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    Mila double-locks with Ingenious addition to Yale

    Mila is adding Ingenious Locks to its range for the first time, with multipoint door locks for aluminium, UPVC and composite doors alongside its existing Yale offering. MD Richard Gyde explained the move: “There’s lots...

    DHF creates marketing subcommittee

    The Door & Hardware Federation has announced the creation of a new marketing ‘sub-committee’ for its Building Hardware Group members. The new sub-committee will specifically address the issues and developments pertinent to the building hardware...

    Yale tackles bugs with Quartus handle range

    Yale has partnered with antimicrobial additives provider BioCote to launch the Quartus combi door handle range with a coating that will reduce up to 99.99% of surface microbes such as bacteria and fungus. The Quartus...

    Surface13 coating passes Covid-19 test

    Surface Finishing UK says its Surface13 antiviral coating has now been tested using SARS-COV-2 COV2019 ITALY/INMI1, the strain of covid that produces COVID 19. Managing Director Tony Hudson explained: “It’s important that antiviral products are...

    Sweet adds a blanking plate

    Ultion has added a Universal Blanking Plate to its Sweet furniture range. The plate is designed for doors with an interior handle but no exterior counterpart, such as Juliette balconies. The Ultion Sweet is covered in...

    Rapierstar and Quickslide sign exclusivity deal

    Fastener supplier Rapierstar has become exclusive supply partner for window and door fasteners to Quickslide, meaning its products are now used in the assembly of the West Yorkshire-based fabricator’s core PVCu product range. Following...

    New VBH portal does more

    VBH has launched its new VBH24 customer portal, updating the hardware manufacturer’s existing online shop but with a number of additional benefits. As well as placing orders, VBH24 users can view and download supplementary information...

    Choosing handles for ali 

    Hoppe (UK) has curated a handle collection supported by a leaflet to help aluminium door and window manufacturers to find suitable architectural ironmongery for their products. Head of sales Andy Matthews said: “We have collated...

    Friction stays from AT Precision

    Aluminium hardware supplier AT Precision has launched a suite of friction stays. The friction stays are suitable for uPVC and aluminium windows, and are available as 17ml stack height. There are three versions in the range...

    Richard Gyde Joins VBH

    The board of VBH Holding is delighted to announce that Richard Gyde joins VBH (GB) Ltd on 1st May in the position of Managing Director. Richard will be no stranger to most within the industry,...