Clearview National October 2019 - Issue 215 | Page 70

HARDWARE& SECURITY
‘UTMOST CONFIDENCE’
LAUNCHES £1,000 ASSURANCE
» » WITH RESEARCH REVEALING THAT
there were a staggering 644,000 domestic
burglary incidents in England and Wales last
year alone and with 70% of these burglars
gaining entry through a door , it is now more
important than ever that maximum-security
locks are in place to offer protection from
potential break-ins.
The Platinum 3 Star Cylinder is Yale’s
most secure lock yet; so much so in fact that,
n the event of a burglary or break-in taking
place at a home due to a prolonged attack
on a Yale Platinum 3 Star Cylinder, Yale
will offer a goodwill payment of £1,000 for
the inconvenience (subject to the terms and
conditions*).
Paul Atkinson, Sales and Commercial
Director of Yale Door and Window Solutions,
comments: “We have the utmost confidence
in the performance of our Yale Platinum 3
Star Cylinder and are extremely pleased to
be able to launch this latest assurance to our
customers.
“The anti-snap cylinder guarantee
promises consumers that one of the crucial
components of the door – the profile cylinder
– is supplied by an experienced, market-
leading manufacturer. The guarantee truly
demonstrates the confidence we have in our
product here at Yale, generating a feeling of
trust for the consumer.
“The Yale Platinum 3 Star Cylinder provides
maximum security against known attack
methods, and it can be suited and re-pinned
at Yale’s head office in the Midlands or by
Kitemark approved stockists. It has also been
independently tested by BSI to be awarded
the British Kitemark TS007:2014 3 Star
accreditation – a standard developed in
response to concerns around cylinder attacks.
“In addition, the 3 Star Cylinder has
been tested to the British Standard BS
EN1303:2005 and is Secured by Design
approved – meaning it could save homeowners
money when it comes to renewing their
insurance premiums.”
‘sacrificial front
section which
secures the
home in the
event of a
snap attack’
As well as being anti-snap, anti-bump, anti-pick
and anti-drill, the Yale Platinum 3 Star Cylinder
also features a sacrificial front section which
secures the home in the event of a snap attack.
www.yaledoorandwindowsolutions.co.uk
Price Increases are Unavoidable
» » ADRIAN VICKER,
General Manager at SIEGENIA
talks about the recent price
increase the company introduced
to its customers, and the outlook
for the hardware sector going
forward.
Having delayed for as long
as possible, SIEGENIA took
the decision to introduce a
price increase of 2.8% on core
products - with the exception of
the surface coating ‘E Look’ which
had a further increase - to its
distributor and fabricator partners
in June this year. Like many others
in our sector, and in the wider
industry we are aware of the
sensitivity of increasing prices
into what remains a nervous
marketplace, uncertain of how its
future will unfold and where the
various customer groups it serves
sit right now.
The consumer market remains
cautious, and while the demand in
other sectors such as new house
building and the development
of high-end high-rise apartment
buildings across all our major
cities remains strong the impact of
price increases cannot be under-
estimated.
We had originally planned
to introduce an increase in
January but decided to delay its
implementation due to much
talked about ‘other’ factors
including potential tariffs and
uncertainty surrounding the rate
of exchange with the EURO linked
to the Brexit process.
We were very determined not
to react in a ‘knee-jerk’ manner
to the looming Brexit deadline
and like many others hoped that
with a satisfactory resolution to
this political issue, a price increase
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would not be necessary. However,
with that not being forthcoming,
and deadlines being missed, we
were left with no choice but to
react to the sliding value of the
EURO against the pound and
increases in other areas including,
material, labour and utilities.
How did we calculate the price
increase? The basis for currency
consideration is that we used
an average of the exchange rate
over the previous 12 months
and calculated the increase
figure based on that historical
information and how we think
it might move over the coming
months. We are not planning any
further increases this year unless
there are truly dramatic currency
fluctuations going forward.
Many of our distributor and
fabricating partners have long
term commercial contracts
and we fully understanding the
difficulties they face when trying
to introduce increases midway
through these and we will
continue to work with them to
provide as much stability as we
can.
Adrian Vicker, General
Manager SIEGENIA UK