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ASSA ABLOY UK, a division of ASSA ABLOY Group, the global provider of door opening solutions, has unveiled its new name, with the business now being known as ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland. The new business descriptor reflects ASSA ABLOY Group’s on-going commitment to strengthening the ASSA ABLOY brand, and helping its customers to better understand the organisation’s solutions, services and capabilities. Alongside the launch of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions, the Group has also launched two other business descriptors – ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems and ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions which will be gradually introduced in UK & Ireland, and globally. The change will enable the company to maintain a segmented and focussed approach, easily guiding customers to the division that is best positioned to help meet their needs, while ensuring ASSA ABLOY continues to grow as a recognised brand. Renaming of other business units In line with the introduction of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland, the business units that form ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions in the UK, are also being re-named to better meet their customers’ requirements and provide clarity to their offerings. Security Solutions and Access Control will now combine to create the Door Hardware & Access Control Group Security Solutions and Access Control will now combine to create the Door Hardware & Access Control Group. Meanwhile, UK Specification will be renamed as the Project Specification Group, and Security Doors will now be simplified to the Door Group. These three Groups will also join the newly-formed High Security & Safety Group, which includes the renowned Chubb Locks Custodial Services and Pickersgill Kaye brands, which will also transition to ranges from ASSA ABLOY. The company’s well-known global brands, such as Yale, Abloy and Mul-T-Lock remain the same. Communicating knowledge, expertise with customers Tina Hughan, Marketing Director for ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions in the UK & Ireland, explains: “The launch of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions will help us more clearly communicate our knowledge, experience and expertise to our customers. The new business descriptor encompasses what we offer in a simple, easy-to-understand way, while our new business unit names will help make it easier for customers to do business with us. “We are always focussed on what we can do to improve the customer’s experience. We believe this approach will help strengthen our existing offering and consolidate our position in the market as a world leader, so we can better support our customers.”

ASSA ABLOY Security Doors, a UK division of ASSA ABLOY, the global provider of door opening solutions, has supplied the National Gallery of Ireland with security, ballistic and fire rated doorsets, for the refurbishment of a 150-year-old listed building. The National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin has had extensive refurbishment and modernisation of its historic wings on Merrion Square. The building also required an updated fire safety plan, from which followed the need to install new security and fire rated doorsets, complete with locking systems. The extensive refurbishment came in at close to €30 million, in order to restore the building to its former glory and meet today’s high fire safety and security standards. For this prestigious project, the doorsets were specified by Henegan Peng Architects and then ASSA ABLOY Security Doors worked closely with Modubuild, a specialist trade contractor, alongside main contractors John Paul Construction to fulfil the specification. Adherence to fire safety regulations For the first time, the gallery has an integrated system of lighting, heating and security"Approximately 30 steel doorsets, including a mixture of LPS 1175 security rating and fire rated glass doorsets, were delivered to the Dargan and Milltown Wings in Merrion Square in order to maintain maximum security as well as adhere to the strictest fire safety regulations. Logistically, the delivery of the doorsets presented some challenges as the National Gallery of Ireland is in Dublin’s busy city centre. Similarly, solutions had to be carefully chosen to meet the unique demands of the listed building. However, these needs were taken into consideration at an early stage to ensure the project ran smoothly. Sean Rainbird, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, explained: “For the first time, the gallery has an integrated system of lighting, heating and security. It’s very much state of the art; we’ve been able to specify really good technical equipment.” High-security compliant doorsets Doorsets for this project had to be fully compliant to achieve the latest standards and meet the specialist needs of each situation"James Blanchfield, Pre-Contracts Manager for Ireland and Mainland Europe at Modubuild, a Trade Partner of ASSA ABLOY Security Doors said: “We pride ourselves on working very closely with our customers to understand their specific requirements and to provide specialist and tailored solutions. “Doorsets for this particular project had to be fully compliant to achieve the latest standards and meet the specialist needs of each situation. Factors to consider included fire, acoustics, air tightness, high-security and pressure resistance.” Stephen Wilkinson, Area Sales Manager for ASSA ABLOY Security Doors, added: “We had to ensure that the doorsets we were supplying were of the highest security rating as per the customer’s specifications. In addition to this, doors had to be certified to meet strict fire standards and our locking solutions had to include panic hardware as well as access control systems.”

ASSA ABLOY Architectural Door Accessories, ASSA ABLOY Glass Solutions, Arrow Lock and Door Hardware, and Architectural Hardware Group brands Corbin Russwin, Norton, RIXSON, SARGENT and Yale, have proudly announced the launch of a comprehensive digital library, designed to offer fast, easy access to valuable product information. ASSA ABLOY Digital Library More than 300 catalogs, brochures, price books and other literature are featured in the new digital library, which comprises a highly visual and intuitive user experience. Thumbnail images help to clearly and quickly identify literature pieces and users are able to further refine results through dynamic search options such as keyword search and product type filters. The digital library allows entire documents, specific pages or even snippets of information to be emailed to colleagues and customers. Users can also bookmark excerpts in any document with their own detailed notes, making this a highly personal and customisable digital tool.  “Today’s always connected and online environment is changing our traditional ways of working. Customers are expecting to have the most up-to-date and relevant product information to distribute, wherever they are,” said Beth Welch, Director Marketing Communications, Architectural Hardware Group, ASSA ABLOY. “The new digital library ensures that our partners, installers, distributors, wholesalers and locksmiths have instant access to essential product information anytime, anywhere.” Mobile access to digital library The new digital library is accessible on any device with a web browser. Mobile users can also easily access all libraries through the ASSA ABLOY Customer Support App, available on Apple App and Google Play stores. The Customer Support App also provides direct phone, email, chat and even video access to all of ASSA ABLOY brands’ customer service and technical product support groups.