Door Industry Journal - Winter 2018

winter 2018 THE door industry journal Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk welcome 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 The Door Industry Journal is an independently produced and edited trade publication which is published by Avalon Innovations LLP on behalf of the door, hardware and gate industries, with support and guidance provided by 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 3 Follow us on Twitter @DoorIndustryJnl Christmas is nearly upon us and that means… The Winter edition of the DIJ is here! This edition is packed full of interesting news and articles, but I have taken the liberty of picking a few out so that you can enjoy … The Twelve Doors of Christmas: Door 1 - Bells are ringing to celebrate 10 years of trading at Teckentrup Door Solutions (p8) Door 2 - It’s snow joke – Hormann have got a new MD (p28) Door 3 - Warm yourself up by reading about the SOMMER buzz (p30) Door 4 - It’s been a ho ho whole lot of years since Rundum Meir first started trading. Fifty, in fact – and the UK team travelled to Germany to celebrate (p50) Door 5 - Feast your mince pies on the latest development from Alutech, a double door side extension sprung system (p60) Door 6 - Find out why it makes frankincense to choose wooden garage doors from Woodrite (p64) Door 7 - Yule enjoy reading about the new and improved police-approved Securodoors from SWS (p68) Door 8 - All you wise men (and women) must take a look at the new GM95 roller shutter from Priory (p76) Door 9 - The HorizAL “Portalier” network is continuing to grow – find out why it’s so tree-mendous (p92) Door 10 - You’d be crackers to miss this article on the ongoing expansion of Belfox (p98) Door 11 - There’s a santalising piece for you on creating an access strategy for your building (p108) Door 12 - And there’s myyrh - Ales Spetiic, CEO at Klevio, tells us about digital alternatives to traditional locks and keys (p122) Ok, that’s enough awful festive puns to last you for one Christmas! I hope you enjoy this issue and have a restful and relaxing holiday. Finally, thank you to all our readers, advertisers and contributors for your support throughout 2018.