THE door industry journal spring 2025 Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk Advertising and Editorial The 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 PO Box 508 Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5GY T: 01444 461796 F: 01444 461596 E: info@freelance-design.co.uk Advisory Partner The Door & Hardware Federation The Barn Shuttington Fields Farm Main Road Shuttington Tamworth B79 0HA T: 01827 52337 F: 01827 310827 Printed Circulation: Door Industry Journal is a controlled free circulation publication and is available free of charge only to personnel who fall within our defined criteria. Copies are available on subscription to persons or companies who do not qualify. Our current printed circulation is just under 5000 copies. Digital Circulation: Our current digital circulation reaches around 12,500 readers. Annual Subscription Rates: £17.95 (UK), £29.95 (EU), £38.95 (Rest of World) To subscribe visit: www.doorindustryjournal.co.uk 3 Follow us on X @DoorIndustryJnl The Door Industry Journal is an independently produced and edited trade publication, published by Avalon Innovations LLP on behalf of the door, security, lock, ironmongery and automated gate industries, with support and guidance provided by our advisory partner The Door and Hardware Federation (dhf) and other carefully selected industry bodies. Companies selling to the any of the above industry sectors wishing to find out more about advertising or having articles published in the Door Industry Journal should visit our website at www.doorindustryjournal.co.uk or download our media pack at www.dijonline.co.uk . Alternatively, to obtain further information, discuss your advertising requirements or to enquire about special features and advertorials, please call us on 01444 464147 or send an email to advertising@doorindustryjournal.co.uk . Door Industry Journal is a trading style of Avalon Innovations LLP. Company No. OC364751 Derek Hibbart, Editor, Door Industry Journal welcome Spring has sprung, the flowers are in bloom... And, most importantly, the Spring 2025 edition of the DIJ is here! I write these words on the day of the vernal equinox - the official start of spring - and what better way to celebrate than with a new edition packed full of industry news and views. This season, I’ve selected our ‘Top Ten Blooms of Spring’ to highlight some particularly interesting reads: • Bloom 1 – SIMONSWERK is sprouting up at the FIT Show for its debut appearance (page 10) • Bloom 2 – SOMMER DOCO strengthens its roots with a new manufacturing facility in Rochdale (page 18) • Bloom 3 – Spring into safety with this egg-cellent comparison of fire curtains versus fire shutters (page 24) • Bloom 4 – Cooks Doors celebrates 60 blooming years in business. (page 32) • Bloom 5 – Hörmann UK and Skanska’s new £259m Ministry of Defence project is hatching nicely in Tewkesbury (page 70) • Bloom 6 – Everything’s bigger in Texas, including Jewers Doors’ Phoenix installation that’s blossoming across the pond (page 74) • Bloom 7 – Alliance Door Engineering’s new high-speed door is ready to spring into action soon (page 78) • Bloom 8 – Allegion UK’s finger protection systems ensure your digits stay egg-stra safe (page 94) • Bloom 9 – ARRONE is no April fool when it comes to letterplates that address security concerns (page 116) • Bloom 10 – Our basket of spring funnies – each one guaranteed to make you crack up! (page 121) There is plenty more to keep you growing inside. Whether you’re enjoying chocolate eggs over the Easter period or simply appreciating the longer, brighter days, I hope this issue brings you fresh industry insights.
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