Garador celebrates the Olympic Games with stylish new door design

Demonstrating its national pride and showing support for the UK hosting the Olympic Games, garage door manufacturer Garador has introduced internationally famous Olympic rings to its range of stylish Design Doors.

Renowned for the manufacture of high quality garage doors, Garador recently launched a revolutionary stylish door that has to captured the imagination of the discerning home owner. Garador is set to start a revolution in up and over garage door design with its new range of contemporary stainless steel designs that will set homes apart.

The designs include subtle circular and square shapes manufactured in high quality stainless steel and the introduction of the Olympic rings adds to the nine designs already available.

Garador MD Simon Hipgrave said; “ What better way to show support and pride for London 2012 than having the Olympic rings emblazoned on your garage door. The Design Door range is extremely popular and bespoke designs are available. The Olympic rings lend themselves nicely to the overall look and feel of the doors.”

The range of designs are available on Garadors “Design Range 100” – horizontal panels or “Design Range 200” – vertical panels. And, with a choice of seven colours, white, black, green, blue, steel blue, brown and red, the Garador Design Range offers something for everyone, and will compliment the exterior of any home.

The Garador Design Range is manufactured in the UK to the highest standards of craftsmanship and with all their products Garador offers a superior guarantee of 10 years.

Simon Hipgrave, MD of Garador said; “Today’s homeowners really care about the appearance of their property and are able to choose from thousands of different designs for front doors, however, the garage door has traditionally been plain, until now.

“The Garador Design Range will add personality, style and class to the exterior of their property to make them proud.”

For more details of this door and the many others that Garador offer, please contact the sales department on 01935 443722 or visit www.garador.co.uk




 

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Enhanced Heat Pump air curtain offers greater energy savings

Air curtain manufacturer Thermoscreens has launched the HP DXE Heat Pump air curtain in collaboration with Mitsubishi Electric, the leading manufacturer of energy efficient heat pump systems. 

The new range is the next generation of heat pump air curtains developed by the two companies, offering even greater energy and carbon savings, easier installation, servicing and maintenance and lower noise levels.

Joining the existing PHV DXE range, the HP DXE Heat Pump air curtain has been developed to help property managers in the retail, hotel, commercial and industrial sectors to further reduce their energy usage.

Graham Cree, UK sales manager at Thermoscreens, said: “Conventional air curtains lower energy usage, as they reduce the amount of heating required, but adding a heat pump to the system can significantly increase the savings. We launched a heat pump air curtain four years ago in partnership with Mitsubishi Electric, and both companies have been working hard to develop a product that can achieve even greater savings.”

The range offers eight models linking to Mitsubishi Electric’s Mr Slim line up and six that work in conjunction with City Multi models.

The new air curtains offer several innovative improvements over the original PHV DXE, including the addition of Thermoscreens’ Ecopower Air Technology. This enhances the air velocity projection and uniformity and the energy effectiveness/savings – delivered through an air plenum, converging nozzle and active circular grille, for which a patent is pending.

To reduce energy usage further, the HP DXE Heat Pump air curtain also offers comprehensive, enhanced control options, including weather compensation as standard on Mr Slim models. This achieves significant energy and carbon savings, and the payback period can be reduced to less than two years. 

With weather compensation the heat pump compressor automatically adjusts in accordance with the outside air temperature, measured by an outdoor air sensor. A warmer discharge air stream is selected if it is cold outside, and vice versa.

The Mr Slim and City Multi models are both available in surface mounted and recessed options, and are easy to install, ‘plug and play’ systems with only three cables to wire on site. Access for servicing and maintenance has also been improved, and the customer benefits from lower noise levels as a result of changes to the motors and fans. 

Hörmann door sales rise

 Hörmann is reporting an increase in sales as warehouse development continues to be dominated by the food retail sector. On-going projects include work for Asda, The Co-operative Group, Sainsbury's and Waitrose.

The desire to reduce the carbon footprint of their supply chains is one factor behind the development of new, more energy efficient, warehouses and is shaping their design.

The increased use of fast action doors both internally and externally is contributing to the increased sales reported by Hörmann. Internally, these doors partition areas and prevent draughts, while externally, they minimise the time the door is open, leading to reduced energy consumption.

With more of these doors in place there is an associated need for safety systems, which has led to greater demand for integration of doors and loading bays that help to maintain the high safety levels these major operators work to. The position of Hörmann as a true one-stop-shop for all loading bay requirements is consequently helping to accelerate sales and has directly led to the development of new products.

Asda, for example, has chosen the new Hörmann, HS7030 insulated high speed spiral door for level access loading bays, while demand from several companies has led Hörmann to include ThermoFrame as standard with all double insulated DPU sectional doors. These products were developed specifically to meet the demand for better thermal efficiency.

As an added service Hörmann has created a free, modular planning tool, the Energy Saving Compass. This gives examples of well planned loading bays, the choices available and calculates the payback time for the chosen options.

Go to www.hormann.co.uk and find the Energy Saving Compass on the welcome page. For further help you can contact Hörmann direct on 01530 513050 or Email info@hormann.co.uk




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A Pallet Truck Can Help Reduce Carbon Footprint

Think of energy saving, green policies and corporate social responsibility initiatives and the first items to come to mind are likely light bulbs, recycled paper, car sharing, public transport and perhaps local or organic produce. You can now add the standard pallet truck to that list as one major UK distribution centre says its pallet truck fleet is instrumental to saving energy and reducing its carbon footprint.

Ideal Stelrad Group is a radiator and boiler manufacturer with a 150,000 sq ft facility. In such a huge industrial environment, energy saving can have massive cost benefits as well as being advantageous to the local environment. While no distribution centre, factory or warehouse could remain efficient without pallet trucks to hand, the Group has taken its felt one step further and incorporated its pallet trucks into its quest for energy efficiency.

With almost 13,000 items a day passing through its doors, reliability and efficiency is key. It has fitted longer forks to its pallet trucks and repositioned load wheels to give greater handling flexibility. It estimates that these changes – along with modifications to its forklift trucks – will lead to a 30% reduction in energy usage and cut 300 tonnes of carbon.

For those businesses without the budget to invest in modifying a whole fleet of trucks or with more modest requirements, a small selection of well-picked pallet trucks can help to increase productivity and efficiency. A product such as a high lift pallet truck can also see costs cut by helping employees avoid repetitive strain injury associated with constantly bending to unload products from pallets.

A lightweight hand pallet truck is also a sensible investment being easily manoeuvrable and ideal for use in tight spaces. With generous weight capacities of 3000kg they can be used to move a number of pallets, making them indispensable in busy warehouses, factories and loading docks where time is money. Robust and durable, they are also designed to stand the test of time, reducing the need to spend cash on replacing – this in turn can help to reduce environmental impact.

To find out more about pallet trucks and developing an energy-conscious fleet, visit www.PalletTruckShop.co.uk and www.PalletTrucksUK.co.uk



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AlcoSense- essential kit if you are travelling to France

Since the 1st of this month (July 2012) it has been illegal to drive in France without a breathalyser in your car. To comply with the law you must have an NF approved device, not just any breathalyser will do.

The AlcoSense Single NF is the only product available in the UK to comply with the French NF (NF is the French equivalent to the UK BSI Kite Mark breathalyser standard).

AlcoSense Singles use a small blow bag to make sure the right volume of deep-lung air passes through the tester. Too little air equals a falsely low reading, too much equals a falsely high reading. Having the blow bag eliminates this issue and helps to give you one of the most accurate disposable breathalyser readings in the marketplace.

Patented crystals inside the tube change colour from yellow to green in the presence of alcohol. The further up the graduated tube the green colour appears the greater the concentration of alcohol the user has in their system. As the green colour change passes each line, you’ve passed each limit.

The French Transport Ministry advises carrying two so, in the event of one being used, another is still available. This will include UK motorists travelling in or through the country.

Order yours now- twin pack only £4.99 at www.a1motorstores.co.uk. If you carry the wrong type of breathalyser without an NF mark it’s as good as not having one at all in the eyes of the Gendarmerie.”




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Who’d be a Director?

Christopher Burgon - Saunders Law

The six points below provided by Christopher Burgon, top litigation consultant at Saunders Law, outline the legal responsibilities to consider when becoming a director.

• Holding a directorship, whether it be in a multi-national corporation or in a small start up, means responsibility as well as privileges

• A director has a duty to promote the success of the company and to exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence, and to avoid any conflicts between their own and the company’s interests

• Any shareholder can bring an action against a director for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust

• Directors can be held personally to account by liquidators or administrator if the company becomes insolvent

• Much diverse legislation can be used to prosecute a director, and they can be prosecuted in their own right for bribery, fraud, insider-dealing and price-fixing

• Care, diligence, and common sense, along with sound, commercially based legal advice, means there is no reason why any director should fall foul of the law
Saunders Law is a central London law firm with 37 years' litigation experience, particularly known for its work in criminal defence, motoring, fraud, regulatory and litigation.

Christopher Burgon qualified as a solicitor in February 2000 and has specialized in litigation throughout his career. Christopher has experience of a wide range of disputes affecting businesses and property owners. His experience includes complex, high value disputes and he works for a wide variety of clients including high net worth individuals, businesses, charities, housing associations and local authorities.
 
For more information or to discuss a particular matter contact Christopher Burgon, Litigation Consultant, Saunders Law: Christopher.Burgon@saunders.co.uk 020 7632 4300 www.saunders.co.uk




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Is flexible working the way of the future?

Emma Clark - Fox Solicitors

This September will see Britain recommence its fight to stop Europe preventing our employees from working more than 48 hours per week.

The Working Time Regulations 1998 sets out exceptions to the limiting 48 hour working week. Many employers rely on one of the main exceptions within those Regulations and argue that their senior executives work 'autonomously' and can therefore work as many hours as they want.

What will happen if this loophole closes? What if Europe refuses to allow us to ask our middle management and junior staff to sign a document in which they 'opt out' of the 48 hour working week?

Should employers start to focus less on potential loopholes in the law and more on a business strategy to work smarter?

The law currently restricts the right to request flexible working to working parents or those with ageing relatives. Sometimes such a request can stall or, at worst, end careers, resulting in an unnecessary loss of talent.

Flexible working can instill immense loyalty in workers and improve staff morale. Remote working provides the employer with access to new markets and invariably delivers a better and extended service for clients.

A high percentage of office space is not utilised. Transport strikes and the imminent Olympics will take its toll on London's commuters and on the environment.

Employers should think imaginatively and consider extending the right to work both flexibly and remotely to all of its employees.

Fox Solicitors are a niche firm specialising in the law relating to employment, partnership and discrimination.

For more information on the above or any other employment, partnership or discrimination matter, please contact: 

Emma Clark, Senior Associate, Fox Solicitors: eclark@foxlawyers.com 020 7618 2400 http://www.foxlawyers.com  

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SUN TRADE WINDOWS GETS DIGITAL WITH YALE KEYFREE

Sun Trade Windows has become the latest trade fabricator to offer digital door locking solutions and add Yale Door and Window Solution’s innovative Keyfree digital door lock to its product portfolio.

The PVCu window and door systems fabricator has recently adopted Yale Door and Window Solution’s Keyfree lock to offer customers the very latest in door security, enabling them to access their home without a key.

The Keyfree digital door lock allows keyless entry either through a push button remote keyfob or by entering a combination code into the lock. Battery operated, the standalone unit is fitted to new doors and comes with a voice guide that advises users when the door is secure and a built in alarm to prevent tampering.

Sun Trade Windows presents Keyfree as a continuation offering of Yale Door and Window Solution’s YS170 multipoint lock solution. Both have been designed by Yale to function as a compatible system.

Finger Guard Seal from JA Seals

The Finger Guard system from JA Seals is designed to prevent fingers getting trapped in the gap between the door leaf and the frame. Fitting a Finger Guard will prevent this problem.

Suitable for fire rated and non-fire rated doors, timber steel or composite.

Available in 1.95m lengths White and Brown coloured PVC as standard.

• Can be easily cut to length. 
• Supplied with a high performance adhesive tape.
• Quick and simple to fit, no specialist tools or equipment required, Ideal for schools,care homes,nurseries. 
• Suitable for domestic and commercial use.

Finger Guard White gap and hinge cover

Finger Guard White gap and hinge cover, is suitable for doors with an opening angle to a maximum of 120 degrees.
Suitable for timber, steel or composite doors.
Easy to install, slim line design, suitable for fire rated or non fire rated doors. Supplied in 1.95m lengths. 


Finger Guard Brown gap cover

Finger Guard Brown gap cover, suitable for doors with an opening angle to a maximum of 120 degrees.
Suitable for timber, steel or composite doors.
Easy to install, slim line design, suitable for fire rated or non fire rated doors. Supplied in 1.95m lengths


 For more information visit www.jaseals.co.uk or call 01922 710888 





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Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) first in Middle East to use a high-tech movable wall system by DORMA

The DORMA MOVEO system was installed in KOC’s Sabriya Collaboration Centre which oversees oil production in Kuwait. Suspended from ceiling tracks, the robust fiberglass construction is up to 50% lighter than conventional moveable walls and provides exceptional soundproofing up to 55 decibel, roughly equivalent to everyday conversation. The partition can be deployed by a single person with ease and folds away into a compact storage space far away from the partition location.

Mr. Ahmed Al Jasmi, Team Leader, Research and Technology Said: “This product is an extremely impressive lightweight movable wall system, proving to be extremely cost effective against manual systems. DORMA MOVEO is fully compatible with KOC’s SMART building automation controls. We are very happy with the support we have got from the DORMA sales, operation and technical teams, which has developed into an excellent working relationship.”

Hayel Orakait, Country Manager, DORMA Kuwait said: “We are very pleased with KOC being our very end user to install our new product MOVEO Comfort Drive movable wall in one of their operation rooms in KOC Headquarters. Our product demonstrates the differentiation of DORMA and reflects the leadership of DORMA in the industry.”

The DORMA MOVEO system is available in three product variations to meet specific user requirements. The Smart Line is ideal for average room heights and low sound insulation requirements (37 dB), while the Business Line offers a solution for moderate to high sound insulation values (47 and 55 dB) and has a more sophisticated finish. High acoustic values (55 dB) combined with high-quality, aesthetically pleasing surface finishes are offered by the Design Line.

When it comes to parking the MOVEO® panels, there are six stacking alternatives and each takes up a relatively small area – which benefits the general aesthetics of the room – and their light weight have little effect on the structural integrity of the building.

 

 

 

 

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