About Chubbsafes
Chubbsafes secure the things you treasure, so you are free to enjoy cherishing them. We pride ourselves on making security a part of your everyday life.
TRUSTED THE WORLD OVER
Chubbsafes is one of the oldest safes brand in the world. Trusted the world over, the Chubbsafes solutions have been providing protection around the globe for people, cash and valuables for almost 200 years.
The Chubbsafes solutions are well-known and appreciated for their unique combination of robustness, reliability and modern designs. They associate experience in security with technological innovation to create trustworthy products for maximum protection against burglary, fire and explosives. They are rigorously tested by international and independent accreditation bodies to guarantee the best protection available.
The Chubbsafes’ customer base is diverse ranging from householders, small commercial shops, large retail environments, jewelleries to the largest financial institutions and high-risk sites. The ‘Chubb’ brand is owned by Chubb PLC and is a registered trademark used under license by Gunnebo.
The Chubbsafes History
| 1818 | Chubbsafes was founded by Charles and Jeremiah Chubb who opened their first manufactory in Temple Street, Wolverhampton. The Chubb brothers started the company by designing and manufacturing safes and locks for banking and financial institutions. In the same year, they patented their Detector Lock, a revolutionary system for that time: the detector mechanism rendered the lock inoperable in case of attempt to pick the lock or to open it with a wrong key. |
| 1835 | The Chubb brothers took out a patent for a burglary-resistant safe and set up a safe and vaults and vault doors factory. |
| 1882 | The business became a private limited company, changing its name to Chubb & Sons Lock and Safe Company Ltd. |
| 1950 | Manufacture of Chubb security equipment began in South Africa. |
| 1954 | Manufacture of Chubb products began in Canada. |
| 1956 | Hobb Hart & Co Ltd. became a member of the Chubb Group. |
| 1957 | The Chubb Lock & Safe Company of Rhodesia Ltd. was founded. |
| 1958 | Chatwood-Milner Ltd. became a member of the Chubb Group. |
| 1959 | Chubb introduced a special alloy known as Anti-Arc Material which increased protection against oxy-arc cutting. |
| 1962 | Chubb Lock & Safe Company of New Zealand was founded. |
| 1965 | Josiah Parkes & Sons Ltd. became a member of Chubb Group. |
| 1984 | Chubb & Sons Lock and Safe Company Ltd became part of the Racal Electronics Group. Later, Racal separated the company into Chubb Lock Company to manufacture locks for residential and commercial markets and into Chubb Safe Equipment Company to manufacture safes and vaults. All products continued under the registered name of Chubb & Sons Lock and Safe Ltd. |
| 1986 | The strength of Chubb was acknowledged by Racal when the group of companies was renamed to Racal-Chubb Products Ltd. |
| 1992 | The Chubb group of companies was registered on the London Stock Exchange as Chubb Security plc. |
| 1997 | Williams Holding acquired Chubb Security plc. and structured every Chubb company throughout the world. |
| 2000 | Chubb Safes marketed by global security provider Gunnebo. Chubbsafes is a registered trademark of Chubb plc. used under license worldwide. |
| 2010 | The Trident range of safes represents the latest technology in Chubbsafes products being the first ever to offer triple certified protection against burglary, fire and explosives. |
| 2015 | New graphic identity revealed. To ensure the brand remains relevant, the Chubbsafes identity has been refreshed with a new set of visual guidelines which modernise the brand but still pay tribute to its strong heritage. |