Door Industry Journal - Winter 2016

THE door industry journal winter 2016 Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 33 industry news NEW WAREHOUSE ADDS TO PRODUCT CAPACITY AT NORTH VALLEY METAL After months of construction work and considerable investment, North Valley Metal - the country’s leading supplier of industrial door components - has opened a new state-of-the-art warehouse. The purpose-built facility at the firm’s base in Nelson, Lancashire has been built to house a greater range of products, and in particular the Series 3 steel door range. The increased space has allowed North Valley Metal to expand its bespoke made to measure range, which now includes LPS 1175 Level 4 security doors, as well as fire rated doors certified up to four hours. The company has also been able to expand the PPC colour range for the made to measure doors . 52 RAL colours are now available, one of the largest ranges available on the market. Around £100,000 has been invested in the new warehouse, which also boasts a raft of features designed to boost productivity and efficiency, including a new racking system and powered-lift trucks. “We are delighted with the new warehouse, as it allows us to provide an even better service to our customers,” explains John Seymour, Managing Director at North Valley Metal. “Our operation is now more streamlined and efficient than ever, so we can source from a larger range of products and deliver even quicker. We’ve also added Briton as a supplier of fire exit hardware for both our made to measure and stocked fire exit doors. They are an excellent choice as, in common with our other suppliers, they have a reputation for both expertise and experience.” To find out more about the North Valley Metal product range call 01282 615239, email sales@nvmgroup.co.uk or visit www.nvmgroup.co.uk Keeping up with Compliance: Escape doors standards White Paper Abloy UK has created a whitepaper that explains the importance of complying with standards and regulations for Escape Doors and recommends solutions to ensure compliance. All stages of developing any building need to conform to the required standards, from the architect to the installer, they all need to take responsibility for ensuring the correct compliant elements that are in place. There is an average of 162 building fires in Great Britain every day, with more than 9,100 fatalities or casualties from those fires, which works out at around 25 a day. So fitting the correct system can mean the difference between life and death for the occupants of a building. In this whitepaper Abloy explores why it’s vital that each party - whether an architect, specifier, facilities manager or installer - takes responsibility for ensuring the correct compliant standards are met to guarantee safe egress for the occupants of the building in the event of an emergency. To view the whitepaper, go to http://www.abloy.co.uk/en/abloy/abloy-co-uk/white-paper/escape-standards- compliance-white-paper/ or use this short link https://goo.gl/R23pNB For further information on any of the products and services available from Abloy UK, please call 01902 364 500 or email marketing@abloy.co.uk 1 Between 2013-14 2 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-statistics-england-april-2014-to-march-2015