Door Industry Journal - Summer 2012

summer 2012 THE door industry journal One of the key roles of the DHF is keeping the members informed about the work the federation carries out on their behalf. In that respect, for a long time now, Inside Track, the members’ own newsletter, has been a key part of that process. Originally it was a printed newsletter, delivered by post. More recently, in line with members’ wishes and to save cost, it was delivered online. However, it has become clear that not all members are receiving their emailed copies of Inside Track. Some members said they no longer had the time to read Inside Track online and preferred a printed version. So whilst we are reviewing the situation we have decided to discontinue Inside Track in its present form and will be communicating with members in different ways. Firstly we have recently been trialling “Dashboard”, a simple emailer to executive and marketing committee members. It has been well received and so it will now be issued monthly to the full DHF membership. And secondly, we are increasing the amount of federation and industry news here in the Door Industry Journal, now it has established itself as the premier publication for the door industry. The whole aspect of communication with members will be part of the brief that we are now putting together for the development of the new website. Continuing on the communication theme meeting members face to face is an important part of our programme, and all members are urged to attend their own focus group meetings. Some of these meetings will be developed into seminars over the coming months to help members understand the forthcoming changes in CE mark legislation. In this issue of Door Industry Journal (on page 6) there is an article about the first of these seminars held in June which was particularly well attended by members. Finally I would like to remind members that the DHF minimum technical membership standards are now in force. All members need to comply with these standards. Technical advice and support is on hand at Tamworth head office for any company needing help. The standards are now being enforced, and we recently appointed Don Sowley as our inspector of the scheme to help us police the new standards. 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 Chairman of The Garage Door Installer and Distributor Group Julie Chester Chairman of the Industrial Door Group Andrew Lloyd Chairman of the Metal Doorset Forum Bill Duncombe Chairman of the Garage Door Manufacturers' Group Simon Hipgrave Chairman of the Hardware Group David Whitworth Chairman of the Timber Doorset Group Ian Hopkinson 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 by Avalon Marketing 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, timber and metal 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 and Avalon Marketing are trading styles of Avalon Innovations LLP. Company No. OC364751 Bob Perry, Executive Chairman, Door and Hardware Federation 3 Follow us on Twitter @DoorIndustryJnl Front cover image: © Bill Emrich | Dreamstime.com