ASSA ABLOY - Key Persons

Helmut Heinz Bunzl would go on to study at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. His father had given him the idea that doors which moved automatically could be a successful enterprise - the elder Bunzl had always felt that door handles were somewhat unhygienic. Together, they devised a prototype of a swing-door drive (the N1), and Elektrische Apparate was founded on 18 March 1953 with HH Bunzl as sole proprietor.