Signature by VingCard Designers' Collection Offers Exclusive Designer Door Handles

Through Partnership with Valli&Valli , Exclusive Handles Created for Signature "Designers' Collectio

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. October 14, 2008

DALLAS, TX, December 19, 2005. VingCard has partnered with the following renowned designers through the famous Italian handle crafter Valli&Valli: Norman Foster and Partners, Yoshimi Kono, Gustav Peichl, Antonio Citterio, Gregotti Associati, Richard Meier, Sottsass Associati, Taller Design Ricardo Bofill and Piano Design Workshop. This exclusive line of "Designers' Collection" door handles for its new Signature by VingCard electronic lock provides a true point of differentiation for any hotel looking to blend security technology/hardware with the hotel environment.

"At VingCard Elsafe we really listen to our customers needs and do extensive research on what the market demands in order to continually develop new products and services that provide the ultimate in global security solutions for hospitality," said Pascal Metivier, President of ASSA ABLOY Hospitality (the parent company for VingCard Elsafe) for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. "Until now, the choice of handles available for electronic locks in general was very limited and did not help in blending the electronic lock with the hotel environment.

"Though our 'We Listen' customer-service initiative, which launched in fourth quarter 2004, we discovered from designers, architects and hoteliers that they wanted to see more versatility in our lock designs," he said. "They told us that they wanted an electronic lock in which the door hardware did not detract from the aesthetics of the corridor - and that specifically included the door handles. Signature by VingCard not only features our widely recognizable line of existing door handles, but we have a complete catalog of optional Designers' Collection handles available for those looking to 'Stand Out by Blending In.'"

According to Metivier, the Designers Collection was developed for hotels that require the ambience of exclusivity and luxury.

"Throughout our 'We Listen' program, hotel customers told us that the door is the first impression of the guestroom," Metivier said. "The first impression made by our current design of electronic locks, they said, could be improved upon. Likewise, architects and interior designers told us that they wanted to have the flexibility to play with the variety of handles. But adding new handles to our current electronic lock design wasn't enough.

"VingCard needed to take a new, minimalist approach to the amount of hardware that was visible on the outside of the door," he said. "The door handle needed to become the focal point on the door, and not the card reader. As we began to design two attractive yet compact and standalone bezel card readers, (Signature Trend for contemporary designs and Signature D'ecor for more traditional styles), we thought of only one company capable of designing an optional line of Designers' Collection door handles for Signature - Italy's Valli & Valli."