references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message sentrysafe world leader in fire resistant and security storage industry manufacturing founded 1930 headquarters oak creek wisconsin website www.sentrysafe.com a sentrysafe safe ; requires a combination and a four way key sentrysafe is a brand of safes manufactured by the master lock company which is headquartered in oak creek wisconsin us . it includes safes designed for home business and gun storage . in addition to security sentrysafe includes a wide variety of underwriters laboratories ul rated safes to protect valuables from both fire and water . contents 1 history 2 legal cases 3 notes 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1930 john brush sr. and his brother in law willard punnett opened a small shop for the manufacture of safes at 545 west avenue in rochester new york . the brush punnett company was an early pioneer in the stamping metalworking of steel safes . after a long and arduous startup period that spanned the great depression and world war ii the brush punnett company made some early successes by selling safes to vassar college for its dormitories and steel skids to eastman kodak . in 1943 after purchasing his sister and brother s in law interest john brush sr. became the sole owner of the company . it was mr. brush s intent to pass the business onto his sons ; john jr. richard and robert . john brush jr. joined the business in 1954 after serving active duty in the u.s. army air corps and graduating from st. lawrence university 1950 and harvard business school . the company changed its name to the john d. brush & co. in 1955 . the factory side entrance of the linden avenue plant in pittsford ny . at the base of the silos are a furnace used to fire test safes and a rock pit used for drop testing safes from a height 30 . ft. brush & co. moved into a new plant at 900 linden avenue pittsford new york in 1968 with over 50 000 sq ft 5 000 m2 . then in 1987 it began doing business under the name sentry group in order to better identify the company with its trademark name safes sentry . sentry group produces more fire resistant chests safes security storage containers and gun safes than any other company in the world and has won numerous awards for its product design and retail service . it was awarded vendor of the year from lowe s in 1999 wal mart in 2001 and officemax in 2002 . in 2014 sentry was sold to master lock which is an operating division of fortune brands . legal cases edit in 1991 michael redman of virginia brought a products liability suit against sentry group after his coin collection was stolen out of his sentry supreme safe model 5570 . redman originally noticed the safe in a value tique advertisement that appeared in the magazine coin world . the magazine had advertised the safe as a burglar deterrent . 1 redman won the jury verdict in district court but the case was appealed . the united states court of appeals for the fourth circuit reversed the decision holding that redman failed to present evidence demonstrating that the safe violated industry standards government standards or reasonable consumer expectations . also redman s safe was specifically designed to meet fire resistant standards but not burglar deterrent standards even though it did provide a degree of protection against burglary . an expert witness testified that materials that enhance burglar resistance on safes consequently reduce the fire resistance . notes edit redman v. john d. brush and co. 111 f. 3d 1174 4th cir . april 28 1997 . references edit about sentrysafe made in our hometown sentrysafe 13wham december 2012 at sentry employees feel secure r news website alfred university presents awards to four rochester area family businesses au press release 5 24 01 alfred university website schumer pushes tax credit for gun safes could boost jobs at rochester safemaker senator charles e. schumer website sentry group begins making large capacity gun safes here rochester business journal by andrea deckert august 29 2005 . sentry safe guide the story of an american small business sentry group company pamphlet 2005 . fireproof hard drives unveiled by sentry rochester democrat & chronicle november 15 2007 available at http www.democratandchronicle.com apps pbcs.dll article aid 20071115 business 71115006 1001 sentry group partners with maxtor storage solutions on fire safe waterproof hard drives sentry group press release november 13 2007 available at http www.sentrysafe.com content news.aspx external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sentry group & oldid 730720412 categories companies established in 1930hidden categories articles lacking in text citations from september 2014all articles lacking in text citations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 july 2016 at 20 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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