Door Industry Journal - Summer 2013

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 61 THE door industry journal summer 2013 building hardware UNIVERSAL FACILITY FURNITURE FROM UNION UNION has enhanced its Easy+Clean™ Facility Furniture with the introduction of universal handing, offering the same easy-to-open and clean-to-use product to end-users, whilst making it is easier to stock. The popular facility furniture - having been used across a broad range of healthcare and education environments thanks to its innovative TouchClean ® technology, a nanotechnology coating used to reduce the risk of bacteria being spread from the surface of the ironmongery - has been enhanced to offer universal handing, addressing stockists’ common concern of limited space and having to stock multiple variants. The Easy+Clean™ Facility Furniture remains compatible on any project - whether left or right-handing is required - while stocking the universal variant takes up less space when storage is at a premium. Changing the handing is a quick and convenient adjustment - by simply removing the screw and locking collar from the pre- assembled product, sliding off the bolt and reaffixing to the desired handing, the process is complete and the furniture is operational straight away. The simple change makes UNION’s Easy+Clean™ Facility Furniture ideal for a busy site environment, offering a quick adjustment, and saving the customers on both time and hassle. Lorna Ardern, Product Category Manager, Architectural Hardware for ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions, said: “We have simply taken a popular product, and made it more suited to stockist locations, where storage is at a premium. It’s important that our stockists don’t miss out on valuable sales and contract opportunities because of stock limitations, and this is a way of addressing that issue. “The Easy+Clean™ Facility Furniture has always been a popular product thanks to UNION’s TouchClean ® technology - an anti- bacterial coating helping to improve infection control and reduce the risk of bacteria being transmitted from the surface of the ironmongery. Now it’s even easier to take advantage of the sales opportunity.” For budget flexibility, UNION’s universal handing facility furniture is also available in a basic variant, without the TouchClean ® coating. UNION LAUNCH HELPFUL HANDLE FOR HOTELS UNION, part of ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions, is helping hotels to tackle security and access permissions, with its innovative Codehandle proving a popular solution for administrative areas. The streamline lever handle design with an attractive and compact keypad is an effective way of managing authorised access for hotel staff working in office and maintenance areas. Easy to install, no complicated wiring or door alterations are required meaning Codehandle can be fitted and programmed by hotel maintenance staff. Plus, hotels can make additional cost savings thanks to the speed of installation and simple retrofit options. With the ability to store nine user codes, which can be easily and frequently changed with use of an administrative code pin, Codehandle can provide a separate code for different shift patterns, allowing the administrator to prevent access to a single group at any time, without affecting other groups or having to redistribute keys. Similarly, a different code could be provided to contractors for the duration of their work, allowing them easy access to permissible areas, whilst ensuring the safety of staff and guests, as well as equipment and documents stored at hotels. Lorna Ardern, Product Manager for Codehandle, said: “We’ve received a lot of interest from hotels in the benefits that Codehandle can bring to their operations, and it has already been successfully installed at various locations. As well as providing back of house office with a sleek finish that is more in line with guest quarters, it can also be managed and installed by hotel maintenance staff, reducing the cost and hassle of using external key control suppliers.” For further information, please visit www.uniononline.co.uk.