Remote Controls: A Genesis

There is a popular (though probably misquoted) saying that declares that nature – and, by extension, humanity – should either “adapt or die”.  Although this axiom was probably not intended to be taken literally, it does hold a certain amount of truth when it...

Breaking Borders: CENTURION West Africa is Open for Business

Friday the 13th might be an ominous omen for some, but team CENTURION was undaunted as we valiantly opened the first branch beyond our borders in Lagos, Nigeria on Friday, the 13th of January 2012. Known as CENTURION West Africa, the Lagos branch will be distributing...

Beam Me Up, Scottie!

While all CENTURION gate motors are equipped with state of the art collision detection technology, fitting infrared safety beams dramatically increases the safety of the installation by preventing the gate from moving should a person, pet or vehicle be in its path. ...

Make Your Property Virtually Impenetrable!

It’s a well-known fact that traffic barriers offer formidable vehicle access control, and for that reason they are favoured by property managers who need to control the traffic entering and leaving the premises.  For the longest time barriers have been used to guard...

Give your remote control an extra button…or two!

On this blog alone you’ve probably come across the word “security” a couple of dozen times – and there’s a very good reason for that.  In the early 1940s, the influential psychology professor Abraham Maslow came up with the now-famous Hierarchy of Needs, which depicts...