Circa 2002, James Gibbons Format was approached by HSBC Bank to prepare specifications for their offices and high street banks.

For more than 20 years, we have supplied door hardware, high security key control systems and related products to their buildings.

From Kensington High Street in London to St Helier in Jersey and further afield to offices in Cairo and Malta, ‘Format’ has been the preferred choice of HSBC – a relationship of which we are very proud to be associated with to this day.

The Bank of England; the powerhouse of the UK Financial markets selected

Format Ironmongery for it’s primary Ink Factory in Essex (which is now known as the Debden Printing Works Museum) and is still in use today.

Longevity and low maintenance products was the brief – very similar to the Bank notes in your wallet!

Format Ironmongery was selected for the International Finance Centre buildings in St Helier.

Longevity of product and slimline design was the brief and we supplied low maintenance, durable stainless steel products including a unique key control system for IFC 1-5.

In 2023, IFC 6; the third office building at the Waterfront’s International Finance Centre was completed and Format products were once again selected for this prestigious building.

SAMA – the state-owned Bank of Saudi Arabia has its new headquarters in Riyadh.

Established in 1952, in Jeddah, SAMA (Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority) is now known as Saudi Central Bank.

We were approached to design and schedule non-electronic hardware (in view of security protocols) based on prioritised end-user patterns. Format ironmongery was supplied to all internal doors on a floor by floor call off over a build period from 2020 to 2024.

Whilst this was an unusual route of supply, given the lengthy time frame due to the pandemic; the project was successfully completed in line with the build programme.

Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB) is a privately owned Islamic bank in the State of Qatar that overlooks the Corniche in Doha.

Its unique design includes 45 floors of commercial office space all accessible with Format Ironmongery supplied on more than 400 doors.

Stainless steel products were specified by the client and a unique key control system was designed and installed in the building.

The World Trade Centre Doha is a 51-storey office building on the Doha Corniche in Al Dafna, Qatar.

The building is 241 metres (791ft) high and completed in 2013.

The majority of the internal doors were equipped with Format ironmongery during the internal fit-out and remain in place today; high quality low maintenance products fit for a building of this stature.

Located in Manama, Bahrain, the World Trade Centre is a 50-storey twin tower complex 240 metres (787 ft) high.

The towers were completed in 2008. It is the first skyscraper in the world to integrate wind turbines into its design.

Working alongside other suppliers, Format locking systems were included into the build programme of this extraordinary building.

This strikingly beautiful building has become synonymous with Bahrain.

Working alongside Architects ACLA, The Republic Bank Operations Centre in Port of Spain, Trinidad, selected Format ironmongery for its main Headquarters.

Durable and low maintenance stainless steel door furniture was supplied with a unique key control system; both in continual use today.

The Lloyds Building, London, UK. A landmark of finance, insurance and a classic example of Richard Rogers architecture.

The building consists of three main towers and three service towers around a central, rectangular space over 11 floors.

Format ironmongery and associated products were supplied to the building in 1986 and continue in use to this day together with a high security key control system.