30 • LOCKEX2018 REVIEW
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HICKLEYS CHOOSES LOCKEX
FOR SMART PRO LAUNCH
» » TAUNTON’S AUTO LOCKSMITH
specialist and home of the very well-
known and respected Training Academy,
Hickleys ‘set up shop’ in Coventry’s
Ricoh Arena at the beginning of June for
Lockex 2018 – Security & Fire Safety.
Displaying and demonstrating a wide
range of lock picking equipment –
both auto and domestic – diagnostics
apparatus, and key programming
tools (such as the Zedfull with new
Mercedes upgrade), it was the promise
of the Advanced Diagnostics Smart Pro
that had visitors speeding over to the
Hickleys stand this Lockex.
The eagerly-anticipated replacement to
the MVP Pro, Hickleys revealed that Lockex
would be the official launch of this ‘all-in-
one hybrid solution’ in this very magazine
and in email shots before the event, so
many auto locksmiths had already decided
in advance that this would be the perfect
opportunity to catch a glimpse of and try
their hand at the new piece of kit.
Including over 5000 makes and models
(with pictures for easier identification), ‘pick
and mix’ software modules, pre-coded
settings, hints and tips, plus Gorilla glass
10” screen and hard body carry case, the
Smart Pro really is the smart choice.
Didn’t make it to Lockex? Turn to
page 68 for The Locksmith Journal’s
guide to the new Smart Pro…
WHOLE LOTTA LOCKS FROM HUGHES
» » HUGHES WHOLESALE – LED BY
Mark Hughes – used its spot at this year’s
Lockex 2018 – Security & Fire Safety to
let locksmiths know all about its products;
giving them to opportunity to place
an order while at the stand too, if they
wished.
The trade-only company, which stocks
and supplies 100s of locksmithing
products - from aluminium door
accessories to bike locks, cash boxes
to digital locks, panic hardware to
roller shutter locks, tools to UPVC gear
boxes - sells items from a vast array of
manufacturers, and strange-sounding as
it may be, it was ERA’s recent acquisition
of Zoo Hardware that contributed to Mark
Hughes wanting to come to the show.
As Mark mentioned after the
exhibition, he wanted customers to be
assured that Hughes Wholesale would
continue to sell Zoo Hardware products
– and had a range on display at Lockex
– as well Federal units, to name just two
of its expansive list of manufacturers.
In terms of the show, Mark also said
the company had completed a number
of good orders at the stand over the
weekend and also appreciated the
venue that the organisers had chosen for
the event.
www.hugheswholesale.co.uk
KEY PROGRAMMING DEVELOPMENTS
REVEALED AT LOCKEX
» » BIRMINGHAM-BASED AUTO
locksmith specialist, and the UK’s
official distributor for The Diagnostic
Box, Advanced Keys launched its latest
key programming software at Lockex
2018 – Security & Fire Safety.
Advanced Keys’ Kim Stanier said at
the event: “Our main aim this weekend
is to promote the latest developments
in our key programming system;
with special offers on the brand new
Hyundai and Kia software. The team is
primarily to help locksmiths understand
the new software, and become familiar
with it; more than pushing sales.
“Everyone that has come to the
stand so far has been genuinely
interested in the product, and that’s
why I like these shows, as you get to
meet the people you speak to on the
phone all the time but never get to see
their faces.
Also at Lockex, Advanced Keys
presented its new cloning device, with a
pre-production sample to show people,
and invited industry feedback.
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Kim added: “Everybody said it’s simple
and easy to use; so far so good.”
Looking at the months ahead,
Advanced Keys is planning to launch
more software for the key programmer,
plus an expanded portfolio of keys,
including an after-market range of keys
to support the developments.