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Nick Dutton becomes joint
CEO of Brisant Secure
»»FOLLOWING THE
successful sale of Polyframe
in July, Nick Dutton is now
focussing all his attention on
Brisant Secure and becomes
joint CEO with Steve Stewart.
Brisant has been growing at an
explosive rate.
Brisant is a major player in
the professional locksmiths’
market. But the launch of
Ultion, the flagship door
cylinder, to the market one
year ago has been described as
having transformed the door
market.
Joint CEO Steve
Stewart says: “It’s been an
extraordinary transformation
in a conservative market.
Traditionally, the door market
has been using very cheap and
very insecure locks in their
doors. Typically, these cylinder
door locks cost about as
much as a pint of beer, so the
idea of using more expensive
cylinders that are several times
more secure to sell doors was
untried.
“But just one year later,
Ultion has moved from being
an interesting niche product
to a standard main-market
quality cylinder.”
The Brisant team has
expanded multi-fold during
the past 12 months and
moves to new premises
shortly to stay ahead of its
explosive growth. Brisant is
also launching some equally
innovative products that are
expected to have a big impact
on the market.
To maintain Brisant’s
astonishing growth, Nick
Dutton and Steve Stewart
become joint CEOs, with Nick
responsible for marketing and
sales, and Steve for operations
and technical.
Joint CEO Nick Dutton says:
“The year since the launch
of Ultion has been an uberexciting ride. The door market
is using Ultion to sell doors.
Now my other commitments
are over I can devote all my
time to Brisant’s objective of
making doors easier to sell
by giving homeowners the
security they deserve.”
Codelocks appoints industry
expert Jo Milne-Rowe
»»DIGITAL LOCK DESIGNER
and manufacturer Codelocks
has announced the
appointment of Jo MilneRowe into its business
development team. Jo will
focus on supporting existing
accounts in the south of the
UK and will be responsible for
developing new sales growth
across multiple areas.
Joining Codelocks with
extensive experience in
architectural hardware,
mechanical security and
electronic access control, Jo
will identify new target markets,
implement sales strategies and
assist in the development of
the next generation of access
control products.
Colin Campbell, Sales
Director, commented: “Jo
brings a deep understanding
of the access and security
industry to Codelocks. Her
experience of forging strong
relationships and successfully
launching new products will
be an asset to the team.
“Part of Jo’s role is
to develop and deliver
educational training
programme to meet the
varying needs of our
customers. It is a demanding
challenge to ensure that
communications are suited
for a range of novice to
advanced audiences, and the
programme meets both sales
and technical needs.
“We welcome Jo to the role
and look forward to continuing
Codelocks’ long-term
international business growth,
utilising her expertise.”
Commenting on her new
role, Jo says: “Working for
a digital lock innovator,
with colleagues who are
experts in access control, is
a great opportunity. Joining
the company at a time of
expansion and as it launches
its new smart lock range is
exciting.
I am looking forward to
helping to continue to grow
the business and delivering its
new training programme for
security installers, locksmiths
and architects.”
LOCKSMITHJOURNAL.CO.UK | SEP/OCT 2016
Jo is the Chairperson of
the South East Institute of
Architectural Ironmongers
(IAI) which involves organising
networking meetings
with industry experts,
delivering thought leading
presentations and supporting
the Continuous Professional
Development (CPD)
programme.