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Yale has pledged its support to Fire Door Safety Week for the fourth year running. The Fire Door Safety Week campaign (September 21-29) is a response to a legacy of fire door neglect. Drawing attention to specific issues such as poor installation and maintenance, the annual initiative aims to engage and educate specifiers, building owners and the general public on...
VBH has added the ClearLift hardware system for aluminium lift/slide patio doors to its greenteQ range. ClearLift can carry sashes weighing up to 300kg and measuring up to 3.33m wide or 2.7m high, subject to the systems company’s recommendations. VBH said stock holding is reduced as all door heights are achieved with just two gear heights. The system has been...
UAP has launched a new customer platform, the UAP Trade Portal, to complement its existing trade customer channels. The purpose of the Trade Portal is to improve the efficiency of the ordering process, save time for customers, and to give them more control. It performs a variety of benefits, the company said: the sales process is streamlined, replacing a call...
The new DC6113 slimline transom door closer from Assa Abloy presents the solution to a major industry challenge: finding the perfect balance between safety and security, and the need to make buildings accessible for all users, the company has announced. Assa Abloy said that many old people in Britain struggle to access buildings, a problem that also affects young people...
Yale has joined forces with Schneider Electric, Somfy and Danfoss to provide new solutions for the modern home in an increasingly digital world. The Connectivity Ecosystem is a partnership between Schneider Electric, Somfy, Danfoss and now the Assa Abloy group, of which Yale forms a part. It will give Yale an opportunity to enhance products and continue to enable safe,...
Winkhaus now holds the latest dual certification compliance for both Q Mark Fire BS EN 1634 and PAS24 enhanced security on both its SBD-accredited composite and timber fire and security doorset products. Winkhaus’s test evidence and accreditation has undergone third-party certification by a Ukas-accredited body to ensure compliance with the latest 2020 MHCLG government guidance document Building a Safer Future:...
Glazerite’s sales and marketing director Jeff Dunn explores the appeal of the Kubu smart lock. Homeowners are increasingly tech-savvy, so when a product like the smart lock from Kubu comes long, it’s easy to see why it’s being snapped up by security-conscious homeowners. To meet consumer demand for innovative products, the Glazerite UK Group now supplies every door equipped with...
Kenrick is the UK distributor of BeeSecure, a smart home security app that allows homeowners to monitor their home from anywhere with their smartphone. Kenrick believes this is the best smart home security product for the market. BeeSecure enables users to detect movements within their home, even if they are miles away. The system features a central hub, called the...
Titan Trade Windows can service the needs of its developer customers more proficiently than ever, thanks to ERA testing a composite doorset to PAS24 & BS6375 requirements, Titan has said. Thanks to the trials done at ERA's in-house UKAS accredited facility, Titan Trade Windows can now begin fabrication of the composite door solution in-house. The composite door comprises a Vista...
The second episode of Maconnect, the podcast series created by Maco UK, sees host Mark Enderby joined by Maco UK head of product, services and innovation Craig Bryant. First discussing the importance of innovation and how customer feedback influenced Maco’s two most recent product releases – A-TS and MKV – both launched at FIT SHOW 2019. Both solutions were developed...
Window Ware has added Axim hardware to its range. Window Ware customers can benefit from Axim’s products including EN 1154-compliant concealed overhead transom closers, secure flush bolts, fail-safe or fail-secure site configurable electric door releases, and BS EN 1125-compliant panic exit devices. Window Ware’s business development manager for commercial and aluminium Rich Fraser said: “Axim has developed a fantastic reputation over the last thirty years,...
Resista is a durable finish created by Hoppe to withstand frequent use associated with commercial buildings, without losing its distinct appearance. Developed with current interior design trends in mind, natural brass-coloured, copper-coloured, black and anthracite finishes have been added to the range. All colours are available in either a polished or satin effect, allowing specifiers to co-ordinate door and window...
A new device designed and manufactured by FSB allows doors with standard pull handles to be converted for hands-free operation, and help in the battle to reduce Covid-19 transmission. The FSB forearm shield for door pulls is fitted quickly to existing standard push/pull handles with four stainless-steel screws and threaded metal bushes. This enables external doors to be opened and...
Brisant-Secure has launched a trade Facebook page so its customers can share expertise and stories. “We’re always hearing customers tell us how they’ve used something we offer in a new way or with a new type of customer, or with a new message,” the company said in a release. “Sometimes, it’s just using marketing materials we have given them and love...
Titon has added a dynamic and fully interactive CGI environment – the Titon Product House – to its website, showcasing the products available throughout the company’s window and door hardware and ventilation systems divisions. To launch the Titon Product House, users need to visit www.titon.com and click on the option to ‘explore the Titon House’ in the main web banner....
Maco was due to present what it called “the next evolution of surface protection” at Fensterbau before it was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Silverlook Evo was described as “the new and exclusive surface hardware protection” with self-healing properties, or ‘tribologically sealed’. The new Evo surface protection has a self-lubricating surface that reduces friction and corrosion ensuring that the...
Yale has launched the Vertex range of decorative hardware for vertical sliding windows. Yale teamed up with vertical sliding and sash window specialists, for “months of intensive research and development”. The new range was designed to complement and maintain the traditional aesthetics seen on sash windows, a framework that is most commonly found in British period style homes. The range...
Maco was due to present what it called “the next evolution of surface protection” at Fensterbau before it was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Silverlook Evo was described as “the new and exclusive surface hardware protection” with self-healing properties, or ‘tribologically sealed’. The new Evo surface protection has a self-lubricating surface that reduces friction and corrosion ensuring that the...
In 2018, Brisant-Secure announced that one of their Sweet door handles had managed survive in a salt spray chamber for 8,056 hours, when the standard is only 240 hours. Twelve months on, and Brisant put a Sweet letterplate into the same accredited test chamber and waited. Even though the letterbox had not failed, it was taken out of the chamber...
IronmongeryDirect has launched a new click and collect service for its range of 18,000 in-stock products. Customers can order their products as usual from architectural ironmongery, seals, sealants and adhesives, as well as fire protection products, and select the click and collect option at the checkout. Orders will then be delivered to a convenient network of local pick-up points the...