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DUFFELLS DISTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT DELIGHTS AVOCET
Avocet Hardware has finalised a
distribution deal with Duffells that it
says will “delight mobile locksmiths and
installers alike”
.
The addition of Duffells,as a new Avocet
distributor, means that minimum orders
on its ABS snap-secure locks are no longer
required and that any orders placed prior
to 6pm will be delivered next day.
The new partnership will also offer free
delivery on all orders over £100.
Dr Tinkle Jain, director of Avocet
Hardware, said: “No matter how good
your product, marketing or your sales
team, everything relies on distribution.
Good distribution can make a company,
while bad distribution will quickly ruin
reputations”
“Securing a long term partnership with
Duffells has been a priority since day one
and we are delighted to announce it. We
are looking forward to working together to
ensure our distribution differentiates us
from the competition in the same way that
the quality of our ABS snap-secure lock
already does,” added Raymond Pearce,
Avocet’s head of sales for its ABS range.
Initially, the distribution partnership
will see Duffells stock and sell Avocet’s
ABS snap-secure lock, the only retrofit
product on the UK market that meets both
BSI’s TS007 3-star rating and Sold Secures
SS312 Diamond accreditation.
Alex Kuness, Duffells Director, added:
“ABS is proven to be the best retrofit Euro
cylinder lock on the market, and when
you combine that with the levels of stock
Avocet has available I am certain demand
will be huge – especially when you
consider so many other manufacturers are
struggling to get stock in.”
“And the removal of a minimum order
level means locksmiths can order any
amount they need be confident of next
day delivery.”
www.avocet-hardware.co.uk
UAP introduces the TL Rim
Cylinder – We Came. We
Saw. We Conquered…
The TL Rim Cylinder is a 6 Pin, Patented
Anti-Bump, Anti-Drill, Anti-Pick cylinder,
available in Polished Brass or Polished
Chrome.
And as an added important feature, the TL
cylinder can be keyed to any of the UAP and
UAP+ 1* Kitemark cylinders!
Here at UAP we have been asked many
times to develop a budget Rim Cylinder,
but we didn’t want to just launch
something that was just the same as
those already on the market. Instead we
sat back, asked a lot of questions, and
sampled a lot of product. And now we
have what we believe to be one of the best
Rim Cylinders around!
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So how have we managed to fit
all of that technology into the
cylinder, and just how good is it?
The TL Rim Cylinder is one the latest in
the line of UAP’s super smooth cylinders
using the Chris Belcher-designed Anti
Bump Timing Pin system. This very clever
system uses Nickel Plated Hardened steel
Key Pins and driver pins. The hardened steel
pins give the anti-drill feature we wanted to
incorporate.
The patented Timing Pins are designed
to interrupt the timing of the pins when
bumped, and it is highly effective. And
because we use special pins rather than
say trap pins, we do not have to have a high
expense to get this Anti-Bump feature.
The timing Pins also have inbuilt antipicks, and mushroom driver pins, which
makes them highly effective against
picking.
We have managed to get all of this into a
rim with six pins, so that we can key Alike to
the UAP and UAP+ cylinders which is a very
important requirement. Furthermore, we
offer a full Master Suiting service for these
products.
The products are then very competitively
priced because that is exactly what you
expect from a Tradelocks product: great
products, great features and a great price.
So how good is the TL Rim Cylinder?
We believe it is the best value for money,
feature-packed Rim on the market!
To read more, visit www.locksmithjournal.co.uk