About ASSA ABLOY

ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in door opening solutions, dedicated to satisfying end-user needs for security, safety and convenience.

ASSA ABLOY is represented all over the world, on both mature and emerging markets, with leading positions in much of Europe and North America and in Australia. In the fast-growing electromechanical security segment, the Group has a leading position in areas such as access control, identification technology, door automation and hotel security.

Since its founding in 1994, ASSA ABLOY has grown from a regional company to an international group with 29,000 employees. As the world’s leading lock group, ASSA ABLOY offers a more complete range of door opening solutions than any other company on the market.

ASSA ABLOY DSS Canada and Architects
The architectural community represents one of the most important partners for ASSA ABLOY DSS Canada. Along with designing buildings to meet end-user needs, architects play an important role in the specification and selection of well-designed security solutions.

ASSA ABLOY DSS Canada continues to build long-term relationships with architects, design professionals and security consultants based on trust, professionalism and integrity.

We understand that keeping people safe and buildings secure is a key objective and our aim is to help our partners find solutions which effectively match their client’s needs and their design aspirations.

ASSA ABLOY DSS Canada Strategy
To enhance the Group’s leading market position, the Executive Team has worked actively in recent years to renew and develop its strategy. The overall focus is to spearhead the trend towards increasing security with a product-driven offering centered on the customer. The primary product ranges are mechanical locks and security doors, electromechanical and electronic locks, access control, identification technology and automatic doors. The strategic action plans have been divided into three focus areas: market presence, product leadership and cost-efficiency.

Market presence
ASSA ABLOY DSS Canada strategy for enhancing its market presence has three main aspects:
• Exploiting the strength of the brand portfolio.
• Increasing growth in the core business.
• Expanding into new markets and segments.

Product leadership
The overall goal is continuous development of products that offer increased customer benefit and lower product costs. A key activity for achieving this is to increase the use of common product platforms with fewer components.

Cost-efficiency
The Group focuses closely on cost-efficiency in all areas. Its efforts towards common product platforms, fewer components and joint product development have already been mentioned.