Saudi Arabia, 20th December 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.

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DORMA Group
DORMA is a globally active supplier of door technology products and systems. With more than 100 years of tradition behind it, DORMA has developed into the world market leader in door controls, movable walls and glass fittings and accessories. In the automatics segment too, the company is a member of the world elite. DORMA is also a successful player in the security, time management and access control segment and the number one in Germany for emergency exit control and escape route security systems. DORMA maintains major production plants in Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, China and North and South America. With an international workforce of around 6,500 employees, the Group realised sales of €856 million in fiscal 2009/10 (June 30). The DORMA Group headquartered in Ennepetal, Germany, operates on an international scale with 71 wholly-owned companies in 47 different countries.

DORMA in the Middle East
DORMA began making inroads in the Middle Eastern markets in the early 70s. After more than two decades of continuous growth, the company launched a presence in the Middle East with the opening of DORMA Gulf Door Controls FZE in Jebel Ali, Dubai, in 1997. DORMA has 4 companies in the region, 3 in the UAE and one in Saudi Arabia with branches and staff located in a total of 8 cities throughout the Middle East. DORMA's commitment to close customer focus in terms of both product capability and geographical location has remained vigorous throughout. Today, DORMA can boast a truly worldwide network of dealerships, agencies and wholly-owned companies.

DORMA has been actively involved with some of the region's leading innovative projects such as the Qatar Convention Centre, Mall of Arabia (Jeddah), Burj Al Arab (Dubai), Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Alexandria), Emirates Palace Hotel (Abu Dhabi), Burj Khalifa, Abu Dhabi Convention Centre (ADNEC), Dubai Metro, Meydan Racecourse Dubai and various airports including Dubai Airport to name a few.

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