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Mul-T-Lock Group Company History

Mul-T-Lock (previously known as Rav-Bariach) commenced operations more than 30 years ago with a patented four-way lock. Moshe Dolev and Avraham Bahri, two young Israeli entrepreneurs, founded Mul-T-Lock in 1973 in Holon near Tel Aviv. They were engaged in the design, manufacture and installation of their innovative four-way lock.

This was the world’s first commercially available multi-directional door locking device. Sales initially took place from

branches in the Tel Aviv region and subsequently throughout Israel, while overseas marketing started in 1976.

The company then began developing a steel door, which incorporated the four-way lock. In 1977 Mul-T-Lock started developing cylinders. In 1979 the company moved to its plant in Yavne.
 

From the very beginning the company placed emphasis on the development and manufacture of quality high security products.

By 1982 Mul-T-Lock had greatly expanded its product line to include a wide range of cylinders, locks and High Security accessories. Further expansion abroad and at home was achieved when Mul-T-Lock opened a marketing subsidiary in the US in 1984 and an additional Israeli factory at Barkan in 1985, which has become the company’s largest plant.

In the years that followed Mul-T-Lock greatly expanded its overseas operations and by 1992 several European subsidiaries had been established. In 1990 the company was listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. The first half of the 90’s saw a massive sales expansion both in Israel and through its subsidiaries in the US, UK and France.
In 1995 Mul-T-Lock moved to new and larger premises in Yavne, which until today remain the company headquarters.

The company broadened its operations by starting to manufacture automatic key-cutting and assembly machines for external customers and at the end of 1996 Mul-T-Lock was split into three divisions: doors; cylinders; and vehicle protection products. In 1998 the Canadian subsidiary was established.

At the end of 1999 the locking and cylinder divisions of Rav Bariach were acquired by the ASSA ABLOY

The Group, and the company officially changed its name to Mul-T-Lock in April 2000.

Mul-T-Lock specialises in developing, manufacturing and marketing High-Security cylinders, locks and padlocks, electro-mechanical products and automatic machinery for institutional, commercial, industrial and residential applications. The company’s global network encompasses six subsidiaries in the US, Canada, UK, France, the Czech Republic and Argentina and distributors in nearly 100 countries operating 20,000 service centres equipped to provide service to more than 100 million users.

Over the years Mul-T-Lock has developed hundreds of high security locks, cylinders, padlocks and complementary products supported by a global distribution network in 100 countries.