Cylinders and Keys

ASSA ABLOY Ltd

The ASSA ABLOY group offers a wide range of cylinder and padlock systems that provide patent protected key control to prevent the unauthorised duplication of keys. Each high quality system offers the flexibility to provide a solution for applications of all sizes, from small commercial premises with just a few users, right through to large utilities requiring complex master key systems with many hundreds of users nationwide.

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With over 60 years' experience of designing and supplying cylinders and keys throughout the world, ASSA is established as the first choice for high security, robust and sophisticated key systems.

Constant innovation ensures that products remain at the cutting edge, now with the addition of electronic encryption and monitoring to supplement the high physical security of traditional mechanical keys. ASSA products are protected by international patents to ensure that your security is not compromised by illicit key duplication.



As well as offering a wide range of traditional Euro, Oval, and Round profile cylinders, UNION also produce a number of innovative new cylinders systems:

keyULTRA
keyULTRA is UNION's new cylinder system made in the UK with a 19 year patent , providing piece of mind that the cylinder keys cannot be copied. keyULTRA benefits from DuraPIN and GuardPIN technology along with anti-drill, anti-pick and bump resistant features.

keyRETRO
UNION's traditional masterkey platform was initially developed back in the 1930's, and since then over 150,000 suites have been manufactured and installed. UNION keyRETRO revives UNION's traditional masterkey platform offering a cost effective alternative for suite extensions, security upgrades and restoring key security.

DTEC Cylinders
UNION DTEC Cylinder System is a fully patented high security cylinder system. It operates combining a traditional 6 pin mechanism together with the added security of four DTEC side pins and a side bar.