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News Release from: Door and Hardware Federation
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 October 2004
Ian Wood Takes Charge At DHF
Ian Wood, a leading figure in the building products industry, has been appointed chief executive officer of the Door and Hardware Federation (DHF).
Ian Wood's role will be to expand the federation and increase the commercial benefits that companies derive from membership His appointment follows the retirement of Derek Smith, who has been a prominent personality in the UK industrial door industry for many years
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 25 Apr 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Mr Wood was managing director at Ingersoll-Rand Safety and Security, formerly Newman Tonks, a group comprising Briton door closers, Legge locks and Martin Roberts steel doors and Dor-O-Matic auto-door systems.
Throughout his career he has held senior management positions at leading UK building products companies, in particular those involved in industrial steel doors, locks, door hardware and steel cladding.
His expertise spanned the manufacturing, distribution and service/maintenance sectors.
As a business turnaround specialist, he gained a reputation for successfully increasing business growth and profitability.
Mr Wood is a past vice chairman of the Association of Building Hardware Manufacturers which represents the leading manufacturers of building hardware and architectural ironmongery.
It was the recent amalgamation of the ABHM with the Door and Shutter Manufacturers' Association (DSMA), which represents virtually all of the key players in industrial and commercial doors and shutters and garage doors, that brought the DHF into being.
Said Mr Wood: "Both the ABHM and the DSMA have done a fantastic job in recent years by ensuring that the many new standards and regulations coming into force worked to the benefit of the industry rather than against it.
Derek Smith in particular worked unceasingly to protect the industry in the face of increasing regulation.
"Now that most of the standards are in place and members are working to them, my primary role will be to ensure our members can derive competitive advantage by being within the federation.
So I'll be working hard to ensure the federation provides them with added value in terms of increased commercial and technical benefits of membership.
That will make the federation more attractive to companies in the door and hardware sectors and will make us an even stronger voice in such forums as the Construction Products Association, the certification bodies and government agencies.".
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