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Traka, as part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, manufacturers intelligent lockers and key management systems1. The company is headquartered in Olney near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK.

Contents

1.	History

2.	Market Sectors

3.	Divisions

4.	Management

5.	Awards

History

John Kent, the founder of Traka UK, invented one of the world’s first electronic key management systems in 19902. In 1993 the first prototype was installed at British Airways3.

Traka UK was formed in the UK in 19953 and to 2004 grew rapidly, gaining many major accounts, in the UK and overseas markets.

In 2007, Traka moved to its current location in Olney, Buckinghamshire, tripling its production capacity.

In April 2012, Traka was acquired by ASSA ABLOY4.

In 2015, Traka acquired eTag5 to form Traka Automotive.

In January 2019, Traka became part of ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions.

Market Sectors

Traka products are installed at schools, colleges, prisons, police premises, hotels, distribution centres including Tesco6 and Primark7, transport hubs, utility sites and critical infrastructure.

Principal contract awards for Traka have been supplying the Ministry of Justice10 (United Kingdom) with fingerprint key management systems to replace manual dispensing of prison keys and provision of key management systems to the Metropolitan Police Service’s Royalty Protection Squad.3

Projects include key management systems at BT Group’s International Data Centre in Cardiff [3] and as of 2018, Nationwide8.

Divisions

Traka has five representations: Traka UK & Ireland; Traka Americas; Traka Europe and Traka APACMEA (Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa) all supported by Traka Technology Shared Services.

Traka Automotive operates as a division of Traka, working from Traka UK offices. In 2019 Traka Automotive introduced offices in South Africa.

Management

1995 – 2015: Founder & President John Kent

2014 – Present: Managing Director, Justin Sasse9

2013 – Present: Commercial Development Director, Tanveer Choudhry

Awards

In 2004, Traka won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise International Trade10

In 2008, Traka again won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade10

In 2012, Traka again won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation10

1.	ASSA ABLOY Execs talk access control and recent acquisitions, https://www.securitysales.com/in-depth/assa-abloy-access-control-acquisitions/

2.	How I made It: John Kent, founder of Traka: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-i-made-it-john-kent-founder-of-traka-7dcqsxnmnwl

3.	Traka wins Roya protection role: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/electronics/8948452/Traka-wins-Royal-protection-role.html

4.	ASSA ABLOY acquires Traka Plc in the United Kingdom

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2012/04/10/257282/0/en/ASSA-ABLOY-acquires-Traka-Plc-in-the-United-Kingdom.html

5.	ETag Teams Up With Traka To Create Traka Automotive

https://www.automotive-technology.com/news/etag-teams-up-with-traka-to-create-traka-automotive

NGM partners with Traka to offer system for managing keys for car sharing scheme

6.	Traka works with Tesco to make their DCs safer and more productive too: http://warehousenews.co.uk/2009/09/traka-work-with-tesco-to-make-their-dc’s-safer-and-more-productive-too/

7.	Primark on Track with Traka DockSafe Solutions: https://securitynewsdesk.com/primark-track-traka-docksafe-solutions/

8.	Installing a key management system in the banking industry: https://www.git-security.com/topstories/security/installing-key-management-system-banking-industry

9.	Hurley, James (9 April 2012). "Small firm's contract keeps prisoners under the thumb". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

10.	Justin Sasse appointed as Managing Director for Traka https://www.psimagazine.co.uk/justin-sasse-appointed-as-managing-director-for-traka/

11.	"The Queen's Award for Enterprise". The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.