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Architectural Ironmongery
News Release from: Hafele UK
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 June 2005
Hafele seek 'glass partners' nationwide
Hafele are seeking to establish a network of Glass Partners countrywide in response to spiralling demand.
Hafele are seeking to establish a network of Glass Partners countrywide in response to what Architectural Glass Products manager Gary King describes as: "spiralling demand" That demand, he says, is generated by the increasing numbers of people at all levels, commercial and domestic, seeking to introduce a little more light into their lives and is led by the architects and interior designers with whom their burgeoning portfolio of architectural hardware is bringing them into contact
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 26 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"When we published our recently introduced Architectural Ironmongery catalogue for 2005/06," he says, "we were obliged to increase our glass systems portfolio from six to 50 pages".
"This was in response primarily to the growing demand for glass-based products for space division, through access and on into sliding door systems for everything from wet rooms to conservatories." From their ever-expanding HQ and warehousing complex in Rugby, Hafele are exclusive UK agents for a variety of European manufacturers and are suppliers of a vast range of glass door rail and patch fitting systems, including the MGG branded system for toughened and laminated glass using patches.
But as Gary King emphasises, "We are suppliers, not installers and so we need to forge strong links with our new Glass Partners in the establishment of a practical interface between us and our architect and designer customers." Some Glass Partners have already been recruited in key parts of the country, he reports, but adds that some notable gaps exist which remain to be plugged, notably in, the south west and the north west and east.
Hafele will be supporting their Glass Partners in a variety of ways including their superb website - www.hafele.co.uk - on which all glass systems products are listed and their benefits demonstrated.
Hafele's Glass Partners will also benefit from extensive product training both in Rugby and directly in conjunction with overseas suppliers, full technical backup, priority turn around on price and specification quotations, and project referrals from architects and main contractors.
Partners will enjoy preferred pricing, marketing via the internet and specialist published media plus, of course, inclusion on the website by way of a clickable location map reference that is receiving 20,000 hits a month currently. Request free introductory details about products from Hafele UK ...
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