THE door industry journal summer 2024 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 Welcome to the spring issue of the DIJ. Since our last issue, the election has been and gone and a new administration is in place. From a sector perspective this may be cause for optimism, as Labour has promised to build 1.5 million homes over the next five years and unblock the UK’s notoriously sluggish planning system. And where there are new houses, there’s work for us all. Will it happen? We can only hope so. And it may not be until after the summer and the long parliamentary recess before we get a clearer idea of how these plans will become reality. But while you wait, you at least have our summer issue to get stuck into. Here are just some of the stories we cover inside: • It’s a milestone birthday for Chamberlain Doors, which is celebrating 50 years in the business (page 6) • Remembering the life and career of Thomas J. Hörmann (page 16) • Discussing the Internet of Things – and the opportunities and challenges it presents for the industry (page 22) • The Pegasus Door Company wins big at the Suffolk Small Business Awards (page 56) • Read about the long and successful partnership between SWS UK and Somfy (page 62) • Trojon Roller Doors has just released a brand new samples pack that showcases its entire range (page 64) • A new Managing Director has taken the reigns at FBS Hörmann (page 80) • Alucorb announces a newly extended 25-year guarantee on HorizAL aluminium gates (page 90) • Owen Jones - Technical Director at Distinction Doors – discusses the importance of third-party certification for composite fire doors (page 106) • Last but not least, a bit of summer fun (page 122) OK, that lot should keep you going! I hope you have a relaxing summer break and enjoy some decent weather. I’ll be back with you again in the autumn.
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