14 | OCTOBER 2018
News
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ASSA ABLOY UK LAUNCHES THOUGHT-PROVOKING WHITEPAPER
IN RESPONSE TO HACKITT’S INDEPENDENT REVIEW
ASSA ABLOY UK, the global leader in door opening solutions, has issued its
whitepaper in response to Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building
Regulations and Fire Safety, following the Grenfell Tower incident of 2017.
The whitepaper sum-
marises practical recommen-
dations derived from the
key points made within the
Independent Review and
advises ways in which the
industry can work together
towards best practice.
Compartmentation has
been highlighted as a key
reason for the failures at
Grenfell. Fire doors intend-
ed to stop and slow down
the spread of fire were not
performing as designed,
due to failures in hardware
specification and lack of fire
door inspections.
The paper also highlights
the importance of not only
ensuring that third-party
certification for fire door
products is in place and
specifications are fit for pur-
pose, but also ensuring that
they are installed correctly
and maintained.
P C Henderson Launches
Rustic 80 Soft Close System
Sliding and folding
door manufacturer – P C
Henderson – is pleased to
launch a new Rustic 80 Soft
Close system to further en-
hance the sophistication of
its popular selling Rustic 80
barn door hardware.
The Rustic Soft Close is
a high quality accessory
which catches the door in
its final moments of travel
(80mm) and gently pulls the
door into its final position,
preventing slamming and
adding to the overall lon-
gevity of the core product.
The product has been
expertly designed so that it
can be installed quickly and
easily onto new or existing
applications. Unlike other
similar systems there is no
requirement for the track
to be removed in order to
install the soft close, the
mechanism simply slides
over the top of the track
fittings with no special
tooling necessary. Sitting
snug behind the track, the
product can barely be seen
– providing an extremely
discreet finish.
Tested to 100,000 cycles
– which is the equivalent
of opening and closing the
door 5 times over the course
of 55 years – the system
is extremely durable and
follows the P C Henderson
ethos of withstanding the
test of time.
www.pchenderson.com
Tina Hughan,
Marketing Director
for ASSA ABLOY
UK, said: “Our latest
whitepaper has been