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Door & Hardware Federation - DHF Announces date fro Expo 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 lock
makers 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. Entrance is free. A buffet lunch
will be available for all delegates. To book places, or to learn
more about sponsorship opportunities, contact the DHF
Email:
guy@ainsworth-pr.co.uk