Winkhaus 25 Year SBD Anniversary

Internationally renowned door and window hardware company Winkhaus are celebrating with Secured by Design (SBD), the official police security initiative, after reaching 25 years of membership.

Having joined SBD as one of the first members in 1999, Winkhaus UK Ltd has been continually demonstrating its commitment to high-quality, crime prevention-standard products for a quarter of a century.

Working closely from day one with Jon Cole and the SBD team, Winkhaus’ innovative products are designed to meet the requirements of the SBD initiative, with testing completed at the company’s own UKAS accredited test laboratory.

The Winkhaus technical team continue to support the enhancement of standards, always one of the first to implement new legislation, aiding fabricators in their compliance journey and adoption across the wider construction industry.

As Secured by Design members, Winkhaus have a number of products which have achieved Police Preferred Specification across multiple product categories:

Door Hardware:

• Winkhaus armorPlate Gearbox Protector
• Winkhaus armorShield Cylinder Guard

Window Hardware:

• activPilot Concept Concealed Hinges and Face Fix Hinges

Door Systems:

• Winkhaus Timber System with Halspan Double leaf FD30
• Winkhaus Timber System with Halspan Single leaf FD60
• Winkhaus ‘FireFrame' FD30S Fire Security Doorset System Nanya Doorleaf
• Winkhaus ‘FireFrame' with OCL Capstone 2020 Solid and Glazed Doorleaf

Locks:

• AV2 Automatic Multi-Point Lock
• AV2 Heritage Automatic Multi-Point Lock
• AV2E Automatic Multi-Point Lock
• AV3 Automatic & FAB Slave Door Lock in Double Doorsets
• AV3 Automatic Multi-Point Lock
• AV4 Automatic Multi-Point Lock
• AV4 Heritage Automatic Multi-Point Lock
• Winkhaus Cobra Multi-Point Lock
• Winkhaus FAB Slave Door Lock
• Winkhaus FGTE Multi-point door lock for Double Doors
• Winkhaus Thunderbolt Multi-Point Locking System
• Winkhaus Trulock Multi-Point Locking System
• Winkhaus UGTE Multi-point lock for Aluminium Double

Doors

• Winkhaus XR6 Europrofile Cylinder

Justin Harris, Managing Director Winkhaus UK, shared: “We are proud to have reached this milestone of 25 years, working in partnership with a shared ethos to enhance standards and drive awareness of the requirements for safe and secure solutions.
As a day one member of the SBD initiative, SBD has been a key part of our fabric for the majority of our 32 years in the UK.”

Guy Ferguson, Police CPI, commented: “We are delighted to congratulate Winkhaus on their anniversary. Working in partnership with one of our earliest members, we have enjoyed an enduring and mutually supportive relationship.”

Since the inception of Secured by Design, member companies have helped to achieve:

• The building of more than one million homes to SBD standards
• Crime reductions of up to 87% on new developments (2017) and 61% in major refurbishment projects (2009)
• Sustainable year-on-year crime reductions – a significant achievement when most SBD homes are social housing, mostly in deprived and higher crime areas
• An overall reduction in property crime of 60%

Our members and their accredited products are contributing to safer communities and reduced fear of crime for hundreds of thousands of people across the nation.

You can find out more about Winkhaus UK and their Secured by Design accredited products on their dedicated member page.

Secured by Design (SBD) is owned by the UK Police Service with the specific aim of reducing crime and increasing safety for businesses and individuals.

SBD seeks to improve the physical security of buildings and the surrounding area using products such as doors, windows, locks and walling systems along with fencing systems that meet the SBD Police Preferred Specification security requirements.

SBD have many partner organisations, ranging from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government through to local authorities, housing associations, developers and manufacturers and work closely with standards and certification bodies.

SBD is the only way for companies to obtain police recognition for security-related products in the UK, through the Police Preferred Specification - a product-based accreditation scheme developed 25 years ago, which provides a recognised standard for all security products that effectively deter and reduce crime.

SBD work with manufacturers and standards authorities to ensure that security standards are current and updated to keep pace with emerging crime trends.

Learn more about Secured by Design and our member companies here