SIEGENIA-AUBI means Quality - Rain or Shine

With a little help from SIEGENIA-AUBI, Essex-based New Century Windows is celebrating the achievement of a severe weather rating for its folding sliding doors.

Director Paul Crudgington says the BS6375 rating for the doors, which feature SIEGENIA-AUBI FS Portal folding sliding hardware, will help give the company an edge over the competition.

‘The fact that every door we make is built ready to fit and fully functional before it leaves our factory, and that the owners of the business play a hands on role in maintaining manufacturing quality have always given us a head start. Now, the severe weather rating will help us stay one step ahead,’ he says.

New Century Windows was one the first fabricators to see the scope and profit opportunities for folding sliding doors almost five years ago. After six months in development, the company launched its first door in 2004, using SIEGENIA-AUBI's FS Portal folding sliding hardware.

Says Paul, ‘The decision to use SIEGENIA-AUBI hardware was a clear cut choice. When we were developing our door, nobody else was anywhere near having the quality of hardware we were looking for. We've also had a lot of technical support along the way, both from SIEGENIA-AUBI and from Mila Hardware.’

SIEGENIA-AUBI national sales manager, Alastair Wheeler, adds, ‘New Century is one of the pioneers of the folding sliding door, and it has completed some great installations over the last four years.

‘The company supplied a security door with a special low threshold for a barn conversion that housed a classic car collection; and folding sliding doors for a workshop that was being used to rebuild a specialist aircraft engine. That customer needed to be able to get the engine in and out of the workshop to work on it, and folding sliding doors were the only option. New Century has certainly identified its niche and it’s reaping the rewards.’

New Century Windows is currently averaging 30-40 door sets a month, and Paul is confident it can replicate the success it enjoyed last year, if not expand it:

‘It's about identifying niche products and using your skills and experience to identify the opportunities that will drive the business forward,’ he says. ‘Even in these difficult times the volume of products we're putting out is growing month on month.’

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