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New partnership proves commitment
to quality and product development
» DOOR-STOP IS PLEASED
to announce that it has partnered
with VEKA, the renowned profile
system manufacturer, to expand
its door frame range with a new
VEKA profile.
Door-Stop has long placed
an emphasis on customisation,
allowing homeowners to select
the design, colour, glazing and
hardware to create a front door
that reflects their individual style.
By collaborating with VEKA
UK, Door-Stop is ensuring that
customers continue to be offered
a great selection of design choices
and assured product quality,
with the VEKA brand recognised
worldwide for its premium PVCu
profile systems.
The new VEKA UK frame
option will be available in a
Chamfered profile, creating a
clean, modern look, and will be
offered to Door-Stop customers
as the default option when
ordering a door. The other frame
profiles currently available are
Rehau, also in the Chamfered
shape, and Liniar, in a Sculptured
style.
Patrick Dean, Head of Sales
and Marketing at Door-Stop
said: “We are really excited to be
working with VEKA UK to bring
a new profile option to our range,
further expanding the choice
available to our customers and
demonstrating our commitment
both to product development and
ensuring product quality.”
www.door-stop.co.uk
UKAS ACCREDITED TESTING LAB PLAYS
‘KEY’ ROLE IN UNIQUE COLLABORATION
» ERA’S UKAS ACCREDITED TESTING
laboratory plays an important role in the
company’s new product development. It also
offers an invaluable service to ERA customers
developing their own new products too.
The facility demonstrated its market-leading
credentials recently as part of a UK first for
the fenestration industry that involved a high
level of collaboration involving VEKA UK and
Modplan.
The outcome of this unique collaboration
between PVCu systems house, trade fabricator
and security hardware expert is a 4-pane patio
door that has achieved PAS24 2016 accreditation
without the need for additional locking devices
or points. The PAS24 2016 standard is more
onerous than previous iterations of it and is
therefore more difficult to achieve. VEKA’s
Imagine 4-pane patio door was fitted with ERA’s
Fab&Fix Pembroke locking patio door handle
and its Fortress 3* Euro Cylinder. The project
saw Modplan, a well-established fabricator and
key customer of VEKA UK make the test frames
that were required.
www.eraeverywhere.com
WORTHY RECOGNITION IN
THE BE WELL@WORK AWARDS
Expanding on their success in 2018, Distinction Doors’
Health and Wellbeing team attended the Barnsley
Council Be Well@Work Awards ceremony this October.
» KNOWN INTERNALLY AS ‘HEALTH
and Wellbeing Champions’, the team comprises
of Paul Hewkin, Gillian Sauermann, Mark
Taylor, Earl McPherson, Krystel Wroe and Milan
Tomic; each and every one of them committed
to improving the lives of their colleagues.
The event, held for 200 guests at The
Civic Barnsley and hosted by the Mayor of
Barnsley, celebrated Distinction as double
finalists in the category for Best Workplace
Health Initiative, showcasing both ‘Diet
with Distinction’ and ‘Mental Health in
the Workplace’ as leading examples of good
practice, while ‘Health in the Workplace’
took them home a runner-up award in the
Medium Business category.
HR director Helen Lovack commented:
“Experiences of mental health have touched
the lives of many of our staff, and we are proud
to be seen as an employer who is proactive in
ensuring that people have a supportive outlet at
work, should they need one.”
www.distinctiondoors.co.uk
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