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Mutual Austen Safe Group

Mutual Safes is committed to the protection of cash, valuables and, ultimately, people in the high-risk environment in which we live in South Africa.

Established in 1984, Mutual's first factory premises were situated in Rosslyn, north of Pretoria where about 10 factory workers formed this fledgling company.

After a year Mutual had outgrown these premises and moved to Despatch, Pretoria. At the beginning of 1996 Mutual moved to new and large premises in Waltloo, from where it operates today.

The group presently consists of a manufacturing plant, head office and export division in Pretoria, with associated companies in Johannesburg. Cape Town, KZN, Bloemfontein and Nelspruit. There is a second manufacturing plant in George, Southern Cape.

Safe division

The company's range of products include hotel safes, wall safes, gun safes, office safes, safety deposit lockers, FD40 cabinets, record room, strong room and vault doors, portable vaults, bullet resistant pay windows, anti-bandit doors, specialised cash in transit safes, and access control booths.

Fire division

Fire resistant cabinets for documents and data, fire extinguishers, fire doors and hosing.

Pneumatic air tube division

Air tube systems provide rapid, cost effective and efficient movement of a wide range of samples, components, documents and cash weighing up to 15 kgs within the tube work.

Lock division

Mutual Safe and Security Group holds exclusive agencies for imported high security locks and cam locks used in high risk situations such as banks, casinos and jewellery outlets. Austen Services, a division of the Mutual Group, has a cell lock manufacturing plant in Pretoria.

Service division

In 2002 Mutual purchased the assets and the intellectual property of Austen and shortly after that commenced opening fully equipped service depots countrywide.

Integrated security division

Since 2003 a division supplying sales and service of related security product such as access control booths, interlocking, time delays and locks, security systems, biometrics, cross pavement protection, intelligent safe technology and trolley guard.

Export division

Mutual is actively exporting to the United States, the Middle East, Europe, Australia and into Africa. Over the past 15 years the company has established an excellent market for its products worldwide. Exports form about 40% of Mutual's business.

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