KESO
| Keso AG (Keller & Sohn) | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1963 |
| Seat |
Richterswil , Switzerland
|
| management | Dominique Osstyn ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 320 (2010) |
| sales | 60 million CHF (2006) |
| Branch | Security technology |
| Website | www.assaabloy.ch |
KESO is a Swiss manufacturing company for locking systems .
Keso AG (Keller & Sohn) in Richterswil was founded in 1963 by Ernst Keller (born March 4, 1930). In 1958, Keller received its first patent for improvements to the dimple lock . Keso licensed its technology to foreign companies such as Sargent in the USA or Lips in the Netherlands . As a result, the company has grown internationally since the 1960s. It also served the markets of Germany , France and Brazil and has been active worldwide since the 1990s. Ernst Keller solved the question of company succession by selling Keso to the Swedish technology group Assa Abloy in 2001 . KESO is the second largest manufacturer of locking systems in Switzerland.
The KESO keys are characterized by trough-shaped bores of different sizes instead of notches, and typically by a flat cross-section with a beveled shaft end, which results in six surfaces with bores. The lock cylinders are specially secured against attempted break-ins. The company holds several hundred patents.
literature
- Graham W. Pulford: High-Security Mechanical Locks: An Encyclopedic Reference. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford 2007, pages 119-122.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Management , assaabloy.ch
- ↑ Patent FR1162068
- ^ Graham Pulford: High-Security Mechanical Locks: An Encyclopedic Reference. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007, ISBN 0-08-055586-1 , page 116.
- ↑ Local museum Richterswil: Exhibition 50 years of KESO and Richterswil's industrial history ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 50 years of Keso ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Locking systems from KESO prove themselves in practical tests by the police
Coordinates: 47 ° 12 '15.6 " N , 8 ° 41' 13.9" E ; CH1903: six hundred ninety-four thousand five hundred and ninety-five / 228907