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Assa Abloy acquires Finnish locksmith
Assa Abloy
has acquired Tur-
vaykköset,
the second largest
locksmith in Finland.
"The acquisition of Turvaykkö-
set is very strategic and constitutes
an important step for Assa Abloy
into the locksmith channel in the
Nordic region. I welcome in par-
ticular the addition of Turvaykkö-
set that will add a lot of compe-
tence in the important Finnish
market to the Assa Abloy Group",
says Johan Molin, President and
CEO of Assa Abloy.
"The acquisition of Turvaykkö-
set reinforces our distribution
footprint in Finland and helps us
become more project orientated,
focused on the offering of state
of the art electronic products and
service concepts", says Tzachi
Wiesenfeld, Executive Vice Presi-
dent of Assa Abloy and Head of
the EMEA division.
Turvaykköset will be run as
a separate and independent unit
within Assa Abloy Finland and
the current management team
of Turvaykköset will continue in
their respective positions.
Turvaykköset operates 12
branches with a focus on the
Helsinki Metropolitan Area and
currently has some 110 employees.
Sales for 2015 are expected to
reach Eur 21 M (approx SEK 200
M). Initially, the acquisition will
be slightly dilutive to earnings per
share.
Tzachi Wiesen-
feld, Executive
Vice President
of Assa Abloy
and Head of the
EMEA division.
Axis and Assa Abloy collaboration
The new Axis A4011-E reader
is a joint cooperation between
Axis Communications
and Assa
Abloy
and is designed to work
with the Axis A1001 network
door controller, winner of the
Access Control category in this
year's Detektor International
Awards.
The Axis A4011-E reader has an
ergonomic design with an illumi-
nated keypad and clearly identifi-
able symbols. It supports touch-free
entry with most entry card formats
and is suitable for both indoor and
outdoor installation.
"Since the launch of our
successful Axis A1001 network
door controller, we've had many
customers ask about a door reader
from Axis", says Ola Jönsson,
Business Development Manager,
Axis Communications. "With
the introduction of Axis A4011-E
reader we are now able to provide
a feature-rich and future-proof
door reader suitable for most
installations. The reader is based
on proven technology from Assa
Abloy, a company with great expe-
rience in readers and access control
solutions."
The new Axis A4011-E reader
has an intuitive user interface with
illuminated symbols and a sound
indicator to clearly display the
status and communicate with the
user. The keypad features backlight
illumination and durable stainless
steel buttons.
It has been designed as a
future-proof and generic reader
that supports several different card
formats in order to meet spe-
cific system requirements. It can
handle two different card formats
simultaneously, which simplifies
system expansion and enables easy
migration from one card technol-
ogy to another.
Additional features of the
Axis A4011-E reader include
compatibility with the Axis
A1001 network door controller,
support for most 13.56 MHz
card formats such as Mifare Clas-
sic, Mifare Plus, Mifare Desfire
EV1, Iclass and SEOS. There are
built-in tamper switches between
the housing and wall, and the
reader is capable of high reading
speeds. In terms of environ-
mental features it operate with
temperatures of -25 ºC to 70 ºC
(-13 ºF to 158 ºF) and has an
IP54 rating. It is expected to be
available in selected countries in
Q4 2014 through Axis' distribu-
tion channels.
Sector Alarm acquires G4S Secure Solutions Sweden
G4S has agreed the sale of G4S
Sweden
to Norwegian company
Sector Alarm
for a total consid-
eration of SEK 438 million (£37.4
million at current exchange rates)
including cash and debt.
G4S Sweden provides manned
security and security systems to
customers across Sweden. "The
sale of our business in Sweden is
part our active portfolio manage-
ment programme which we an-
nounced in November last year to
improve our strategic focus, capital
discipline and returns", comments
Ashley Almanza, G4S Group Chief
Executive.
"We have implemented a num-
ber of operational improvements
in G4S Sweden
in the last 12
months, and
this sale realises
an attractive
premium for
shareholders
while provid-
ing customers
and employees
with the prospect of a sustainable
business in Sweden."
Sector Alarm is a supplier of
security for private homes. Sector
Alarm now has 350,000 custom-
ers. Since its establishment in
1989 the company has developed
and is now the second largest
alarm company in the Nordic re-
gion. Sector Alarm has operations
in Ireland, Norway and Sweden.
The long-term goal is to become
the leading company for home
alarm systems in Europe.
"With the purchase of G4S
Sweden Sector Alarm shows its
willingness to take an active part
in the consolidation of the security
industry in the Nordic countries.
Meanwhile, we can benefit from
both companies' strengths to
switch out synergies, says Jørgen
Dahl, President / CEO of Sector
Alarm.
The completion of the trans-
action is subject to customary
closing conditions and regulatory
approvals.
Jørgen Dahl,
President / CEO of
Sector Alarm.
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Chiron appoints
Benelux manager
Mr. John van Schaik has ac-
cepted the position as Benelux
Business Development Manager
at
Chiron Security Communi-
cations AG, the developers of
the Iris Touch IP solution that
makes IP technology available
to everyone from security users
through to control centres and
aimed at all sectors of the secu-
rity industry.
John will manage and deve-
lop Chiron's commercial relations
in the Netherlands, Belgium and
Luxemburg.
According to Wim Harthoorn,
Chief Executive Officer at Chiron,
he is particularly pleased with the
new appointment. "Having been
an Alarm Receiving Operations
Manager for many years, John
has a thorough understanding
of alarm transmission in all it's
aspects and is as such fully
equipped to support all the Chi-
ron stakeholders in the Benelux
area."
John will conduct his busi-
ness from his Netherlands based
office.
John van Schaik.