DORMA extends strategic partnership with Universal Building Materials Merchants.

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21 Dec 2010

DORMA, a leading manufacturer of door control, partition and access control technology has announced from its Regional Headquarters in the UAE that Universal Building Materials Merchants Ltd (UBM), DORMA’s project door hardware distributor for the past 12 years, is also now its Door Hardware Technical Partner for Saudi projects.

“DORMA’s principle focus is to improve the understanding of all aspects of door hardware decision making by specifiers, architects, developers, interior designers, contractors and supervising consultants when planning, purchasing for and delivering projects. UBM is well qualified to achieve these objectives in the Kingdom” states
Ben Shaw, DORMA Gulf’s Managing Director.

“DORMA and UBM have been working together successfully supplying many of the Kingdom’s major projects over the past 10 years. The strategic partnership with UBM allows DORMA to provide its current and future customers in Saudi with specific value-added technical back-up and project related services and solutions from DORMA project management team in the region. UBM’s level of in house technical expertise and capabilities including its in house scheduling team warrants its recognition as DORMA’s official Door Hardware Technical Consultant in the Kingdom,” Added Mr. Shaw.

This strategic partnership enables DORMA to provide its current and future customers in Saudi Arabia with specific value-added technical support and project related services and solutions in Kingdom as well as access to UBM’s stock of DORMA hardware in three provinces.

“DORMA and UBM recognized the need for a knowledge sharing and technical support platform that would provide the key industry players with sound technical advice concerning door hardware selection and UBM is pleased to receive this recognition of its technical capabilities from DORMA” says Paul Gent, Managing Director, UBM.

DORMA and UBM are poised to collaborate in undertaking more upcoming projects in the Kingdom and the partnership effectively sustains DORMA’s expansion plans providing a wider coverage of the rapidly expanding Saudi construction market through an exhaustive portfolio comprising of both ANSI and EN standards.