Door Industry Journal - Winter 2019

39 THE door industry journal winter 2019 Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk Industry News Ellard Expands its Gate Automation Sales Team HSL electrical, historically a prominent part of the Ellard gate automation sales team, will no longer be playing a part in this role. Despite this, they will remain a great customer and sales agent. Ellard will continue to work as closely with HSL as they have done previously, while also focusing on extending the Ellard sales team. New to Ellard are business development managers Andrew Huskinson and Jim Carpenter. Andrew, joining from Came, brings with him more than 8 years of gate and barrier knowledge. Jim, who is joining Ellard from BFT, also holds an extensive level of experience and knowledge on the matter. Both business development managers are keen to offer the very best in sales and technical support at Ellard. Ellard’s range of V2 gate and automation products are supplied with an industry leading 30-month warranty. This warranty excludes the Vulcan underground range which has an impressive 5-year warranty. The V2 range of products come in both 24v and 230v versions with encoder limit options on most motors. Andrew and Jim will be visiting all customers over the coming weeks but if you have any enquiries, please don’t hesitate to contact any of the team who will be happy to assist. www.ellard.co.uk Birmingham City University’s School of Architecture and Design has a long history in the city dating back to the 1904. The School is now based at Birmingham City University’s City Centre Campus, in Birmingham’s Eastside which has undergone a major transformation in recent years and will be home to the HS2 rail station. Professor Kevin Singh, Head of Birmingham City University’s School of Architecture and Design, said: “George’s passion and zest for addressing the issues facing the UK’s housing market are clear for all to see and that is why we are all so delighted to have been able to name him as a Visiting Professor here. “George has shown great enthusiasm towards our students every time he has visited and this is a real opportunity for them to learn from such a passionate, experienced, high profile and talented professional who can help support the next generation of architects and designers who will be the ones tasked with carrying out the solutions to the challenges we currently have. “We were very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work closely with George to develop the Design for Future Living course, and we are equally delighted that we’ll now have an even closer working relationship.” Have you liked our facebook page yet? We post news everyday! www.facebook.com/DoorIndustryJournal