Door Industry Journal - Winter 2021

winter 2021 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.- 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 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 welcome Time flies… The last time I wrote my welcome address - for our Summer issue - it was ‘Freedom Day’ in the UK. Now, it’s just over a month until Christmas! Much has changed since then. Things continue to return to normal and its business as usual across our sector. This is great news for everyone, including us at the DIJ – as we’ve seen a marked increase in support from our advertisers and contributors that has brought us back to where we were pre-Covid, in early 2020. Thanks to all our loyal customers – old and new – for your support. The return of normality has also brought back, at long last, industry exhibitions. And we will be taking space in the media centre at the R+T Show, Stuttgart in February, where this issue of DIJ will be freely available to all visitors. So, whenever and wherever you’re reading your copy of the DIJ, here’s a selection of what’s inside: • Read about ‘Hormann Alone’ – a new film that takes a fun look at a serious subject (page 6) • Discover how Chamberlain Doors won a major logistics award (page 12) • Read how Secured by Design is playing a role in the reform of fire safety regulations following the Grenfell fire (page 26) • A look at why Yorkshire-based firm Colour-Tec is in such demand across the roller door sector (page 50) • How concentrating on the basics is leading to rewards for Leicester-based Trojon Roller Doors (page 70) • Read about the ‘weather beaters’ – the hardy, low-maintenance aluminium gates from HorizAL (page 98) • The seven magnificent reasons why Scrigno, Italy’s favourite pocket door system, is gaining in popularity (page 110) There is plenty more inside – enjoy your read! I’ll be with you again for our spring issue.