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Vista achieves Q-Mark PAS 23/24 certification
Date: 30th June 2009
Vista Group has achieved the BM TRADA Q-Mark for Enhanced Security Doorsets – PAS 23 & 24 certification for its range of GRP composite doors. The Merseyside-based company is one of the UK’s largest manufacturers of PVCu door panels and GRP composite doors. Vista also holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 18001 BBA accreditation on its PVCu door panels and Secured by Design accreditation on its composite doors. To achieve Q-Mark, testing was carried out by Chiltern Dynamics to the rigorous requirements of PAS 23 & 24 which demand high standards of performance and workmanship. The BM TRADA Q-Mark scheme insists on a factory production control system (ISO 9001), which ensures that quality management is built-in, while audit testing ensures consistency in manufacture. PAS 23 is a general performance standard which assesses whether a particular door assembly - including the door leaf, door frame, locking system and other hardware fitted - can withstand a series of measured manual and mechanical tests simulating the door operating in the home, the forces exerted on it and basic security. PAS 24 is an enhanced security standard which assesses whether a particular door assembly - including the door leaf, door frame, locking system and other hardware fitted - can withstand a series of measured manual and mechanical tests simulating common methods of forced entry. Commenting on achieving the Q-Mark, Vista’s MD Keith Sadler said: “It’s important to offer our customers a quality, highly specified GRP door set that is independently tested. Certification allows Vista to distance itself from many other run of the mill manufactured doors currently on offer.” He continues: “PAS 23&24 is a pre-requirement for most social housing tenders, and the Q-mark will allow Vista to stand out from its competitors.”
Press contact:
Norman Setra.
Tel: 0208 255 5072.
Fax: 0208 255 2123.
Email: Norman@synergygm.com
Vista Group plcPrenton WayNorth Cheshire Trading EstateWirralCH43 3DU
Tel: 0151 608 1423.
Email: sales@vista-panels.co.uk
Editor’s note:
Vista Group Plc is one of the UK’s largest manufacturers of PVCu door panels and GRP composite doors. Operating from a 50,000 ft² factory on the Wirral, it manufactures in excess of 110, 000 panels per year. It is one of only three panel manufacturers in England to hold BBA accreditation in addition to ENISO 9001:2000, OHSAS 18001:1999 (health and safety) and ISO14001:2004 (environmental).