Alcomex, part of the Lesjöfors Group, is a supplier to the door spring market in Europe. With an extensive range of products, Alcomex was able to provide one of its customers with an innovative solution that resulted in a long-term partnership between the two companies.
ConDoor, a producer of insulated overhead doors for industrial and residential buildings who produces more than 50,000 doors per year. Since 2017, Alcomex has been the sole supplier of door springs to the company after a process of investigating and testing of Alcomex’s spring solutions.
“After running a testing program in our own lab, we started producing small batches of doors with Alcomex springs. When all the lights turned green in 2017, we took the next step and Alcomex became our sole supplying partner in springs. Which means that we are 100% relying on their operational excellence performance. Also, our customers, the door dealers that install the door at the homeowner or industrial facility, were happy with the new quality, life span and balance as well,” explains Kees-Jan Honig, CEO of ConDoor.
In response, Alcomex introduced a Quattro tension spring solution which brought many benefits to ConDoor. Tension springs were originally perceived as the lesser solution in the garage door business, but the Alcomex solution proved effective.
“The Quattro system proved to be perfect for our residential doors. Thanks to the spring-in-spring solution, the system was able to comply with the tough European safety norms. Also, the construction of the spring sets proved to be very compact, using little build-in space, which made it possible for us to offer pre-tensioned hardware sets to our customers, saving them time and money on site. The next step was the availability of that system for higher door weights, meaning bigger garage doors,” adds Kees-Jan Honig.
“In Alcomex, we have a partner with good logistic performance, high-quality product with ongoing development and a team of people that seem to realise what we need every day,” says Kees-Jan Honig.
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