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INDUSTRY FOCUS With Ralph C. Jensen, Editor-in-Chief
IWt Matters Where It’s Made
hen you walk through the CyberLock facility with Tammy Davis, you truly get a sense of pride, responsi-
bility and an amazing relationship she has developed within the community. Davis is the president of the company. Oh, there is one more thing that I truly appreciate: Made in the U.S.A. As a matter of fact, everything is made completely in Corvallis, Oregon.
I took a few minutes to visit John Moa and Kelsea McNutt, and to my pleasure, Da- vis joined in on a facility tour. CyberLock, Inc. is located in a non-descript building on the quiet, pastoral outskirts of Corvallis, but inside it is a completely different story: roughly 60 employees toiling away, meticu- lously working on locks that will be shipped worldwide.
At CyberLock, it all starts with engineer- ing; software, hardware design, mechanical and electronic specialists, all working togeth- er under the same roof. With Oregon State University’s nationally recognized engineer- ing disciplines in close proximity, the local community and CyberLock have reaped the benefits of the “high-tech” climate in Cor- vallis. It is no coincidence that the average 25-year-old Corvallis resident has a Master’s Degree. Or, that Corvallis leads the nation in per capita patent holders. Given that Cyber- Lock’s founder, Stanford alumnus Paul R. Davis, studied under the distinguished Mar- ty Hellman, an American cryptologist credit- ed with the Diffie-Hellman key exchange, it’s no wonder that CyberLock excels at “high- tech”—delivering a smart key, electronic ac- cess control system that is reliable and simple enough to help with real-world problems.
“With a CyberLock system, it doesn’t matter where the lock is—electronic access control is possible,” Davis said. “By elimi- nating the wire between the lock and the managing software, the security system can be installed virtually anywhere. The conve- nience of a mechanical key system plus the access permission and tracking capability of an electronic access control system.”
The tour of the facility is more intense than I can write adequately but suffice it to say, every machine needed to bend materi- als, punch holes or morph metal into lock-
ing systems resides in the facility. Not many manufacturers do it this way anymore. Don’t get me wrong; there are companies that take full advantage of American craftsmanship and ingenuity. What caught my eye was Cy- berLock’s dedication to the local community.
What better place to keep everything local than in a close-knit, highly technical community like Corvallis? The relationship with the community is visible on the surface. For instance, CyberLock is already a busy place and when the onsite workforce needs to boost production, there are factory-trained, skilled and highly experienced local compa- nies able to assist. Factory quality control and final product inspections are completed onsite, and products are integrated into larg- er product runs. No work leaves the commu- nity—local families benefit.
This leads back to an opening statement of taking a larger role within the community. “We’ve manufactured our key-centric ac- cess control system in Corvallis dating back to 2000, when the first branded locks and smart keys were introduced to the market. Corvallis is our home, and we love it here,” Davis said. “All of us take an immense amount of pride in our work, the quality of product we manufacture and the community
teamwork it takes to make it all happen.” CyberLock is part of the Videx fam- ily, which was founded in 1979 in Corvallis, developing early products including display enhancement for Apple computers. They are different companies today, but they continue
to collaborate on future innovations. Like I mentioned, made in the U.S.A.
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