The Locksmith Journal 114 November 2025 | Page 60

MLA EXPO
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HELLO YELLOW – A BRIGHT WEEKEND FOR VAN GUARD

» IT WASN’ T DIFFICULT TO spot Van Guard at MLA – head to the bright yellow stand with the big van in front! Once at the right spot, it was the products taking centre stage; shining examples of vehicle security. We caught up with Van Guard’ s John Land midway through the show to
find out more, and this is what he said:
“ We’ ve had really good footfall across the show; but the conversations have been even better – and that’ s why we come to expos. When we came here two years ago, we spoke to visitors who wanted to get into our products, and
this year they’ ve come back as customers – that’ s amazing.
“ Because we manufacture the products, then supply them to distributors, we don’ t always get the chance to talk to the end user; shows like the Expo provide us that opportunity. Van Guard is a strong brand, people know our products, and now they can get to know us. For us it’ s the best type of market research as we are in the middle of thousands of locksmiths and security specialists, for three days. It’ s an invaluable experience – talking to the people who sell the products, fit them, use them.
“ The best thing about our van security range is that almost every single locksmith has a van – so they can
benefit from our products themselves before they even start selling them. It’ s the best way to try out a product, and recommend it. If they have it on their own van, protecting their own business, what better way to endorse something?”
Van Guard also put in a stint at The Garage, where they ran four Van Lock Awareness Training sessions guiding attendees step-by-step through fitting the ULTILock Hooklock. Van Guard’ s Senior Engineer, Len Stocker, covered dos and don’ ts on the preparation, tools and installation of their hooklock as well as running through their range of shielding products.
www. van-guard. co. uk

THANK YOU FOR VISITING SAFELOCK

» IT WAS SUCH A PLEASURE to see so many of our existing customers and meet new ones, both on our stand and during our training sessions – All
About Safe Locks, LA GARD 700 Series and Advanced Safe Lock Features.
Safelock Systems Limited is a security trade supplier of
high quality and high security locks for safes and vaults, stocking a range of products from leading manufacturers.
Safes and vaults fitted with locks from Safelock Systems are used in the retail, banking and leisure industries, by homeowners, and in the public sector.
Locks are graded to EN1300, and are tested fully during lock programming, a service provided as standard along with unparalleled technical support for trade customers.
www. safelocksystems. co. uk
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