DOORS&WINDOWS
MI Products ‘upbeat’ for rest of 2014
Recent positive economic data
and rising orders have led
hardware specialist MI Products
to issue an upbeat business
forecast for the rest of 2014.
The Coventry-based firm is
optimistic for the year ahead
following increased demand across
its product portfolio, including
its Low Threshold systems for
residential and sliding patio doors
whose ergonomic designs satisfy
the diverse needs of installers,
fabricators and end-users alike.
Low thresholds are increasingly
specified for residential and
commercial applications, providing
a major benefit for those needing
easy access to dwellings or public
buildings. With performance
to match, they can deliver the
practical and aesthetic benefits
preferred by so many homeowners
and specifiers.
“Activity levels are definitely
higher and there’s a lot of interest
from the industry, particularly
for our low patio thresholds,”
commented Ian Searle, MI
Products’ Director.
He added: “Feedback has been
very encouraging on the low
patio thresholds with customers
recognising the new market
opportunities that these products
create for their businesses. The
overall outlook is promising.”
‘A lot of interest
from the industry’
Tel: 02476 305 943,
email [email protected] or
visit: www.miproducts.co.uk.
SOLIDOR PARTNER UP WITH JET
Composite door pioneers, Solidor, have
partnered with JET Business to help get
unemployed people in North Staffordshire
trained and back to work. In the last
six months the company has taken 10
people on board full time, and organised
placements, through the innovative
scheme.
‘Boost job chances’
JET (Jobs, Employment and Training) is
run by North Staffordshire Regeneration
Partnership, which works to regenerate the
local economy by finding suitable employment
for people who are out of work and claiming
benefits. JET has also adopted the SPEAR
(Supporting People Back Into Employment
with the Army Reserve) campaign.
The SPEAR course is designed to increase
skills, confidence and boost job chances for
the unemployed of North Staffordshire. While
they are encouraged to join the army reserve,
it is not compulsory. Weeks one and two took
them to Army Reserve units to learn work
place skills, such as team building and health
and safety, in a military environment, followed
by a two-week work placement at Solidor.
www.solidor.co.uk
Picture l-r: Craig Taylor and Shaun Tabbinor,
the Army Reservist now working for Solidor.
STRENGTH AS STANDARD
WITH DISTINCTION DOORS
Distinction Doors is known
as the home of the composite
door slab and for Drew Wright,
the company’s MD, it’s the
quality that has been key in the
company turning over more
than £30 million in 2013.
“The quality of our door is
a huge selling point for our
customers,” he says.
A simple test demonstrates its
strength: a standard PVC-U infill
panelled door can be kicked out
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with a single, well-aimed kick. Try
the same test with a Distinction
Doors composite door and the
same thing cannot be achieved. In
fact, even with the aid of a police
battering ram, the door cannot
be forced within a reasonable
timeframe, as viewers of www.
youtube.com/distinctiondoorsltd
can see. That’s because the door
is made of impact-resistant GRP
with a rigid polymer sub-frame
and a high density polyurethane
foam core and is proven to PAS24
UK industry standard.
The door’s GRP skin is
bonded to the rigid composite
polymer sub-frame, offering
total waterproofing, while its
100% CFC free high density
polyurethane foam core provides
unrivalled energy and sound
insulating benefits.
Tel: 0845 2000 816,
www.distinctiondoors.co.uk
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