Door Industry Journal - Winter 2018

125 THE door industry journal winter 2018 Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk Locks & Building Hardware Another window closes on UK burglars HOPPE has launched the brand new SecuForte ® range of window handles offering a completely new standard of burglary resistance in the UK. When the window is closed or tilted, the handle and square spindle are uncoupled and the handle is automatically locked. It is a unique concept that protects against the unauthorised opening of a window from outside. Handles with SecuForte ® can only be opened from the inside and only by pushing the handle in the direction of the rosette. This makes window handles with SecuForte® effective against break-in attempts made either by piercing the glass seal and drilling into the framework or by displacing the window fitting from outside. A burglar intending to turn the handle from outside, might be able to break it off the rosette using massive physical force, yet the square spindle will still not move. The window cannot be opened and the break-in attempt will have failed. In this way, SecuForte ® protects not only against displacing the window fitting from outside, but also against the break-in methods of piercing the glass seal or drilling the frame in order to be able to turn the window handle from outside. www.hoppe.co.uk