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International trade journal for fencing and gate installers, perimeter security specialists, landscapers, architects and city planners

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Faac introduces swing gate

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10 years of Norport

Richard: seven deadly sins

Locinox lays
foundation stone for
new headquarters
Saurabh Gupta
503 Golden Heights, Shastri Nagar
400053 Mumbai
India
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 PASSION FOR FENCING

L
ivia Graf works for
Alpsteinzaun, a Swiss fencing
company, and is the current
holder of the world record for
sending pictures of fences to FOBS.
Here we can see installers Ueli Frick
and Tobias Zeller, hard at work in
Niederbüren, near Lake Constance.
Thanks for the beautiful picture, Livia!

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 How quickly do you
forget your customers?
E
very fencer has two types of customers.
On the one hand, you have customers
who regularly need fencing, like
municipalities and building contractors. And
on the other hand, there are customers who
have a fence put up around their home or
company, and you won’t hear from them again
for the next 30 years. That is, if your fence was
of reasonable quality.
With the first type of customers, you have
the opportunity to build a connection. This
is pretty much automatic because these
customers will keep coming back if you serve
them properly. It’s more of a challenge with
customers from the second group. “But that’s
not a problem, right?” we hear you say. “We
won’t be seeing that type of customer again
for 30 years, anyway. As long as they give me a
decent Google review, the rest doesn’t matter
that much.”
But is that true? You can often get a lot
more business out of what you assume was
a one-off customer. Their situation often
changes after a couple of years. Maybe they’ve
leo@fobs.eu
rembrandt@fobs.eu built an extra garage that their fence could be
connected to. Or they may have bought a few
ponies that keep running away. They may also
have a higher budget now than they had for
the initial assignment.
It may be that a couple who only needed a
small length of fencing on the street side have
now got children or grandchildren, so they may
want to close off the driveway with a gate as
well. Or they may be getting on in years, and
tired of getting out of their cars to manually
close the gate. It could be that they need a
gate closer because their dog keeps running
away because the gate is often left open.
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With companies, the chances of
generating revenue are even higher.
Companies tend to get bigger or smaller
and rent out plots of land to a neighbour,
or have a need to rent more space for
themselves. There may also be a lot more
going on at their premises: more cars and
lorries means more accidents, possibly
involving a fence.
Sometimes customers will come back to
you, if they still remember who installed
the gate, eight years later. That being said,
these days they often find it easier to
google the word ‘fencing’. Or the damage
to the fence is not important enough that
they even want to put in the effort. If you
do not call these customers on your own
initiative, you will never find out that this
potential turnover is lying around waiting
for you.
“That’s all well and good, but I don’t have the
time.” Sure, if you want to build a fancy
database with all your clients and all their
characteristics and a complete record of
every conversation you’ve ever had with
them, then you’re absolutely right. That
could easily become very time-consuming.
But there’s no need to approach it like
that.
A simple Excel spreadsheet with two
columns is often enough. If you start
keeping track of your clients and the
delivery date every time you finish a
project, this will allow you – in the future
– to select a list of clients once a month
who bought something from you one
year, three years or five years ago. You
then simply look up that customer’s file
and give them a call to ask if they are still happy with
their fence. Even the most incompetent secretary will
manage to keep a table like that up-to-date in less
than an hour a month.

Of course, not every customer you call will

immediately have revenue for you. But if you call
enough customers, there will always be one that says,
“Ah, good to hear from you, my neighbour just drove into
my gate last week,” or “There’s been lots of burglaries
around here, could you send me a quote for a detection
system?”

With customers who don’t have any turnover

opportunities, this type of chat helps tremendously to
improve the image they have of you. They will tell lots
of people that you are so interested and involved.

“Sure, but why would I do that? I’ve got so much business

already.” The answer is simple: with an existing
customer – one-off or not – you have already won
their trust. That is to say, if you didn’t call him names
when you completed the order because he kept
moaning about some small scratch.

It may seem like a small thing, but that trust is actually

an important factor in the entire sales process. People
base most of their purchases on emotions. Customers
who already know that you deliver a good product for
a fair price, because you have already served them
in this way, will be happy to pay a higher price than
customers who don’t have that confidence in you yet.

Existing customers will not run off to a competitor

that has not yet won their trust just for the sake of a
small price difference. In fact, they will often not even
ask a competitor for a quote if they already feel that
you will serve them well.

If you only focus on quotation requests that are sent

to your info@ address every day, it may seem easier
at first. You will need to put in less effort to start a
potential sales process. But if you look at the bigger
picture, it turns out this is not always easier.

With requests from strangers, you have to make a lot

more effort at a later stage in the process to get the
order. Or, if you’re unlucky, maybe even drop your
price considerably, because one of your competitors
also wants the job and the customer can only
compare you both on price, because he doesn’t know
you both yet.

In short, do more with your existing customer base. It

is bigger than you think. <

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Contents
12

From our readers

Passion for fencing 2

Readers Mail 8

18 Photo of the month 34

Industry news
Locinox lays foundation stone 12

Faac introduces swing gate motor on gate post 18

10 years of Norport 24

Berner now also has Supeero pedestrian gates 36

Betafence launches Izifix post 56

24 Events
Calendar 40

EuroGate International open days 52

Background
Richard: seven deadly sins 30

30 Fencing Fun
Fencing world 48

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 READERS MAIL

U
li Harsch from Lutz
in Ludwigsburg near
Stuttgart in Germany
sent us this picture of a
carefully camouflaged fence.
We're sure there is no need to
hide your work like that – or
did you actually deliver the
ivy and snails along with the
fence? All kidding aside: it's
fun to see how some fences
'evolve'. Thanks for the picture,
Uli.

T
his animal-friendly picture was sent to us by
the Heras branch in Moers near Duisburg in
Germany – courtesy of Nicole Richter. She
writes: “Our mechanics are always amazed at the cosy
warm places some of our four-legged friends are trying
to find. Even though the motor housings on the bottom
are closed off, this didn't stop this mouse from making
itself right at home here.” After this mostly cool
summer, we can actually sympathise with the mouse.

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T
his picture of a
fenced parking lot
at Centro Botin in
Santander came to us all the
way from Spain. Sebastián
Petidier from Betafence España
in Burgos in northern Spain
sent it to us. Muchas gracias!

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 J
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Zaunteam Willimann
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 COMPANY NEWS

Locinox lays
foundation stone for
new headquarters Rembrandt Happel

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Locinox, a Belgian manufacturer of gate closers, locks
and access control products, has started construction on
its new headquarters. The foundation stone was laid at
the start of September, in the presence of the Flemish
Minister of Economy.

“O
ur growth in recent years has meant that our current building is
now extremely cramped,” CEO Mik Emmerechts says. “We're
short of space everywhere we turn – in the assembly area, and
in the warehouse and the offices. For this reason, 4 years ago we started
planning our new business premises. We call it Locinox 4.0 – a reference
Locinox's new 40,000 square meter headquarters
to the 4.0 industry, in which connectivity, digitalisation and automation will be constructed on a 7-hectare site, next
are key.” to the current location in Waregem.

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A threefold increase
The new warehouse with ready-made products will be
three times as large: it will have more than 18,000 pallet
spaces, as compared to 6600 in the current building. “We
want to have bigger stocks of each product,” Emmerechts
says. “Because even if demand increases, we still want to
be able to ship within 24 hours of an order being placed.
But at the same time we're still increasing the number of
products. Our development department aims to develop
ten ground-breaking products each year. They've been able
to achieve this goal for years on end, and we want to make
sure it stays that way. This automatically leads to lots more
products, which are often sold not instead of but in addition
to the current products. That means we need extra storage
space for those.” As well as the large number of warehouse
racks, there will be a large dispatch and packaging zone.
The dispatch zone will have twelve truck loading docks and
a large area for placing goods that are ready for dispatch.
Both the set sorting and packaging lines will double in
capacity in order to keep up with increasing demand.
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Customer experience
There will be a large showroom right next
to the entrance for visiting customers. “In
the future we want to invite customers to
visit us a lot more often than we do already,”
Emmerechts says. “After all, in this business
it's mainly about the personal contact. It's
good for our connections, but even more
importantly: we learn an enormous amount
from it. We've developed an entire system for
this, which ensures that the salespeople are
constantly requesting feedback – and that this
feedback reaches the development department
too. I would say that a large part of our success
comes from that, because it means that we
develop exactly what the market needs.” In
addition to the showroom, there will be
classrooms for Locinox's own Academy,
where the company aims to offer a wide
range of technical and sales training courses.
 Staff
It's not just the customers who will be
pampered in the new headquarters; the
staff are in for a treat as well. “Now that
we have the chance,” Emmerechts says,
“we're naturally taking the opportunity to
give everyone a workplace that's as pleasant
and ergonomic as possible. But we want to
do even more for our people. Locinox 4.0 will
have a lovely canteen and living-room-style
relaxation area where colleagues can
hang out informally, both during and after
working hours. There will be an outdoor
patio, a picnic field with benches, and a roof
terrace. Good employees are an essential
part of a business, so it's only natural that
we would want to take good care of them.”
There are currently almost 100 people
working at the Waregem location, with
plans for another 100 in the coming years.
Factory Locinox owner Joseph Talpe
and Flemish Minister of
“In our current factory there's a big warehouse Economic Affairs Hilde
with spare parts,” Emmerechts says. “As orders Crevits lay the foundation
stone by opening the gate
come in for these parts, conveyor belts take to Locinox's new location.
them to assembly workstations. This is already Also pictured: CEO Mik
fully automated. The parts are then used Emmerechts (left) and sales
director Lieven Pieters.
to assemble ready-made products at these
workstations. Conveyor belts then take the
products to the packaging department, where
they’re packed into boxes (with or without
other products). The new assembly factory will
have the same layout, but will be three times
as big. The parts warehouse will be bigger, and
there will be workplaces that are more modern
– and more of them – with lots of natural light.
The technical department will also have its own
large CNC workshop. These are the people who
build the assembly lines, and are constantly
looking for ways to automate or optimise our
processes even further.”
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 One tree has been planted
on the new premises for
each employee. There was
also a tree for Minister Hilde
Crevits, to which she attached
the nameplate herself.

Foundation stone
On Friday 10 September, Flemish Minister of Economy
Hilde Crevits laid the foundation stone for the new
location. Well, it was called 'laying the foundation stone',
but obviously a gate lock manufacturer isn't going to
let a minister lug stones around: Crevits opened a gate,
which was fitted with the prototype of a new lock. A
marquee was erected on the new 7-hectare site for the
occasion, where all employees could enjoy food and
drink. Founder Joseph Talpe gave a speech in which
called his people his champions, without whom the
steep growth of recent years would not have been
possible. The minister also gave a short speech, in which
she praised Locinox for creating employment in Flanders.

Locinox plans to move the first departments in the

2022 Christmas holidays, and for the new headquarters
to be fully operational in the summer of 2023. We will
of course give a detailed report on this when the time
comes. <

Locinox in figures:
Official name: Locinox NV
Founder: Joseph Talpe
Founded in: 1988
Registered office: Waregem, België
Employees: 130 (94 of them in Waregem)
Turnover in 2020: ~ 39 million euro (10 years ago
12.5 million)
Export share: 90%

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Faac introduces
swing gate motor
on gate post
Rembrandt Happel

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 Faac, an Italian drive manufacturer,
introduced a new type of swing gate motor
this spring. The S2500i is not a spindle or
articulated arm drive, but it is mounted on
top of the gate post.

“I
t’s based on underground drive technology,” says
Paul van Hecke, Managing Director of Faac’s
Belgian and Dutch branches. “Underground
drives have many benefits. The main one is that the
spindles or cylinders stay out of sight. But they also
have a disadvantage: installation and maintenance
are pretty labour-intensive. Our developers wanted to
create a good alternative for that. Their answer: the
S2500i. It is a drive that uses the same technology: it
is mounted not under, but on top of the post.”

Installation
The S2500i is mounted partly onto and partly into
the gate post. “And that’s the second big advantage,”
van Hecke tells us. “Because it is now much easier
to access for maintenance or repairs. And installation
is also easier.” Faac supplies mounting materials
for gate posts of 100 by 100, 120 by 120 or 150
by 150 millimetres. “In theory, the new drive can be
installed on new and existing gates. With existing
gates, this will take a bit of work, however. Not only
do you have to adjust the leaf frame, but pretty
much always the distance from the post as well. This
means that the drive does a lot better if you already
take it into account in the design phase of the gate.
Then you can exactly coordinate the post, drive
and location of the leaf and you get very attractive
results.”

Specifications
The new drive is suitable for leaves of up
to 2.5 metres, with a maximum weight of
250 kilograms. It is a 24-volt motor, with an
absolute encoder. “The encoder knows the exact
location of the leaf at all times,” says van Hecke.
“This results in full motion control and accurate
and sensitive obstacle detection, in accordance
with European regulations.” The S2500i also
has mechanical end stops that can be used to
determine exactly up to where the leaf can swing
in the drive itself. This prevents having to put end
stops in the ground that people could trip over
or break while driving over them.” The maximum
opening angle is 165 degrees, the speed is
maximum 10 degrees per second and the torque is
320 newton metres. The housing can be supplied
in black-grey (RAL 7021), but also in self colour
aluminium, so that it can be coated in the colour of
the gate.

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Options
The housing of the new S2500i can also
be supplied without a motor. In that case,
only the hinge is supplied. “In this way, it is
possible to automate the gate at a later stage,”
says van Hecke. “In this case, you can easily
install the drive in the housing later on. There
is also a battery pack available for the new
drive, to provide emergency power in the event
of a power failure, and which can be mounted
under the drive in the pole. Of course, this is
in addition to all other options and extensions,
such as hand-held transmitters, intercoms, exit
loops etcetera.”

Simply Connect
The control of this new drive is suitable for
Simply Connect, Faac’s cloud solution that
allows users and owners to control and
manage their gates via an app. They can
do this with an open and close button on
the screen, but also with a voice assistant
or using geolocation. The gate will then
open as soon as you approach it with your
phone. Simply Connect is also very useful
for installers: they can use it to remotely
monitor the status of the gate, and manage
and program the control system. “This is
Giuseppe Manini’s
particularly useful for customers who have a first drive
maintenance contract,” says van Hecke. “If
the customer calls about a malfunction, you
can immediately see what’s going on and
which error message the control is putting
out. If it is something simple, like a blocked
photocell, you can immediately tell the
customer to take a waste container out of the
passageway, for example, or to wipe the snow
off the glass.”

Underground
“Our founder, Giuseppe Manini, invented the
first electrically powered gate opener in 1965,”
van Hecke finishes, with a bit of history.
“He had noticed that the gates of buildings
were always open. Everyone would get out
of their car to open them, but no one could
be bothered to close the gate behind them
after driving through. That first drive was an
underground model: the 750. It was only later
that the superstructure drives with spindles,
cylinders and folding arms made their entrance.
It’s funny, because even though more than
55 years have passed in the meantime, today
we are still the first to introduce an inverted
model of that type of drive on the market.” <

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10 years of Norport

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 The Norport team, with
Christian Petersen on the right

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 Rembrandt Happel

The German gate manufacturer Norport

celebrated its 10th anniversary this summer. The
company, a specialist in aluminium swing gates
with built-in drives, was founded in August 2011
in Tönning, a town by the North Sea, halfway
between Hamburg and the Danish border.

N
orport was based on an idea of the late
Hans-Friedrich Eller, founder of drive and
barrier manufacturer Elka, and his cousin
Torben Nehls-Eller. “We were just sitting around
philosophising about the future over a beer,” says the
latter. “We wondered if we could maybe develop a drive
that is mounted in the gate posts of the swing gate. This
method offers many additional benefits. But although it
was technically perfectly possible, we soon realised that the
post, the leaf and the drive needed to be coordinated down
to every last detail. As a result, an internal drive was less
suitable for the Elka program, which, in addition to barriers,
mainly consists of drives you can use to automate manual
gates from third parties.”

Norport
“Nevertheless, we thought the idea was too good to simply
pass up,” Nehls-Eller continues. “And so we moved on to
the next question: why don’t we build the matching gate
ourselves? All sorts of ideas popped up spontaneously,
about what these gates should look like and how we would
approach the project. We immediately consulted with the
engineers in the development department the next day, to
see if they liked the idea. They were also very keen. And
so we set up a separate company to this end. One of our
colleagues, who is very gifted at woodworking, started
making wooden demo models. We bought a plot of land
elsewhere in the village and had a hall built there. We came
up with a name for the new company: ‘Nor’ because we
come from the North of Germany, and ‘port’ means gate, in
our North Frisian dialect.”

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 In Norport’s Autoport, the drive
is located in the gate posts. The
engine is at the bottom and
the controls are at the top.

Autoport
Norport marketed the first swing gates under the
name Autoport. Apart from the built-in drives,
another feature is that the hinge posts are bevelled
at one corner. “Since we started from scratch, we
were able to coordinate all the parts perfectly,”
says Christian Petersen, who has been with the
business since 2016 and has been looking after
the day-to-day operations ever since. “For example,
thanks to the slanted angle, special hinges and clever
positioning of the leaf, we can make sure that it is
almost impossible to get your fingers caught between
the leaf and the post. We even got a patent for it. The
leaves are also secured against lifting, for example.
And we made sure that the filling is nicely positioned
in the middle of the frame, so that the leaves look the
same on the inside and outside.”

Secure
“When we finished the first model, we had it tested
by the TÜV for wind load and closing force,” explains
Petersen. “That involved a lot of work, but we wanted
to enter the market with a safe gate that complied
with all the standards and regulations. Safety is
important to us in any case, it is in our DNA. That
is why we really focused on the development of the
pivot post. Every model we have put on the market
since has been tested and CE marked. This still applies,
actually. When EN 12604 was updated last year,
requiring a provision to ensure that the leaf cannot
fall over if the top hinge should fail, we immediately
developed and installed it.” Norport also supplies
the swing gates without a drive, under the name
Manuport.

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Frisian
Norport started 10 years ago with a series of five modern, slim gate
types made of vertical aluminium profiles – and matching fencing. “Since
we come from North Friesland,” Petersen continues, “we also wanted to
carry a Frisian gate in the program from the get-go. That became design line
number 6. We assumed that we would mainly be selling that model here in
the region, but in the meantime, we are also selling it to customers in Austria,
Great Britain, the Netherlands and Switzerland. A year or two ago, we finally
managed to add a design line with horizontal profiles to the program.”

Production
Norport produces the gates – and matching fencing – from
pre-powder-coated aluminium profiles. “Every gate is made to measure,”
says Petersen. “Fencing contractors give us the driveway dimensions and
the fence length. We then adjust the spacing of the bars accordingly and
ensure that it is nicely equal everywhere. We also distribute the number
of posts evenly along the entire fence length. Once the customer – and
their customer – agrees, we start production. We saw and mill the profiles
exactly to size, with CNC machines. The profiles are then screwed together
with blind joints, so the screws aren’t visible. Next, the drive and control are
mounted, connected and tested. Customers receive a gate that is completely
prepared. All they need to do is screw it to the foundation.”

Future
The tenth anniversary has not been celebrated yet due to corona. “We
will make up for that celebration one day,” Petersen concludes. “But we
went out to dinner with the entire team, had a beer together and had fun
brainstorming about the direction we envision for the next 10 years. We are
investing in production, in any case. We will be adding more tools, machines
and stock, so that we can produce more efficiently and, above all, faster. We
will, of course, continue to do this as we continue to grow. We also want to
keep expanding the number of models. And we have a few other great ideas,
but I’ll keep those to myself for now, ha ha ha. Just wait for the surprise,
there is still plenty in the pipeline.” <

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 Seven deadly
Richard’s Safe Gates

sins with
automated gates

G
ate Safe is regularly involved in reviewing the
safety of automated gates. As a result of this
work, we have become aware of mistakes that
are regularly being replicated in the field – mistakes that
can lead to a gate being deemed unsafe. Here’s a list of
the seven deadliest sins that we come across.

Richard Jackson

Opinions in
articles written
by guest writers
and columnists
are not necessarily
also the opinion
of the editors or
publishers.

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Broken
hinge

Lackofhingeprotectiononswinggates.This
is a major concern and can lead to serious
injury or worse. Always design this risk out or

2
fit mechanical or electronic safety to mitigate
the risk.

Lackofphotocells(lightbeams)ontheinside
as well as the outside of all gates. These
low-cost non-contact safety devices almost
certainly would have saved the lives of the
two children who were tragically killed in

3
two accidents in 2010, which prompted the
founding of Gate Safe in the same year.

Single point failure which can cause

catastrophic failure on either a swing gate
or a sliding gate. The failure of a single
component should never lead to the gate
falling. Over the last 10 years, there have
been numerous instances where falling gates
have resulted in serious injury and death, yet
sadly manufacturers of gates are still failing
No hinge protection
and access control to modify their designs and make gates fit for
in wrong place purpose in the 21st century.

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 4 Lackofendstops,openingandclosing,
on sliding gates. Again, these are simple
devices to fit but we still see sliding gates
without suitable end of travel devices. This
poses a serious risk of the gate running

5
through its support post and falling – again
with potential catastrophic results.

Lackofpedestriansegregation.Another
simple fix whether for a rising arm barrier
or a gate. There should always be guarding
in place to segregate pedestrian traffic
away from the potentially dangerous
machine, the gate. Barriers are especially
susceptible to this risk, if someone
is walking through a barrier, they are

6
oblivious to the fact that the boom is
lowering.

Relying on force limitation

of swing gates as an effective means of
safety. Sadly, this is an issue that remains
a major problem in the industry. Since
Gate Safe’s inception we have consistently
voiced the view that the force on the
leading-edge of the gate has little or no
relevance to the danger of crushing as
you get closer to the hinge end of the
gate. Force limitation should always

7
No end stop be supplemented with other safety to
on slider mitigate these risks.

Falling gate

Last and by no means

least: lack of regular maintenance
on gates and barriers can lead
to a host of problems. These
range from not understanding
new risks stemming from site
changes, to wear and tear not
being detected in time to prevent
an accident.

Please print or photocopy this list

and review it regularly, to make
sure that you never make any of
these mistakes. If you are in any
doubt about understanding the
above risks and dangers, please
visit gate-safe.org for more help
and information. <

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 WIN YOUR OWN

SITE RADIO!

D
enis Valput from Draht Walput from
Rheinstetten near Karlsruhe in Germany
sent us this picture of a wildcat fence, Have you got a fun
which he and his team have been building on picture of a fence or
the Autobahn A5 between Lahr in the Black gate you’d
Forest and Rust. The entire assignment covers like to share with the
more than 21 kilometres, of which almost 18 industry? Send it to
are ready. Unlike the wire mesh fence that was hello@fobs.eu and you
used before, this fence stops the European might be the next lucky
wildcats in the area from trying to cross the winner of the Locinox
motorway. Great project, Denis. The Locinox construction site
construction radio is on its way over to you. radio next month!

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 PRODUCT NEWS

Berner now also has

Supeero pedestrian gates

B
erner Torantiebe, the manufacturer of gate
drives and Supeero sliding gates from
Rottenburg near Stuttgart in Germany, is
expanding its range with pedestrian gates. The
gates are based on the same aluminium frame
system, with no visible screw connections, that is
also used for their Supeero sliding gates.

“People were increasingly asking us whether we could

also supply a pedestrian gate for this luxurious new
sliding gate,” says Berner’s Marketing Manager
René Hirschka. “From private persons as well as
businesses. So, we are now expanding our range.
Because we use the same frame system as our sliding
gates, we can make our pedestrian gates look exactly
the same as our sliding gates. This creates a very nice
harmonious image, especially when customers choose
a unique and individual design.”

The Supeero Rahmenverbundsystem (RVS), as

the frame system is called officially, consists of
a base profile and a cover profile. Both profiles
are made of anodised aluminium and are fitted
with reinforcing ribs on the inside. They are
available in different sizes, from 40 by 40 to 150 by
150 millimetres. All profiles are interconnectable.
“This doesn’t involve welding,” Hirschka says. “All the
connections are screwed together. This allows us to
make a very stable, yet lightweight gate frame, in
countless variations. The frame can then be filled with
fencing panels, stainless steel bars, perforation plates
or a nice smooth aluminium plate. Fencers can also
create their own infill for this gate. The possibilities
are unlimited.”

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 Berner’s frame system serves as a
base and can then be supplemented
with all kinds of infills.

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If a customer opts for an infill of glass plates
or smooth plates, these are glued to the frame
on the outside. “We use a particular technique
for this, which is also used for façade cladding,”
says Hirschka. “First, the plates are secured in
the correct position with double-sided tape. This
tape functions not only as a fastener but also
ensures that the distance between the frame and
the plate is the same and optimal everywhere.
This allows the adhesive to expand properly
and develop its maximum bonding strength. For
pedestrian gates, the plates are screwed onto the
inside, so that the lock case remains accessible for
maintenance if necessary.”

The Supeero gates are delivered complete on a

console and only need to be screwed onto their
foundation upon arrival at the construction
site. Berner can also supply the gates with
a bare frame, on which the installer or his
customer can mount their own infill. “We have
developed a special request and order form, which
makes customers think about all the options and
possibilities before we start producing the gate,”
says Hirschka. “In this way we can make sure that
everything is clear and that the customer gets
exactly the gate that meets all their wishes.” <

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18 – 20.1.2022
Nuremberg, Germany
Be part
of it!

www.perimeter-protection.de/en
 CALENDAR

Fencing calendar
N
ow that more people have
been vaccinated and more
events are going ahead, we
will print a calendar every month. To
give you a good overview to start
with, we have added a list of all the
dates for the coming year. This will
help you to plan and look ahead.
Please note that not all events are open
to the public. Sometimes you may need
an invitation or have to pay an entrance
fee. Find out more on the website of the
event or the organisation. The websites
should also tell you which corona
measures apply and should the event
have to be cancelled at the last minute.

OCT OCT

7 – 9 Bari, Italy
Saie is a broadly
Saie

oriented
construction
show. You will ITALY
find everything
here to do Rome
with new
construction Bari

and renovation
of buildings,
but also urban
outdoor space.

OCT OCT

8 + 9 near Zwolle, the Netherlands

Eurogate is a wholesaler
of post drivers, augers
Eurogate

and other machinery

and attachments from
Open day

Dedemsvaart, near Zwolle.

The company will open its
doors to customers and
other interested parties on
8 and 9 October..
Dedemsvaart

Amsterdam

NETHERLANDS

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 Fencex stands for Fencing Exhibition: this
OCT near Birmingham, trade show takes place every two years

13 United Kingdom in the Stoneleigh Exhibition Park

near Birmingham in Warwickshire.
UNITED
KINGDOM
Fencex

Around 40 major and smaller

manufacturers and wholesalers,
from home and abroad, will
showcase what they have to offer the
British and Irish fencing market. The Birmingham

show is all about perimeter security, Stoneleigh Park

fencing and access control. Due to the

corona pandemic, the 2020 edition was London

postponed until 2021.

OCT OCT
MZT annual

14 + 15 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Annual meeting
of the German
meeting

industry GERMANY
association Berlin

Fachverband
Metallzauntechnik.
An excellent
opportunity for Frankfurt

potential members
to meet the
board and other
members.

NOV NOV

22 - 24 Milan, Italy
Sicurezza in Milan is the
Milan Italian equivalent of the
Sicurezza

British IFSEC and the

German Security trade
ITALY show in Essen. It is a
broad security trade
Rome show for crime
prevention,
anti-burglary
and
detection
systems and also,
among other things,
fire safety.

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 NOV DEC

30 - 2 Lyon, France
Paysalia

Originally a trade show

for gardeners and green Paris

companies (paysage = FRANCE

landscaping), Paysalia – which
has been organised since 2009 Lyon
– is also of interest for fencing
workers. Of the 740 exhibitors
in the previous edition in 2019,
almost 100 offered fencing
products in varying sizes.

JAN JAN

16 - 18 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Intersec is an annual
international trade show for
Intersec

safety and security in all shapes

and sizes, first organised in 1999.
There are security products
for people, for data and for
buildings – and much more. The
need for security in the Middle Dubai
East is fairly high, so Intersec
welcomes many providers of UAE
perimeter (high) security, from
Europe and the rest of the world.

JAN JAN

18 - 20 Nuremberg, Germany
Protection

After the first edition of Perimeter

Perimeter

Protection in 2010, this trade

show for mechanical, electrical and
GERMANY
electronic outdoor security will be
held for the seventh time in 2022. Berlin

This trade show is mainly about

perimeter security and fencing
technology. Exhibitors will showcase
complete fencing systems, fencing
products and accessories, fastening Nuremberg

technology, foundations, gates and

gate systems, and also access control
products.

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 FEB FEB

1 - 4 Poznań, Poland
Major construction trade show
Budma

in Poland. Takes place every year,

for the thirtieth time in 2022.
POLAND

Poznań Warsaw

FEB FEB

21 - 25 Stuttgart, Germany
R+T is a large and international
R+T

trade show in Stuttgart for roller

drawers, gates and awnings. This
GERMANY
is the place to be if you often
Berlin
deal with drive technology, since
many drive manufacturers attend
this trade show. That being said,
you will also find suppliers of
gate parts and entire gates. R+T
(pronounced R und T) takes place
Stuttgart every three years, most recently
in 2018 and now in 2022 due to
the corona pandemic.
Security & Policing

MAR MAR

15 - 17 Farnborough, United Kingdom

Security & Policing is the
UK government’s official
UNITED
security event, taking place KINGDOM
for the 40th time in 2022. It
is organised by the Joint
Security & Resilience Centre
(JSaRC) of the Ministry of the
Interior. During this event, Birmingham
the latest developments
in safeguarding
London
national security and
Farnborough
counter-terrorism will be
discussed.

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 MAR MAR
UNITED STATES OF
FenceTech
15 – 18 New Orleans, USA
AMERICA
Washington

New Orleans
FenceTech is a fencing trade show with around
300 exhibitors. Because it attracts visitors from all over
the American continent, the show is organised in a
different American city every year. Needless to say, the
focus is on the American market, which is very different
from the European market. For European fencing workers,
it is not exactly a must-visit trade show. But if you are a
fencer that loves their trade, it would still be fun to go.
It would give you a good idea of the kind of fences the
Americans sell and how they put them in the ground.

MAR APR

29 – 1 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Intertraffic

Intertraffic is one
of the largest trade
shows for traffic and
infrastructure. There
are several (although
not always obvious)
interfaces with our
industry, especially
Amsterdam
when it comes to
NETHERLANDS barriers, parking
management and
street furniture.

MAY MAY

9 – 13 Düsseldorf, Germany
Tube & Wire

Wire is an important trade

show for the wire and cable
industry. Tube is all about
GERMANY
tubes and other profiles.
Berlin
These trade shows take
place simultaneously.
Düsseldorf

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 MAY MAY

17 – 19 London, Great Britain

GREAT BRITAIN
IFSEC is a trade show for commercial
safety and fire safety, which is
organised every year. It is all about
IFSEC

the latest trends, developments,

services and products in the field of
general and fire safety. In addition to Birmingham

video and personal surveillance, alarm

systems and cyber security, access London
control, intrusion detection and
perimeter security are also covered.

JULY JULY

8 – 11 near Bremen, Germany

Tarmstedter
Ausstellung

A major annual agricultural

event in northern
Germany, showcasing
Tarmstedt agricultural machinery
Berlin and equipment, among
other things. Of interest
for fencers from the
region who want to sell
GERMANY agricultural and game wire
fences, or horse paddock
fences. It attracts some
100,000 visitors every
year.

SEP SEP

14 – 17 Nuremberg, Germany
Major, biennial
trade show for
gardeners and
Galabau

GERMANY
landscapers. You
Berlin
will find suppliers
here of climbing
equipment,
city furniture,
outdoor lighting
and everything Nuremberg

else gardeners
need, including
fences and gates.

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 SEP SEP
Security Essen
20 – 23 Essen, Germany
Security is the main trade show for security, in the general sense of the word. Anyone
involved in access control or high-security projects in addition to fences and gates should
not miss this show.

GERMANY
Berlin

Essen

OCT OCT

3 – 6 Paris, France
Batimat is the largest construction
trade show in France. Until a few
Batimat

years ago, this was also the trade

show where all French fencing
manufacturers displayed their Paris

goods, but just like at other general FRANCE

construction shows in Europe,
attention for fencing is decreasing
here. Nevertheless, the trade show
can still be of interest for those
wishing to find out more about the
latest general building trends in France.

If you are organising an open day, offer training or courses or know of an event that is not included in this list, please let our editors
know via +49 2837 6631005 or send an email to hello@fobs.eu. <

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 If just one
sheep wanders
onto the tracks
Fencing World

I
f someone mistakes a fence for a bush, this can
have major consequences. This is made clear
by a story from the village of Hämelschenburg,
between Hanover and Paderborn, where a drainage
channel needed to be cleared of weeds. Probably the
brushcutter operators cut through the wire mesh while
cutting back the grass. A whole flock of sheep went
through the hole in the fence and found their way
onto the railway track, where a train passing through
wasn't able to brake in time. 21 sheep died, 8 of which
were put down by the police. The track was closed for
1.5 hours.

Aircraft stuck
in mesh fence
W
hen we go looking for unusual news items about
fences, we always end up finding dozens of
reports about cars – usually sports cars – that
lose control on a bend and end up landing in a fence. These
types of accidents are almost never unusual enough to be
mentioned in this section. Usually the driver was drunk, or
something gave them a fright. What is unusual is crashing
your plane into a fence, That puts you in the category of ‘How
on earth did you manage that?’ Well, two men from California
managed it. They wanted to land their single-engine Piper
PA-24, but they got the landing gear stuck in the chain-link
fence surrounding Fullerton Municipal Airport. The Federal
Aviation Administration and the National Transportation
Safety Board will be investigating, but we don't think it's
really necessary. Just fly half a meter higher next time, guys.

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Nit-picking
Canadians
I
n Sundridge, a village just north of Toronto,
Canada, there are new municipal laws that need
to be voted on. These laws will prohibit fences
with barbed wire, razor wire or other dangerous
components being installed at particular places in
the municipality.

At the same time, the municipality wants to use this

to control the building regulations. As a result, no
enclosure is permitted to be built in such a way that
it obstructs the view of traffic or road signs. From
now on, fences around gardens may not be more
than 2 metres in height. If the fence is in front of
the house, it is permitted to be up to 1.2 metres
high if it has openings; otherwise, up to 1 metre.
In industrial zones, fences are permitted to be up
to 2.4 metres high. New fences must be firmly
anchored, and constructed from materials that have
not previously broken or rusted. After installation,
they must be painted or stained to prevent peeling.
Those who fail to comply with the regulations
or don't maintain their fences will be fined
500 Canadian dollars – equivalent to 300 euros per
offence.

So that's how it works in Canada. And we thought

that Germany was bureaucratic.

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 Fence
demolition
W
hen wild animals need to be protected,
fencing workers are normally asked to come
and build a fence – for example to stop
deer and wildcats finding their way onto the motorway.
In Wyoming it's the other way round. Volunteers are
working to demolish old fences: fences that used to
mark out pastures, or the boundary between private and
public land. Many of these fences are no longer in use
today, and while they could just be left there, they are
blocking the migration paths of wild animals.

Animal-lovers have mapped more than 7000 kilometres

of old fences in one county of Wyoming alone. That's

Burglars
more than twice as long as the border between the
United States and Mexico. There's so much land in the
American Midwest that the length of all game fences put

steal from
together is estimated at almost one million kilometres.

Our fencing hearts bleed to see so much fencing

the police
dismantled. But not to worry; no doubt there will be a
highway somewhere that will need a fence along it to
protect animals. And in the meantime, the local scrap
dealers can look forward to having plenty of steel wire
coming in.

R
emember the action thriller ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’
from the year 2000, with Nicolas Cage and
Angelina Jolie? We were reminded of it when we
read a newspaper report from Berlin at the start of autumn.

The article said that police there have a yard where they
store cars that have been confiscated. There have been
multiple break-ins here, and things set on fire. The last
time this happened, 20 police officers, a helicopter and
a dog went in search of the intruders, after the security
service came across a hole in the fence.

A hole in the fence was discovered last spring as well. It

was repaired with steel wire, so that from a distance it
looked like the fence was intact. At the start of this year,
unknown persons entered the premises and damaged cars
there. At Christmas 2019 three cars were set on fire, with
unknown perpetrators also managing to steal cars from the
yard. We believe that the Polizeidirektion 3 Abschnitt 32,
at Cecilienstraße 92 in Berlin 12683 will now be happy to
accept quotes for better perimeter security.

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 EVENT

EuroGate International
open days
Rembrandt Happel

Dutch company EuroGate International, the European

importer of Rhino products from America and a wholesaler
of post drivers, post pullers, augers and other tools for the
fencing and agricultural industries, will host open days on 8
and 9 October at its Dedemsvaart site, near Zwolle.

“T
ools and machines always look great in the brochure,” says
EuroGate owner Pieter Jansen, “but if you're going to need to
be able to work with it intensively, then you want to be able to
hold it in your hands before you commit to purchasing. That's why, prior
to coronavirus, we regularly organised demonstrations and other events.
Unfortunately it all had to stop for a while, but now we're able to pick things These photos were taken
up again.” at an earlier open day

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 Open days
“We'll be opening our doors to visitors on Friday 8 and Saturday
9 October,” Jansen goes on. “On these days, customers and other
interested parties will be able to take a look at various places in our
business. We've got a large number of demos ready for them to try, both
with new handheld machines, and with attachments for mini diggers,
articulated loaders and agricultural tractors. Anyone who'd like to is free
to roll up their sleeves and try out a selection from the wide range of
augers and post drivers. We'll also have our extensive range of fuel tanks
and water trucks out on display. And finally, we have asked a number of
professionals in the field to come and share their experiences.”

Stands
On the open days, there will be stands from DS Afrasteringen,
Timmerman, Prolock and Postmaster, amongst others. “DS is a
company that installs farm gates, usually with thick wooden posts,
but sometimes steel as well,” Jansen says. “Prolock produces sheet
piling. The people from these two businesses want to show people the
applications you can use a post driver for, and how you can easily drive
different types of posts – wood, steel, aluminium or plastic – into the
ground. Timmerman deals in earthmovers. They will be coming to show
us how you can put them to good use with the various post drivers.
And British company Postmaster will be showing various hydraulic
post driver attachments. All four of these companies are active in
our industry on a daily basis, so they're well-equipped to show how
you should use the machines. They're also able to answer any and all
questions based on practical experience.”

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 Rhino
American company Rhino will be sending one of
the first Solar Pros to Dedemsvaart for the open
day. “Until now, Rhino only made hand-held pole
drivers,” Jansen says. “Air-operated, petrol-operated and
hydraulic, but always machines you need to hold yourself.
The Solar Pro changes all that. It's an attachment that
fits onto almost all earthmovers. You can use it to drive
thick, heavy poles of up to 4.5 metres into the ground.
We're very excited about it, our expectations are high.”

Digga
There is also something new from Digga, an Australian
auger manufacturer. “Digga's new auger drives have
a so-called Halo Alignment System,” Jansen explains.
“With a band of red and green LED lights at the top of
the auger, you can see whether the auger drive is aligned
or not. You can drill vertically, without the need for a
spirit level or a colleague to help you. If you drill nice
straight holes, you're able to work more accurately and
you end up needing less concrete. There's also less stress
on the auger drive, meaning that it lasts longer. All in all
we think we've put together a really nice programme,”
Jansen says. “We've a lot to show everyone, to test and
to demonstrate. And there are a few new faces on the
team, so they'll be able to get to know our guests right
away. We're looking forward to two exciting days.” <

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 PRODUCT NEWS

Betafence
launches
Izifix post
B
elgian company Betafence has launched
a new fencing post for its 3D panel
range that doesn’t require any additional
mounting materials. The Izifix post, pronounced
‘Easyfix’, is especially valuable to installers who
use the post-panel-post method of installation.

“All installers will appreciate the ease with which

they can simply click the panel into the post
without the need to cut out the 3D curve,” says
Product Manager Kris Van Waes. “As a result,
the panel maintains its rigidity and is firmly
secured to the post. The design allows regular
concrete slabs, like the ones that are often used
in Belgium and France, to be easily slid between
the posts, without the need for an extra concrete
slab holder.”

The Izifix posts are suitable for all of

Betafence’s 3D panels and also for many panel
types made by third parties. They are available
for fence heights from 600 to 2000 millimetres.
They are kept in stock in moss green and
anthracite. But they are, of course, also
available in other colours on request. The post
can be used to create angles between 90 and
180 degrees. Staggered installation is possible
in 100-millimetre steps. Plastic clips, separately
available, ensure that the panel stays tensioned
during installation. Once the concrete is dry
and the fence is therefore tensioned, these
tension tools can be removed. An insert
base plate is also available as an additional
accessory. <

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 THOR® GATES:
QUALITY AS YOU ARE USED TO FROM US

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IN STO WING
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WID *, 00
250, 15
1000, 1 00mm
000, 50
3000, 4 ,
lvanized
lours: hot dip ga 6.*
Co 701
5, 6009,
RAL 900

The swing gates type ‘’THOR®’’ with 8/6/8 steel mesh filling excel in stability and durability. This is guaranteed by high-quality materials
and careful processing with the latest production techniques. The “THOR®” gates are all produced in our own factories, so we can
guarantee value for money. The gates are supplied with Locinox 180° 4-dimensional adjustable hinges, Locinox lock set with 3 keys and
Locinox Lock catcher. For the double gates, Van Merksteijn supplies 2 Locinox ground bolts as standard. All gates are hot-dip galvanized
and available in standard RAL colours. The THOR® gates are available in various heights.

*1500mm wide not in stock as standard in hot dip galvanized, 6000mm wide doors on request.

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