Clearview North December 2013 - Issue 145 | Page 32

compositedoors New Products to Satisfy 2014 Composite Door Sector Forecast Growth As detailed in D&G Consulting’s latest Annual Window, Door and Conservatory Industry Report, as the country slowly makes its way out of recession, our markets should start to see some growth. In terms of volume and value, everyone agrees that composite doors will continue to be one of the growth areas for our industry in 2014. REACH THE MARKET YOU THOUGHT YOU NEVER COULD Distributed through a national network of over 300 trade counters and growing. Stewart Lamb, National Sales and Marketing Manager at HOPPE (UK) tells Clearview about HOPPE’s commitment to cementing its position as the hardware supplier of choice when it comes to composite doors... “Having celebrated our 60th Anniversary in Europe last year and 25th year of trading in the UK last month, we have justifiably built our reputation for expertise in manufacturing stainless steel hardware utilising the latest European technology. Our constant innovation and most recent composite door product ranges extends our portfolio to over 9,000 products, and underpins our place as the market leader in door handles in the UK. “Building on this expertise, we are now proud to announce for January launch the introduction of our Stainless Steel Collection of high performance door furniture and accessories, a complete range of handles designed to enhance the appearance of Start the week with Clearzine. Dis Na tribu tion ted ally @proinstaller1 www.proinstaller.co.uk 32 DEC 2013 composites. The range includes stainless steel pull handles incorporating V-shaped and Semi-Circular, lever on rose and lever on plate handles, and PAS24 performance escutcheons. “Our second new range, thanks to significant tooling investment and product development, is the exciting complementary range of letter plates, knockers, numerals and spyholes. Designed to exactly colour match door handle finishes complete with a 10 year guarantee, these products will also be launched in January 2014. While some hardware manufacturers seem to be now jumping on the gravy train offering shorter term fixes to take advantage of the composite door market growth, in contrast, thanks to HOPPE’s 60 year European manufacturing heritage, customers can rest assured that the quality of these new products for composites will hit the high levels they’re used to.“ • Every Monday. • Delivered to 14,000 industry emails. • Your weekly news portal. • Mobile-optimised. Your customers, your news... Tel: 01226 321450 To read more, visit www.clearview-uk.com