PDQ GT Series Grade 1 lock with Philadelphia lever on a walnut door

Made for doors
that work all day.

Commercial locks, exit devices, closers and electronic access. Designed and assembled in the USA.

Over 40 years ofcommercial hardware,designed and assembledin the USA.

PDQ Manufacturing, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Our products

PDQ GT Series Grade 1 cylindrical lock with Philadelphia lever

Mechanical locks

Grade 1 and 2 cylindrical, mortise, interconnected and tubular locks, plus deadbolts and padlocks.

The GT Series lever

Our Grade 1 heavy duty cylindrical lock, on the door.

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a PDQ lock.

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Riyadh Metro station at night

Wherever
doors work
the hardest.

Apartments, schools, hotels, hospitals and government buildings. PDQ hardware is on 5,500 openings across the Riyadh Metro. See projects

PDQ Spirit app showing the Front Door locked
PDQ Spirit app pairing a phone with a PDQ keypad lock

One app.
No wiring.


PDQ Spirit locks run on 4 AA batteries for up to two years. Cards, phones, PIN codes and keys all open the door, and one app handles schedules, lockdown and the audit trail for every opening.

A card opens a PDQ Spirit 6EWS exit trim on a commercial door

“PDQ has been a very important part of our success since 1998.”

“Their quality, service and tremendous support allowed us to provide our end users with superior, affordable and long-lasting products they could count on for years.”

Larry Richardson, Owner, Business Interiors, Inc.

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