46 • HARDWARE&SECURITY
THE UPRISING OF
SOMETHING SPECIAL
FROM G-U UK
Gretsch-Unitas has been servicing the
locksmith industry for many decades,
and most will be aware of the company’s
brands including BKS and Ferco.
»»THE GERMAN BASED ORGANISATION
was initially founded in 1907 by Mr Viktor
Gretsch. In 1910, Viktor was joined by
Johann Maus as his partner and managing
director. Over the last century, the
company has been passed down through
generations of Johann’s s descendants
and is still to this day a family owned
business.
Specialising in the development,
manufacture and supply of window and
door technologies, employing more than
3,700 and operating in more than 35
different countries, G-U is inevitably one
of the largest door and window hardware
suppliers in the world.
Locksmith’s editor, Stephanie Wright
recently visited G-U’s new offices in
Coventry and spoke to the company’s
managing director Rob Rossall about
how the business has restructured
to accommodate the changes in the
UK marketplace and what exciting
new products Rob and his team have
been developing for the Locksmith
industry.
Rob explains: “G-U has built its
reputation in the UK initially for
the manufacture and supply of our
comprehensive range of multi-point
locks. Since, the 1990’s our G-U/Ferco
range has been a popular choice amongst
fabricators, installers and locksmiths and
this can certainly be accredited to the
manufacturing excellence and quality
supplied by our German colleagues.
“Over the last few years with the
downturn in both the UK and European
markets, it was to be anticipated ]