SBD News

Leading window, door and conservatory supplier Emplas has agreed to exclusively fit Avocet ATK locks on all of its composite doors.

Northamptonshire-based Emplas opted to make the switch in order to ensure its customer base was being supplied with the best possible snap-secure lock.

HWL Windows Group has opted to fit Avocet Hardware locks on all its new composite and PVCu doors.

Guardian24 - the leading lone worker protection solution for the UK and Ireland, has been awarded the prestigious 'Secured by Design' accreditation for its exclusive MicroGuard personal safety device.

Alexandra Security Limited is pleased to announce that they have received Secured By Design (SBD) accreditation for its range of security mesh and gate systems: Protek Twinwire 656/868, Protek full-height Rebound and Protek 358.

With unprecedented levels of global security following recent terrorist attacks, Gilgen Door Systems, manufacturers of the Rolegard^TM range of LPS1175 approved security shutters, has launched a unique SR5 rated shutter that combines the highest physical attack standard yet achieved in a security shutter with unrivalled ballistics and blast protection properties. Rolegard SR5-B is designed to help protect facilities against emerging threats such as hostile incursion and swarm attack.

The Banham Group, hosted their official launch party last night at their new multi-million pound development in Earlsfield, where the building was officially declared open by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith.

Operation Shield, Cheshire Police's wide reaching anti-burglary campaign using SelectaDNA, has been a huge success since its launch in March 2015.

The initiative, which has seen thousands of homes, shops and local businesses protected, has now been extended to include rural homes and schools. It was recently extended to the market town of Frodsham after success in other areas of the county which has seen burglary drop by up to 83%.

A police project aimed at reducing thefts from Exeter allotments has produced dramatic results.

Codenamed Operation Slug, Devon and Cornwall Police are so pleased with the results that they are now hoping to expand the project.

Endurance^® Doors has become the latest company to switch to Avocet's new ATK snap secure lock.

Automatrics Limited, have this year achieved what was believed impossible with the protection, tracking and recovery of stolen breaker attachments.

Plant security protection, with reliable electronic tracking devices, for construction machinery attachments, such as concrete breakers, crushers and buckets, has proven extremely difficult to fit due to the harsh work environments. The theft trends for this vulnerable, yet highly prized equipment, are on the way up, with attachment resale values achieving thousands of pounds. Attachments are often left unsecured and, once stolen, can be virtually impossible to trace. Criminals are therefore free to sell on stolen attachments with a somewhat lower risk of capture than, say, selling a stolen vehicle. This all makes machine attachments very attractive to criminals.

A man has been convicted of stealing from a car after he was sprayed with SmartWater®.

Avocet Hardware’s new ATK high security cylinder delivers Sold Secure Diamond, BSI TS007 3-star and Secured by Design rated security against lock snapping, bumping and drilling attack – and it does so with a standard key and a thumbturn lock.