Door Industry Journal - Winter 2016

HÖRMANN IS AWARDED WITH DESIGN4SAFETY AT THE SHD LOGISTICS AWARDS Leading door manufacturer Hörmann (UK) celebrated a successful week exhibiting at IMHX 2016 after being recognised for a Design4Safety award at the 2016 SHD Logistics Awards. As well as picking up such a prestigious award, Hörmann also supported the event by sponsoring the Warehouse Efficiency category. The Leicestershire-based door manufacturer’s Safety Light Grille, which looks to eliminate the potential harm to people when passing under spiral and high speed doors, was shortlisted as a finalist for the Goods in/Goods out category. The Design4Safety awards, organised by the IMHX and BITA, are awarded every three years during the IMHX trade show and all exhibitors to the show have the opportunity to enter. The awards focus on improving safety standards by highlighting the importance of improving safety standards and practices when designing a product or service. Alan Jenkins, sales director of Hörmann UK said: “We are delighted to have been selected as the winners of the Goods in/Goods out category at the Design4Safety awards. The award not only recognises our commitment to manufacturing our components to the highest quality, but it ensures that the safety of our products is at the heart of everything we do and produce.” For more information on Hörmann’s product range and service packages, please call 01530 513000 or visit www.hormann.co.uk GLIDEROL INVESTS IN NEW ‘GREEN’ VEHICLE FLEET WITH STATE OF THE ART ONE MAN LIFTING EQUIPMENT Gliderol, a leading manufacturer in the UK and Ireland garage door market has recently invested in a number of new green efficiency vehicles with the latest driver technology, as replacement to its current fleet. These latest additions to the Gliderol fleet are all Daf Euro 6 CF trucks, which are THE benchmark vehicles for long distance road transport and have been designed for maximum transport efficiency and have allowed Gliderol to significantly lower carbon emissions. Consideration was also given to driver ergonomics and safety systems including Lane departure warning systems (LDWS) and Adaptive cruise control (ACC) and Forward collision warning (FCW), with automatic braking using distance trackers. Bespoke state of the art lifting equipment has also been added to each of the trucks, this will mean a driver can deliver, for e.g., a 5m x 5m door with the minimum of effort and without any assistance. Commenting on the new vehicle investment, Gliderol Managing Director, Roy Sinclair, stated, “This represents a considerable investment by the company and demonstrates a firm commitment to providing the best possible customer service”. “Reliability delivers trust and this is why these recent additions are a very important milestone for us because it cements once again our commitment to strengthen our reliability and the already important service we deliver to all our customers across the UK and Ireland”. “Finally, the lifting equipment demonstrates our commitment to Health & Safety, the wellbeing of our employees/customers and the flexibility we can now offer to deliver any size of a door to any site regardless of conditions or personnel available”. THE door industry journal winter 2016 Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 25 industry news