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News Release from: Door and Hardware Federation
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 01 November 2007
David Whitworth to lead DHF onwards
Door hardware industry expert David Whitworth has been elected as the new chairman of the Door and Hardware Federation.
He will now oversee the implementation of a strategy, unveiled at the event, designed to increase the size of the federation and make it more influential in the market place to the commercial benefit of its members The DHF now represents the majority of the key players in industrial and commercial doors and shutters and garage doors, and also represents the leading UK manufacturers of building hardware and architectural ironmongery
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 18 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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David, who is a director of a number of UK and European hardware manufacturing and distribution companies, is vice president of the European Hardware Manufacturers Association (ARGE).
He has twice been chairman of the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI).
He was chief executive of architectural ironmongers the Laidlaw Group for 30 years which he took onto the Stock Exchange and went on to become main board director of the Newman Tonks Group until its acquisition by Ingersoll Rand.
He was described by outgoing DHF chairman Andrew Lloyd, managing director of Bolton Gate Co , as a "legend" in the hardware sector.
"His name is synonymous with the door hardware industry," he said.
David told the conference, held at Loughborough University: "In his two years as chairman, Andrew Lloyd has worked with chief executive Ian Wood to put a strategy in place for the federation".
"It's my job now to deliver results for the members and for the industry".
Members heard that there were three key objectives in the strategy: to promote members' shareholder value; to provide the highest level of expert direction to members to satisfy the regulatory and statutory requirements in their markets; and to grow external awareness of the role of the DHF in the UK construction market.
Over the next two years a wide-ranging programme of initiatives designed to meet these objectives will be put in place.
Bob Perry, managing director of Laser Key UK, a division of Yale, was elected as vice chairman of the DHF.
After the formal meeting, members and delegates attended a number of workshops covering a wide variety of current industry topics including certification, the new lock standards, health and safety and employment issues.
Throughout the day, delegates - including non-DHF members - visited the DHF Expo where more than 30 exhibitors showcased the best of the UK's door, shutter and hardware industry.
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