Assa Abloy Provides Lock for Innovative Sako Key Concept.Business/Sports Editors LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2000 ASSA ABLOY The ASSA ABLOY Group is a Swedish company. The group is the world's leading manufacturer and supplier of locks. ASSA ABLOY was formed in 1994 when ASSA Ab was detached from Swedish security firm Securitas AB. , the world's largest and most experienced lock manufacturer, has been selected to provide the locking mechanism for the innovative SAKO SAKO Suojeluskuntain Ase- ja Konepaja Osakeyhtiö (Finnish: Civil Guard Gun- and Machiningworks Ltd.) KEY CONCEPT, introduced today at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trades (SHOT) Show at the Sands Expo The Sands Expo and Convention Center, at 1.2 million square feet (110,000 m²), is the second largest convention center in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. It opened in 1990 across the street from the original Sands Hotel. and Convention Center in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . The SAKO KEY CONCEPT is a new built-in, locking mechanism on the Sako 75 hunting rifle activated by a special key unique to each rifle. The key blends into the rifle contours when the lock is open and the gun is operational. When the key is removed, the lock takes effect and the hunting rifle is completely safe and inoperative Void; not active; ineffectual. The term inoperative is commonly used to indicate that some force, such as a statute or contract, is no longer in effect and legally binding upon the persons who were to be, or had been, affected by it. . Paul-Erik Toivo, president of Sako Ltd., the Finland-based manufacturer of world-class hunting rifles, noted that the Sako 75 is considered to be the very best bolt action rifle in the industry. "It is only natural that as we wanted to offer the Sako 75 with added security and safety for its owner and society in general," said Toivo. "We chose the very best lock maker in the world to deliver the lock. We cannot feel more secure than with the ASSA ABLOY lock in our new KEY CONCEPT, which will be the new standard in gun safety." The second-largest lock manufacturer in the United States, ASSA ABLOY provides the utmost security for the SAKO KEY CONCEPT, an idea that is expected to revolutionize gun safety around the world. |
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