Congratulations to DORMA on a double summer celebration

This summer sees a double celebration for DORMA. The UK company is celebrating 30 years since its formation, and 2008 also marks the centenary of the parent company’s foundation in Germany.

Alan Blower, CEO of DORMA UK and Ireland comments: “The last 100 years have seen incredible growth for DORMA. Now, in 2008, the organisation worldwide has almost 6,500 employees in 45 countries around the world and sales exceeding €838 million. Above all though, the company remains true to its values of leading by example and works exceptionally hard in its product development programme to meet and exceed the increasingly stringent demands set by industry requirements, including the DDA and CERTIFIRE”.

The company began back in 1908, when two young German entrepreneurs, Wilhelm Dörken and his brother-in-law Rudolf Mankel, started a small forge operation in the town of Ennepetal in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. They manufactured high quality double-action hinges for the German market and eventually developed a serious export side to the business.

In 1946 DORMA was one of the first companies in the region to receive permission from the occupying powers to resume production, but it was not until 1950 that DORMA moved into the sector for which it is now world famous and a leader in its field – the door closer business. more…

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