“Amit has a proven ability to drive results and bring strategic clarity, operational rigor, and a brand- and customer-first mindset,” said Kilsby. “Amit’s appointment is the result of a comprehensive succession planning process conducted by the Board. His experience as a Board member and Audit Committee chair, combined with his expertise in managing renowned brands and guiding complex organizations with discipline and precision, makes him highly qualified to lead Fortune Brands. We are confident that Amit will advance the Company’s strategic priorities and leverage Fortune Brands Advantage Capabilities to create outstanding opportunities for all stakeholders.”

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On Saturday, November 22, local area residents received one of 500 donated fire- and water-resistant safes by attending the Shine LA event at Los Angeles Fire Department 77.  The Los Angeles County Fire Department and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s office coordinated the event with the Boys and Girls Club of San Fernando Valley to help inform the public on ways to safeguard their most valuable items and memories in the event of a fire. Los Angeles area residents will have the opportunity to receive donated safes at additional events in the coming weeks.

“Hundreds of families received resilient safes for free through a new partnership with businesses and community organizations,” said Mayor Bass. “We appreciate Master Lock, Sentry Safe and the San Fernando Valley Boys and Girls Club for partnering with the LAFD and my office to bring emergency preparedness resources to Los Angeles households. Take a moment today to talk with your family about your household plan.”

“We at Master Lock and Sentry Safe are grateful for the opportunity to do our small part to help Angelenos be prepared for the dangers and impact of household fires,” said Dave Barry, the president of security and connected products at Fortune Brands Innovations.  “A verifiable fireproof safe—one that meets a reputable third-party classification— can help protect essential documents and irreplaceable keepsakes that would otherwise be destroyed in a fire.”

Residents of the La Tuna Canyon Valley and other nearby communities received the Sentry Safe Digital Fire/Water Safe, model SFW123FTC, or Sentry Safe Alarm Fire/Water Safe, model SFW123TSC. Sentry Safe fireproof safes are tested to the industry best-in-class UL-72 Class 350 standard in order to keep valuables protected.

Not all ‘fire-safe’ safes are tested to the same standards. A product may claim to be fireproof, but there is a significant difference between being fireproof for 10 minutes at 600°F and fireproof for one hour at 1700°F.  Consumers need to look for third-party classification labels from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to know they’re getting performance they can trust.

Sentry Safe has a large selection of fireproof and waterproof safes, which can be viewed and purchased at the Sentry Safe website, or at many online and in-store retailers. These safes bear the third-party UL Classification and ETL Verification marks that consumers should look for when selecting a fireproof and waterproof safe.

Designing for unity, focus and collaboration

FBIN’s new headquarters was designed to balance two ideas, unity and individuality, that could, feel at odds in a less-considered space. The goal was to create a single home that reflects FBIN as a cohesive enterprise and a family of distinct brands with their own culture and independent goals.

To make that happen, each brand has its own dedicated floor with spaces that tell the story of its history and innovation. Additionally, the entire campus follows a unified visual language, rooted in FBIN’s core culture. Conference rooms across the building are named after company values such as “Hard Call” and “Elevate,” which reinforce shared culture and purpose.

From the start, the new headquarters was designed with intentional intersections on every level of the property to make collaboration inevitable. The most visible of these are the monumental spiral staircase hubs that physically connect the floors across the campus. Each hub serves as a resource zone supporting three distinct modes of work:

• Tech-enabled teamwork,
• Analog strategy areas, and
• Casual lounge and refresh zones.

FBIN’s design partners at Gensler call this system a “kit of parts,” or modular components that can be reconfigured easily and create variety and adaptability as teams evolve.

Putting innovation on display

The visitors’ lobby at the new campus clearly identifies FBIN as a maker of products and champion of ideas. The Industrial Design Workspace, a glass-walled studio where new product concepts are actively developed, sits in the reception area providing a full display of FBIN’s innovation for guests.

The Global Design Workroom is a cross-brand makerspace where teams can prototype everything from faucets to locks and outdoor materials. The space is not only functional, it showcases FBIN’s “design in motion” mission – serving as a physical embodiment of the company’s innovative culture.

Throughout the building, subtle geometry and color cues drawn from the FBIN Blueprint tie the space together, while curated artifacts, like the historic Master Lock lion head from the 1933 World’s Fair, connect employees to the company’s rich history of craftsmanship.

Art plays a meaningful role in the design of the campus as well. Two “Elevate” sculptures, commissioned for the grand staircases, reflect FBIN’s upward momentum. When looking from below, they appear just as abstract forms, but from the top of the staircase landing, the Fortune Brands logo reveals itself – a hidden Easter egg that symbolizes the company’s creativity, curiosity and ongoing evolution.

Hybrid by design, built for flexibility

The new headquarters brings people together physically, but it was also purpose-built for hybrid work.  FBIN’s synchronized hybrid cadence, which brings employees to the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and allows them to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays, minimizes the friction of half-remote meetings. In fact, hybrid functionality was incorporated directly into the headquarters’ spatial design, with each floor integrating mobile and fixed digital boards, high-quality telepresence in conference rooms, and hoteling zones at the end of every floor for visiting teams or cross-brand sprints.

The existing campus infrastructure made the technology integration seamless.

“The building already had a strong tech backbone, so we didn’t have to retrofit much,” Richer said. “The video cameras, remote equipment and conferencing systems worked beautifully.”

Every floor plan also supports adaptability: offices can transform into huddle rooms and hub components can be swapped out to support more tech-enabled or analog work as needed.

“If we didn’t have that flexibility, it would be a lot harder to work together,” Richer said. “The space needs to enable the behaviors we’re looking for.”