Innovative use of market-leading security products from Abloy UK is helping to provide a complete security solution for Devon & Somerset Fire Service.

In the current economic climate, an SME (small to medium enterprise) has to fight to be successful and the diverse constraints on its business can prove hard to survive.

United Utilities and high security locking and access control solutions provider Abloy UK have signed an innovative framework agreement covering the sourcing, supply and pricing of parts for Abloy locking suites installed across the utility company’s water and wastewater treatment sites, pumping stations, water towers and reservoirs in North West England.

2007 sees the 100yr anniversary of the invention of the first ABLOY key and disc cylinder mechanism in 1907 by Emil Henriksson, an office machinery mechanic from Helsinki, Finland.

Access through 558 doors located on five levels at three Doncaster Education City buildings is securely and safely managed using the Abloy Security ARX access control system.