11 November 2009

AccentHansen glass division goes from strength to strength

Re-launched FYRESPAN™ glass fire door nears £400k sales in just nine months

In January 2009, AccentHansen, one of the UK’s leading performance steel and glass doorset manufacturers and installers, re-introduced the improved FYRESPAN™ product range to the market under the new name GlazeShield™ FL.  Taking on the glass fire door, previously sold by another HansenGroup company was a bold step for AccentHansen, moving away from their traditional strength of steel doorsets in a challenging market.

The risk has paid off and since the launch of GlazeShield™ FL, both sales and enquiries have been booming. Mark Mallen, Managing Director, AccentHansen, comments “We took on the FYRESPAN product as we knew there was still demand for it in the market place and it complemented our existing steel fire doorset products well. We made it our own by adding a few features and making improvements and are excited to see the reaction from customers. From a standing start we are doing better than we could have hoped for.”

As a result of the company’s success with GlazeShield FL, AccentHansen launched two additional glass door products in September 2009 increasing their range of products for those looking for an aesthetically pleasing finish. AlGlaze™ is a glass door with extremely thin aluminium profiles and ClearGlaze™ is the only totally frameless double glazed door on the market. Mark continues, “We have already seen interest in our new products and we are expecting the glass door division to rapidly catch up the steel door products with regard to sales levels. 2010 looks to be an exciting year for us.”