MLA EXPO
25 REVIEW
SOUBER TOOLS AT MLA EXPO 2025: INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR UPVC DOORS, WINDOWS AND COMPOSITE DOORS
» AT SOUBER TOOLS, WE THRIVE ON the chance to connect directly with locksmiths, sharing insights into our cutting-edge tools. The MLA Expo 2025 provided the perfect platform for this, marking our largest stands at Telford to date. With nine brand-new tool kits unveiled, each created to address specific challenges with UPVC windows and doors, and also composite doors. The focus being on speed of repair, minimal damage and minimal cost.
Our custom-built 40 m ² stand featured 11 interactive stations, transforming passive viewing into active learning. Locksmiths didn’ t just watch demonstrations; they rolled up their sleeves for hands-on practice with every product. This immersive setup ensured visitors left with practical skills and confidence. The line-up included:
• Composite Door( Inside System) Basic and Advanced Kit
• Composite Door Outside System
• Composite Door Hinge Resetting Kit
• UPVC‘ No Cam’ Door Kit
• UPVC Slotting Kit
• Door Spreader Kit
• Window Mechanism Opener and Advanced Kit
• Tilt & Turn Kit
• De-Glazing Tool
The pinnacle of the event? Souber Tools were honoured with the MLA’ s Best Product Award at the show for the Composite Door( Inside System) Kit( Basic and Advanced). This innovative system excels at opening failed multipoint locks on composite doors, enabling safe release from the inside of inward-opening doors, and adaptable for outside access on outward-opening doors. The Advanced Kit goes further, tackling installations where the wall reveal is under 30mm from the door’ s edge.
Central to this kit( and several other new releases) is our groundbreaking Magi-Blade ®, which can cut through stubborn hooks and bolts in malfunctioning mechanisms.
Behind this success lies 18 months of rigorous research, development, and testing. Earning this prestigious award was a profound validation of our team’ s hard work.
Additionally, the Composite Door Hinge Resetting Kit perfectly captures the spirit of our new tool range: transforming complex, time-consuming challenges into simple, efficient solutions.
Resetting a composite door has traditionally been a frustrating ordeal; often requiring two people and up to an hour of effort, or a lone operator wrestling with airbags and endless readjustments. With this kit, an individual
can now complete the task safely and precisely in about five minutes.
What was once an awkward, labour-intensive job is now a swift, straightforward operation— delivering professional results with minimal fuss.
Thank you to the Master Locksmiths Association for hosting such an outstanding event, to every visitor who engaged with us and made it unforgettable and to our exceptional team for their energy and expertise. We were very lucky to work with such experts in the field; Andy Perrin of Brighton & Hove Locksmith Training, Alan Bain of The Window and Door Repair Academy Ltd, Brian James of Locklab101, Oliver Batty of OB Double Glazing Repairs, Paul Batty and Alex Appelbe of Souto and Niall Fitzpatrick of TLS Locks.
All the new products were made available in late November and are available via your Souber Tools distributor.
www. soubertools. com
NOVEMBER 2025
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