Locks & safes

Austen Security owes its origins to the pioneering days of the diamond industry when William  J. Austen established a  locksmithing business catering for the needs of a growing Kimberley. As the manufacturer of the first wholly South African safe in 1936 ,the company continued to prosper and became known for specialized locks and safes.

The 1980’s witnessed a period of rapid growth following a change in corporate strategy aimed at producing a wider range of security products for the commercial sector whilst simultaneously creating specialized products for banks and financial institutions.

The acquisition of Murray & Roberts security in 1986 initiated a diversification into access control and electronic security. By the end of the 1980’s Austen Safe could justifiably claim to be the leading producers of physical security equipment in South Africa.

Product Range & Qualifications
See below for products manufactured under the trade names of Austen, Bischoff and Giant.

Austen manufactures a full range of office safes, category safes, strong room and record room doors, prefabricated vaults and vault doors, small arms safes and deposit lockers, fire resistant equipment and anti – bandit doors, pay windows and fire extinguishers and Access Control Booths.

See pictures:
1.  Austen vault door
2.  Austin office safe
3.  Austen anti - bandit door
4.  Austen 4 drawer filing cabinet

Qualifications
Austen is a ISO 9001:2000 company and is accredited to manufacture to the following SABS specifications Safes, with and without deposit traps –

Category 1 to 5

•  Strong room Doors – Category 1 to 5

•  Prefabricated vaults with Strong room Doors – Category 1 to 5

•  Small arms safes – B1 and B2

• Fire resisting record protection equipment – Group 1 and 4

• Fire resisting Door Units for Record rooms – Class A,B and D

Austen Cell Lock Division
Austen manufactures high security locks, master key systems and cell locks.

Trade Names:
Austen
Bischoff
Giant

Service Division
Austen has an active service division capable of attending promptly to all service requirements on safes, doors and vaults including repair and fitting of locks, transferring and removing safes.