Southco, Inc., a global leader in engineered access solutions, has today announced its acquisition of Unikey Industrial Components. With this acquisition, Southco expands its broad range of engineered access hardware solutions and extends the company’s global market presence into South America.

Southco’s Ulrike Sturman discusses the importance of fitting quick-release hardware as a means of escape from off-highway and construction vehicles in the event of an emergency

For automotive manufacturers, designing glove box latching applications into new vehicles means finding high quality solutions with low tooling costs that are not only functional but also keep up with the latest design trends and help get the finished vehicle to the market faster. Working closely with automotive OEMs, system integrators and first tier suppliers, Southco has developed a wide range of cutting-edge mechanical and electronic glove box latching solutions.

Turn Fastener From Southco Withstands Corrosion and Heat

When designing automotive interiors, engineers face challenges in preserving the quality and integrity of the vehicle’s overall design while still delivering a cost effective, functional solution. Furthermore, the need to enhance user comfort and experience has placed increased focus on the concept of ergonomics and brought even the smallest details to the forefront of the design phase.

Natalie Brannelly of Southco explains how the company is working closely with the Parcel Locker sector to deliver the optimum electro-mechanical latch

Atos is a leading manufacturer of electronic and electrical enclosures in France with over 400 employees. When they decided to strongly position themselves in the growing datacentre market, the company chose Southco’s H3-EM and EA-K1 systems. For Atos, Southco is the ideal collaborator because the company offers easy to implement, flexible, and highly secure access solutions as well as excellent technical support.

Gidophone offers charging stations to recharge your mobile devices in public places.