Door Industry Journal - Winter 2020

winter 2020 THE door industry journal Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 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 3 Follow us on Twitter @DoorIndustryJnl welcome W elcome to the final issue of 2020 - what a year it ’s been! I think we can all agree it’s best to put 2020 behind us and hope for better in 2021. But, of course, no year is complete without the winter edition of the DIJ. And our last issue of the year is not complete without: The twelve doors of Christmas... Door 1 - Yule be impressed to read about the record-breaking sales reported at Aluroll (page 7) Door 2 - ADSA has adapted to lockdown by offering online training - what a tree-mendous effort (page 8) Door 3 - Don’t miss-tletoe Hörmann UK MD Wolfgang Gorner’s take on the challenges facing the sector in 2021 (page 16) Door 4 - The dhf is doing great work in the elf and safety field by launching emergency first aid courses (page 18) Door 5 - It makes frankin-sense to incorporate security into new developments, which is exactly what Secured by Design has done at Kingston University (page 28) Door 6 - There’s snow doubt you’ll want to read about Garador’s new product launch (page 36) Door 7 - Aluroll has done a berry good job in maintaining a two-week turnaround time throughout the pandemic (page 38) Door 8 - Don’t miss spr-out on an article about continued growth and success at Trojon Roller Doors (page 45) Door 9 - Hart Doors is looking to play a tur-key role in the fight against climate change (page 78) Door 10 - There’s a santa-lising new gate and door app on the market, courtesy of HSL (page 86) Door 11 - Discover why so many wise men and women are joining the HorizAL ‘Portalier’ network (page 88) Door 12 - Here’s a gift for you – our end of year collection of funnies (page 120) That’s it for this year. Thank you to all our readers, advertisers and contributors for your support throughout 2020. Enjoy your Christmas and I’ll be back with you for our Spring 2021 issue. Derek Hibbart, Editor, Door Industry Journal