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Gerda doors made their UK debut at this year’s FIT Show. We catch up with Pionner Trading’s Danny Williams, to find out more about the launch. Most outings of the old Glassex and now the FIT Show, have been characterised and even dominated by one major product group. Back in the day it was often the systems houses that ruled...
Force 8 is well-known for its arch profile bending, but over the last 10 years it has also developed its own unique composite doors. Force 8 has focused more on contemporary composite designs, as it feels the market is ‘flooded with look-alike’ traditional doors, and it adds that a good amount of those designs are unique and developed in-house. Although...
Suzanne Nicholl, business development manager at ODL, looks at the story behind the company’s G21 Award winning Guardsman fire door slab and why it has become the first in the next generation of reliable composite fire doors. When the business took the decision to develop a new 30-minute composite fire door it was with a laser-focus determination to deliver the...
Andy Grogan, associate sales director for Distinction Doors discusses the company’s latest product launches – the Venture Collection – a suite of four new cassette styles, and a new door design for the Infinity Collection. We launched the Venture Collection just a few weeks’ ago and customers are already responding with enquiries and orders. We know these products have great...
Apeer MD, Asa McGillian, believes that with the price of a decent composite door comparable with a sofa, selling residential doors has moved way past home improvements into the realm of home decoration. The first composite doors entered the UK around 25 years ago and as such they are a relatively recent addition to the window and door replacement market....
RegaLead’s Guy Hubble discusses how decorative door products can transform composite door designs into unique styles that can persuade homeowners to part with their hard-earned cash in the inevitable market downturn. Being at FIT Show for three days gave our team a great opportunity to get a good feeling of the mood of our industry after several impressive sales results...
Paul Bailey, managing director at Pyramid Aluminium, explains how the company is making it easier for installers to reap the benefits of choosing aluminium doors and windows. The strong profile and impressive aesthetics of aluminium has meant it has always been an exceptional material for both doors and windows. But the development of thermal break technology in the early 2000s...
Ben Brocklesby, director at Origin, discusses the growing trend for internal glazing, what is driving demand, and a new product on the market. Every facet of homeowner’s lives changed dramatically over the course of two years during the pandemic. Some of that change is here to stay, including how we value our space and view our homes. The open plan...
As the door closes on a successful FIT show for another 12 months, Suzanne Nicholl, business development manager at ODL Europe, discusses the importance of being able to offer the door styles that reflect current trends and introduces the latest in composite door designs. It’s fair to say that the entrance door offers opportunities to reflect interior design trends more...
Made For Trade returned to this year’s FIT Show with a new corporate identity and wowed the crowds with its Korniche bi-fold. Made For Trade declared prior to this year’s FIT Show that it was going to ‘up the ante’ for the 2022 exhibition and it certainly made good on that promise as crowds flocked to the company’s impressive 170m2...
Today, the industry demands a GRP composite fire door system that can consistently demonstrate compliance and dependable performance. Hurst Doors has set the standard for FD30 with the high-performance Fire Door Systems (FDS) fire door system. Sales director, Mark Atkinson, tells Glass Times about the fire door and Hurst’s business plans. Recent years have seen Britain address its attitudes to...
Danny Williams has a track record of doing something about it when he becomes frustrated with a product or service. This time he’s done it with resi doors… As a long standing Synseal fabricator, Pioneer Trading’s Danny Williams became frustrated at what he felt was the brand’s propensity for selling profile to anyone. Thus, with Synseal fabricators peppering the area...
The arrival of the new ultra-premium Avantal door from Endurance Doors reflects the company’s lofty ambitions in the entrance door market. Stephen Nadin, managing director, explains the long-term thought process behind this next generation innovation. Our experience in the door market goes back to 2002, when we developed one of the sector’s first timber composite doors. Since then, it is...
Glass Times talks to Martin James, managing director of Dutemänn, about pandemic demand, new products and more challenging times ahead. Glass Times (GT): How strong was demand during the pandemic? Martin James (MJ): We have been exceptionally busy over the last couple of years. We had challenges, like everyone else, but these were mostly with hardware. I know that some...
DoorCo has secured its position as one of the leaders in the UK composite door market through strategic investment and innovation, but to maintain it, Dan Sullivan MD shares what he believes is important in the industry today. DoorCo has the ultimate composite door offer: we are the only UK manufacturer to supply three types of composite door – the...
As Distinction Doors celebrates five years of its nxt-gen composite door range, associate sales director, Andy Grogan, discusses how the pioneering benefits have impacted fabricators and introduces the latest nxt-gen door style. When we launched the nxt-gen range in 2017 we believed that it would revolutionise the composite door industry. Why? Because it delivers on so many levels. Then and...
Deceuninck MD Rob McGlennon announces the new sculptured sash option for the Slider24+, and explains why it is a product that keeps on giving. As the UK emerged from a series of pandemic-related lockdowns, a shift in homeowner behaviour resulted in a change in buying habits. As a result, people now spend more time at home; households now socialise, study,...
Are systems companies being too slow to support fabricators with products that meet the latest revisions to the Building Regs? We talk to Deceuninck Aluminium’s director, Nigel Headford, to find out. Despite the fact that systems companies have known for some time that revisions to the Building Regulations would be coming into force by the middle of June 2022, many...
FIT Show 2022 provided the perfect launch pad for new manufacturer, Comp Door, to unveil its new solid timber core composite doors. There were 11 Comp Doors displayed on stand F51 at the 2022 FIT Show, showing just a few of the design possibilities available with a wide choice of styles, colours hardware and glazing options. This included a concept...
We catch up with Apeer’s Asa McGillian, who says that his firm’s Silka door range has blurred the lines between aluminium and GRP composite doors. According to Apeer, the company’s Silka door range has been an unqualified success. The brand now has its own dedicated 20,000ft2 production area on the company’s 7.5-acre Ballymena site, with the facility capable of producing...