Door Industry Journal - Summer 2012

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk JEWERS DOORS INSTALLS TALLEST EVER DOORS Jewers Doors has recently lifted into place doors that are 45 metres high at the new Nakilat super yacht facility in Qatar. The UK-based company is a world- leader in designing, manufacturing and installing exceptionally large doors for buildings such as aircraft hangars but these are the tallest doors it has built in its 29-year history. The new facility is phase 4A of an ongoing development by international construction group, Eversendai Corporation at Nakilat Ship Repair Yard, Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. The super yacht hall is being built for the final outfitting and painting of super yacht hulls as well as for refitting and upgrading super yachts and naval vessels. Jewers Doors has installed two of its Esavian doors totalling 45.1m high and 69.9m wide. Each door weighs 68 tonnes and three giant cranes where used in the lifting process. Although these are by far the tallest doors Jewers Doors has built and may well be some of the largest sliding doors in the world, in terms of area they are actually smaller than the 582m by 25.85m doors supplied for the Royal Airwing hangar at Dubai International Airport. It is Jewers Doors’ unmatched experience of supplying large doors together with its long history of successful contract completions in the Middle East that helped secure the Nakilat super yacht facility contract. HÖRMANN DOOR SALES RISE Hörmann is reporting an increase in sales as warehouse development continues to be dominated by the food retail sector. On-going projects include work for Asda, The Co-operative Group, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. The desire to reduce the carbon footprint of their supply chains is one factor behind the development of new, more energy efficient, warehouses and is shaping their design. The increased use of fast action doors both internally and externally is contributing to the increased sales reported by Hörmann. Internally, these doors partition areas and prevent draughts, while externally, they minimise the time the door is open, leading to reduced energy consumption. With more of these doors in place there is an associated need for safety systems, which has led to greater demand for integration of doors and loading bays that help to maintain the high safety levels these major operators work to. The position of Hörmann as a true one-stop-shop for all loading bay requirements is consequently helping to accelerate sales and has directly led to the development of new products. Asda, for example, has chosen the new Hörmann, HS7030 insulated high speed spiral door for level access loading bays, while demand from several companies has led Hörmann to include ThermoFrame as standard with all double insulated DPU sectional doors. These products were developed specifically to meet the demand for better thermal efficiency. As an added service Hörmann has created a free, modular planning tool, the Energy Saving Compass. This gives examples of well planned loading bays, the choices available and calculates the payback time for the chosen options. Go to www.hormann.co.uk and find the Energy Saving Compass on the welcome page. For further help you can contact Hörmann direct on 01530 513050 or Email info@hormann.co.uk . THE door industry journal summer 2012 industrial doors