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iLOQ

Electronic locking that needs no cabling and no batteries at the lock. BC Security is an iLOQ distributor in New Zealand.

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iLOQ distributor — New Zealand

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What iLOQ is

iLOQ is a Finnish manufacturer that solved a specific problem: how to put electronic access control on a lock that has no power and no realistic way to get any.

The answer is that the key supplies the power. Inserting the key generates the energy the lock needs to read the credential, check the permission and record the event — or, on the mobile range, a smartphone’s NFC field does the same job. There is no battery in the lock to replace, and no cable to run to it.

That removes the largest cost in extending access control: getting power and data to the door. Which changes which doors are worth controlling — usually by a wide margin. Across Europe it is heavily deployed in utilities, telecommunications and critical infrastructure, precisely because those estates are full of assets that matter and have no power.

What we do with it

Locking estate assessmentMapping what’s currently on mechanical keys, how many keys are in circulation, and where the administrative cost and risk actually sit. On most sites the key register turns out to be materially wrong.

SpecificationILOQ where it’s the right answer and conventional access control where that is. A busy main entrance with power already at the door does not need a self-powered lock. A padlock on a remote gate does. Most organisations end up with a hybrid, administered as one estate.

DeploymentPadlocks, gates and barriers, cabinets and enclosures, and standalone doors. Most installations replace the cylinder rather than the door, so buildings don’t need modification.

Permission governanceAccess rights kept current as staff, contractors and rosters change, with expired permissions actively removed rather than left in place. This is where key-based systems fail and where an electronic one only helps if somebody is actually administering it.

Audit reportingAccess history available when it’s needed for an investigation, incident review or compliance obligation.

Lifecycle managementLocking hardware tracked alongside every other asset in AssetGuard One, including cylinders exposed to weather and heavy use.

At a glance

Accreditation	iLOQ distributor — New Zealand
Vendor origin	Finland
Power source	Key-generated or smartphone NFC — no batteries in the lock
Hardware range	Padlocks, cylinders, cabinet locks, gate and barrier hardware
Typical retrofit	Cylinder replacement — no door modification
Best suited to	Remote and unpowered assets, large key populations, contractor-heavy sites
Support model	Remote-first — around 80% of issues resolved without a site visit

Where this fits

Remote and unpowered infrastructure

Water and utility assets, pump stations, comms sites, roadside enclosures — anywhere a technician currently carries a key ring and hopes it’s the right one.

Large key populations

Organisations managing hundreds of keys across dozens of sites, where a single loss triggers a rekeying programme out of all proportion to the event.

High-consequence, low-traffic doors

Switchrooms, plant rooms and comms cabinets that are opened rarely and matter enormously.

The gaps in an existing estate

The doors your last access control project scoped out on cost grounds and never came back to.

A realistic transition

You don’t replace every lock at once. We map the estate, identify where the risk and administrative cost concentrate, and start there — usually remote assets, high-consequence doors, or whichever site has the largest key population. The rest follows on a plan you can see and budget against.

Find out how many keys you’re really managing.

Book an initial security review. We will map your locking estate, identify where mechanical keys are creating risk, and show you what a phased transition would cost.