documents. Previously, security for cabinets in Helsinki’s check-in area required airport managers to issue...

Munich’s Hofbräuhaus enjoys an iconic status, as both a heritage property and a spiritual home for lovers of German beer. “In this historic building is the world’s most famous tavern,” explains its Security Manager, Robert Graßl. “The whole world goes in and out. Security is very important.”  Hofbräuhaus Bavarian Duke Wilhelm V commissioned Munich’s original Hofbräuhaus in 1589, initially as a brewery to supply the Wittelsbac...

Protecting booths at trade shows is a challenge. After all, exhibitors want a constant stream of high traffic, especially from people they are meeting for the first time. It’s why they attend such large-scale fairs.  Relying on exhibition-provided security is sadly not enough. Individual stands need their protection for areas where valuable equipment, product samples, or confidential commercial documents are kept.  Innovative, modern solution Barcelona-based ExpoFactory s...

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...

ASSA ABLOY, the pioneer in access solutions, returns to GlassBuild America 2023 to shine a light on the design community’s material of choice with the glazing and fenestration industry.  ASSA ABLOY will showcase its comprehensive catalogue of lock and hardware solutions, highlighting how access control technology can integrate with glass beautifully, seamlessly, and sustainably in the built environment. Attendees can visit the ASSA ABLOY booth 1003 at the Georgia World Congress Centr...

As the security and access control market increasingly prizes the efficiency benefits of an integrated solution, the seamless experience pioneered by Incedo has been recognised by two major awards. The 2023 Business World (BW) Security World Conclave & Excellence Awards named Incedo its Electronic Security Solution of the Year. The Aperio® KS100 Wireless Server Cabinet Lock, part of a growing Incedo device ecosystem, also received the Excellence Award for Tech-savvy Security Project. B...

mindful MATERIALS (mM) recently announced the official launch of three building industry groups, known as The Forums, and ASSA ABLOY is excited to participate. The Forums represent owners and over 80 individuals from more than 40 pioneering companies across the manufacturing, architecture, design, engineering, and construction industries. The three groups that were formed this year are the Owners Forum, the AEC Forum, and the Manufacturers Forum.  Cross collaboration initiative “Th...

At every step of a building design or specification process, stakeholders have a choice. Decisions made at this stage materially impact the building experience far in the future. For this reason, many regulations aim to protect the accessibility rights of all kinds of users, young and old, ambulant or wheelchair-using. CEN/TR 158941 One key European guidance document that promotes accessibility for all is CEN/TR 158941. To meet the recommendations of this technical report, door closers must...

In the current dynamic business landscape, where offices, manufacturing plants, co-working spaces, and multi-use facilities co-exist, organisations face an array of challenges, including the need for agile and future-proof access control. The rise of hybrid or flexible work arrangements, coupled with the demand for optimised space utilisation, requires businesses to carefully consider their access management solution.  Incedo™ Cloud With the right solution, organisations can seamle...

ASSA ABLOY, the pioneer in access solutions, returns to the Global Security Exchange (GSX) to reconvene with the worldwide community of security professionals. Attendees can visit the ASSA ABLOY booth 3033 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Centre in Dallas, TX, from September 11-13, where the company will showcase its latest innovations for comprehensive door security and access control. Author's quote “Safety is at the top of our minds as we enter a new school year. We have an imp...