Dorma
Dorma was a German company that produced door technology systems and allied products. It merged with Kaba Holding in September 2015 and became part of Dormakaba Group.[1]
History
[edit]Dorma was founded by Wilhelm Dörken and Rudolf Mankel as Dörken & Mankel KG in Ennepetal, Germany, in 1908.[2]
By 1950, the company entered into the "door closer" industry, with production of its first automatic doors by 1962.[citation needed] Glass fittings, safety services and emergency exit control systems were later added to the product range.[citation needed]
Dorma began international operations when it opened its first production facility in Singapore in 1978.[citation needed]
In 1999, the company acquired Groom. Three years later, it began new business with mobile partition walls.[citation needed]
The family business was managed by owner Karl-Rudolf Mankel in third generation. As part of succession planning, previous sole Dorma proprietor Karl-Rudolf Mankel transferred the majority of his shareholding to his daughters Christine and Stephanie in March 2009.
In April 2015, Dorma Holding announced a planned merger with Swiss-based Kaba Group.[3] The group went on to become Dormakaba Group.
Operations
[edit] |
The company was divided into six divisions: Door Control, Automatics, Glass, Movable Walls, Security Systems & Trade Counters. Dorma’s head office in Ennepetal controlled 69 wholly owned companies in 45 countries. Its major production plants were located in Europe, China, Malaysia, North and South America.
Products
[edit] |
- Door control: door closers, door furniture and fittings, window handles, hinges and locks
- Automatics: automatic door operators, sliding doors, swing doors and revolving doors, automatically operated sliding glass panel partitions
- Glass: fittings, door and side panel rails, locks
- Security: access control systems, security door fittings, emergency exit control systems, lock and electric keeps, security and detection systems
- Movable-Walls: sound-insulating walls, sound-insulating movable glass walls
References
[edit]- ↑ "Dormakaba Group | Safe, secure & seamless access solutions".
- ↑ Herrmann, Christoph; Günter Möller; Ronald Gleich; Peter Russo (2009). Strategisches Industrieguterdesign. Springer. pp. 68–77. ISBN 9783642001154.
- ↑ "Swiss-based Kaba to merge with Germany's Dorma Holding". Reuters. April 30, 2015.
External links
[edit]
Media related to Dorma at Wikimedia Commons