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100 Years of DORMA: collaborative product and design development

Ennepetal/Germany. Of all the world’s system suppliers of door hardware and allied products, DORMA is the undisputed number one for architects and specifiers. With its holistic approach, comprehensive product portfolio and extensive services, the company – now in its 100th year of existence – has further extended its position as industry leader. “We have by far the most comprehensive range of products in this competitive marketplace and are able to offer truly integrated supplies and services on a single-source basis. This considerably reduces both the time lost and the costs incurred by our partners,” explains Joachim Zerfass, head of Project Management and Architect Marketing at DORMA, enumerating the advantages of the company’s system concepts.

DORMA’s five divisions – Door Control, Automatic, Glass Fittings and Accessories, Security/Time and Access Control and Movable Walls – are ideally matched to one another, affording a maximum of design scope in project planning and implementation. Individualised architect advisory services are complemented by practical training courses and special forms of collaboration – for example in the manufacture of individually crafted lever handle series based on the designs and development ideas of DORMA’s architectural partners. more…

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	Examples of individual architectural designs applied to OGRO door furniture: the Bendo (design: Marshall Strabela), ZS 8880 (design: Prof. J. Kister), ZS 8928 (design: Prof. W. Wagenfeld), ZS 8951 (design: C. de Bruyn, U. Cossmann). Photo: DORMA (reproduction free of charge) download view picture