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Hickory Hardware Introduces Four New Styles of Appliance Pulls

Hickory Hardware's four new styles of decorative appliance pulls coordinate with the company's popular Cottage, Williamsburg, American Diner, and Euro Contemporary cabinet hardware collections. Designed for use on oversized cabinets and wood-paneled appliances, Hickory Hardware's appliance pulls add a dramatic and coordinated look to kitchen cabinets, combining elegance with the strength and functionality required of appliance and large-cabinet hardware. Cottage, Williamsburg, American Diner and Euro Contemporary appliance pulls are available in 8-inch to 24-inch sizes and an assortment of finishes. Please call Hickory Hardware at (800) 235-9484 or email: info@hickoryhardware.com.

Matrix Systems Introduces Industry’s First PoE with Door Strike Capabilities

Matrix Systems introduced the industry’s only Power over Ethernet (PoE) with door strike capabilities for securing remote entryway access control in airports, hospitals, corporate buildings, industrial plants, schools and government facilities. The PoE is now offered as an option on Matrix’s door controller, the Reader Control Module (RCM). The RCM III™ with PoE enables new and retrofit sites the cost-cutting alternative of supplying power to new door readers, door controllers and door strikes via the building’s Ethernet. PoE is an emerging security system technology that transmits electrical power and data to remote devices over an existing standard Ethernet network’s twisted-pair CAT5 cables. This eliminates up to 33% in installation/labor costs associated with running individual AC power supplies to new entryway access control hardware.

For more information on Matrix Systems, please visit www.matrixsys.com or call 800-562-8749 x. 4490.

Narrow-Profile Steel Curtainwall System Allows for Larger Expanses of Exposed Glass

Architects and designers now have a better way to incorporate large expanses of glass in building designs. Used for wall facades and roofs, the steel curtainwall system from Technical Glass Products (TGP) is strong and slim, allowing larger spans of glazing than traditional aluminum framing. The result is greater expanses of exposed glass and increased ability to bring natural light indoors.

The high strength of the European-designed steel curtainwall system means that a narrower frame profile can be used than with aluminum framing. The steel framing members have substantially lower deflection than aluminum, providing three times the wind load capacity. In addition, the lower thermal expansion of steel allows greater design flexibility with fewer or no extension profiles.
For more information about TGP's products and services, call (800) 426-0279 or visit www.fireglass.com (fire-rated glass) or www.tgpamerica.com (architectural glass).

In Other News...

Albany International Corp. is shutting down a door manufacturing plant in Halmstad, Sweden, that is owned by its Albany Door Systems AB division. The closure is an effort to match product demand with manufacturing capacity, according to the company, which is headquartered in Albany, NY. In recent years the door business in Europe has been consolidating, reported The Business Review (Albany). Full Story

A three-alarm fire damaged Woodfold Manufacturing's facility in Forest Grove, OR, reported The Oregonian. Full Story

Hoermann Gadco has opened a new office in Orlando, FL, in order to be closer to the key Florida market. The new distributorship replaces the former Valdosta, GA office, reported Professional Door Dealer. Full Story

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