about us

The story of why smarter locking is personal with us...

Who we are, what we stand for, & how we do business…

We are a new firm, but come with plenty of years of experience and partnerships that should provide confidence in your selection of not only the product,  but also of the overall ability to support, manage and provide an incredible overall experience and total solution.

Metra.si history

Metra is an innovative company that started in Ljubljana, Slovenia in the 1990’s.  It started with developing their first access control system built on a contact smartcard in 1993 and introduced in 1999 their first RFID contactless smart card electronic system. Since then Metra has continued to evolve through the years with web based software to mobile apps for iOS/Android to becoming an HID Technology Partner to their latest generation of software and hardware.

our first meeting

We arrived in Slovenia as strangers — we left as friends and partners. When we visited the Metra team in Slovenia, we were overwhelmed with the kindness we were shown. Honestly not knowing what to expect upon our arrival, we were greeted by incredibly genuine people that operate a very successful company with transparency, trust, and camaraderie. It may sound cliche, but to walk into a company and immediately feel the culture is an incredible experience. The Metra team is a testament to this. They don’t know how to do business any other way. 

a true partnership

Partnership takes time and investment. Partnership means there is a genuine commitment to each other’s long-term success. In a partnership that works, it’s hard to distinguish where your business starts and the other one begins. And yet — today partnerships increasingly feel like the transaction-based business we’ve worked so hard to distance ourselves from. You often see businesses talking partnership but these vendors and businesses are holding each other at a distance. 

business is personal

In a world that tells us business shouldn’t be personal, we respectfully disagree. Business is personal. There’s no benefit to keeping people on either side of the partnership at arms’ length. If there’s no connection, no relationship, no mutual understanding, things fall apart quickly. We’ve seen the “business is business” mentality first-hand. We know there’s a better way. We experienced it firsthand in Slovenia. If you aren’t all-in, it’s hard to go all out. 

user-friendly

It’s a big part of why Metra’s lock technology is so compelling. The technology is reliable, secure, and user-friendly. It allows people to feel that they — and the things they need on a daily basis — are safe, secure, cared for. When you feel cared for, you’re not distracted — you’re not worried. 

The term “user-friendly” often gets talked about through the context of a product — we want to make sure the product and service we’re offering to customers is intuitive, reliable, adaptable, straightforward. User-friendly is also who we are when you’re working on a project with us — helpful, dependable, and accessible. 

However, you could easily argue transparent, accessible and easy to do business with is table stakes in today’s world. We pair our transparent communication with a vibrant, dynamic way of operation — modeled after the Lean Startup methodology.

Smarter Locking  is personal with us.

Do you have a need for smarter locking?

Metra Smart Locks

Interested in learning more about the various ways to apply a smarter locking system to your locker applications? Contact us and we will get in touch with you to learn more about your unique needs.