Aeroturn LLC, the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Gold Award Winner for Best Pedestrian Entrance Control Solution, continues to lead the way in perimeter protection solutions even through a global pandemic.

Aeroturn continues to take the high road, as a true leader that has overcome any obstacle in their path for the sake of their customers.

With a true customer first philosophy that is entrenched in everything they do; the chaotic COVID-19 pandemic could not slow them down.

The CT-based turnstile manufacturer makes things happen under the most challenging of circumstances.

Even a global pandemic could not stop Aeroturn from manufacturing and deploying its quality turnstiles in high-profile facilities nationwide, so it’s no wonder that for almost two decades the company has produced the world’s only zero-maintenance turnstile product in Connecticut, 100% manufactured in the USA.

Over the years, Aeroturn has been on a steady growth path and came  through a worldwide pandemic shining brightly.

“We are extremely proud that we have been able to adhere to all the COVID-19 guidelines to help our customers; and even ended 2020 on a high note with the highest year over year sales in the history of the company,” explains Michael Stoll, VP of Technical Sales & Marketing at Aeroturn.

(Aeroturn was recently featured on Worldwide Business with Kathy Ireland® to discuss how they are securing entryways with zero-maintenance custom turnstiles. Courtesy of Worldwide Business with kathy ireland® and YouTube.)

With COVID-19 spreading like wildfire, Aeroturn pulled together and made significant changes to its manufacturing facility and protocols to ensure compliance with social distancing and other processes put in place to keep everyone safe.

Deemed as an essential business during the pandemic, nothing could stand in the way of Aeroturn’s unwavering dedication to delivering cutting-edge, highly secure turnstile solutions.

Throughout the pandemic the company continued to design, manufacturer, test, deliver, and install the world’s most reliable turnstile solutions to government agencies, the biopharma industry, schools & campuses, and any type of commercial facility requiring a robust perimeter protection solution.

With 12 full-time and 2 part-time employees on staff, Aeroturn remained focused on keeping everyone safe when the pandemic first reared its ugly head in March 2020.

Some changes implemented internally, included allowing employees to work remotely and contracting outside resources when necessary in red zone areas that were considered hotspots like NY, DC, MD, VA, and CA.

In addition, to help spread out employees that did come into the CT manufacturing facility, Aeroturn expanded into an additional 3500 square foot light industrial space.

The company even installed plastic barriers between employees and utilized the extra square footage to spread out all employees and adhere to social distancing protocols.

Aeroturn Goes The Extra Mile and Travels Cross Country During Pandemic

Taking care of customers is what Aeroturn does best and in 2020 the company once again met and exceeded its customers’ expectations by going the extra mile.

Regardless of all the chaos COVID-19 pandemic created, Aeroturn quickly became compliant with all COVID-19 regulations and made the necessary changes to meet its customers’ needs.

In late 2020 Aeroturn’s VP of Technical Sales & Marketing Michael Stoll embarked on a cross country road trip to ensure that one of its customers could implement the Aeroturn turnstiles successfully for an important end user – a high end Las Vegas resort needing to protect their employee dining room entrance way and prevent unauthorized access.

With a short timeframe to complete the project and adhering to all COVID-19 work restrictions, Michael rolled up his sleeves and hit the road and drove 2,793 miles in 3 & 1/2 days to help the customer.

The project consisted of six lanes of turnstiles with two X-Wing turnstiles and four Rotary turnstiles installed with a custom stainless steel finish all within only two and a half days on-site.

The project was a huge success and a great way for Aeroturn to end the year on a high note.

Earlier in 2020, the Biopharma industry needed to be proactive when it came to securing its entrance ways with quality, reliable turnstiles to protect valuable vaccine research.

With the requests for turnstiles highly expedited at these vaccine manufacturing facilities; Aeroturn was ready to deliver and handle the influx.

Aeroturn offered the Biopharma industry turnstiles that never had a single lane replacement due to performance failure in 17 years. Additionally, every Aeroturn customer is offered a 10 million passage guarantee without required maintenance, industry leading 5-year warranty and zero-maintenance mechanics.

Furthermore, Aeroturn was also selected by a leading housing finance lender in 2020 to secure entrance ways of multiple buildings at their Virginia campus.

Aeroturn teamed up with one of its partners to implement an integrated security solution for the nation’s housing finance giant.

Aeroturn rose to the challenge developing a customized turnstile solution that could integrate easily with brand new biometric facial recognition readers with high throughput capabilities.

Having a contactless security solution was crucial for customers during the pandemic which has helped to keep everyone entering the building safe.

Crosses The Finish Line A Winner

At the end of 2020, Aeroturn was awarded the 2020 Gold ASTORS Award for the Best Pedestrian Entrance Control Solution – for the third consecutive year, from American Security Today.

Aeroturn‘s commitment to securing the government sector is second to none with quality turnstile solutions that continues to set the bar in the industry.

The company has made its national footprint by working with high profile security integrators nationwide on deployments of robust turnstile solutions in both regional and national GSA state and federal courthouses.

“Our fully-locked module deterrent turnstiles have been customized for each location to match the increasing level of required security and life safety in government courthouses,” said Stoll.

With a performance specification of 10-million cycles, 5-year warranty, zero-maintenance mechanics, 100% Made in USA turnstiles, 10-Year MTBF, no preventative maintenance requirements, factory direct delivery & installations, and a 20-year minimum expected service life; Aeroturn turnstiles meet and exceeds all GSA requirements unlike most turnstile manufacturers.

There is uncertainty around when the COVID-19 pandemic will finally come to an end, but one thing that we can all be sure about is Aeroturn’s commitment to its customers.

Being able to navigate around any obstacle is the key to success.

Where there is a will, there is a way… and Aeroturn has proved in 2020 that they can adapt to any situation.

This will keep them on the high road to success now and well into the future.

For further information or for an onsite demonstration, please email sales@aeroturn.com or go to www.aeroturn.com.

Aeroturn Takes Home the Gold in 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program

American Security Today’s ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards program is now in its Sixth Year and continues to recognize the Outstanding Innovations of top firms and agencies in the Homeland Security and Public Safety fields.

2020 was a very challenging year for everyone due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the much heralded AST ‘ASTORS’ Awards Winners Presentations and exclusive Luncheon at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC was canceled and rescheduled for 2021 due to the virus.

However, the 2020 ‘ASTORS’  Homeland Security Awards Program was again a huge success and many new categories were added including a section for COVID-19 Detection and Innovation.

Aeroturn, LLC

Best Pedestrian Entrance Control Solution 

• Hardened Zero-Maintenance Turnstiles

• Aeroturn worked with a national footprint security integrator to provide the most robust turnstile solution available to be deployed in both regional and national GSA State & Federal Courthouses, where location must be customizable to match the increasing level of required security and life safety content and at the same time be part of an overall integrated national footprint solution.

• With a performance specification of 10-million cycles, 5-year warranty, zero-maintenance mechanics, 100% Made in USA, 10-year MTBF, no preventative maintenance requirements, factory direct delivery & installations, 20-year minimum expected service life, Aeroturn was the only manufacturer who met GSA requirements.

• The integrated turnstile solution has also been proven in GSA buildings since 2004 with a perfect track record as the basis for this most recent decision.

• *Aeroturn LLC was also recognized in the 2019 and 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Programs.

  The 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program was sponsored by ATI Systems, Attivo Networks, Automatic Systems, X.Labs and Reed Exhibitions, every one a returning Sponsor from 2020, 2019 and More.

  

  Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards at https://americansecuritytoday.com/ast-awards/.

  Comprehensive List of Categories Include:

  Access Control/ Identification	Personal/Protective Equipment	Law Enforcement Counter Terrorism
  Perimeter Barrier/ Deterrent System	Interagency Interdiction Operation	Cloud Computing/Storage Solution
  Facial/IRIS Recognition	Body Worn Video Product	Cyber Security
  Video Surveillance/VMS	Mobile Technology	Anti-Malware
  Audio Analytics	Disaster Preparedness	ID Management
  Thermal/Infrared Camera	Mass Notification System	Fire & Safety
  Metal/Weapon Detection	Rescue Operations	Critical Infrastructure
  License Plate Recognition	Detection Products	And Many Others!

  COVID Innovations

  And Many Others!

   

  Don’t see a Direct Hit for your Product, Agency or Organization?

  

  With the unprecedented occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the focus of the safety and security industries has realized the need to increase innovations to address the daily growing challenges.

  As such AST aims to make sure these firms and professionals are reflected in the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program, so we’d like to encourage you to submit appropriate categories recommendations and include COVID-19 Frontline Professionals in your Nominations to see that these Professionals, Facilities, and Vendors receive the Recognition they Deserve!

  Submit your category recommendation for consideration to Michael Madsen, AST Publisher at: mmadsen@americansecuritytoday.com.

  Why American Security Today?

  The traditional security marketplace has long been covered by a host of publications putting forward the old school basics to what is Today – a fast changing security landscape.

  

  The traditional security marketplace has long been covered by a host of publications putting forward the old school basics to what is Today – a fast changing security landscape.

  American Security Today is uniquely focused on the broader Homeland Security & Public Safety marketplace with over 75,000 readers at the Federal, State and local levels of government as well as firms allied to government.

  American Security Today brings forward a fresh compelling look and read with our customized digital publications that hold readers eyes throughout the story with cutting edge editorial that provides solutions to their challenges.

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  The AST Digital Publications is distributed to over 75,000 qualified government and homeland security professionals in federal, state and local levels.

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  AST Reaches both Private & Public Experts, essential to meeting these new challenges.

  Today’s new generation of public safety and security experts need real-time knowledge to deal with domestic and international terrorism, lone wolf attacks, unprecedented urban violence, shifts in society, culture and media bias – making it increasingly difficult for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, First Responders, Military and Private Security Professionals to implement coordinated security measures to ensure national security and improve public safety.

  

  These experts are from Government at the federal, state and local level as well as from private firms allied to government.

  AST provides a full plate of topics in our AST Monthly Magazine Editions, AST Website and AST Daily News Alerts, covering 23 Vital Sectors such as Access Control, Perimeter Protection, Video Surveillance/Analytics, Airport Security, Border Security, CBRNE Detection, Border Security, Ports, Cybersecurity, Networking Security, Encryption, Law Enforcement, First Responders, Campus Security, Security Services, Corporate Facilities, and Emergency Response among others.

  AST has Expanded readership into integral Critical Infrastructure audiences such as Protection of Nuclear Facilities, Water Plants & Dams, Bridges & Tunnels, and other potential targets of terrorism.

  Other areas of concern include Transportation Hubs, Public Assemblies, Government Facilities, Sporting & Concert Stadiums, our Nation’s Schools & Universities, and Commercial Business Destinations – all enticing targets due to the large number of persons and resources clustered together.

  

  To learn more about the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winners solutions, Check Out the New 2020 ‘ASTORS’ CHAMPIONS Edition Fully Interactive Magazine – the Best Products of 2020 ‘A Year in Review’.

  The Annual CHAMPIONS edition includes a review of the ‘ASTORS’ Award Winning products and programs, highlighting key details on many of the winning firms products and services, includes video interviews and more.

  It is your Go-To source throughout the year for ‘The Best of 2020 Products and Services‘ endorsed by American Security Today, and can satisfy your agency’s and organization’s most pressing Homeland Security and Public Safety needs.

  From Physical Security (Access Control, Critical Infrastructure, Perimeter Protection and Video Surveillance Cameras and Video Management Systems), to IT Security (Cybersecurity, Encryption, Data Storage, Anti-Malware and Networking Security – Just to name a few), the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ CHAMPIONS EDITION has what you need to Detect, Delay, Respond to, and Mitigate today’s real-time threats in our constantly evolving security landscape.

  It also includes featured guest editorial pieces from some of the security industry’s most respected leaders, and recognized firms in the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program.

  • For a complete list of 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Award Winners, click here.

  For more information on All Things American Security Today, and the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program, please contact Michael Madsen, AST Publisher at mmadsen@americansecuritytoday.com.

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