Yale

Yale is a home security brand that dates back to 1840, when Linus Yale Sr. opened his first shop making hand-built locks and soon afterwards a lock factory in Newport, in the United States. The pin-tumbler cylinder patented by his son remains the heart of the mechanical locks the brand sells in most markets today.

Yale has moved from cylinders and mechanical locks to smart locks and connected security ecosystems run through the Yale Home app, alongside alarms, indoor and outdoor cameras, handles, motorised safes and padlocks. The brand belongs to ASSA ABLOY, the Swedish access-solutions group formed in 1994 and based in Stockholm, whose Italian branch distributes Yale locally.