56 • HARDWARE&SECURITY
A look at Winlock
over thirty years:
1987
Established by Lowe & Fletcher Ltd.
The Winlock Security team today
Celebrating
30yrs of innovation
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hardware manufacturer Winlock
Security is celebrating 30 successful
years of business.
Established in 1987 in Telford,
Shropshire, Winlock Security Ltd is the
only remaining volume manufacturer
of window handles in the UK. Since
trading began in 1987, Winlock has
made and sold more than 25million
window handles. This is over 5500
tonnes of metal, and equates to twice
the weight of the steel in Blackpool
Tower. Laid end to end the handles
would cover the distance across the
Atlantic from England to the USA!
The company’s longest serving
employee Diane Roberts; who has
been at the Telford factory for 43
years, back when it made camlocks
and locking cylinders for cabinet locks,
lockers and garage doors, joined in
the celebrations; “I’m so proud to work
with such a fantastic group of people;
hardworking, driven, creative and great
fun. I hope we’ll all be here for the next
30 years!”
The Telford-based business prides
itself on being dynamic, forward-
thinking and solution-focused and its
desire for innovation has intensified
rather than diminished over its three
decades in business. Whilst the
scope of the known hardware world
is arguably already covered by them,
their drive to innovate is inherent as
demonstrated by the news that Winlock
will be unveiling over 10 brand new
SKUS in 2017 alone, the first being the
Trimas 3-star cylinder.
“It’s an exciting time for Winlock,” said
Winlock Security Ltd Managing Director
Alan Parker. “We have, and will continue
to heavily invest in developing unique
products and unrivalled services which
will set Winlock and our customers not
only apart, but more importantly ahead of
our competition.
“We are prepared to fill product
and service niches that our bigger
competitors are unable or unwilling to
meet. If a customer has a problem, we
want to provide the solution. Over our 30
years of trading we have formed strong
unions with many key hardware suppliers
and our partners include Imperial,
Kenrick, GU, and Yale”.
Winlock designs, develops, produces
and supplies across the gamut of door
and window hardware from handles,
locks, cylinders and hinges, to vents,
patio locking systems, strikers and
security devices and specialises in
providing innovative door and window
hardware including timber, aluminium,
PVCu and composite applications to UK
and European fabricators. Their range
includes the industry-leading Stronghold
range, which features the patented
extending deadbolt throw, or so-called
“slam shut” function.
For more information on Winlock’s
current or future product ranges
visit www.winlock.co.uk or call their
experienced sales team on 01952
602250 who will be able to guide you
through the latest product listings,
ensuring you receive the solution to
your requirement.
LOCKSMITHJOURNAL.CO.UK | MAR/APR 2017
Sponsored by Insafe International
1989
A Royal Visit. Prince Philip tours the
Winlock factory and plants tree.
1992
Manufactured their millionth window handle.
2000
Behind lock and key! HM Prison
Wormood Scrubs orders 2000 units per
year of the Custodian window handle.
2004
A warehouse was introduced to
keep up with rising demand.
2006
Winlock added door & patio door
hardware to its product range.
2013
Winlock acquired by Alan Parker (previous
MD of Heywood Williams Group), Michael
Davidsen (co-founder of Mila) and Harry
Budhrani (owner of Imperial Hardware Asia).
December 2013 – expanded premises in
December with 21,025sqft warehouse.
2015
A rare and venomous Huntsman spider
believed to have travelled 5000 miles
from Taiwan was found in a container
delivered to Winlock Security.
2016
Conducted 30 different tests to PAS024
(2012) to ensure compliance to Document Q.
Summer 2016 – Launched Deltalock
and Lifetime Concealed ranges and
announced partnership with Ingenious.
2017
Announced launch of 10 new
SKUs including the Trimas range.