Leading global door access control solutions by ASSA ABLOY Hong Kong is committed to catering to new market trends.
The ASSA ABLOY Group is the global leader in access solutions. With a comprehensive range of products and services, we cater to the needs of different types of customers. For more than 100 years, it has been favored by companies and the public, and has been continuing sustainable and steady growth of business. The Group operates worldwide with 52,000 employees and sales of 11.4 billion Euros in 2022.
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With the increasing popularity of smart home and office technology, it has become a trend to reduce emission and save energy. In recent years, ASSA ABLOY has not only continued to innovate and launch smart products, but also implemented the concept of environmental protection and sustainable development in all aspects from product design to company operations.
The ASSA ABLOY Group is the global leader in access solutions, which has more than 20 brands, providing locks and door access control solutions for tens of millions of households and commercial institutions.
Continual development in the Hong Kong and Macau market.
ASSA ABLOY has more than 20 brands in the Greater China and Southeast Asia markets, providing locks and door access control solutions for tens of millions of households and commercial institutions in these markets, covering a variety of mechanical door locks and automatic access systems, etc. ASSA ABLOY insists on continuous research, development and improvement of products and services to consolidate its market advantages. In the future, they will strengthen the development of customized locks and access control solutions which could be compatible to various application scenarios. Hong Kong is one of ASSA ABLOY’s main markets, especially popular with upper-middle-class customers, so the company will continue accelerate the localization of products and services.
The demand for locks and access control systems in the casino, hotels, government, and residences industry in Hong Kong and Macau is rising, which has enabled the company to grow in this market both in terms of team size and the number of end users in recent years. Irene Yip, Director & General Manager, Hong Kong, Macau & Taiwan said "Taking the Hong Kong market as an example, ASSA ABLOY provides Traka key management solutions to various government departments and public and private hospitals, use door access control solutions for the reconstruction plan of old buildings in the urban area and many large casinos in Macau, and also provides automatic door systems for many large shopping malls in Hong Kong.”
Integrating the concept of sustainable development.
Sustainable development with ASSA ABLOY
Concepts such as responsible investment and sustainable development have been widely accepted by the business community in recent years, and ASSA ABLOY is one of them. ASSA ABLOY embeds sustainability in everything they do to achieve a safe and sustainable future. They set parameters in addressing climate change with science-based targets, limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Halving the absolute carbon emissions by 2030, and a net-zero no later than 2050.
Martin Poxton
“We pursue sustainable development goals in both product and service design, as well as in operation. we minimize the waste of resources, such as recycling and reusing useful resources as much as possible, reducing energy consumption, promoting clean energy, and ensuring the effective implementation of these measures in the management system. Compared with 2021, ASSA ABLOY Group’s total greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 6% ; the energy intensity decreased by 15% and the water intensity has decreased by 20% in 2022. which shows that the company’s measures are very effective.” Martin Poxton, EVP and Head of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions Greater China and South East Asia said “ Mover over，We offer great sustainable products to the market, not just in how the products are produced, but in how they can assist customers to become more sustainable in action by reducing their own energy consumption. For example: we helped hotel customers replace their plastic keycards with mobile access and wooden keycards, to reduce plastic waste.”
In addition, Irene Yip emphasized that the company not only emphasizes the quality of products and services, but also fulfills its social responsibilities, cares for employees and social well-being, and leads the industry in the direction of sustainable development.
Irene Yip
She described: “The company regularly participates in community activities, such as distributing Chinese medicine packets to the elderly at Christmas last year, cooperating with Food Cherish to organize rice distribution activities, and selling flags for disabled groups to raise funds, etc. Employees have been actively participating in different community charity activities organized by the company to promote sustainable development. We also participate in the rating system of the US Green Building Council. ——The LEED program provides low-carbon and low-power consumption products, such as energy-saving electric locks and automatic doors, and actively promotes them to Hong Kong public institutions and private corporate customers for procurement and use.”
A century-old brand deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, combining excellent machinery and innovative technology.
ASSA ABLOY owns many brands, the most familiar one is Yale in this market. Whether it is a small Yale key padlock, or a Yale smart electronic lock operated through a mobile app, this brand always occupies an important position in large, medium, and small lock stores. ASSA ABLOY Hong Kong Sales director (Retail and Distribution) Mak Ho Fung said that the Yale brand has long established a unique and irreplaceable position in the lock industry. He mentioned "In response to the rise of smart door locks, the Yale brand has continuously launched smart door locks that are both functional and safe. In recent years, our traditional machinery has been integrated into innovative technologies." Currently, Yale's smart door lock has developed from the original two-in-one (Only fingerprint & password) to a six-in-one (including RFID card, fingerprint, face recognition, password, remote control, and key) to meet the needs of different people. And Yale has launched the Yale Access mobile application in recent years. Through this application and connectivity, users can experience the advantages of Yale brand locks more safely and conveniently.”
Mak Ho Fung
In the future, ASSA ABLOY will continue to give full play to the advantages of the group's multi-brand portfolio, focusing on providing tailor-made entrance and exit management solutions for various industries, to make the client's life to be more secure, quality, and satisfied. By providing door locks, key management systems, automatic doors, and access control systems, people and information are always kept highly secure through ASSA ABLOY’s products and services.