The appointment is a strategic initiative embracing cylinders across all group business units and brands including ASSA, Abloy, Mul-T-Lock, Yale and UNION
Steve Ross moves into the new role with 20 years’ experience and knowledge of the UK cylinder market

ASSA ABLOY UK has announced the appointment of Steve Ross to the new position of Cylinder Business Development Director, to drive further growth across all cylinder platforms, padlocks and ancillaries.

This is a strategic initiative embracing cylinders across all group business units and brands including ASSA, Abloy, Mul-T-Lock, Yale and UNION.

Steve Ross moves into this new role with 20 years’ experience and knowledge of the UK cylinder market, having worked in product management, sales management and, for the past four years, as Managing Director of Mul-T-Lock UK.

Commenting on the new role, Neil Vann, ASSA ABLOY Market Region Manager, said: “This new role is designed to drive sustainable organic growth of both patented and non-patented key systems across all cylinder, padlocks and ancillary products.

“There are opportunities to develop a more co-ordinated approach across all our business units to deliver improved customer value, especially as new technologies emerge.”

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