Clearview National January 2016 - Issue 170 | Page 54

DOORS&WINDOWS The Future of Commercial Doors »»For many years commercial entrance doors for office and retail developments have been available in aluminium. Lightweight and sustainable aluminium framed doors are easy to make, strong, and can cope with high usage, but their traditional looks can be a little dated. But now, for the more prestige developments, there is a new contender in the market. Enter the MB-86 Frameless Leaf commercial door from Aluprof. It takes the inherent strength and sustainability from a frame of aluminium but also caters for bonded glazed units. The completed door has beautiful, flush, clean lines and is perfect for any commercial entrance application. Available with or without threshold the MB86 Frameless Leaf commercial door can be configured to open in or open out and can be automated with some of the leading door automatics. Whilst high traffic doors tend not to benefit greatly from high insulation levels within the leaf or frame, the MB-86 Frameless Leaf commercial door is designed with wide polyamide insulation strips which benefit heat retention when in the closed condition. Using standard Euro style locks and hardware, security can be configured to suit the client’s exact requirements. Visit www.aluprof.eu or for specialist advice call Aluprof on 0161 941 4005 Ace Fixings invests in web development »»Northern Ireland based Ace Fixings Ltd is investing heavily in its website as it approaches its 40th anniversary. The company is an independent distributor and stockist of fixings and professional power tools from brands such as Bosch, Makita, Panasonic, Paslode, Milwaukee and Ryobi, but getting its own brand noticed is now increasingly important, says web development manager Mark Ritchie. Mark took over development of the website in March this year and although there has been a 30-40% increase in sales since then he is keen to do much more. The company has signed up to a Google shopping function and it showed that Ace Fixings came top of the list when, for example, doing a Google search for a product like shot fire nails. He explained: “Google runs a script feed of images which is basically a way to get your website and products in front of a specific audience you want to reach. The images are important as most people now will click on an image first rather than text. “Our website has been up and running for a number of years but it’s a work in progress. We are now trying to put figures against what will make it more successful, and we’re doing more e-mail marketing to direct people to the site. We are also improving delivery and service and have recently launched new products like a couple of new gas nail guns.” Save £150 every time you place an order through our new bi-fold builder! 54 » JAN 2016 » CL EARVI E W- UK . C O M The business stocks a huge range of tools and equipment including cordless drills, screwdrivers, SDS Plus and SDS Max hammers, gas, air and shot fire nailers, grinders, sanders, planers, saws and routers. It can also service and repair all leading brands of power tools and is notable for its robust and environmentally friendly policies towards disposal of unwanted electrical equipment. Mark added: “We are a well-established company with more than 10,000 different products. At the moment, some of our better known brands are moving well in terms of sales but as a company it’s important to us that we get our own brand out there more as well. Going forward we will be running more campaigns to do that.” www.acefixings.com Try the new cutting edge online quoting system today. Easily design and get an accurate quote on your bi-folds, fast. Tel: [phone] [email protected] bi-foldingdoorsuk.com