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To lower insulated garage door costs, design professionals and building owners are increasingly demanding products that meet and exceed code requirements, particularly any requirements having to do with energy savings.

Mr. Claus was very excited about how rapid speed insulated roll up doors changed his product delivery and increased elf productivity

Here at CornellCookson, we take every precaution to ensure the quality and safety of our products, and that means complying with the latest safety recommendations. Underwriters Laboratories (UL) introduced the UL 325 standard in 2010 to provide products that are safe, particularly though preventing electrical and fire hazards. This standard governs all motor operators on door systems, ensuring they are tested at a nationally recognized testing laboratory and deemed safe.

June is garage door safety month and when it comes to garage door safety, most people’s first thoughts are about residential garage doors. When it comes to an industrial or commercial building, the majority of building openings are most often using rolling garage doors. Industrial garage doors are bigger, heavier and receive much more traffic and use then a home unit. The potential for injuries in a workspace, manufacturing facility, distribution centers or any industrial setting is much greater.

Anyone who lives in a coastal area is familiar with the devastating effects a hurricane can deliver. Intense winds and flooding are hard enough to handle but the current trends can make this year one of the most devastating hurricane years ever.

A rolling fire door must be maintained to be in a continuous and reliable state of readiness to secure a rated wall opening when activated for the purpose of protecting life and property from the spread of fire and/ or smoke throughout a building.