Tag: Kwikset
Kwikset’s KwikSlide wins HBS Dealer Golden Hammer Award
November 21, 2025SSN Staff
LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Kwikset, a provider of residential security and a registered trademark of ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc., an ASSA ABLOY Group Company, today announced that its patented KwikSlide technology has been named a Golden Hammer Award winner by HBS Dealer.
The annual awards recognize standout new products in the hardware and building supply industry based on innovation, value and shelf appeal.
KwikSlide, first introduced with the Caerus front door handleset and now...
Parks discussing modernizing multi-family in a slow market
June 16, 2025SSN Staff
PLANO, Texas —Economic pressures and high costs have seen a slow down for new constructions in the multi-family residential market, but a white paper released by Parks Associates for Kwikset shows owners and operators examining enhancing their properties through technology upgrades.
Encompassing things like modern access control solutions, the white paper discusses the popularity of housing improvements to existing properties.
“Retrofitting is gaining momentum in multifamily...
Industry sees opportunity in multi-families
April 9, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
LAS VEGAS — After years of enduring a soft housing market with rising costs, material shortages and a lack of available inventory, the security industry is betting big on retrofitting multi-family units with access control and smart solutions.
During ISC West, Parks Associates released new research, "Modernizing Multifamily Housing: Retrofitting Access Control," in partnership with Kwikset, that revealed nearly 72% of multi-family owners and operators have reported plans...
Product Launches: Codelocks, Nice, Kwikset, 3xLOGIC
February 14, 2025SSN Staff
Codelocks
CL500KEY Mechanical Lock
The powerful addition to the CL500 Mechanical Lock Range incorporates a tougher and ergonomically superior handle assembly, featuring greater durability for heavy-duty use in high-traffic areas, as well as a practical Key Override for greater management versatility.
www.codelocks.us
Nice
Linear 621 garage door opener
The Linear 621 offers a compelling combination of features designed to enhance the everyday garage experience. Integrated...
Women in Security Feature: Sandra Polvi – ‘I’ve made some valuable connections with my peers’
November 21, 2023Cory Harris, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Sandra Polvi has many people to thank for her professional growth in the security industry.
Polvi currently serves as director of marketing for Kaadas North America, a developer of high-tech electronic and smart lock solutions serving millions of homes and businesses worldwide, based out of Orange, Calif., with its worldwide headquarters located in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
She told Security Systems News that the connections she has made throughout her 12-year career...
Kwikset unveils its first EAC solution for multifamily market
April 6, 2023SSN Staff
LAKE FOREST, Calif.—Residential lock manufacturer Kwikset has introduced its first-ever electronic access control (EAC) solution to the multifamily market.
UNITE will give property managers and owners in the multifamily sector a number of noteworthy benefits. Besides providing a more effective way to manage their properties, it will reduce key management time and costs while increasing profits. What’s more, it allows for increased occupancy, retention, and rental rates, as renters...
2022 ESX Innovation Award winners announced
June 6, 2022SSN Staff
DALLAS—The Electronic Security Association (ESA) has announced the winners of the 2022 Electronic Security Expo (ESX) Innovation Awards, distinguishing innovation and excellence in the industry, and identifying the next-gen products and services that will offer significant opportunities for growth for integrator companies.
These products and services were selected by an independent panel of judges based on a specific set of criteria, including ingenuity, applicability, response to market...
ASSA ABLOY to acquire HHI division of Spectrum Brands, includes Kwikset
September 9, 2021SSN Staff
STOCKHOLM—ASSA ABLOY has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Hardware and Home Improvement (HHI) division of Spectrum Brands for a purchase price of $4.3 billion on a cash- and debt-free basis.
The transaction is conditional upon regulatory approval and customary closing conditions and is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2021.
Spectrum Brands' HHI division is a leading provider of security, plumbing, and builders' hardware products to the North American...
Smart security dealer finds creative ways to secure business during challenging time
August 17, 2020Paul Spinella
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—No security and home automation dealers saw COVID-19 coming, and none were prepared for the ways this global health crisis would change their business. But some companies, like All-In-One Security of Louisville, KY, may have been quicker, more creative and more successful in their response than others. Consistently ready to make changes“We try not to be too comfortable,” said All-In-One Co-Owner, Eric Armstrong. “We’ve been growing this business for 20 years, and part...
State of the physical access control market, part II
October 2, 2019Ginger Hill
Editor's Note: State of the access control market, part I revealed the top five, current trends in the market as explained by industry-leading physical access control-minded security professionals of security- and physical access control-focused companies producing and offering first-class technologies and services.
YARMOUTH, Maine—Security brands and companies offer varying technologies, products and services within the physical access control (PAC) market today; therefore, all security...