Our Members

DORMA UK Limited

Dormakaba offers high quality as a global partner for premium access solutions and services – conceived and designed to enable better buildings. With more than 100 years of tradition behind it, Dormakaba leads the market in terms of product quality and innovation for door hardware, automatic doors and glass fittings.

Dormakaba offers the complete service package for all makes of equipment, both Dormakaba and non-Dormakaba, covering;

• Automatic Doors
• Manual Doors and Ironmongery
• Industrial Doors and Dock Levellers
• Windows
• Access Control

Dormakaba has regional offices in Falkirk, Jarrow, Birmingham, Bristol, Hertfordshire, Essex and London, to ensure we give nationwide coverage with the benefits of local care, 24 hours a day, nationwide.

Fire & Acoustic Seals

Fire & Acoustic Seals is one of the largest UK distributors of fire, smoke and acoustic seals.

We supply a range of own-label and industry-leading branded products to the construction and joinery market from our offices in West Bromwich.

Our manufactured range of FAS products has been carefully designed and tested for use with 30, 60, 90 and 120-minute fire doors to give customers complete confidence in their performance when installing them.

All our products are independently third-party fire, smoke and acoustic tested to meet British and European Standards, and the latest building regulations, with many also carrying Certifire certification.

Our ranges include:

• Fire door foam^TM
• Intumescent mastics and sealants
• Drop seals and threshold plates
• Fire, smoke and acoustic door strips
• Air transfer grilles and plates
• Fire glazing seals and systems
• Weather seals
• Pipe collars and wraps
• Lock protection kits
• Letterplates and door viewers

Our fully certified products are backed up with technical expertise and next-day delivery service.

Hoppe UK Ltd

HOPPE (UK) Ltd is a member of HOPPE Group, a market leader in the field of door and window hardware, established in the UK in 1988. The company benefits highly from the Group’s over 60 years of insight and experience in the field of architectural hardware.

Based in Wolverhampton, the specialist manufacturer operates from a purpose built, state-of-the-art distribution centre with highly skilled, Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI) trained staff. HOPPE (UK) delivers award winning service and is committed to providing products that have been tested to meet the latest European and British standards, offering both quality and innovation to all sectors of the market.

The HOPPE ‘Handle of excellence’ as a brand-name stands for quality, innovation and customer-oriented added value. All branded products proudly bear the HOPPE logo on the product itself as a mark of quality defined by these three attributes:

• 10-year guarantee on the mechanical operation
• Made in Europe
• DIN EN ISO 14001 (environmentally-considerate manufacturing)

ARRONE – the Complete Range, a brand of HOPPE Group offers a comprehensive range of products designed for use within the commercial and residential door market, including:

• Anti-microbial hardware
• Architectural accessories and signage
• Architectural hinges
• Creative/antibacterial shelving
• Door controls
• Door handles
• Locks and latches
• Panic and emergency hardware
• Pull handles

Experienced HOPPE product experts are available to help with any technical queries and provide specification support. For further information or for technical support, please contact the HOPPE (UK) sales office on 01902 484400.

International Timber

International Timber is the UK’s leading importer and distributor of sustainable timber and panel products.  They are timber specialists, providing responsibly sourced products and services for construction and joinery projects in every corner of the economy.

They offer hardwoods, softwoods, clear softwoods, modified and engineered timbers, in addition to sheet materials, cladding, decking and landscaping products.

International Timber operate from four sites across the UK, offering a fast and responsive service.  All their sites are ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001, FSC and PEFC certified.

As well as holding a substantial supply of timber we also offer a range of additional services including bespoke machining, fire treatments, kilning and finishing options such as stains, coatings and lacquers.

Their people are at the heart of everything they do.  They have a team of experts with a wealth of experience and knowledge across their sites, helping their customers choose the right product for their project needs.

Lorient Polyproducts Limited

Lorient has a long-established and respected reputation for designing and manufacturing a wide range of market-leading, high-performance door sealing systems. With today’s applications demanding more than ever from doors, a Lorient sealing system provides a cost effective integrated solution; not only offering proven performance in the case of a fire, but also everyday benefits of acoustic and thermal containment; and ease of access.

Lorient also produces a complementary range of fire resistant glazing systems for doors, screens and partitions, together with fire and smoke resistant damper/air transfer grilles for doors, walls and ducts and a range of fire resistant door hardware.

With 40 years’ experience and accumulated knowledge, Lorient prides itself on offering ground-breaking innovations, underpinned by technical excellence and exceptional quality.

Lorient’s dedicated Testing and Technical Services Centre hosts an indicative fire test furnace, many cycling rigs, as well as a state of the art, purpose-built acoustic transmission suite. Lorient also offers a professional and expert fire door inspection service; its Certificated Fire Door Inspectors are fully qualified under the Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS); and have been assessed by Exova Warringtonfire.

Most of its products carry CERTIFIRE certification, alongside approvals from both the BBA and IFC.

For more information, visit www.lorientuk.com or call +44 (0)1626 834252.

Lorient is an ASSA ABLOY group brand.

Moralt AG

Moralt AG, based in the Bavarian Alps in southern Germany, is a manufacturer and supplier of a wide range of specialist, technical internal and external door core solutions. Moralt AG is a carbon neutral business, and our timber door cores are FSC® as standard. They have been supplying the UK market with fire-rated door cores since 2007, and also have developed a distribution business in the Middle East where they have had a presence since 2010. Their domestic business – covering Germany, Austria, Switzerland as well as northern Italy – has supplied door products into the market for over 20 years.

Their internal door core range, LAMINESSE, consists of four products: FireSmoke, FireSound, FireSmoke Xtreme and FireSound Xtreme in thicknesses from 44mm up to 59mm, and performing FD30, FD60, FD90, FD120 to BS 476 Pt. 22; with European coverage to EI30; and then UL10C to 60 minutes. Their fire certification is with Exova Warringtonfire, IFC and Intertek (BS and UL) and third-party certification is within the BM TRADA Q-Mark and IFCC schemes.

Their specialist field is high acoustics, also with fire ratings, and a number of door core products within their fire-rated range can offer operational door acoustic certification beyond 40dB in most configurations. As “inter-connecting” or “back-to-back” doors, their acoustic performances exceed dB50 and attain up to 68dB using a combination of standard timber cores and acoustic clad-on panels.

The Moralt LAMINESSE range has furthermore successfully undergone a number of operational, mechanical, security and cyclic test programmes including: DD171, EN1191, EN1192, PAS 24, EN 6375 Pts. 1, 2 & 3.

The Moralt external door core range, FERRO, also offers some very unique characteristics. The entire FERRO door range in thicknesses 68mm, 78mm, 88mm, and 98mm all have a 10 year non-bow guarantee on account of unrivalled climatic endurance which takes door testing into account at temperatures ranging from 3°C to -15°C and back up to 75°C at various air moisture levels. For timber core products, the word “guarantee” is seldom, if ever, used. Lastly, our market-leading timber certified Passivhaus door offer, FERRO Passiv, in 98mm thickness covers also fire-ratings up to FD60 (BS 476 Pt.22); dB42 acoustically, and a host of climatic-, security, weather and mechanical performances.

Moralt AG lays tremendous emphasis on product development in all of its markets, and appreciates that continuous product testing is critical where fire-rated products and peoples‘ lives are at stake.

For international sales contact
Steven Dennard
t: +49 (0)175 1194 651
e: steven.dennard@moralt-ag.de

Norseal

With a vision to deliver peace of mind through quality seals, Norseal are proud to be the UK’s largest stockist of specialist sealing solutions. Dedicated to the design, development and distribution of intumescent and acoustic products, ensuring they meet the very latest industry, British and European standards, including CERTIFIRE, BM Trada and IFC Certification.

Integrity and passion for customer service enables the team to provide products and services that exceeds demand, with next day morning delivery as standard, up-to-date technical advice and a commitment to excellence.

As part of the Athmer group, who have over 60 years’ experience designing and manufacturing sealing solutions, Norseal have access to one of the most advanced testing suites in Europe, testing to all current standards, overseen and certificated by ift Rosenheim. Offering testing facilities for:

• Acoustics
• Air, wind and water
• Endurance
• Smoke protection

Based on your requirements, our consultants can design and implement a programme to run in the lab, which allows testing of a variety of components in a range of sizes. As well as door seals, Norseal also stock a wide range of ancillary door products including;

• Fire rated glazing seals
• Electrical and plumbing solutions
• Fire rated ventilation
• Letter plates
• Door viewers
• Threshold plates
• Weather seals
• Finger protection products

Pilkington UK

Pilkington UK Ltd, manufactures a wide range of float, coated, rolled, toughened and IGU glass products. Their fire protection range now includes Pilkington Pyroclear^® a new addition to the tried, tested and trusted fire glass range which also includes the familiar Pilkington Pyrodur^®, Pilkington Pyrostop^® and Pilkington Pyroshield™2  brands.

Glass is distributed direct to customers, either as stock or as bespoke processed products to meet their needs, either direct from St. Helens or through our network of branches countrywide. Pilkington UK is highly focused on quality and service, continually improving to deliver the benefits of the NSG Group’s technical ability and innovation to the end user.

Specifically fire rated glass options – 30,60,90 and 120mins integrity and integrity / insulation rating

Up to 48dB Rw –  as a fire rated option

Document Q and PAS 24 compliant fire rated glasses

With an  in-house fire test furnace located at their UK R&D centre, they are able to conduct indicative tests on specimens of up to 1130 x 2100mm in size. This resource, which is available for both  existing and potential new customer development tests, is invaluable in developing robust and reliable fire resistant glass and glazing systems.

Pyroguard UK

Pyroguard is a leading specialist manufacturer of fire-resistant glass products.

With production facilities based in both the UK and France and further sales representation covering the UK & Ireland, France, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Iberia and the Middle East, Pyroguard is strongly positioned to manufacture and supply the widest range of certified fire glass products on a global scale.

Pyroguard advocates industry best practice, clearly demonstrated through the supply of a wide range of high performance, stockable and cuttable products to the fire door industry that are fully tested and compliant to meet legislative and international standards across E, EW and EI classifications. Furthermore, all of these products are available on short lead times through their approved network of licensed partners and distributors.

With over 25 years’ proven industry experience, Pyroguard can help you select the right product for the right application. They can provide you with the ultimate peace of mind through dedicated technical advice and support all backed up with a vast range of certifications, test evidence, product information and online tools to ensure the right Pyroguard product is chosen to meet fire performance and system specifications.

Pyroguard products are CE marked and registered under ISO 9001:2000.

Product Range:

• Pyrostem
• Pyroguard Integrity
• Pyroguard Integrity Plus
• Pyroguard Rapide
• Pyroguard Rapide Plus
• Pyroguard Protect
• Pyroguard Ultra
• Pyroguard Infinity
• Smokeguard
• Attackguard

For further product information or technical support, please contact Pyroguard’s specialist team via their website; www.pyroguard.eu

Pyroplex

Pyroplex Ltd has a worldwide reputation as a leading UK manufacturer of high-performance fire containment products. Their fire seals and fire stopping products are supported by international testing and certification. They hold third-party approval under internationally recognised schemes to the highest standards such as CERTIFIRE and IFC. Their technical team serve on many fire related committees and associations and are recognised as fire industry experts.

They manufacture high performance fire seals for use in timber doors, composite doors, metal doors and glazing systems offering fire containment periods of up to 120 minutes. In addition to fire containment properties, they offer solutions with added smoke control and acoustic characteristics.

To effectively contain fire in compartments, they also manufacture and test an extensive range of fire stopping products including solutions for linear joint sealing and penetration sealing. Their fire stopping products include CE Marked pipe collars and wraps, and fire rated sealants.

Pyroplex offer a custom design and manufacturing service for specific requirements of fire containment products. They can advise on appropriate types of testing and the use of their onsite test furnace for indicative tests, prior to full scale testing at accredited test houses.

Pyroplex has comprehensive coverage of the UK through their distribution network, and their multilingual Worldwide Service Centre and distribution partners provide export markets with a complete service.

Safehinge Primera

Safehinge Primera has been designing, testing, and manufacturing award-winning products for challenging Mental Health and Education environments for more than a decade. They develop products that help protect people through vulnerable times.

They’ve listened to architects, headteachers, contractors and project managers about finger guards – enabling them to design, test and manufacture a range of finger guard products that keep little fingers safe. They are the industry standard for finger guards, used by 80% of Local Education Authorities and meet Employer’s Requirements.

In the Mental Health sector, they have seen what significant contributions that good design makes. That’s why they take an active part in creating better Mental Health recovery environments through their role on the Board of Design Mental Health Network.

Sealed Tight Solutions (STS)

Sealed Tight Solutions (STS) began trading in 2014 and has already had a huge impact on the specialist door manufacturing industry.

They design, manufacture and supply a common-sense range of fully-tested, door sealing and door glazing solutions for use in fire resistance, smoke leakage and noise reduction applications.

In addition, they offer a range of superior, cost-effective ironmongery and each product in the range is supplied with their own, fully-compliant, intumescent protection.

For those in the uPVC & composite doorset industries, their unique, flexible, intumescent is the only, fully-tested product of its type in the UK.

All of STS’s products are certified and approved by some of the world’s leading organisations including: BM Trada, IFC, BBA and SRL.

As the demands on the industry continue to grow, so do the myriad of legislative and technical requirements on products and systems. STS can manage your research and development programme. With their vast experience in both fire and acoustic testing coupled with a can-do, pragmatic approach, STS offer invaluable technical assistance to guide you through the specification process and, in turn, get your product to market sooner.

Sealmaster

Sealmaster is a division of Dixon International Group Limited of Cambridge in the UK and have over 50 years of experience in cutting-edge research and products. Manufacturers of Intumescent Fire and Smoke Seals, Acoustic, Draught and Weather Seals, Fire Glazing and Structural fire safety as well as bespoke solutions.

Sealmaster offers a comprehensive range of seals to provide high standards of energy efficiency, water-tightness, acoustic performance smoke & fire safety in buildings. The outstanding quality, performance and value of Sealmaster products has been recognised by some of the most discerning independent observers including the Council for Industrial Design, the BBC, the Institute for Sound and Vibration Research, the Building Research Establishment, English Heritage, the Design Council and the Innovation Network – to name a few.

Leading architects and designers frequently choose Sealmaster seals for showcase projects both in the UK and worldwide because we don’t compromise on quality or safety.

Wood International Agency

Wood International Agency (WIA) is an established agent for timber products. More recently, WIA have invested expertise from the timber door industry and have begun to develop timber doorset systems.