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PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Heritage ush door
www.ggpmag.com January 2019
Apeer
launches
Isolate3
re door
New
software
brand
Apeer has released a new bi-laterally
tested Isolate3 fire door. According
to Apeer, it combines independently
tested FD30 certification with all the
‘quality, versatility and specification’
that customers have come to expect
from its Traditional, Contemporary
and Modo composite door ranges.
Isolate3 orders are already being
taken for early 2019 delivery with
the range now fully integrated into
Apeer’s door builder online resource,
enabling installer customers to
include the FD30 standard product
as part of their own door offering.
As well as providing the benefit
of an FD30 spec range to its existing
customers, Apeer is also promoting
Isolate3 within the new-build and
retrofit commercial sectors where
quality, certified products that
meet the sectors’ rigorous fire safety
requirements are called for.
The addition of Isolate3 is the
second investment Apeer has
recently made to further improve its
door offering.
Earlier this year, the company
installed a second high-tech paint
line at its County Antrim production
unit to stay ahead of demand for its
acclaimed composite door ranges.
The line also increases efficiency
by enabling different interior and
exterior colours to be applied in half
the time.
New software brand, Infinity, has
released details of some of the new
products which it has promised will
deliver ‘endless possibilities’ for both
installers and fabricators.
The first is Capture – a website
plug-in for retail companies which
lets them add a ‘powerful and user
friendly’ window and door designer
function to their own websites.
With Capture, visitors can play
around with bespoke product types,
designs, sizes, colours, and even
hardware choices online, and then
submit an enquiry for that product
via the website direct.
Capture is available off-the-shelf
for any retail website, transforming
its ability to ‘capture’ warm leads
from consumers.
Infinity says it helps to level the
online playing field between small
local companies and large national
installers at a very affordable price.
Alongside Capture, and also
designed to help retail companies
step up their online marketing
presence, is the second new Infinity
product, branded Showroom.
This is a personalised lead
generation app which enables
Infinity customers to create their
very own virtual showroom packed
with their own marketing content
– from brochures and videos to
installation photos.
A spokesperson for Infinity
said: “Showroom can be fully
personalised so that it matches the
look and feel of the company’s own
website and adds another useful
dimension to their marketing
activity.
“It lets potential buyers access all
the information they need to make
an informed purchasing decision
and, like Capture, incorporates a
simple mechanism for submitting an
enquiry direct.”
Demand for colour
Aluminium systems house, Exlabesa
Building Systems, has reported a rise
in demand for its in-house powder
coating service.
General manager, Paul Benn,
commented: “Popular colours are
grey, black and white, as you’d
expect. But what’s interesting is the
rise in popularity of brown in both
commercial and residential projects.”
Doncaster-based Exlabesa
Building Systems is one of the
few aluminium systems houses to
have an in-house powder coating
service, which Paul believes gives
the company a competitive edge:
“Our in-house vertical polyester
powder coating plant enables us
to give our customers the most
cutting edge technologies when it
comes to colour. It also means we
are in control of every element of
production, including throughput,
quality and finish, which we know
our customers appreciate.”
Exlabesa Building Systems’
vertical paint plant is reported to be
capable of coating 5,000 profiles per
day in sizes from 3 to 7.5 metres.
The company offers a choice of matt,
gloss, satin and textured finishes to
allow fabricators and installers to
offer an added value product. It is
an approved applicator of Interpon
powder coatings and operates
within the Qualicoat Standard. Its
powder coating process is certified
to BS EN12206-1 and is ‘stringently
monitored’ to maintain quality.
Deceuninck has launched a new
flush door to its Heritage collection.
The flush door is reported to feature
the only dedicated open-out flush
door sash on the market, designed to
complement its Heritage flush sash.
The new flush door has been
designed to replicate traditional
timber and aluminium and comes
in 26 colourways from stock.
Deceuninck’s latest product offers
Class 4 600 Pa Air Permeability,
Class E1050 Pa Water Tightness (full
frame) and Class A3 1200 Pa Wind
Resistance.
The doorset achieves an ‘A’ energy
rating with ‘U’-values as low as 1.0
W/m2K with triple glazing and 1.3
W/m2K with double glazing. The
flush door also comes with dedicated
PAS24-approved hardware and is
Part M compliant for easy access.
The flush door uses the same
platform as Deceuninck’s Heritage
2800 system and comes with
dedicated assembly jigs and preformed
sash corner gaskets for ease
of fabrication.
The flush door also has dedicated
reinforcement to prevent the need
for glass bonding, while dedicated
sash and frame-positioning blocks
improve performance and make it
easier to transport.
Deceuninck managing director,
Rob McGlennon, said: “We’ve
designed the door to look and
perform the very best, which was
made possible thanks to the bespoke
PAS24 hardware.”
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