Door Industry Journal - Winter 2015

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk industry news EasyGates mark 13 lucky years online EasyGates, the Nationwide electric gate automation, access control and safety supplier, is celebrating their 13th year of offering customers an online purchasing and information service. Easygates.co.uk launched in 2002 with a small selection of products available to purchase and now, 13 years on has two websites (trade and non-trade) offering over a thousand products to customers across the UK. Both sites are regularly updated with special offers, industry news and the latest in technical support and assistance documents. Managing Director of EasyGates, Tony Daniels-Gooding said: “When we launched the website back in 2002 we saw a marked increase in sales and profit that have led to a very healthy number of sales now placed online. Whilst we take pride and go to great detail with the information available on the site we still ensure customers can order or ask for advice via the telephone to our sales and technical team. “We introduced EasyGates Direct in March of this year, which has enabled us to offer tailor made options to trade only customers on products ranging from safety edges to gate motor kits and specialist component parts. The site stocks all major manufacturer merchandise and offers next day delivery with pre-defined time slots to requested locations”. Since the launch of the initial site, the company has grown its workforce, premises and product range and are currently updating the shopping basket element of the original site to improve speed and processing. Easygates have over 25 years’ experience in the industry and specialise in gate automation, safety solutions and access control. As ASO Safety Solutions UK competence partners, the company supplies a number of core safety products to the marketplace and is renowned for supplying quality, safety and technical service to a wide range of customers.