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Lex Klees joins Marshfield DoorSystems as Territory Sales Manager – Pacific Northwest, Commercial Door Division.

Lex brings 17 years of wood door industry experience with him to Marshfield. Most recently, Lex was Regional Manager for Northern California and Senior Project Estimator of Lynden Door — a manufacturer of architectural flush wood doors. For nine years prior to joining Lynden Door, Lex was General Manager of Windsor Plywood in Bellingham, WA — a manufacturer of hardwoods and wood doors. Lex’s other prior experience includes General Manager of Windsor Plywood in Calgary, Alberta and Territorial Sales Representative of Lipton Foods — a food service company. Lex holds a B.A. in Political Science from Simon Fraser University.

For more information, call 800.869.3667 or visit www.marshfielddoors.com.

Len Severson Joins Marshfield DoorSystems as Territory Sales Manager – Wisconsin & Illinois, Commercial Door Division.

Len has an impressive background, including 10 plus years in the building products industry. Most recently, Len was Business Development Manager of Weather Shield Manufacturing — a manufacturer of windows and doors. Prior to joining Weather Shield Manufacturing, Len worked for Western Building Products, Inc. — a wholesale distributor of quality millwork products as a Territory Manager. Len’s career experience also includes: Outside Sales Representative with Marshall Towne Millwork — a custom cabinet and millwork manufacturer.

Len holds an Associates Degree in Architectural and Residential Design from Northcentral Technical College. He also has outside experience in the following areas:

Member of the Winnebago Home Builders Association
Member of NARI (National Association of the Remodeling Industry) of Milwaukee
Member of Metropolitan Builders Association
Member of Madison Area Builders Association
Member of the Wisconsin Builders Association

For additional information, call 800.869.3667 or visit www.marshfielddoors.com.

Products

Marks USA Introduces The Monaco Design "Survivor" Cylindrical Lever Lockset

Marks USA has designed and is manufacturing its first decorative cylindrical lever lockset. The design matches its Monaco series of tubular locksets, but is available in most of the keyed functions. In addition, it comes in polished brass with a Lifetime finish warranty. As in the other "Survivor" series, this lockset is built around the Marks USA "Clutch" mechanism for greatly extended life. Presently available in ANSI grade two, it will satisfy those applications where a decorative but reliable, heavy-duty lever lockset is required.

For application assistance or brochure, contact: Marks U.S.A., 5300 New Horizons Blvd., Amityville, NY 11701; phone (631) 225-5400; fax (631) 225-6136 or e-mail kathryn@marksusa.com.

Turbo Superterm 8 — The 8-Door Intelligent Controller

Continental Access continues to create buzz on a dynamic product that supports all access control functions for one to eight doors. Turbo Superterm-8 is an expandable intelligent controller, which operates as a standalone unit in the event server communications are interrupted. Programmed to work seamlessly with our CardAccess software, there is no need for continuous server communications as it automatically stores system transactions in its internal memory. Turbo Superterm's memory is field expandable and allows for greater cardholder populations and more transactions. The controller's Flash EPROM firmware easily upgrades for additional system enhancements. Continental's controllers feature extensive multi-stage lightning/transient protection for harsh environments.

Turbo Superterm accepts industry standard Wiegand output devices and supports nearly all card/reader technologies. Proximity, Biometric, Magnetic Stripe, Barcode, Wiegand, Barium Ferrite, Keypad and Smart Readers are easily connected and controlled. Additionally, the Turbo Superterm can store multiple card formats in its internal memory. Supporting multiple bit formats allows existing card populations and readers to remain in place.

Continental Access is a Napco Security Group Company publicly traded on NASDAQ: NSSC. If you have any questions, please contact one of our sales representatives at 631-842-9400 or e-mail us at salesinfo@cicaccess.com.

In Other News...

The Orlando Sentinel profiles the new WinDoor Inc. factory in southeast Orange County, FL. Full Story

Greening Existing Buildings a webcast from Building Design & Construction on Dec. 6 will explore LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance, a new version of LEED-EB that promises to have a real impact in addressing climate change. Click here to register for the free webcast.

Chinese-American joint venture firm Qinchuan Future Plastic Machinery, also known as QC Future, is setting up a wood-plastic composites extrusion factory near Xi’an, China, its first plant for making wood composite products, reported PRW.com. The plant, in Yangling, will aim to split production between domestic sales, such as doors and frames, and exports in items such as fencing for U.S. big-box home improvement stores, he said. Full Story

Power Adhesives Ltd. has introduced an advanced wood repair system that lets manufacturers use an entire board rather than cut it before or a knot or defect to eliminate waste, increase yield and maximize use of the raw material. The unique KNOT-TEC System from Power Adhesives is the most cost effective wood repair system on the market today according to the company. It allows manufacturers of such products as windows, doors and furniture repair knots and fill wooden surfaces so that it is smooth and hardly noticeable before painting or finishing. Full Story

An American-owned niche door manufacturer has announced plans to cease production in South Wales with the loss of 150 jobs. Therma-Tru confirmed it has entered into a 90-day consultation period with a view to the closure of its UK business, reported icWales.co.uk. Full Story

Northwest Door of Tacoma, Washington has launched a newly redesigned and updated website. Located at www.nwdusa.com , the website offers a great deal of information on their commercial and residential garage door manufacturing services. In addition, it includes a searchable database of authorized Northwest Door dealers in the U.S. Full Story

For the first time, sectional garage door leader Southeast Door Technologies is stocking and selling steel roll-up doors. After thorough research and consideration, US Door & Building Components was chosen as the supplier, reported Professional Door Dealer. Full Story

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