Door Industry Journal - Summer 2014

summer 2014 THE door industry journal Gate Safety Week is just a few weeks away. Organised by the DHF’s Powered Gate Group, Gate Safety Week is designed to raise awareness of the dangers that automated gates pose, and to advise everyone on how to choose safe gates or make their existing gates safe. The week of action takes place from October 13 - 19 and is designed to improve the safety of automated gates in the UK. But there’s been plenty happening before that. In the months running up to the event, the DHF and its powered gate members have been campaigning hard to raise awareness of the risks associated with automated gates. It is estimated that than two thirds of all automated gates installed in the UK do not comply with current legislation and could pose a serious safety risk. Equally worrying is the fact that unsafe installations are still being carried out by unqualified installers and gate companies who are quite willing to take dangerous short cuts in both gate manufacture and installation. The DHF’s powered gate members are planning special events focussing on gate safety in the run up to Gate Safety Week. The DHF is also partnering with a number of influential organisations in the safety, enforcement, inspection, education and security sectors who are lending their support to the campaign. With around 70 per cent of existing powered gate installations thought to be non compliant, we must all take powered gate safety very seriously. I’m confident that with the backing of our powered gate group members and the team at Tamworth, Gate Safety Week will play a vital part in significantly raising levels of gate safety. Visit our website to see how you can help spread the vital message about automated gate safety. 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 Magazine Editor The Door Industry Journal Derek Hibbart T: 01444 464147 E: mail@doorindustryjournal.co.uk Garage Door Group Jointly chaired by Julie Chester & Simon Hipgrave Chairman of the Industrial Door Group Alan Jenkins Chairman of the Metal Doorset Group David Lycett Chairman of the Hardware Group David Whitworth Chairman of the Timber Doorset Group Amanda Haley Chairman of the Powered Gate Group Neil Sampson 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 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, DHF Executive Chairman, Door and Hardware Federation 3 Follow us on Twitter @DoorIndustryJnl Cover photo: © freshidea / Dollar Photo Club