ASSA ABLOY will acquire the Hardware and Home Improvement (“HHI”) division of Spectrum Brands for $4.3 billion, the company announced. 

If you were once an employee of the company, you have a chance to step back in time at the Aritech Reunion on Nov. 16 at the Elks Lodge in Framingham.

KOHLER is now offering a new enclosure option for its popular 14kW and 20kW residential generators.

With the 120SOCKET, users get a motion receiver with integrated socket for direct connection to the wall, allowing them to automate lights, fans or irrigation, and turn them on with the transmitter.

The contemporary versions of Kwikset’s SmartCode 914 deadbolt lock and SmartCode 916 touchscreen electronic deadbolt will be the company’s first connected smart locks to feature the new iron black finish.

For Thomas Marino, president of Advanced Technologies, Baton Rouge, La., “green” projects were nothing new. He had done projects that involved low-power, solar or other green elements. But when he ran into local attorney Joe Simmons at a trade show, the extremely environmentally conscious lawyer asked him to do the security and home automation for the custom home he was building. The home was new construction in a community of older homes and would feature as many green elements as possible, from the material in the countertops to the security and audio elements.