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Unity Group – Introducing Fire Door Sidelights

ACDM Member UNITY DOORS LAUNCHES COMPOSITE FIRE DOORS WITH SIDELIGHTS Unity Doors has always been committed to bringing its customers more. As one of the  country’s composite fire door leading they have raised the bar even higher, with the introduction of composite fire doors sidelights. Available in all of their...

ACDM Technical Day January 2024

ACDM Technical Group discuss proposed changes. The recent technical meeting organised by the Association of Composite Door Manufacturers (ACDM) brought together industry members to address pivotal concerns. The agenda covered crucial subjects, including proposed amendments to National Standards, their impact on the Composite Door Industry, discussions on domestic security, regulatory standards,...

Unity Group – Present a New Brochure

Unity Group is pleased to present a brand new brochure Over the past couple of years Unity Group (comprising Unity Doors and JCK Joinery) has been developing its brand and brand positioning. Initially beginning with the look and feel of the brand itself, this comprehensive re-brand has encompassed an innovative...

Vista – Colour Trends and Consumer Choice

ACDM member Vista Panels - Expands its range of composite door colours. BackgroundComposite doors have been rapidly gaining popularity in the UK over the past decade due to their durability, energy efficiency and aesthetic appeal. These doors are made from a combination of materials such as glass reinforced plastic (GRP), timber...

Lorient – Driving Innovation in Fire Protection

Lorient, the leading manufacturer of intumescent products in the United Kingdom, has announced a new range of air transfer grilles that combine fire protection with air circulation. The grilles are designed to allow fresh air to circulate through doors, walls, ducts, floors, and ceilings while providing protection against fire and...

Investment in Manufacturing Overhaul

Leading composite door supplier, DoorCo announces a new round of investment in their prepped doors supply service, which will see £750k spent on improving customer service by unlocking capacity with a full redesign of their manufacturing hub in Macclesfield. Dan Sullivan MD comments: “The manufacturing or prepped door side of...

FLiP for all – DoorCo

Are you a composite door supplier looking to offer your customers something better, something different?  FLiP, the industry leading door glazing cassette system from market leading composite door manufacturer DoorCo, is now available to all composite door suppliers in the market, making versatile door design accessible to everyone. Mark Towers,...

Vista – Supplying doors for modular homes

ACDM member Vista Panels were again pleased to work with a Modular home builder on a development in South Ayrshire. The Development will deliver much-needed new affordable housing and is Scotland’s largest social modular housing development to date. The £9.8million project is being delivered by Riverside Scotland and Connect Modular,...

The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022

On the 23rd January 2023 the provisions contained in the Fire Safety (England) Regulations (FSRs) that were placed on the statute book on the 18th May 2022 came into force. These regulations implement a majority of the recommendations made to Government from the Phase 1 report by the Grenfell Tower...

Vista celebrates a decade of XtremeDoor

https://youtu.be/Q41T8DsPWTs Vista Panels is this year celebrating 10 years of its leading brand, XtremeDoor, following a decade of success. When the brand was launched in 2013, XtremeDoor took the market by storm as a composite door that ticked all the boxes for homeowners, and offered installers a way to really stand...