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Company profile

"Who we are"

A market leader, Fortress Interlocks design and manufacture safety access & control systems. Fortress offer an unrivalled portfolio suitable for applications across a wide industrial base from power generation and distribution, steel, automotive, recycling, building materials, through safeguarding robots and palletisers. With in excess of 40 years experience in the safety market, Fortress are renown for their innovative design, robust engineering and reliability.


Fortress Interlocks

The Global Supplier of
Total Access and Control
Safety Systems


"What we do"

Fortress help customers protect their human and capital assets. We create safe workplaces where employees are safeguarded from injury and plant is protected from damage. We are world leaders in access control systems, and our products guarantee that actions and events are undertaken in a pre-determined sequence ensuring a safe working environment.

"Total Access & Control"

With the introduction of eGard, Fortress can provide "Total Access & Control", from cost effective general duty access interlocks and simple automation control systems (eGard), to the most robust trapped key interlocks (mGard) or safety gate switches (amGard).

"Why choose Fortress"

Fortress are a solution provider and our extensive product offering and interlocking experience allows us to provide unique solutions for all safeguarding applications. We regularly create bespoke solutions, often by customising our standard products.

"A Halma Company"

Fortress is a member of the Halma Group, a successful international company with extensive experience in the fields of safety, security and environmental protection. The financial, technical and human resources available to Fortress ensure its ability to undertake and successfully complete projects anywhere in the world.

Fortress is a member of the Halma Group

Latest news

Explosion Protected Safety Switch Key Station from Fortress

Industrial safety specialist Fortress Interlocks has introduced an ATEX Certified, explosion protected safety switch key station. The CPS4STOPXP key station is designed to release keys which can be used to control mechanical door locks that provide access to machinery and process lines operating in potentially explosive environments. Both the switch and the door locks are suitable for use in zone 1 and 2 environments such as those found in the chemical and petrochemical, paint,...
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Safety Breaker Lock from Fortress Regulates Power

The Fortress Interlocks design team has worked closely with ABB to develop an interlock suitable for use on the SACE Emax circuit breaker. Fortress has considerable expertise in designing complex switchgear interlocking schemes and the Breaker Lock forms an essential part of a sequential interlocking system that ensures the safe operation of switchgear. This new lock is added to the existing range of switchgear interlocks. Fortress can supply...
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EN954-1 Transition period extended

8 December 2009: The EC Machinery Working group has agreed to extend the transition period for EN 954-1 . This final decision enables EN 954-1 to provide a presumption of conformity to the (new) Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, though there has been no announcement about for how long the transition period is being extended.
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