Clearview National April 2015 - Issue 161 | Page 20

INDUSTRYNEWS Fit it. Trust It. »»Yale Door and Window Solutions is encouraging its fabricator and installer partners to ‘Yale it’ in 2015. This is the theme of a new Yale consumer marketing campaign, which will run across both print and online, along with videos and social media, generating greater consumer awareness of home security. Kevin Hill, Managing Director of Yale Door and Window Solutions, comments: “Yale has always been known as the most trusted name in home security, but we recognise that now is the time to really harness the power of the brand by putting together a true retail focused campaign that will benefit our customers. 2005 The construction of a new warehouse terminal in Moscow began. The terminal was set up to house up to 250 containers, which equates to approximately 5500 pallets. “We are now looking to build on this platform with the new ‘Yale it’ campaign, which works seamlessly across all sectors of the industry, and reinforce the power of the Yale brand to our fabricator and installer partners.” The campaign message is simple…Fit it. Trust it. Yale it. By choosing Yale products, fabricators and installers can capitalise on the trust and qual ity inextricably linked with the Yale brand. For further information on the comprehensive choice of door and window hardware available from Yale Door and Window Solutions, please visit www. yaledoorandwindowsolutions. co.uk or follow @YaleDWS on Twitter 2006 The Company developed a new test centre in its Shanghai factory to enable Apecs to carry out stringent in-house testing for all its product ranges. 20 » A PR 2015 » CL EARVI E W- UK . C O M Listening to the Customers Voice »»“Most companies who pioneered warm edge glass units alongside Edgetech are still customers today. Talking with customers and learning from their experiences was crucial as we grew this market together,” says Alan Fielder, Sales and Marketing Director at Edgetech UK, a Quanex company. “Asking customers what they think of Edgetech as a supplier is important. We’ve always challenged what we consider to be true with forums, workshops or face-to-face meetings and two years ago we launched a quarterly Voice of the Customer survey. By listening to customers we learn most about what we can do to make improvements to products 2008 The direct shipment of goods was introduced to enable a faster response to the countries that were originally members of the Soviet Union including; Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldavia, Latvia and Georgia. and services and stay ahead of their wants and needs. “As usual we had an excellent response to our latest Voice of the Customer survey and the results are encouraging. All respondents were 100% satisfied with the value of our service and Super Spacer scored well on performance. The majority of customers rated it better or much better than competitive products for both productivity and ease of use. “100% of responses stated that our team were knowledgeable and able to answer their questions. It’s an important score.” Visit www.superspacer.co.uk 2009 Apecs established a new partnership with Gardarika, a company in St. Petersburg, this enabled the company to service a larger market in surrounding regions. Apecs also began to venture into supplying retail markets, in Russia, such as; Leroy Merlin, B&Q and OBI.