The Yale Lock tradition began around 1840 when Linus Yale Sr. opened up a lock shop specializing in expensive handmade bank locks. Linus Yale Jr. introduced the Monitor Bank Lock marking the transition from key-based bank locks to dial or combination ones. Today Yale is the brand behind locks of every design and function in over 125 countries. Yale international is represented and distributed in builders’ warehouses and DIY stores, door- and window manufacturers, contractors, wholesalers, hardware stores and locksmiths and Yale Security Point stores. Yale aspires to become a global consumer brand. This will be achieved by combining global presence with local knowledge of ASSA ABLOY and Yale staff worldwide. Yale is a trusted name. All over the world people are actively securing their home or their business with the name they trust the most, Yale. That’s why we proudly say that Yale is ‘the world’s favorite lock’.