Door Industry Journal - Winter 2018

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 34 THE door industry journal winter 2018 Industry News Brio gets ‘Specified By’ Brio, a global leader in sliding and bi-fold door hardware, is continuing its marketing communications aimed at architects and specifiers with a commitment to the web portal ‘Specified By’. Specified By was created to help specifiers find and research building products and materials through modern search, comparison and information management tools. By providing well-structured, open data for thousands of products, the site is ready access to one of the most comprehensive databases of products and materials in the UK. It is designed to save architectural and specification professionals lots of time in the whole process. “Life is lived online these,” says Dave Newton, UK head of Brio, “and we wanted product range and technical information readily available on ‘Specified By’ as it is purely for specification professionals. Our product range lends itself to adventurous architectural ideas that easily unfold into exciting reality”. The company is approaching its 50th birthday. It has consistently innovated and developed new products for the global market, producing cutting edge designs such as Weatherfold exterior folding door hardware. Brio’s R&D department continues to bring a strong design element to the business, developing and testing ground breaking concepts that continue to be at the forefront of the industry. www.briouk.com SWR Take On Tough Mudder SWR Trade Spares, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of garage door parts and accessories, mustered an elite team of highly-trained athletes on 22nd September, and and took a trip down to East Sussex for the infamous Tough Mudder Challenge – a gruelling 5-mile hike through pools of mud and over a range of intimidating obstacles. Against the odds they emerged victorious and managed to raise £1000 for local charity Mind in Mid Herts. Not a bad result! At the end of the course, each participant got to drown their sorrows with a free bottle of cider. Followed by a much-needed shower. Jason Lee, SWR’s Managing Director, said the Tough Mudder team can be ‘very proud’ of their achievements and raising funds for such a worthy cause. He said: “Well done to everyone Involved. All the bumps and bruises were worth it in the end. Let’s see if we can get even more people to take part next year!” www.swrtradespares.com