Door Industry Journal - Spring 2018

Industry News

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dormakaba’s Service Director, Paul Wright, appointed as Vice Chairman of ADSA Formed in 1985, ADSA ensures that its member companies offer premium levels of safety for pedestrian automatic doors. Paul Wright, Service Director for leading access and security solutions provider dormakaba, has served as an Executive Council member for four years and will be appointed as Vice Chairman of ADSA on May 1st. Paul has over 18 years of industry experience. His current remit at dormakaba as Service Director, is to oversee the day-to-day

management of the UK and Ireland businesses. His primary responsibilities include ensuring that dormakaba’s sustainable approach to service growth is achieved and delivery performances continue to meet targets. “My passion and dedication to both our industry and ADSA has grown over the last four years during my time as an Executive Council Member. It has been very rewarding to see the association develop every year,” explained Paul. Committed to promoting the highest standards in automatic doors, ADSA is actively involved in the formulation of European-wide standards. This resulted in standard BS EN 16005 – 2012, which replaced BS 7036 in April 2013, and all members continue to be fully committed to it and the related testing. Paul concluded: “I’m incredibly proud to be appointed as Vice Chairman. My commitment to the industry and this association is to ensure we remain focused in all safety and technical aspects, whilst also driving new and exciting education initiatives in the coming years.” To find out more about ADSA and its current work within the industry, please visit https://adsa.org.uk/ . To find out more about dormakaba and its range of access and security solutions, please visit: https://www.dormakaba.com/gb-en

Garador Supports Charities The folks at Yeovil based garage door manufacturer, Garador, have been busy this winter! The staff at the company have been setting time aside to support local charitable organisations, with a donation of food to Yeovil food bank, The Lord’s Larder, and a financial donation to St Margaret’s hospice in Yeovil. Food donations were gathered from staff across the business. A variety of dried and tinned products were given, including peas, beans, cereals, pastas, tomatoes and much more. Garador’s Managing Director, Simon Hipgrave commented: “I’m really pleased with the variety of food donated by the team here at Garador; everything from rice and beans through to tinned vegetables has been donated. The Lord’s Larder provides a great service in Yeovil to those in need and we are delighted to support them.”

The staff at Garador’s Somerset factory set time aside to support local charities.

With the food drive over, Garador continued its charitable efforts with a raffle for Garador staff, a special jumper day and a skittles evening with all the proceeds going towards St Margaret’s Hospice in Yeovil, who provide care and support to terminally ill patients and their families. Local companies helped by donating prizes ranging from chocolates and bottles of wine through to a power washer. Simon Hipgrave commented: “We would like to thank all of the companies that donated prizes, which helped us to run a successful raffle and most importantly, raised lots of funds for St Margaret’s hospice.” Garador would like to thank Yeovil Buildbase, Yeovil Town Football Club, Wincanton Race Course, Jungle Jungle, Falmer Palmers, Yeovil Hobby Craft, The Manor Hotel Yeovil and Brimsmore Garden Centre Yeovil for their generosity for such a worthwhile cause. Please visit www.garador.co.uk to find out more about Garador’s garage doors.

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THE door industry journal spring 2018