The Locksmith Journal Mar/Apr 2020 - Issue 67 | Page 54

SAFES BURTON SAFES AND SAFE & VAULT MERGER FORM YORKSHIRE’S LARGEST SECURITY COMPANY » ONE OF THE UK’S LARGEST SAFE distributors, Burton Safes, has completed a merger with Safe & Vault Company Ltd, to form Yorkshire’s largest specialist security company. The merger was completed in January 2020, with ownership of the new group shared between the existing management teams. Ben Lewis, Group Managing Director, explains: “We’ve brought together two of the industry’s leading names, which puts us in a strong position to challenge the market leaders, with increased capacity and enhanced capability to develop the business and drive growth. For our customers, it’s going to mean higher quality, more efficient support and increased innovation, as we continue to deliver market-leading security systems for a full range of applications.” Following the merger, the companies will maintain independent brands and premises, while working together Burton Safes Burton Safes is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of physical security solutions. In addition to safes for the domestic and commercial markets, the company also supplies security doors, panic rooms and strong rooms across the UK and overseas. in a strategic partnership. Burton Safes will act as the main distribution arm of the group, with Safe & Vault providing engineering, design, product development, installation and servicing. Adam Greenaway, Group Director, said: “Having access to Burton’s sales team and infrastructure opens up huge opportunities for in-house development and expansion. It provides a strong route to market for our innovative security solutions for the domestic, commercial and ATM markets – in the UK and overseas.” www.burtonsafes.co.uk Safe and Vault Company Ltd Safe and Vault Company Ltd provides a wide range of security solutions, product development support, engineering and installation services to clients worldwide. safeandvaultcompany.co.uk Safety in a can » SECURED BY DESIGN (SBD) member company JNE Security Ltd have introduced the world’s first SBD accredited Decoy Safe Can which blocks Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and wireless signals, making it the perfect way to protect car keys from Relay Attacks, where a handheld signal blocking device is used to gain access to vehicles. Food Safe Cans have been around for a number of decades and following consultation with the police, JNE have created a less obvious, lower cost alternative in the RFID Signal Blocking Drink Safe Can. Traditional Safe Cans are made using a false plastic bottom to the can and although they are perfect for hiding 54 valuables, they will not block wireless signals. JNE’s new RFID Signal Blocking Drink Safe Cans provide a fantastic decoy safe which, as well as car keys, can also be used to hide credit cards and any item with a wireless RFID chip. The RFID Signal Blocking Drink Safe Can is also useful for going to the beach and playing sports as a potential decoy against opportunist thieves. The RFID Signal Blocking Drink Safe Cans look like supermarket own branded versions of Diet Cola, Fizzy Orange and Lemonade. Nick Hughes, General Manager for JNE Security comments “In 2019 I was approached by a Designing Out Crime Officer who came up with the idea of designing a traditional Decoy Safe Can with Signal Blocking capabilities. Having developed our RFID Signal Blocking Safe Can, we submitted it to SBD and were delighted that it achieved Police Preferred Specification.” SBD Development Officer Hazel Goss said: “This is a great product that JNE have designed and had tested. It will be a product that will reduce vehicle and credit card crime as the Decoy Safe Can will stop RFID signals being read so will protect both keys to vehicles and credit cards. I cannot wait to see the product and give it a try.” You can view JNE Security’s other innovative SBD accredited products here: https://www.securedbydesign.com/ member-companies/sbd-members?view =companydetail&account=0011i00000Jpv ldAAB You can see the Signal Blocking Safe Can in action on the video link below: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=MpDLOuAVej8&feature=emb_ logo JNE Security will be exhibiting at SBD’s ATLAS 2020 national training event for Designing Out Crime Officers, where visitors to the stand will receive a free sample of this new product. MAR/APR 2020 locksmithjournal.co.uk Issue Takeover Magazine Sponsor