Clearview South September 2014 - Issue 154 | Page 66
doors&windows
Door specialist on course for 30
per cent year-on-year growth
Aluminium door specialist, Dutemänn has sustained growth to report a 30
per cent year on year increase in turnover in the first half of 2014.
Set up in 2010 as a specialist supplier of
Schüco aluminium bifold doors, Dutemänn
doubled its turnover last year on the back
of increased demand and the expansion of
its core product offering which included
the addition of Dutemänn Glide, the
manufacturer’s aluminium patio door.
It also introducing a range of contemporary
aluminium entrance doors and panels -
Dutemänn Haus. With a UK wide distribution,
MD Martin James, said that the company
remained on target to achieve its goal of 30 per
cent growth at the year’s end.
‘on target to achieve its goal’
“We started out as a specialist supplier of
bi-fold doors and that remains our core business.
- we’re now manufacturing more than 120 panels
or 40 three-panel bi-fold doors each week.
“Glide, our patio door is performing well,
while Haus, our aluminium entrance door,
which we launched at FIT2013 , has also
generated stacks of interest, it seems to be
something that the industry just gets.”
www.dutemann.co.uk
Direct Trade expands
composite door range
To help its customers add considerable
value to their product offering, Doncaster
based Direct Trade has expanded the range
of glass designs available in its dual and
single rebate composite doors.
The new designs were created by Decorative
Door Products, the specialist division of
decorative glass manufacturers RegaLead,
and are backed by two new consumer facing
brochures.
Direct Trade offers two composite doors –
one with a single rebate (branded Kudos) and
one with a dual rebate (branded Citadel). Both
are available in either Veka Halo’s System 10
(chamfered) or Rustique (ovolo) outerframe
and a wide range of colours.
The single rebate Kudos is manufactured
with a high density foam core that according
to recent tests is 19% more thermally efficient
than the solid timber core composite door
and 17% more thermally efficient than the
traditional timber panelled door.
The Citadel composite door meanwhile is
50% thicker than a standard composite door,
offering incredible security and protection
from the elements. They are also easy to fit and
can be easily adjusted on-site thanks to its fully
adjustable hinge.
Call 0800 288 8828,
www.directtradeltd.co.uk
NEW TIMBER COMPOSITE FOR IRELAND
Solidor and Profile Systems have reached
an exclusive agreement where Profile
Systems, Ireland’s leading systems
distributor, will manufacture and
distribute full timber composite door kits
for the whole of Ireland.
Profile Systems are Ireland’s leading
distributor for PVCu and aluminium
window and door systems. Based in
County Kildare and established in 1978,
they have been a proud and successful
partner for the KBE and Kömmerling
brands for nearly 20 years and have now put
into place an exclusive long-term agreement
with Solidor for the distribution and
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firsts with great regularity, while sales growth
has shown that they are one of the fastest
growing companies in the glass and glazing
industry at the trade level. While trade
installers and consumers are bowled over with
the product features and marketing expertise,
the company now feels that they can offer the
Irish market a better composite door offering
through Profile Systems.
manufacture of timber composite door kits
for Ireland.
In the UK, Solidor has taken the composite
door market by storm, launching industry
www.profilesystems.ie, call +353 45 980000
or e-mail [email protected]
www.solidor.co.uk, call 01782 847300 or
e-mail [email protected]
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