Clearview National January 2020 - Issue 218 | Page 54

Hardware Extra 21 YEARS OF NOT STANDING STILL » SPECIALIST ALUMINIUM Fabricator RayDek Window Services Limited recently celebrated 21 years of supplying high quality windows, doors and curtain walling products for commercial, construction and domestic installations throughout the UK. As well as supplying finished products, RayDek also offers an installation service and provides full maintenance programs from their South Shields base. The company began a relationship with VBH in 2002 and now sources a wide selection of products from the award winning hardware specialist. RayDek use many greenteQ products, and like many manufacturers, they have switched to greenteQ Clearspan hardware on their aluminium bi-fold doors. ‘quality and reliability’ Director Raymond Boundy says: “We’re a busy company with a hard won reputation for quality and reliability. As such, we need a strong and flexible supply chain. We can rely on VBH to supply what we want, and on time. They keep us informed of new product trends and they are also very clued up on changes to legislation and standards.” www.raydek.com Aluminium systems hardware ebrochure launched » WHILST WINDOW WARE has long been associated with uPVC hardware, they have also been successfully supporting aluminium fabricators for many years. In 2018, the Bedfordshire firm upped their game and embarked on ambitious plans to grow their aluminium range. Just 12 months on, the award- winning supplier has added a number of new products to its portfolio, grown the team with dedicated sales support, become a member of the Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB) and now created a brand-new ebrochure that pulls together this flourishing and in-demand product range. Fabricators can flick through over 100 clear and concise pages to find an unrivalled choice of hardware solutions and consumables specifically designed to work with aluminium profiles. That includes window fittings like handles, friction stays, espag bars, folding openers, manual or automatic gearing, and trickle vents, as well as custom-made over-glass ventilators and glazed- in louvres grilles. The ebrochure also features every conceivable door fixture including locks, cylinders, handles, hinges, letter plates, bi-fold locks and gearing and so much more for full-functioning doors that meet essential accreditations such as PAS24, Secured by Design, TS007 and TS008. www.windowware.co.uk Celebrating 20 years of crimebeating » THIS YEAR, FULLEX IS celebrating 20 years as a Secured by Design (SBD) member. The leading manufacturer of high-security multi-point locking systems for composite, timber, PVCu, steel and aluminium doors had the honour of being the very first company to join Secured by Design in 1999, when SBD developed a product-based police accreditation scheme. Today, all Fullex products are Secured by Design and PAS 24 approved, including the respected and widely specified Crimebeater range of multipoint locks. 54 » JAN 2020 » CL EARVI E W- UK . C O M Speaking on behalf of Fullex, technical sales consultant, Ian Southall said: “Security is critical to our product development. We have always been known as a ‘belt & braces’ brand and when the chance to work with the SBD team arose, 20-odd years ago, we welcomed the opportunity to improve security standards right across the industry. We’re incredibly proud of our long association with SBD, and the part we have played in raising the bar and changing preconceptions of hardware security.” www.fullex-locks.com