While tech advances like mobile credentials and touchless opening solutions are changing how customers approach locks and access, mechanical door hardware continue to play a role.

dormakaba has released a free ebook. Titled “7 Steps to Creating a Safe & Secure Building,” it shows office leaders, business owners and property managers access technology options that can help guide the re-entry of their employees, tenants and guests back to their buildings.

Things have changed for everyone since March when the pandemic caused many closures in businesses, government offices, schools, churches and other public locations. As my primary business is providing hands-on training classes in fiber optics and IP networking, COVID-19 has caused my 2020 schedule to be wiped clean.

RemoteLock — which went through a rebrand approximately 18 months ago — has always been in the lock business, cutting its teeth in the vacation rental space. But now, the company has evolved into focusing on software versus hardware. 

Sargent and Greenleaf (S&G), a manufacturer of mechanical and electronic locks, announced that Palmer’s Security Solutions (PSS), headquartered in Warrenton, Va., will serve as its Authorized Global Service and Training Center.

Sargent and Greenleaf Inc. (S&G), a global manufacturer of high-security locks and locking systems for safes, vaults and high-security cabinets, has appointed Mark LeMire as chief executive officer of the company.