WHAT’S NEW PRODUCT BRIEFS ABUS USA released its latest padlock, the Silver ALOA Holds Virtual Member Meeting A LOA SPAI held its first virtual membership meeting on August 8. Members, board and staff met via Zoom to discuss the state of ALOA, report on new happenings and review comments and suggestions. While we all missed getting together in person at the convention, we at least had a chance to all “see” each other! NEWS BRIEFS ABLOY USA and Hanleywood University have teamed up to offer a new online, on-demand course for archi- tects and engineers who specify security locking solutions. The American Institute of Architects approved course, Protecting Critical Infrastructure with an Electro-Mechanical Intelligent Key Locking System, offers a 1.0 Health, Safety & Wellness credit hour. ABLOY USA has promoted 13-year veteran Edgar Marquez to the role of CLIQ system specialist. In his new position, he also serves as one of four team members of the company’s new U.S. Competence Center and reports to Michael Woody, ABLOY customer success and CLIQ Competence Center manager. He has worked for the company since 2007 and was first hired as a factory worker before becoming production manager in 2014. Rock 5/50, designed for job site protection. It has a solid zinc body and withstands outdoor elements. It has a 5-pin cylin- der with paracentric key cuts that safeguard the lock from being easily broken into. It is available in keyed-different or keyed-alike, and the hard- ened steel shackle comes with Nano Protect coating for increased protection against rust. The new BEST PKP reader is a proximity reader and keypad designed to function with BEST Offline V and Wi-Q product lines. For cylindrical, mortise and exit trim devices, the PKP reader keypad offers dual verification by prompting users to present a credential and/or enter a PIN. BEST PKP readers function with multiple 125kHz and 13.56MHz credential types. Additional features include an- timicrobial bezel, availability of temporary or permanent PIN with designated access privileges and a membrane- style keypad surface. Autel US has released i ts new IM608Pro Key Programming Bundle. It is composed of its Maxi IM608 10.1-inch Android touchscreen tablet, the XP400PRO key and chip programmer, the wireless JVCI J2534 pass-through programming device and the Key Programming Adapter Kit (IMKPA). The bundle (IM608PROKPA) includes a one-year limited warranty and a year of software updates for the Maxi IM608. IDN-H. Hoffman announces the release of the Version 89 Product Catalog. Over 300 new products were added to the catalog, including electronic deadlatches, access control products and accessories, padlocks, maglocks, wave-to-open switches, mechanical locks, foot pulls, arm pulls, pushbutton locks, exit devices, cylinders, automotive transponders and fobs, door closers and more. In addition, new cross-reference guides and additional resource guides are included. For more information, visit idn-inc.com. WWW.ALOA.ORG SEPTEMBER 2020 KEYNOTES 9
