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Medeco Business Advantage
Focus on the Customer?!
We hope you are enjoying your
In This Issue:
subscription to Medeco Locking Up the Castle
Solutions and find the 2005 International Builders' Show While very few people would admit it,
information interesting or New Medeco Padlocks many businesses focus on the customers
helpful. To unsubscribe from Why NEXGEN? last.
Solutions, click on the link at Message from the President People in most businesses worry about
the bottom of the page. You Medeco Business Advantage themselves first, the competition second,
are always welcome to
Tech Notes - Cylinder Collar Rings and finally, they think about the customer.
subscribe again at any time by
Medeco Spotlight-To Catch a Thief Just think about the comments that you
going to www.medeco.com.
Calendar of Events hear when dealing with other businesses.
Do you feel like they are truly set up to
make it easy for you to do business with
them? When a business changes
Locking Up the Castle practices because a Home Depot is being
built nearby or because another business
Medeco's high-security locks have long has added a new product line it's clear that
been found on government buildings, they are reacting to competition and not to
commercial malls and shopping centers, customer needs.
and range of other structures around the
world. Now, a new milestone in the A company that truly focuses on the
company's four-decades of history has been customer first can take over their market if
reached. Its residential door locks have they are effective at providing the products
been installed on a castle. Click here to and services the customer needs in a
read the full story. Back to top. better way than anyone else - regardless
of the price. If you are truly satisfying a
customer need, price is no longer the
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primary objective. If what you're providing
is no different than what is available
2005 International Builders' Show anyplace, it only makes sense that your
customer shops for price alone. Back to top
Medeco locks were installed on
the NexGen "Be Safe and
Tech Corner -
Sound" model home at the
2005 International Builders Cylinder Collars
Show as well as on display in
the Medeco booth. Both
builders and the media were
Medeco is adding cylinder collar rings as a
very interested in our patented
standard item with all rim and mortise
keys, noting that they offered a
cylinders, effective January 1, 2005.
significant security upgrade
Although the collar ring is still available as
over virtually any other
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residential lock line on display at the show. Medeco Residential a stand alone part, we recognized that
Hardware was chosen by a major building industry publisher as one of generally most orders were placed with
the "highlights" of the show and will be featured on their web site. The the collar ring. Automatically including the
increased interest in residential security is a trend you'll want to watch. collar ring with all rim and mortise
Back to top. cylinders makes placing an order more
convenient and helps ensure that the
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For more information, contact Medeco
New Medeco Padlocks
Technical Services at 1-800-839-3157 or
click here to send us an email with your
You may have heard that Medeco has introduced a complete new line
of solid brass and stainless steel construction padlocks. These own technical question. Back to top
padlocks have body styles to accept large format interchangeable
core (LFIC), small format interchangeable core (SFIC), and key-in- Medeco Spotlight
knob type cylinders. With interchangeable hardened steel or hardened
stainless steel shackles of various lengths, along with dust covers on
all padlocks, these padlocks are the top option when a padlock is
needed with keys that can't be duplicated without authorization. These It Takes a Thief
padlocks provide real security instead of just "feel-good" security! A
new display is available (LT-922082) to showcase these padlocks and
A new show is premiering February 2,
educate consumers on the difference between standard padlocks and
2005, at 10 p.m. on the Discovery Channel
padlocks offering key control. Contact Medeco Customer Service for
called "It Takes a Thief." Dennis Hymowitz
more information or to order your padlock display today. A booklet
of A American Locksmiths in Mahopac,
detailing the benefits and part numbers of all the new padlocks is also
NY, appears on this show and has the
available from Customer Service (LT-922083). Click here to read a
opportunity to "break in" to a home and
technical article published in the January issue of the Locksmith then secure the home for the future.
Ledger on Medeco padlocks. Back to top. Dennis uses a Medeco residential lock on
the first show and reported that it looks
Why NEXGEN? beautiful, and of course does a great job of
improving the home's security!
Everyday, vending companies hand their collectors a ring of keys and
send them out to re-stock and collect money from a certain number of From the Discovery Channel site:
vending machines. IT TAKES A THIEF
Are you convinced your home is burglar-
How can they know that all of the work has been completed? proof? Put your house to the test in our
How can they know that a dishonest collector isn't removing money new home-security makeover show,
from a machine after hours? premiering in February!
How can they be sure that a collector isn't opening machines that Our hosts will show you how vulnerable
aren't on their route? you may be to a "break-in" by attempting
to burglarize your house — while you
watch. But not to worry: Our security
The answer to all of these questions is NEXGEN. experts will then give your house a full
security makeover and show you how to
The powerful NEXGEN key provides information that allows vending better protect your valuables.
operators to manage more efficiently and reduce theft. Using data
retrieved by the key, the NEXGEN software produces a Daily Route How safe is your home from a thief? If you
Report that lists:
live in the NYC metro area you can apply
to be on the show. Back to top
Skipped Machines - letting operators know whether or not the day's
work has been completed.
Re-opened Machines - warning that collectors may be re-opening
machines to remove cash.
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Unauthorized Attempts - flagging any attempt to open a machine that
is not on a collector's
scheduled route.
Armed with this new
information, Medeco's vending
customers are improving
security while increasing
revenues and profits. Back to top.
Where in the Web
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A Message from the President
JIMMY CARTER WORK PROJECT 2004
VIDEO
Lots of houses, lots of doors Medeco is proud to present the long
awaited compilation video of our most
Most Medeco locksmiths focus on recent Habitat for Humanity event. It
commercial business but there's a contains many fantastic interviews as well
tremendous untapped opportunity in high as the most important event ~ the
security residential locks (the fastest growing Dedication.
part of our product line). We just completed So come along with us and take a short
our exhibition at the International Home virtual journey to Mexico and share in this
Builders show in Orlando. Wow. 1600 wonderful experience.
Exhibitors; over 100,000 attendees; Terry Bradshaw; Kool and the http://www.medeco.com/habitat/video.html
Gang. Take a look: http://www.buildersshow.com/2005/att- Back to top.
specialevents.shtml#techomexpo and make sure you're not missing
this opportunity.
Contact Us
Contact us with any comments or
Bob Cook questions:
President, Medeco In the US
540-380-1834 Back to top. Canada
Outside the US & Canada
Medeco US Door Security 800-839-3157
Calendar of Events Medeco Canada 888-MEDECO4
Medeco Industrial Security 888-633-3261
Medeco Export 540-380-1603
January 2005
1/29 Medeco3 Certification, TAOL, Toronto, ON Canada
February 2005
2/12 North Carolina Locksmith Association, Charlotte, NC
2/12 Medeco3 Certification, Montreal, PQ, Canada
2/23 KeyMark Certification, Salem, VA
2/24-25 Medeco3 Certification, Salem, VA
March 2005
3/3-6 Master Locksmith Association of New Jersey, Secaucus, NJ
3/7-9 Canadian Gaming Summit, Niagara Falls, ON, CN
3/7-10 National Design Engineering Week, Chicago, IL
3/15-17 National Facilities Management and Technology, Baltimore, MD
3/17-19 Clark Security Products Show, Chicago, IL
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April 2005 If there are others within your company that you
4/7-8 California Locksmith Association, Ontario, CA would like to have added to our list, please feel
4/7-8 NAMA, Las Vegas, NV free to forward this message, or go to www.
4/15 KeyMark Certification, Salem, VA medeco.com to submit their name and email
4/16 Medeco3 Certification, Salem, VA
addresses.
4/17 - 19 Professional Retail Store Maintenance, Las Vegas, NV
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