The total contract value amounts to US$ 6.5 million. (approx. € 5 million) and the various sales agreements between DORMA and the client Emaar Properties PJSC, Dubai, provide for the supply of a range of items including door closers, panic exit devices and lever handles for the skyscraper now under construction. Also selected was a special bespoke door lever handle, to be supplied by DORMA subsidiary OGRO of Velbert/Germany, which was originally designed and applied for the local Armani Hotel.
"At over 700 meters, Burj Dubai will not only be the tallest building in the world but also one of the biggest projects in DORMA's history," commented a delighted DORMA CEO, Dr. Michael Schadlich.
So far the building has reached 'a mere' 330 meters, corresponding to its 95th floor. "As negotiations are ongoing with respect to other areas of the building, we hope that DORMA will be able to win a number of further contracts," said an optimistic Dr. Schadlich.
DORMA was able to beat off some very strong competition to obtain this first batch of orders for the prestigious project, an achievement that further underlines its credentials as a single-source supplier of products, systems and services. DORMA also offers the significant benefits of an international network of subsidiaries offering essential expertise at the local level.
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DORMA in the Burj Dubai: major order jointly won with Hafele for the world's tallest building
- United Arab Emirates: Thursday, January 11 - 2007 at 15:57
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DORMA, international supplier of products and systems circling the door, has together with its distributor Hafele received an order covering the supply of products for what is destined to be the world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai.
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The Burj Dubai:This ambitious building project with a height in excess of 700 metres and over 160 floors has been planned and designed by US architectural consortium Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). It is to house a hotel (up to the 39th floor), a large number of luxury apartments (up to floor no. 108) and several impressive office complexes (up to floor no. 153). The scheduled completion date is the end of 2008, giving a construction period of just 47 months. The building's footprint at ground level measures around 280,000 square metres. The cost of the project is said to be about US$ 876 million. The current tallest buildings in the world are the 'Sears Tower' in Chicago, USA, which measures 527 metres from top to base (height up to roof: 442 m) and the 'Taipei 101' in Taipei, Taiwan, extending 509 m to its tip (height up to roof: 460 m). Further information on the 'Burj Dubai', including photos showing the building progress, can be found at: www.burjdubai.com.
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DORMA Gulf Door Controls Fze - a 100 percent owned subsidiary of DORMA Group is the regional headquarters of the group and oversees its activities in the Middle East, Gulf and North Africa. It is the market leader in door control products, glass fittings systems as well as automatic doors. It is also a pioneer in movable walls or partition system.
The DORMA Group is subdivided structurally into five divisions : Door Control, Automatic, Glass, STA (Security / Time and Access) and Movable Walls. DORMA maintains major production plants in Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, China and North and South America. With an international workforce of around 6,200 employees, the Group realised sales of €767 million in fiscal 2005/6 (30 June). The DORMA Group headquartered in Ennepetal, Germany, operates on an international scale with 66 wholly-owned companies in 45 different countries.
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Posted by Janeta Novakovic, Assistant News EditorThursday, January 11 - 2007 at 15:57 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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This article was updated on Fri Jan 12 2007.
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