Union and Yale to adopt Chubb range

Assa Abloy has announced that Union and Yale will inherit product ranges and locking technologies from the Chubb Locks brand.

The Chubb brand will no longer have a presence in the general lock market after August 2010.

Products will still bear the logo, Chubb at heart.

The Chubb range of mortice locks, rim locks and padlocks will migrate to Union.

The Chubb additional security products, such as window locks and door chains, will become Yale products.

The Chubb M3 range will continue to be available under the Medeco brand name, which is supplied by Mul-T-Lock.

Following these changes, the only Chubb branded locks remaining on the market will be a range of detention locks supplied by Chubb Custodial Services.

These moves are a consequence of the licence to brand most locks as Chubb coming to an end in August 2010.

Brand owner UTC, has decided not to renew the 10-year licence signed with Assa Abloy, which manufactures locks under the Union, Yale, Medeco and Mul-T-Lock brands.

The agreement for the Chubb Custodial locks, which is also part of Assa Abloy, is covered by a separate 100-year licence and this remains unaffected by the other changes.

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