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PRO INSTALLER NOVEMBER 2014
PRO PRODUCTS
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A Strengthened
Security Proposition
Spectus Window Systems has been awarded
‘Police Preferred Specification’ status across
its Elite 63 and Elite 70
ranges, inclusive of its
casement; tilt and turn;
fully reversible and
vertical slider windows
plus PVC-U doors, under
the Secured by Design
licensing scheme.
As the official UK Police
flagship initiative supporting
the principles of ‘designing out crime’, Secured by
Design (SBD) operates a
membership scheme for
companies and products that
meet its high and exacting
standards. Having successfully tested its products against
the requirements of SBD,
Spectus Window Systems is
now a ‘Secured by Design’
Member Company and, as
such, has been awarded
usage and display rights for
its logo and ‘Police Preferred
Specification’ title.
Phil Duncombe, Product
Manager for Spectus Win-
dow Systems, comments:
“In attaining Secured by
Design membership we have
strengthened our support
package for our existing
customers.
“While a number are
already SBD approved fabricators of Spectus Window
Systems products, there are
some that are yet to reap
the rewards of this exclusive
commercial opportunity. In
testing our products we are
laying the foundations. Our
customers can embark on
the journey towards SBD
membership reassured that
with our support and the
security of our test data that
they will achieve and exceed
the requirements needed to
become a Secured by Design
approved Fabricator Company.” Phil finished.
For more information
regarding Spectus Systems
contact 01952 283344
Dragons’ Den Invention
A Roaring Success
TV Dragon’s Den star, Deborah
Meaden, and 19-year old inventor
Jordan Daykin have a roaring success on their hands, according to
sales figures released by IronmongeryDirect, the UK’s biggest online
and mail order supplier of ironmongery products to the trade.
Sales for their Grip It Fixings product
have rocketed by over 600% since the
show featured the invention in August,
with trades-people keen to get their hands
on the latest innovation.
The Grip It Fixing is a revolutionary new
design of universal fixing, designed for use
with all types of plasterboard installation.
The unique wing design makes the fixing
easily removable and reusable, meaning
no part gets lost in cavity walls, and it can
also support loads of up to 180kg.
IronmongeryDirect, which supplies over
14,500 different products to the trade,
report that in the weeks after the show,
the fixings have become one of their top
sellers.
Wayne Lysaght-Mason, Managing Director at IronmongeryDirect, said: “Demand
has rocketed for Jordan’s clever invention
since it featured on the show, with sales
well on the way to justifying Deborah’s
decision to invest £80,000 for a 25% stake
in the company which manufactures the
product.”
The Grip It Fixing was originally invented by 76-year old Grandfather, Stan
Daykin and his Grandson Jordan Daykin
at the age of 13 when attempting to fit
blinds in a house. Jordan took the product
to market in 2013.
Grip It is already trading in Germany and
Belgium, with a patent pending in America
where the market is seven-times larger
than the UK.
For more information visit
http://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/
greenteQ Pulls
Proving Popular
Hardware distributer, VBH has reported great
success with the launch of the greenteQ
stainless steel pull handle series.
The range was developed by VBH head office in Germany, where
doors are commonly
fitted with a key operated (wind-up) lock and
pull handle and used in
place of a lever handle
set. VBH (GB) invested in stock in January
2014, and now delivers
most of the nine basic
designs from its Kent
warehouse.
All greenteQ pull handles
are manufactured from hard
wearing 1.4301 austenitic
stainless steel (grade 304A2), which provides good
resistance to weather and
pollution-associated corrosion. There are options of
90° or 45° projection, and
with standard or extended
legs.
Dependant on the specific design required, the
handles are available from
300mm–1800mm high and
can be used either singularly or in pairs on many door
materials including composite, PVCu, timber, aluminium
and glass.
VBH Area Sales Manager,
Jan Zammit, said: “Many
door manufacturers are offering their customers more
choice in terms; of door
style and operation in a bid
to differentiate their products from the norm, and to
help achieve higher sales
turnover. This in turn, can
lead to further options and
the sale of other locking systems and furniture. Pull handles were once the preserve
of commercial doors, but
are now being specified on
many domestic installations
in the UK and Ireland.
“It is important for us to
provided our customers
with a steady stream of top
quality, competitively priced
products and we are extremely lucky at VBH (GB),
not only to have our own
greenteQ range of products
developed specifically for
the UK and Irish markets,
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