GENERAL DIY
Lock it!
As beautiful as our country is, it comes with a couple of
flaws. One such flaw is when you go to the tool shed and
find that some of your trusty tools have gone walkabout.
To help us protect our tools, sheds, gates and garages, the South African market is flooded with some of the
best padlock manufacturers in the world. Hardware Africa spoke with IB McIntyre, Assa Abloy and TriCircle to
explain the finer workings of the industry.
IB. MCINTYRE
padlock brands, Master Lock and American
10 lock and
IB. McIntyre & Co (Mackie) has been
Lock. This, combined with its own Security
security
successfully trading for the past 47 years.
Brand of padlocks, also found on the shelves
installations
The company has evolved into a market
of all major retailers countrywide, make it
worldwide use
leader with modern and environmentally
a powerful player in the padlock market.
its products.
friendly machinery. Mackie has also
According to Robert Pullinger, Group
This makes
developed very well defined routes to
Operations Director at IB. McIntyre, the
the company
market. Mackie
key to Master Lock’s success is obviously
one of the
trades from its
its strong brand recognition but also its
largest global
state-of-the-
strategy of innovation which leads to better
suppliers of
art 10 000m²
security.
intelligent lock
and security
premises in
Maitland, Cape
ASSA ABLOY
Town and also
Assa Abloy South Africa was
solutions.
The group believes in quality brands
has offices and
established in South Africa thirteen
and the value its collective strengths add.
a warehouse
years ago and is part of the international
Acquisitions of well-known, proven, tried
facility in
Swedish giant, Assa Abloy. The company
and tested brands such as Union and Yale,
Johannesburg.
is a global leader in door opening
enable the group to offer a comprehensive
Mackie is the
solutions, has more than 100 globally
product range for the best end-to-end
African agent
known brands in over 70 different
solutions for virtually any application.
for the leading
countries and employs over 48 000
international
people around the world. One in every
E+I 1995
Manufacturer and Global Distributor of Specialised Products
The Right Tools make
Car Care Easy
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The state-of-the-art product portfolio,
which includes locks, keyless locking