SYFRACO PRESENTATION
SYFRACO, Syndicat Français des Fabricants de Coffres-forts, is a professional organization governed by the law of 1884. It was created in 1986 by 9 companies.
SYFRACO, Syndicat Français des Fabricants de Coffres-forts, groups together the leading manufacturers of safes, ATM safes, deposit safes, safe locks, vaults, strongboxes, fireproof cabinets, domestic safes, special safes, banknote neutralization systems (SNB), armored doors and security enclosures.
SYFRACO is a founder member of the European Federation of Safe Manufacturers (Eurosafe), of which it is Vice-Chairman.
To date, nine presidents have been successively elected to head the Syndicat.
2022 to present Mr. Emmanuel HARIR-FOROUCH (GUNNEBO)
2007 to 2022 Mr. Nicolas Vrazinis (SFCC.Caradonna)
2000 to 2007 Mr. Jean Caradonna (SFCC.Caradonna)
1998 to 2000 Mr. Pierre Favrot (Fichet-Bauche)
1996 to 1998 Mr. Marc Toillier (Fichet-Bauche)
1995 to 1996 Alain Fribourg (Fichet-Bauche)
1991 to 1995 Xavier Scherer (Fichet-Bauche)
1987 to 1991 Gérard Leduc (Fichet-Bauche)
1986 to 1987 Renaud de Boisanger (Fichet-Bauche)
OUR VALUES
Guarantee products qualified to European standards by EFSG member laboratories.
Standards are European reference texts. We rely on the following European standards:
EN 1143-1: Secure storage units – Requirements, classification and test methods for resistance to burglary – Part 1: Safes, automatic teller machines (ATMs), strong doors and vaults
EN 1143-2: Secure storage units – Requirements, classification and test methods for burglary resistance – Part 2: Deposit systems
EN 14450: Secure storage units – Requirements, classification and test methods for burglary resistance – Security cabinets and furniture
EN 1047-1: Secure storage units – Classification and test methods for fire resistance – Part 1: Closed storage units and diskette cartridges
EN 1047-2: Safe storage units – Classification and test methods for fire resistance – Part 2: Refractory containers and chambers
EN 1300: Secure storage units – Classification of high-security locks according to burglary resistance
EN 17646: Secure storage units – Classification of high-security locks according to burglary resistance – Distributed systems
EN 1627: Pedestrian doors, windows, facades, curtains, grilles and closures – Burglar resistance – Requirements and classification
EN 1628: Pedestrian doors, windows, facades, curtains, grilles and closures – Burglar resistance – Test method for determining resistance to static loading
EN 1629: Pedestrian doors, windows, facades, curtains, grilles and closures – Burglar resistance – Test method for determining resistance to dynamic loading
EN 1630: Pedestrian doors, windows, facades, curtains, grilles and closures – Resistance to burglary – Test method for determining resistance to manual break-in attempts
EN 1634: Fire-resistance and smoke-tightness testing of doors, closures, windows and fittings
EN ISO 9001: Quality management systems – Requirements
EN 15659: Secure storage units – Classification and test methods for fire resistance – Fire-retardant furniture, first level.
EN 60529: Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP code)
EN 356: Glass in building – Safety glazing – Testing and classification of resistance to manual attack
EN 1026: Windows and doors – Air permeability – Test method
EN 12207: Windows and doors – Air permeability – Classification
EN 1522: Windows, doors, shutters and blinds – Bullet resistance – Requirements and classification.
EN 1523 : Windows, doors, shutters and blinds – Bullet resistance – Test method.
Explain standards and benchmarks to our customers.
For copyright reasons, the standards are subject to a fee and cannot be freely distributed.
- Standardization of methods and resources for different testers
- Test reproducibility and measurement
- Assessing and prioritizing product performance
Ensuring consistent, long-lasting customer quality thanks to independent national certification.
Compliance with professional ethics
Work according to the rules of the trade, advise on solutions, maintain quality throughout the life of the product and solution.
Prevent suspicious certifiers or laboratories by relying on EFSG agreements and Eurosafe communications.
Respect for the environment
Guarantee a level of protection that corresponds to our customers’ needs (insured values and/or sentimental)
SYFRACO, Syndicat Français des Fabricants de Coffres-forts, is a professional organization governed by the law of 1884. It was created in 1986 by nine companies.
OUR MISSIONS
SYFRACO’s role as a trade association, by bringing together all the players in the industry – prescribers, insurers, certifiers and public authorities – enables us to adopt a common position with French and European authorities.
The main missions are as follows:
- Participate in the development of French and European standards and benchmarks.
- Participation as experts in all CEN TC263, AFNOR working groups: WG1: Safes (Add illustrations)
WG2: Fireproof safes / WG3: Safe locks / WG4: Banknote neutralization systems - React quickly to new risks (identification)
- Exchange with national and international professionals on the evolution of criminal means and methods in order to anticipate new modes of attack.
- Study and take into account new technologies to develop European standards
- Centralize and disseminate attack statistics, restricted to union members
- Share the correct interpretation and use of standards with certification laboratories.
- Participation in the quarterly A2p Cert committee,
- Reminder of the basic principles of use and installation of our products (vigilance regarding keys left in safes, etc.).
- Promote good marketing, installation, adaptation, modification and maintenance practices
- Clarifying the scope of standards
The main actions are as follows:
- Professional expertise (Ministry of the Interior, Insurance…)
- Building customer knowledge and trust
- Exchange of information and experience in the field
- Reflection on common technical or regulatory issues
- Promote points of interest common to the profession (eco-design, regulations, etc.)
- Pooling resources for technical investigations
- Counterfeit watch
- Attract new members and raise our profile
- Define our business sector (products, services)
- What we cover and how to categorize risks (fire, indiscretion, theft, burglary, privacy)
- Recommendations on how to deal with risks