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FIREX PROVES HUGE
SUCCESS FOR GGF
New app creates
secure virtual key
» » OPENOW ALLOWS
SMARTair users to open doors
with their mobile phone and the
Openow app, meaning access
credentials can be granted,
revoked and updated instantly,
from wherever the user may
be. Fast and easy to install,
information transferred between
the software, smartphone App
and the SMARTair device
is protected by end-to-end
encryption.
By eliminating physical
credentials, Openow helps
ensure facilities managers,
security administrators and
business owners are more in
control of their access control.
This also helps save time, as
there is no need for users to
» » THE GGF HAD ITS
biggest ever platform at this
year’s FIREX with a 30m²
stand that included three full
size product exhibits showing
the various stages of the fire-
resistant glazing process, as well
as glass performance before
and after the effects of smoke
and fire; with constant visitors
from local councils, emergency
collect or validate a physical
access card.
Alan Kent, Access Control
Manager and SMARTair Specialist,
said: “The benefit of Openow is
simple: if you have your phone,
then you are already carrying your
SMARTair keys in your pocket.
Users will immediately find out
how convenient Openow is to
use; enhancing security while
delivering the flexibility needed
to amend a site’s access control at
any time.”
The SMARTair Openow app
is available to download now for
free from Apple’s App Store and
the Google Play Store. Adrian Blaydon
www.assaabloyopeningsolutions.
co.uk/openow Steve Bond
services, training, health and
safety companies, construction
companies, media, architects,
specifiers and building
managers.
Steve Bond, Chair of the Fire
Resistant Glazing Group added,
“The live exhibits showing
the effects of fire and smoke
captured the imagination of
visitors and the GGF video
on fire resistant glazing in
action also attracted interest.
I can’t emphasize enough how
important it is to educate all
those responsible for fire safety
in buildings, on the correct
specification, installation and
performance of Fire Resistant
Glazing.”
To find out more about
GGF Fire Resistant Glazing
Training please visit: https://
www.ggf.org.uk/training/
fire-resistant-glazing-training/
To find out more about the
GGF’s Fire Resistant Glazing
Group please visit: https://
www.ggf.org.uk/groups/
glazing-executive-groups/
fire-resistant-glazing-group/
Super six winners at 5* event
» » INDEPENDENT NETWORK HELD ITS
annual Great Gatsby-themed Members’
Weekend on 8th June 2019, in the grand
18 » AUG 2019 » CL EARVI E W- UK . C O M
surroundings of The Queen’s Hotel in Leeds.
As one of the event’s key sponsors and a leading
VEKA fabricator, employees and installers from
the Glazerite UK Group Ltd were in attendance
and once again triumphed in the National
Customer Satisfaction awards ceremony, hosted
by actor and presenter Warwick Davies…
Mews Windows were winners in the ‘up
to £250k’ category, while Rugby Double
Glazing took the same accolade in the
‘£600k-1m’ category. In the ‘£1-1.5m’ section,
Goliath Homeworld Ltd shared the award
with Hallmark Windows (Harrogate), while
Heavers of Bridport Ltd were victorious in
the ‘£1.5m-2m’ category. Finally, Suffolk-
based Frames Conservatories Direct Ltd were
crowned winners in the ‘over £2m’ section.
The event also included table donations, a
raffle and an auction to raise money for GM
Fundraising’s ‘From Russia with Hope’ and
We Mind & Kelly Matters, which was set up
by Glazerite Group Chairman John Hewitt, in
memory of his late daughter Kelly. Thanks to lots
which included a holiday apartment package in
Spain and a Mo Salah signed Liverpool FC shirt,
an incredible £5,500 was raised.
www.glazerite.co.uk