ASSA ABLOY
Type	Public
Founded	1994
Headquarters	Stockholm, Sweden
Key people	Gustaf Douglas (Chairman of the board), Johan Molin (President and CEO)
Industry	Locking solutions
Products	Locks, automatic and security doors
Revenue	31,137 million SEK (2006)
Employees	31,243 (2006)
Website	http://www.assaabloy.com/

The ASSA ABLOY Group is a Swedish company. The group is the world's leading manufacturer and supplier of locks. ASSA ABLOY was formed in 1994 when ASSA Ab was detached from Swedish security firm Securitas AB. Shortly thereafter the Finnish high-security lock manufacturer Abloy Oy (a subsidiary of the Finnish company Wärtsilä) was acquired. The company was introduced to the Stockholm stock exchange later the same year. ASSA ABLOY now owns Yale lock, Sargent and the high-security lock firms of Medeco in the U.S. and Mul-t-lock in Israel. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Nickname: Location of Stockholm in northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Sweden Municipality Stockholm Municipality County Stockholm Province Södermanland and Uppland Charter 13th century Government  - Mayor Kristina Axén Olin (m) Population (March 2007)  - City 786,509  - Density 4,160/km² (10,774. ... Gustaf Douglas (1938-). Vice chairman and largest single shareholder (12. ... The phrase Chairman of the Board has several meanings: Chairman of the Board is the term used to denote the leader of a corporations board of directors. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... For the tax agency in the United Kingdom of the same name, see HM Revenue and Customs. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... ISO 4217 Code SEK User(s) Sweden Inflation 2. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... // Securitas AB was founded in 1934 in Sweden, and has since expanded and grown into various areas of the security business. ... Wärtsilä is a Finnish manufacturer of large (diesel) engines and power plants. ... The pin tumbler lock is a lock mechanism that utilizes a group of pins of varying lengths to prevent opening the lock without the correct key. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ...

It is controlled by Gustaf Douglas through his company Latour. Gustaf Douglas (1938-). Vice chairman and largest single shareholder (12. ... Investment AB Latour is the investment company controlled by Swedish businessman Gustaf Douglas. ...

[edit] The name Abloy

The name Abloy comes from Swedish-Finnish twilingual organisation Aktiebolag Lukkoteollisuus Osakeyhtiö. of which the two first letters are Swedish language, the three last, Finnish language. Abloy produces an extensive line of high-security disc tumbler locks. Aktiebolag is the Swedish term for a corporation, i. ... Osakeyhtiö, directly translated as share corporation, is the Finnish equivalent of Limited company (Ltd or LLC) or Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH). ... Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic language (also called Scandinavian languages) spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the Ã…land islands, by more than nine million people. ... Finnish ( , or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (91. ... A disc tumbler lock or wafer lock is a type of lock that utilizes a set of flat discs to prevent the lock from opening unless the correct key is inserted. ...

[edit] Brands

A selection of brands owned by Assa Abloy

• American
  • Medeco
  • SARGENT
• British
  • Chubb
  • Yale
• Australian
  • Lockwood
• Dutch
  • NEMEF
  • LIPS
• French
  • Fichet
  • JPM
  • Laperche
  • Vachette
• German
  • IKON
  • KESO
  • Effeff
• Israeli
  • Mul-t-lock

Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Chubb Locks subsidiary of the Assa Abloy Group is a British manufacturer of high security locking systems for residential and commercial applications. ... The pin tumbler lock is a lock mechanism that utilizes a group of pins of varying lengths to prevent opening the lock without the correct key. ...

[edit] See also

• List of Swedish companies

This is a list of Swedish companies: Companies A&E design Asea Brown Boveri (Swedish-Swiss) Alfa Laval Akzo Nobel (Swedish-Dutch) Arla Foods (Swedish-Danish) Arla Plast Autoliv Assa Abloy AstraZeneca (Swedish-British) Atlas Copco Avanza Axel Johnson Group Axel Johnson AB Axfood Biacore Boliden Bonniers BRIO Bure Equity...

[edit] External links

• Assa Abloy - Official site
• Yahoo! - ASSA ABLOY AB Company Profile
• [1]-Assa Official site.

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