Welcome to your one-stop resource for all things CENTURION. As leaders in gate automation and access control, we’ll be using this blog as a platform to engage with you and keep you up to date with our latest products, industry-related news and company developments.
The D5 SMART Blog: 5 Reasons to Get the D5 SMART Right Now
When our brand new D5 SMART sliding gate motor was launched to an eager public at the CENTURION-hosted Access Automation Expo earlier this year, it was presented as a “blockbuster” product and, like a true blockbuster, it is reshaping and redefining the “genre” in...
The D5 SMART Blog: Longer Battery Standby Means Less Worry
As South Africans, load shedding has become such a big part of our lives that it has spawned an entirely new brand of local meta-humour predicated on poking fun at the paucity of power. But, while we may make light (pardon the pun) of an increasingly dire situation,...
CENTURION Door Automation: The Best Long-term Performance
You know that euphoric, elated feeling you experience when you dig into a huge piece of chocolate cake or finish a big assignment at work? That’s your brain’s reward centre at work; or, more specifically, the presence of elevated levels of dopamine, the...
The D5 SMART Blog: Let’s Talk About Safety
Imagine, for just a moment, that you’re in the market for a new car. You’ll probably take into consideration things like fuel economy, spaciousness and after-sales support. But we’re willing to bet that there’s one thing that’s hundred percent non-negotiable,...
Thinking SMART: How the D5 SMART is Changing the Face of Access Automation
Against the heady backdrop of what some scholars are calling the Golden Age of Innovation, an era in which new technologies and innovations converge in a digital revolution that is transforming entire industries, CENTURION has innovated a fully-intuitive gate...
From Evolution to Revolution: The Genesis of the D5 SMART
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs once said that he wanted to “make a ding in the universe”. This was a powerful expression of his sincere desire to innovate, to disrupt and to create a brand that would revolutionise technology and reshape society. In 2020, seventeen...
How Door Automation Can Promote Hygiene and Prevent the Spread of Germs
Did you know that you touch your face on average twenty times in a single hour? That interesting, if seemingly innocuous, statistic was quoted in a recent documentary about virology narrated by none other than J.K. Simmons, the guy who played J. Jonah Jamison in all...
The D5 SMART Blog: Why the Speed of Your Gate is Important
As you turn the corner into your street, memories of the workday start to fade into the background as your head starts to fill with thoughts of home: what to cook for dinner; getting the kids bathed and ready for bed; a birthday gift that you still need to wrap. You...
The D5 SMART Blog: Theft Protection
Gate motors are the latest domestic appliances to be targeted by criminals, with thieves cutting a swath across South African suburbs and sometimes hitting several homes and even neighbourhoods in a single night of banditry. There have been reports of residents having...
Introducing SMART TV: The Official Channel of the D5 SMART
Since first being introduced in 2005, streaming video site YouTube has become the world’s leading online source of cross-generational information and entertainment with over 1.9 billion logged-in monthly users. Not only has the site given content producers a platform...
4 Benefits of Automatic Doors
Providing a safe and comfortable environment for employees and clients is an integral and indispensable part of any enterprise. It is becoming increasingly important to optimise the various ecologies in which people work and relax, weaving ergonomics and convenience...
5 Reasons to Attend Access Automation Expo 2020
Access Automation Expo 2020 kicked off in Durban on the 20th February and, by all accounts, the event was a home run with roughly five-hundred security and access control professionals coming through to witness the unveiling of our most innovative gate motor yet, the...
This Valentine’s Day, You’ve Got a Date with Peace of Mind
From Shelly to Shakespeare to Sia, the power and beauty of love have been inspiring poets, bards and songwriters for centuries, the inherent sweetness of the emotion captured through mellifluous metaphors, saccharine similes and...
Our Favourite Products from the Past Decade
Whereas much of the world entered the new millennium with a fair amount of trepidation, by the time the 2010s rolled around we had built up enough momentum to be catapulted into a new age of technological innovation. Y2K anxiety had long since subsided, no cataclysmic...
Going Away? Let our G-ULTRA Range Look After Your Home
If you plan on either visiting family or your favourite holiday destination this festive season, you will be looking forward to relaxing and spending some quality time with your loved ones. Taking a break from the pressures of work in a fresh setting can be truly...
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