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WATERLOO, ONTARIO, July 27, 2021 – Symtech Innovations (“Symtech”), a Richmond Hill, Ontario-based construction technology integration provider, has been certified under Sera4’s Authorized Integrator program.  

Founded in 1987, Symtech is an industry leader with over 30 years of experience providing electrical and communications cabling services, data center management, and converged technologies focused on delivering best-in-class solutions and services. 

Specializing in construction, retrofit, maintenance, and emergency response in both commercial and industrial sectors, Symtech’s multi-faceted strategy enables the company to address unique business and technology challenges. 
 
Symtech’s customers are made up of a wide range of industries, including financial institutions, manufacturing, hospitality, pharmaceutical, retail, academic institutions, transportation, distribution, warehousing, and data centers. Symtech is focused on providing customized, dynamic solutions to meet the needs of their clients, regardless of sector or market location.   
 
“Our goal at Symtech is to build a trusted alliance that delivers unparalleled technological solutions and services to increase productivity, decrease costs, and ultimately forge competitive advantages,” says Rob McAfee, Account Executive at Symtech. “With Sera4, we can take cybersecurity challenges head-on. For instance, this sector’s complex and dynamic environment makes identifying threats and assessing vulnerabilities difficult and requires that these tasks be addressed in a collaborative and creative fashion. Sera4 offers the critical infrastructure to address such cybersecurity concerns while simultaneously providing clients with the physical security and required related services.” 

Sera4 protects critical infrastructure in remote places around the globe. Sera4’s keyless platform for physical access control is both easy to use and highly secure. Operating across four continents, Sera4 provides security and identity control for some of the world’s largest service providers.  

“We’re thrilled to certify Symtech under our Authorized Integrator program,” says Eric Corej, VP of Global Sales at Sera4. “Symtech is the industry leaders in converged technologies, solving OT/IT and IOT challenges, as well as traditional and electrical services. We’re looking forward to partnering with the team to bring secure, scalable, and reliable access control solutions to their customers.  

To learn more about Symtech, connect on LinkedIn, visit www.symtech.com, and follow on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. For more information about Sera4 access control solutions or to learn about partnering with Sera4, contact us. 

WATERLOO, ONTARIO, July 21, 2021 — FortisBC, a British Columbia-based utilities provider and a subsidiary of Canada’s largest privately-owned utility company, has selected Sera4 to provide secure, reliable, and scalable access control to its electronic vehicle (EV) charging stations.  

FortisBC owns and operates over a dozen Direct Charge Fast Charging (DCFC) stations throughout British Columbia, and needed a secure, modern solution for granting access to these stations without requiring traditional keys.  

Michael Leyland, Manager of Innovation Initiatives at FortisBC, led the implementation of Sera4. Prior to launch, Leyland had no visibility into who was accessing the DCFC stations, when they were accessing them, or how long they were there. Measuring contractor response time and reconciling invoices for work completed were challenging, because Leyland didn’t have access to automatic audit trails on FortisBC’s assets. 

“Sera4 is a game-changer,” says Leyland. “Being able to issue an electronic key for a contractor 200 kilometers away to service a charging station is a much better experience for us, our contractors, and ultimately our customers. That’s what Sera4 has done for us—we can get the critical infrastructure that our customers rely on back up and running faster, because we don’t have to worry about how we’re going to get a traditional key to the contractor that needs it.” 

Sera4 protects critical infrastructure in remote places around the globe. Sera4’s keyless platform for physical access control is both easy to use and highly secure. Operating across four continents, Sera4 provides security and identity control for some of the world’s largest service providers.  

“We’re thrilled to partner with FortisBC to provide a secure, reliable solution that helps them serve their customers better,” says Eric Corej, VP of Global Sales at Sera4. “We love that FortisBC is leveraging the insights and audit trails delivered by Teleporte [Sera4’s software platform]. That’s what we’re really selling—identity intelligence.” 

For more information about Sera4 access control solutions or to learn about partnering with Sera4, please visit https://www.sera4.com.

WATERLOO, ONTARIO, July 6, 2021 – Sera4 has appointed LUKKO to distribute its keyless access control solutions in Turkey.  

Based in Istanbul, LUKKO, is a technology company specializing in sustainable and customizable security solutions. With a trained and experienced team, LUKKO offers its clients extensive solutions, from design to implementation, across the areas of security engineering, entry access control systems, digital locking technologies and high-security applications. 

With a broad customer portfolio, LUKKO specializes in providing solutions to critical infrastructure companies, government agencies, manufacturing facilities, city hospitals, and educational campuses. 

While LUKKO works with a wide variety of customers, they have not yet had an opportunity to engage on a large project in the telecom sector, due to their limited capability to provide an appropriate access control solution. The team at LUKKO focused their research and reached out to Sera4 to discuss collaborating on projects for telecom and other industries.   

Oktar Öz, Co-Owner at LUKKO, is looking forward to bringing Sera4’s keyless access control solutions to his customers and closing a gap in their portfolio of product offerings. “We are very happy to team up with Sera4,” says Öz. “We see this as a good opportunity to expand our reach into new markets for us, and it is very exciting to do this with a leading solution provider.” 

Sera4 protects critical infrastructure in remote places around the globe. Sera4’s keyless platform for physical access control is both easy to use and highly secure. Operating across four continents, Sera4 provides security and identity control for some of the world’s largest service providers.  

“We’re thrilled to expand our network in Europe and bring the power of secure, scalable, reliable keyless access control solutions to Turkey and beyond,” says Eric Corej, VP of Global Sales at Sera4. “We’re looking forward to growing our relationship and helping Oktar and the team at LUKKO to bring secure, scalable, reliable access control solutions to their customers.” 

To learn more about LUKKO, connect on LinkedIn, visit www.lukko.com.tr, and follow LUKKO on Twitter or Instagram. For more information about Sera4 access control solutions or to learn about partnering with Sera4, contact us. 

Like most padlocks, our AP3 Armored Padlock can be locked by anyone at any time. Just push down the shackle and the padlock will lock with no questions asked. This is very convenient and intuitive. However, when someone who is not using the Teleporte mobile application closes the lock, the event is stored on the lock and not immediately synchronized to the Teleporte Cloud in real time. Result: secured sites may appear to be open until the lock is opened again. Sera4 is introducing Connected Latch to give our customers the option between flexible closing and strict close procedures.

Organizations who enable Connect Latch feature will immediately change the behavior of their padlocks. The padlock will only lock if the shackle is pressed down while instructed to by the mobile application. This way, the app will always record close events in real-time and the system will show an accurate status.

This feature is just another way we offer our customers a choice. In this case, between maximum convenience or maximum compliance.

Sign in to our Support Portal to access the user guide for this and other features.

Sera4 will be exhibiting at the Security Canada Spring 2021 show on June 9 and 10 along side our partners, Graybar Canada.

Sera4 is teaming up with Graybar Canada to exhibit at the STAC 2021 Virtual tradeshow. The Structure, Tower and Antenna Council of Canada (STAC) is a safety standards body for telecom infrastructure in Canada. Sera4 is introducing easy safety and compliance applications enabled by keyless access technology for telecom site maintenance.

WATERLOO, ONTARIO, March 23, 2021 – Sera4 has certified Turn-Key Communications as an Authorized Integrator of its keyless access control solutions in Northern Ontario.  

Based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Turn-Key Communications has been Northern Ontario’s leading telecommunications company for the last 26 years. Specializing in outside plant construction, fibre and copper cable placement and splicing, structured wiring, and networking systems, Turn-Key Communications’ customer base includes some of Canada’s leading telecom, mining, and utilities companies, such as Bell Canada, Rogers, Barrick Gold, WesTower, and Ontario Power Generation. 

Terry Joseph, General Manager at Turn-Key Communications, is looking forward to bringing Sera4’s keyless access control solutions to his customers. “Sera4 provides the ideal solution for many of our clients that have historically used traditional lock and key applications to secure their facilities. Our clients have tens of thousands of locks across their facilities, which come with all the old issues: lost keys, staff issues, contractor access, and emergency access, among others. Sera4 eliminates these common challenges and I’m thrilled to offer a more efficient and effective solution to my clients.’ 

Joseph sees working with Sera4 as an opportunity to round out his portfolio and provide extra value to customers. “Sera4 gives customers total control and flexibility to administer access to their facilities via with a secure digital solution. The options are endless, and applications for (Sera4) solutions are wide and varied.  As a contractor for dozens and dozens of companies, getting access to their facilities, either regularly or periodically, is a challenge day in and day out with mechanical keys, so we can easily convey the value of Sera4 to our clients, citing our real experience. 

Sera4 protects critical infrastructure in remote places around the globe. Sera4’s keyless platform for physical access control is both easy to use and highly secure. Operating across four continents, Sera4 provides security and identity control for some of the world’s largest service providers.  

“We’re thrilled to expand our network in Canada and bring the power of secure, scalable, reliable keyless access control solutions to other Canadian organizations,” says Eric Corej, VP of Sales at Sera4. “We’re looking forward to growing our relationship and helping Terry and the team at Turn-Key Communications bring controlled authorizations, data collection, and accountability to their customers.” 

To learn more about Turn-Key Communications, connect with Terry on LinkedIn, visit www.turnkeycommunications.ca, and follow Turn-Key Communications on Facebook. For more information about Sera4 access control solutions or to learn about partnering with Sera4, contact us. 

WATERLOO, ONTARIO, March 4, 2021 – Sera4 has appointed Smart Building Solutions to represent its keyless access control solutions in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, and DC. Based in Pittsburgh, Smart Building Solutions brings 40 years of low voltage experience and is focused on offering connected intelligent solutions to integrators, security contractors, installers, and electrical contractors.

Gary Rodgers, Principal at Smart Building Solutions, is looking forward to bringing Sera4’s keyless access control solutions to his customers. “Sera4’s portfolio complements many of our existing product lines, including cameras, access control, cabling, connectivity, cabinets, and housing solutions,” says Rodgers. “As a Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD), I often provide design assistance to consultants, architects, and engineers. We’re excited to include Sera4 in our cohesive, unified, end-to-end offering to customers.”

Sera4 protects critical infrastructure in remote places around the globe. Sera4’s keyless platform for physical access control is both easy to use and highly secure. Operating across four continents, Sera4 provides security and identity control for some of the world’s largest service providers.

“The ability to manage unlimited locks and devices, with an easy-to-use cloud platform is unmatched,” says Rodgers. “(Sera4) truly helps us deliver a superior customer experience.”

“We’re thrilled to bring Gary and Smart Building Solutions onboard as our representative firm for PA, WV, MD, and DC” says Eric Corej, VP of Sales at Sera4. “We’re looking forward to growing our relationship and helping Smart Building Solutions deliver additional value to their customers.” To learn more about Smart Building Solutions, connect with Gary on LinkedIn. For more information about Sera4 access control solutions or to learn about partnering with Sera4, contact us.

WATERLOO, ONTARIO, February 24, 2021 – Sera4 has appointed Monfort Electronics Marketing to represent its keyless access control solutions in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. 

Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, Monfort was founded in 1958 and the team of 10 employees has over 150 years of experience.  Monfort is focused on the systems integration market, and prides itself on delivering honesty and integrity to its customers, via its breadth of product offerings and customer service.  

Mark Clemens, CEO at Monfort, is looking forward to bringing Sera4’s portfolio of keyless access control products to his customers. “Sera4’s offering allows us to provide intelligent access control solutions in scenarios where they previously weren’t possible, due to infrastructure and connectivity issues,” says Clemens. “(Sera4’s) ability to provide intelligent access control in non-connected, remote environments is critical for our customers.” 

Sera4 protects critical infrastructure in remote places around the globe. Sera4’s keyless platform for physical access control is both easy to use and highly secure. Operating across four continents, Sera4 provides security and identity control for some of the world’s largest service providers.  

“We’re glad to welcome Mark and the team at Monfort as our representative firm for IL, IN, MI, and OH,” says Eric Corej, VP of Sales at Sera4. “We’re looking forward to working with Monfort to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable access control solutions to their customers.” 

To learn more about Monfort Electronics Marketing, connect with Mark on LinkedIn. For more information about Sera4 access control solutions or to learn about partnering with Sera4, contact us. 

WATERLOO, ONTARIO, February 18, 2021 – Power Product Services (PPS), a U.S.-based technology services and solutions provider, has been certified as an Authorized Integrator for Sera4’s portfolio of access control products and solutions. 

With offices in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and Minnesota, PPS offers unique technology and network solutions to customers in a variety of industries, including telecom, data centers, utilities, municipalities, solar energy, and tower companies. 

Brent Broschinsky, Director of Sales and Marketing at PPS, is looking forward to bringing Sera4’s keyless access control solutions to his customers. “Sera4 is a great fit for us because we have customers that cover large areas (hundreds of miles),” says Broschinsky. “We have seen first-hand how many times (a customer) will go to a site with keys that don’t work, or the customer has to send a tech on a four-hour trip to unlock a door.” 

With a client base that manages billions of dollars’ worth of critical infrastructure, Broschinsky sees Sera4 solutions as an opportunity to bring increased security, scalability, and reliability to PPS customers. “We have seen major security issues with batteries being stolen and other equipment out of outdoor cabinets because they only have a small padlock on them,” says Broschinsky. “Our clients are also concerned with protecting their network, and the ability to unlock a Sera4 lock without providing access to the network is key. I think the security and technology of the lock is what separates it from the competition.”  

Sera4 protects critical infrastructure in remote places around the globe. Sera4’s keyless platform for physical access control is both easy to use and highly secure. Operating across four continents, Sera4 provides security and identity control for some of the world’s largest service providers.  

“We’re thrilled to welcome Power Product Services to our Authorized Integrator program,” says Eric Corej, VP of Sales at Sera4. “PPS is a customer-driven company, that provides only best-in-class products and services, and it’s an honor to be included in their portfolio of offerings.” 

To learn more about Power Product Services, follow them on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. For more information about Sera4 access control solutions or to learn about partnering with Sera4, contact us.