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A brand new day for Yale as it launches its new brand identity, vision, values & purpose globally in over 125 countries.

In 2016 we extended our smart security devices such as alarms and cameras that allow you to protect your home and loved ones from almost anywhere in the world through intuitive user-friendly apps.

In August 2000 Yale was purchased by the ASSA ABLOY Group - the world’s leading lock group.

Linus Yale Junior and his colleague, Henry Towne, established the Yale & Towne Company in Stanford, Connecticut, at the time employing 35 people.

By the early 20th century, they employed more than 12,000 staff and had expanded into the wider world.

In the 1930s, Yale established an exclusive showroom for products in the Chrysler Building, a legendary skyscraper in midtown Manhattan in New York City.

Yale’s best-known lock design is the cylinder pin-tumbler lock. This lock is similar to the ancient Egyptian lock, but with a sliding, rather than rotating mechanism (US patent 18,169). 

Linus Yale Sr. built a small lock factory in Newport, USA.

 Linus Yale Sr. started working on his designs for the combination locks.