Door Industry Journal - Spring 2013

spring 2013 THE door industry journal It’s a year now since it became compulsory for all Door & Hardware Federation members to meet the Quality Assured standards. Introduced originally as minimum technical standards, the scheme was designed to ensure that all new members joining the DHF met the same high standards as existing members. In preparation for becoming a marketing tool that members and the DHF could use to give them the commercial edge over non member competitors, the scheme was rebranded as DHF Quality Assured. Over the past year, Don Sowley has been helping manufacturing members of the DHF needing assistance in achieving audited factory production control as part of the Quality Assured process. DHF members are now well aware of what they must do to become Quality Assured. So please ensure you have done everything you need to do. Make sure you complete and sign your Declaration of Conformity form, which will be arriving with you shortly, and return it to Tamworth. A minority of members have signed the form despite the fact that they have yet to achieve third party factory production control accreditation. Beware, a spot check will reveal this, and your continuing membership of the DHF - and the benefits that brings - could be in jeopardy. If you need any help, please don’t hesitate in contacting us at Tamworth. Full compliance with the DHF Quality Assured standards is vital. Don’t forget, the standards were tailored to the particular needs of the members in the individual focus groups. This means you will be able to use the Quality Assured standards to enhance the product and service offering you give to your customers. The cornerstone of the DHF forward plan is to deliver commercial benefit to members by raising standards. The successful rollout of the Quality Assured scheme will help give you, the members, a marketing edge over the competition all the sooner. Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk welcome USEFUL CONTACTS DHF Secretariat The Door and Hardware Federation T: 01827 52337 F: 01827 310827 E: info@dhfonline.org.uk DHF PR Agency Ainsworth Public Relations Guy Ainsworth T: 0161 427 3861 E: guy@ainsworth-pr.co.uk Garage Door Group Jointly chaired by Julie Chester & Simon Hipgrave Chairman of the Industrial Door Group Richard Guthrie Chairman of the Metal Doorset Group Bill Duncombe Chairman of the Hardware Group David Whitworth Chairman of the Timber Doorset Group Amanda Haley Chairman of the Powered Gate Group Andy Holz Advertising and Editorial Door Industry Journal PO Box 508 Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5GY T: 01444 464147 F: 01444 464148 E: mail@doorindustryjournal.co.uk Design Agency Freelance Design & Graphics Warninglid Lane Warninglid West Sussex RH17 5TQ T: 01444 461796 F: 01444 461596 E: info@freelance-design.co.uk The Door Industry Journal is a trade publication edited and produced on behalf of The Door and Hardware Federation (DHF). Content is collated from articles and press releases supplied by the DHF and their various industry group members, in addition to non-member companies and other external contributors. The content covers these sectors of the door and hardware industry: industrial doors, garage doors, doorsets, fire and security, building hardware, ironmongery, locks and powered gates. Companies selling to the any of the above industry sectors wishing to find out more about advertising or publishing articles in the Door Industry Journal should visit our website at www.doorindustryjournal.co.uk to download our advertising rate card. This document provides full details of the advertising rates and the associated technical data required to place advertising or editorial in The Door Industry Journal. Alternatively, to obtain further information, discuss your advertising requirements or to enquire about special features and advertorials, please contact the editor, Derek Hibbart at the Door Industry Journal on 01444 464147 or by email at editor@doorindustryjournal.co.uk . Door Industry Journal is a trading style of Avalon Innovations LLP. Company No. OC364751 Bob Perry, Executive Chairman, Door and Hardware Federation 3 Follow us on Twitter @DoorIndustryJnl Front cover image kindly supplied by Ian Firth Hardware Ltd