Mar 26 2007
A date for your diary - the Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) is holding it annual Conference and Expo for the door, shutter and hardware industry on Friday, September 28 in Loughborough. Its organisers say the event will showcase best practice in the sector and they expect a large number of visitors throughout the day.
Visitors will be able to visit a large number of trade stands in the conference area at Loughborough University’s Sir Denis Rooke Building, Holywell Park. They will also be able to attend specialist free workshops which cover a wide variety of hot topics, including the latest legislation which is impacting on the industry.
This year the DHF is offering sponsorship opportunities to industry suppliers to enable them to increase their profile in front of key industry figures. There are a number of opportunities available, including overall sponsorship of the event and sponsorship of individual workshops and other events. Sponsorship packages will include logos on printed material handed to delegates, and advertising on giant plasma screens throughout the exhibition site.
The DHF represents all the key players in industrial and commercial doors & shutters and garage doors and also represents the leading UK manufacturers of building hardware and architectural ironmongery. Its 2007 Conference and Expo is open to members and non members alike. It is planned to be even larger than last year’s successful event.
Said DHF chief executive Ian Wood: “The expansion of the event, and opening it out to non members, reflects the increasing importance of the metal door and hardware industries within the construction sector.”
The DHF is expecting more than 25 exhibitors, ranging from lockmakers to door security producers, to be exhibiting at the event. There will be a number of free workshops that delegates can attend. They will cover current hot topics within the industrial door and hardware industry and more details will be issued nearer to the event. Last year, workshop topics included domestic fire safety, fire door certification, the benefits of CE marking garage doors under the Construction Products Directive, fire door hardware, access for the disabled, working at heights, employment law, repair and maintenance, anti fall back devices and power operated driveway gates.
Said Mr Wood: “We are facing an increasing number of challenges, in particular legislative challenges, but they actually offer us greater commercial opportunities. Legal changes put the onus of risk onto the building owner or occupier, and this presents opportunities to our members who offer certified and CE marked products.
“The DHF Conference and Expo is an opportunity for us to showcase best practice within our industry and we are confident it will attract a large number of visitors.”
The DHF Conference and Expo is taking place in the Loughborough University’s Sir Denis Rooke Building, Holywell Park on Friday, September 28 from 9 am to 3 pm.