May 2013
Volume 3 - Issue 5
How fencing signs are made New design fencing from Normaclo
LED lights from Locinox
Berlemann gets into detection
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column the publishers
Two years of fencing news
Leo Grapendaal leo@fobs.eu
Rembrandt Happ el rembrandt@fobs.e u
This is our 24th issue, which means that as soon as this edition is in front of you, we’ve been doing this for exactly two years. On 6 June 2011, we sent you our first Fencing Observer, at that time still formatted as a newsletter. Over those two years we have written 193 articles. We have reported on 5 exhibitions and 3 members’ meetings of industry associations. We have introduced you to over 70 new products and made 8 documentaries.
B
ut there was more over
yourself and decide for yourself
We have especially enjoyed our jobs very much over
the past two years. Our
how important that quality is to you.
the last two years. We have met many nice people and
layout changed from newsletter to
We allow every manufacturer to
learned a lot and are therefore definitely not planning
magazine, our name changed from
tell you why their product, service
to stop. In fact, we have extended our team with four
Fencing Observer to FOBS and cir-
or investment is that good, but we
freelance journalists, so we will be able to keep you up
culation nearly doubled: by now we
have never taken money for that.
to date on the ins and outs of the fencing industry in the
reach 5,400 readers at over 3,500
future as well. Each month it has been a challenge
companies.
to have our magazine translated
Happy reading with this issue
We have tried to report all of the
into all of the languages on time.
24, we will now open up a
news items we presented to you
Fortunately, we are assisted by
bottle of champagne and
over the past two years as objec-
translators and correctors, but after
then quickly head
tively and neutrally as possible. That
translating, the layout for every
back to work on
probably was
the most difficult
page has to be done separately
the next issue.
part of our job. There simply are
for every language. Over the past
many conflicting interests in our
two years it has happened here
industry and we write about as
and there that a photo caption
many different manufacturers as
or a title was not translated to the
possible. They all manufacture
correct language, or that we had to
different qualities, from Fiats to
do some small last-minute transla-
Ferraris. If you report positively
tions ourselves and made spelling
about one thing, people tend to
or grammar errors. Although we do
jump to the conclusion that you’ll
our very best to prevent this from
have a negative opinion about the
happening, we are not always suc-
other, which isn’t necessarily true at
cessful at that. So we hope for your
all. By consistently describing the
understanding and that you do not
different products as specifically
think that our translators do not do
as possible, we try to give you as
their jobs properly.
good an image of them as possible. You can determine the quality for
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Circulation: FOBS Magazine is published monthly in Dutch, English, French and German by Fobs GbR Weeze. Our 5.400 recipients are all fencing
Coverstory - 31 How fencing signs are made
contractors, distributors and producers all over Europe.
The publishers: Leo Grapendaal &
Headlines
Rembrandt Happel
Cooperating on this issue were: Floris Dogterom, Rolf Hartzuiker, Caecil Kersten & Han Neijenhuis
Translating & Correction Team: Astrid van den Brink, Elke Dahlmann,
6 LED lights from Locinox
7 Berlemann gets into detection
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14 Güngör increases capacity
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Gates should also be mechanically safe Column Stephan Stephani Van der Voort taken over by Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group Mauriks Solutions celebrates jubilee Fixing sockets out of aluminium The hunt for the signs Photo of the month Zaunteam keeps growing Fencing world
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Gates should also be mechanically safe
The tracked sliding gate in Blofield, Norfolk, England. Foto: James Bass. © Norwich Evening News.
In the English town of Blofield (near Norwich, Norfolk County) a woman was fatally injured on Wednesday 18 April when the leaf of a cantilever gate fell on top of her. The Health and Safety Executive is investigating the case, police have since ruled out a crime.
According to English newspaper
Early March there was a similar
Norwich Evening News, the woman
accident in the suburbs of Man-
in her fifties got out of her car to
chester. Here a 68-year-old woman
inspect the gate, when the leaf fell
ended up under the leaf of a swing
over, crushing the victim (click to
gate which toppled on her. She too
read the full story). The gate had
died of her injuries and in this case
been installed only two months
the cause is also still unclear.
prior. How the accident could happen is still unclear.
The swing gate in Whitefield near Manchester, England. One of the leaves fell on top of a 68-year-old woman in early March. Foto: © Google Streetview.
British organisation Gate Safe,
is a vital safety measure,
which is committed to making
because end switches and
gates safer, is calling for a revision
other
of the installation check lists, for
can sometimes fail. It’s useless
manual
and
automated
electronic
equipment
gates.
to follow the guidelines for
Founder Richard Jackson says: “The
automated gates, which have
mid-April accident might have been
settled in by now, if the basic
caused by the lack of a mechanical
principles are forgotten. No
stop, which would
safety measure for automated
have prevented
gates can prevent an accident
the leaf falling
if there are serious flaws to the
out
construction of the gate itself.”
of
its
EW Let’s make better fences together N
conductor. Such a stop
Gate Safe therefore is adding some pieces of advice to its list of safety measures and is urgently calling on British consumers to only have gates
Richard Jackson
installed at the driveway by installers who have undertaken the Gate Safe Aware training. There are over 100 of
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LED lights from Locinox Plug & Play design lighting for gates and fencing
Gates and fencing need to protect homes and buildings, but have an aesthetic function also. Increasingly we see lighting fitted onto or in fencing posts, or onto other parts of the fence or gate.
B
elgian
company
Locinox
from
Waregem
(between Kortrijk and Gent) is responding to this
trend. The company developed the Tricone: LED lighting in a modern, stylish, aluminium housing. Atmospheric, functional and waterproof for outdoor use.
LED technology The name Tricone is referring to the 3 applied High Flux LED’s. The result: much light at minimal energy consumption. Combined with a 140° beam angle and a lifespan of 50,000 hours this results in good lighting of the fencing line.
Simple fitting The Tricone is easily fitted with the provided blind fitting plugs. The included drilling template ensures that the lighting can be fitted to any gate or fence quickly.
Connecting The Tricone operates on 12V AC or DC, for which Locinox also developed an electrical supply box. This box can be fitted next to other electrical supplies in an aluminium, powder coated housing. This so called P-Box houses a 86 mm DIN rail. Up to 20 Tricones can be connected to each supply box.
Berlemann gets into detection
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Sliding gate manufacturer and system supplier for mechanical perimeter protection Berlemann Torbau from Neuenkirchen (near Münster in Germany) is getting into electronical detection. Under the name Inova Peri-Net, Berlemann is putting together a new product range for integrated, electronical perimeter protection.
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ith electronical perimeter protection we are making our existing range even more attractive and we’re
offering our customers integrated one-stop solutions,” assures Nikolaus Berlemann, CEO and son of the founder.
Cooperation For this Berlemann started a cooperation with British company Detection Technologies from Ripley (in Derbyshire near Nottingham). This company has been active in the detection industry for many years now. The product range of this British company consists mainly of line sensor systems, for which Berlemann now has exclusive dealership.
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High Signal to Noise ratio The product range reaches from
Integration The purpose of the new Inova Peri-Net
integrate the mechanical and electrical
simple stand alone equipment,
product range goes further than
components, which up until now have
through systems which monitor
selling detection materials: “With our
mostly been offered as two separate
multiple areas, to multiple systems
know-how of mechanical perimeter
entities, into a new total package with
in one network with centralised
protection our chances are in integra-
higher performance.”
administration and alarm control.
tion,” says Berlemann. “It’s our goal to
All of the Detection Technologies line sensors have a high Signal to Noise ratio (SNR), with which real intruders can be detected and false alarms avoided.
Up to 1,000 meters The latest product is the Vibra-Sector detection system, which can guard a section of 1,000 meters (3,280 ft) of fencing with a single control box. Using segment units, this detection section can be divided into 100 different zones. This way the benefits of the relatively cheap line sensors are combined with exact location indication, which can otherwise only be achieved with point sensors or a multitude of control boxes.
The Vibra-Sector system can guard 1,000 metres of fencing and 100 zones with one read-out unit.
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Detection fence An initial product is the Inova Peri-Net Detection fence, which was
developed
in-house.
It
consists of triple wire panels,
in
which
two cable ducts for cable
the
sensor
and
an
optional second cable
are
inte-
grated. “Compared to a standard twin wire panel, there’s an extra horizontal wire for the cable duct welded to the inside of the panel,” says Berlemann. “The horizontal wire on the outside was moved upwards a little bit, thus covering the cable on the outside. This makes the cable almost unrecognisable at first glance and hardly reachable from the outside. From the inside, however, it is easily
The Inova triple-wire panel comes standardly equipped with two cable ducts.
Future The detection fence and the line sensor system are only the
accessible.
beginning. “Soon many more new
Fitting-friendly clips
products for integrated, electronical
Fitting the cable is done with clips,
perimeter protection will become
which are clasped onto the vertical
available under the name of Inova
wire, over the cable duct. This way
Peri-Net,” says Berlemann. “We are
of fitting is easier and faster than
preparing them now. Apart from
working with the usual tie wraps.
systems for climb over and break-
The clips clamp to the vertical
through detection, in the future it will
wire so tightly, that the alarm is
also be possible to interlink all of the
triggered when somebody tries to remove the clips.
The line sensor is laid into the cable duct out of wire easily and safely.
Inova perimeter protection products and control them centrally.”
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New design fencing from Normaclo Architect involved in designing Clomoon and Verticalia
With the new fencing types Verticalia and Clomoon, French company Normaclo added two extraordinary design products to its range. Both types were designed in cooperation with an architect and are primarily meant for apartment buildings, business premises and public buildings where high-end products are required.
The Verticalia was designed for a housing project in France. This model complies with the demands for robustness and aesthetics. The architect wanted a modern fence, which marks the boundary between public domain and private property clearly and in an aesthetical way. Sionnière: “The Verticalia is very suitable for buildings or houses where high demands are made on
By Han Neijenhuis
the appearance. We’re also definitely thinking of public
T
sector buildings.”
he Verticalia is in essence a
The bars are trapezoid shaped
modern version of the tra-
profiles of 100x40x20 mm. On
ditional fence made up of a line
the outside they are narrow,
of wooden posts placed in the
gradually widening to the inside.
ground, close to each other. The
If you are straight in front of
new fencing model consists of
the fence, you can see through
vertical aluminium profiles. These
it very well, but seen from an
are welded onto a horizontal beam,
angle, the fence seems to be
which is then screwed to a foun-
solid. “The trapezoid shape is
dation below ground level. Hence
purely a design matter, it doesn’t
there are no horizontal lines in this
have that much of a functional
fencing type, which was rightfully
value,” says marketing manager
baptized Verticalia.
Emily Sionnière.
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Clomoon
The curving in the middle of each
The idea behind the Clomoon isn’t
railing system gives the fence its
much different. This design fence
special character. Production is
was also developed by Normaclo,
time-consuming, because many of
from Andé (between Paris and
the bars need to be bent in exactly
Rouen), in cooperation with an
the right place. With the Clomoon
architect. What’s special about the
as well, Normaclo is aiming for
Clomoon is the big circle-shaped
the more luxurious projects and
curving, exactly in the middle of
buildings. Sionnière: “The Clomoon
each panel. It looks like a full moon.
and Verticalia are special products
That’s also what actually gave it it’s
that supplement our range very well.
name: it’s a conjunction of “clôture”
With these we aim for the market with
(French for fence) and “moon”. In
more luxurious design fencing.”
essence the Clomoon is more of a classic railing system, with vertical bars and a beam on top and at the bottom. These bars are solid strips of 80x10 mm. This is extraordinary for Normaclo, normally the fencing manufacturer works with hollow profiles. “But many architects aren’t that fond of hollow, they prefer solid Emily Sionnière
materials,” says Sionnière.
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About valuable waste and empty bottles W
hat do you think of when
Other kinds of businesses are also
Here the same question
you hear “detection systems
increasingly dealing with these
arises: how is the liquor
for perimeter protection?” Of prisons?
kinds of thefts: car dealers, solar
store owner supposed to
Border security? Militairy bases?
parks, metal workers, cable laying
know about the possibilities
Correct. But do you also think of
companies, D.I.Y. shops, power
and especially the effective-
junkyards? Or liquor stores? Who
companies and many more. Essen-
ness of electronic perimeter
would have thought, that detection
tially, everything that is stored
protection?
systems are also very interesting for
outdoors becomes a potential target. Usually, these valuables
Let’s help prevent empty
are not or hardly insured against
bottles from being stolen.
For some years now resource prices
theft. Fortunately, more and more
Cheers!
have been at a high level and the
insurance
trend is climbing. Copper and steel
deal with the issue.
these applications!?
industry
associations
fetch high amounts on the black market and this lucrative business
It is hard to believe but true - the
Stephan Stephani
makes organised crime step into
less organised gangs are resorting
Sales Manager Germany Perimeter Protection Group
this arena. In the old days a fence
to stealing the ‘lightest’ goods
and a watchdog were enough to
in the world - empty bottles.
secure a junkyard. Nowadays even
Stealing them at the backdoor at
the fence itself gets stolen. However,
night, returning them through
putting up an effective fence with
the frontdoor in the morning and
electronic systems can often be
collecting the deposit. The short
done for a fraction of the potential
distance of transport compensates
amount of damages. But where can
for the small revenues. The fences at
scrap-dealers, liquor store owners
liquor stores are becoming higher
and recycling companies down
and higher, but there is no signifi-
the street inform themselves of
cant result. A two by two feet hole is
these technical possibilities? Does
all that is needed to pull the empty
a scrap-dealer visit the Perimeter
bottles out of the outdoors storage
Protection in Nuremburg? Or the
by the case.
Security in Essen?
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Güngor increases capacity New storage hall enables better stock management German fencing systems manufacturer Metallbau Güngör from Wickede (near Dortmund) has extended its storage grounds by 4,000 m² (43,000 ft²) in response to the growing turnover. On the grounds, a new 1,200 m² (13,000 ft²) hall was built, in which materials can be stored covered. An awning of another 1,000 m² (11,000 ft²) makes sure that loading and unloading can be done without any weather effects.
“Customers want to keep less stock and are very satisfied when we provide them with the right materials just in time.”
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Stock
Future
The extra storage capacity offers
With the added space to store those
Veli Güngör is very positive about the
space for panels, posts and gates in
volumes, we will be able to respond
future: “We now offer the complete package.
all fo the standard types and dimen-
even quicker to demands from
We supply high quality with short delivery
sions. “Both galvanized or green and
the market and meanwhile keep
times at a competitive price. That makes us an
charcoal,” says Güngör. During the
focusing on specials in production,
interesting partner for an increasing number
season we manufacture 2,000 gates
so we can also keep supplying all
of customers. We will be investing in the pro-
and 50,000 posts a month and
of the exceptional dimensions and
duction again in the near future, so we’ll have
those numbers are still increasing.
colours quickly.”
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Van der Voort taken over by Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group
Dutch company Adr. van der Voort from Kwintsheul (near The Hague) is getting a new start. The international Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group took over the activities of the tubing wholesaler which went bankrupt two months ago. On Van der Voort’s website there’s an announcement stating that the logistics department has been busy with the restart since 15 April.
Partly because of these reasons, losses arose which in the end were too big to catch up with. When on top of that it turned out that one of the shareholders wouldn’t put up an additional guarantee, the bank pulled the plug at the beginning of 2013. Some sources report that Van der Voort is to be integrated into Van Leeuwen in its
By Rolf Hartzuiker
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entirety, after which the Kwintsheul branch ohn van Dijk says that the
Van Dijk will not say anything about
would be closed down. On 15 May the
company isn’t fully operational
the causes of the bankruptcy. The
company’s inventory and rolling stock will
yet, following the takeover by Van
bankruptcy file drafted by curator
be auctioned off, according to Troostwijk
Leeuwen. “We are still in a transi-
LL.M. J. van Vlijmen however, states
Auctions’ schedule.
tional phase,” he says. “We’ve only
that the direct cause was the
been working on it for two weeks
Rabobank Westland’s cancelling
“The two companies’ activities partially
now.” According to him, seven of
the company’s credit. Their turnover
overlap,” says Van Dijk. But Van der Voort will
the thirty employees the company
had been declining steadily over the
not be giving up any activities, according to
had prior to the takeover, came
past few years, due to the financial
him. “We were active in several industries and
along to Van Leeuwen. Among
crisis. Furthermore the decreased
that will not change. Especially the fencing
these seven there are none from
prices of steel forced them to depre-
industry had a significant share in our activ-
the old management.
ciate their stock value.
ities and will continue to do so.”
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40 years of thinking in solutions
Mauriks Solutions celebrates jubilee From bars for staircases and banisters to complete solutions for access control. Family business Mauriks Solutions has made tremendous progress over the past four decades. CEO Carlos Mauriks looks back and forward.
for support every day. Mauriks Solutions is thereby showing that service to the customer is THE principle the company is based on, something that also shows from the partner network, which is divided
By Floris Dogterom
I
t all started in a garage in
into three segments with their
Not box movers
accompanying websites: staircases,
Maren-Kessel, a small town in the
Whereas his company was previ-
fences and security. An end user
Dutch province of North Brabant.
ously called Mauriks Group, Carlos
can check out the fencing solutions
There, the parents of current CEO
decided to change the name to
realized
of Mauriks Solutions Carlos Mauriks,
Mauriks Solutions two years ago.
partners on our website and then
started a small business in accesso-
At first sight it seems somewhat
approach Mauriks Solutions directly.
ries for staircases and banisters. Fast
fashionable (how many thousands
“From this leads result, which we refer
forward to 2013: Mauriks Solutions,
of companies nowadays have a
to our partner fencing installers,” says
currently
modern
company name with ‘solutions’ in
Carlos. “We believe in cooperation.
business premises in the province’s
it and a fence isn’t a solution, or
By delivering knowledge, we try to
capitol ‘s-Hertogenbosch,
offers
is it?), but Carlos explains that he
generate more efficiency together
a broad range of components for
does much more than move boxes
with our customers, both for their
staircases,
around. “We not only supply the parts,
benefit as for ours.”
and
located
gates,
on
(ornamental)
fencing
complemented
by
access control systems.
but we also think along with the customer and the end user, about the
by
Mauriks
Solutions
Demanding
best total solution for their situation.
Mauriks Solutions experiences the
“My parents started with a wholesale
Does the end user want alternative
financial mailaise first hand. Fur-
business in bars for staircases,” says
controls for his gate, with a cell phone
thermore, the end user is increas-
Carlos. “Those are
for example? We will then find out
ingly informing himself on the
also used in
fencing, which quickly made us active in that industry as well. We have
internet and becoming more and
what the possibilities are.”
more demanding. Carlos: “Our
added a complete product range over
Partner network
customers suffer a lot from that. The
the years, eventually also including
Mauriks Solutions’ customers can
end user demands more and more for
components for industrial fencing
obtain training and workshops
the same price. That is why we have
and cantilever sliding gates. When,
in the field of automated access
to be flexible, creative and innovative,
at the end of the 1980s, demand for
control,
company’s
both our customers and ourselves. If
gate automation increased, we also
knowledge center. On top of that
we continue to do so, I have faith in
specialized in that.”
they can call the service desk
the next 40 years.”
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Fixing sockets out of aluminium AOS is considering introducing a new type of fixings German fencing posts with clamp strips or counter plates are usually provided with plastic hanging sockets. Deutsche Zauntechnik is considering providing these posts with aluminium socket fixings and is hoping for your help.
C
arsten Statnik is product
are also sturdier, which is advanta-
manager at AOS-Stahl, the
geous if someone were to try to pull a
company behind the trademark
panel out of the fence with brute force.
Deutsche Zauntechnik. He says:
They can also be coated along with the
“Nearly all of the suppliers who offer
rest of the post. This means that you
these post types, use plastic fixings.
no longer have fixings of a diverging
In itself there is nothing wrong with
colour, when you order posts in a
that, but we are always looking for
specific colour. The fixings also do not
ways of improving our products
bleach from sunlight, or at least not any
so the question arose why these
faster than the post’s coating, meaning
sockets should be made of plastic.
the post will remain evenly coloured, even after many years. It also makes
“Aluminium
the post’s appearance somewhat more
fixings can not catch fire or melt when
sophisticated, but that is a matter of
someone holds a lighter to them. They
taste of course.”
Statnik
continues:
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There is also a downside to
If you have an opinion on the new
aluminium fixings. Statnik: “Plastic
aluminium sockets based on on
offers a greater sound insulation than
the photo’s and argumentation in
aluminium. In fencing with aluminium
this article, please click here or go
fixings around a playground there is a
to fobs.eu/aospollen and let AOS
bit more sound, when someone kicks a
know what you think. Both positive
ball into the fence. They are also a bit
and negative response is welcomed.
more expensive, because aluminium
Filling out the questionnaire will
is simply more expensive than plastic.
take less than a minute and will help
A post for a 1230 mm panel will be 2
AOS tremendously with making a
to 3 Euro’s (1,70 to 2,50 Pounds) more
decision.
expensive.” AOS had a trial run done for testing purposes, but they also need your help to decide iif they will add the aluminium fixings to their product range. Statnik: “We know that many fencing
installers
are
traditional
people and as long as a system works, they do not like to deviate from it. In itself that is not a bad quality, but it makes us want to know how the market feels about aluminium fixings, before we have large quantities of them made.”
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The hunt for the signs Our FOBS sign traveled its first 1,000 kilometers (621 miles), 1,026 to be exact. Following Venlo and Roermond, this month the sign showed up in St. Johann in Tirol, Austria.
F
ollowing John van Megen of ABC Fencing South East and Horst Pricken of Hermetec, Jürgen Fürrutter of Zaunteam
Tirol Unterland was the third finder. He found the signs on a fence surrounding an Obi D.I.Y. market, where Hermetec left it. With this new addition there are now 4 signs in the chain.
Jürgen Fürrutter hung the sign chain at a new location, you can go looking for it once again. Do you recognize the location in the photo? As soon as you find the signs, please let us know immediately via phone: +49 2837 6631005 or e-mail: sign@fobs.eu. We will then announce on our website that the signs were found so other people won’t go looking for them in vain. Whoever
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John van Megen ABC Hekwerk Zuid-Oost
Horst Pricken Hermetec
3
Zaunteam Tirol Unterland
4
???
Jürgen Fürrutter
wants to join the hunt, can stay informed on the latest news on fobs.eu/sign.
Start - Leiden (NL) 1 - Venlo (NL) 2 - Roermond (NL) 3 - St. Johann in Tirol (A)
Afstand in km
Totaal km
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Location 4
Found the signs? E-mail to sign@fobs.eu or call +49 2837 6631005
Rules of the game Be a good sport Everyone who works for a fencing
• Put the chain in a place where
• Make sure the chain is accessi-
company, can participate. All you need
lots of people pass by, so the
ble to the finder, without them
are pincers, binding wire or tie wraps
chances of being found are
having to violate the law or
and of course a sign from the company
greater. For example along a main
you work for.
road or near an access road.
Step-by-step plan for the finder: 1 Take a photo of the signs at the
location where you found them.
• Don’t hide the chain on a fence in the woods, or deep in a residential area. • Don’t hang the chain in a city centre, near a football stadium or
2 Cut the chain off the fence.
any other place where chances
3 Attach your own sign at the
of vandalism are high.
jump a two metre wide ditch. • Don’t endanger traffic. • Respect other people’s signs. • Keep up the appearance of the chain and signs, repair them if they get damaged along the way. • Everyone can participate, but when you find the chain, if your own sign is
• Hang the chain at least 20 kilometres
already on it, it’s a sign of good sports-
4 Put up the chain at another fence.
(12.5 miles) away from the location
manship to wait another week before
5 Take a picture of the chain at its
where you found it, otherwise it will
bottom of the chain.
new location (try to include a land
take forever to go around Europe.
taking down the chain yourself again. • For those of you who would like to
mark in your photograph, so the
• Try to put the chain up again on the
add a bonus: you could stick a candy
new location can be recognised).
day you found it or the next day.
bar or some other small token for the
6 Send the photo’s and the address (or GPS coordinates) of the new location to sign@fobs.eu
• Preferably put the chain on a public fence, owned by the municipality or the State. If you want to put the chain on a privately owned fence, check with the owner of the fence first.
next finder to the back of your sign.
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Photo of the month
MAY 2013
The Photo of the Month is from Rens Polinder of Dutch company Hexta. Pictured is a sliding gate with an expanded metal filling. Congratulations, Rens!
Would you also like to win a Locinox construction site radio? Send your pictures to photo@fobs.eu.
Other entries:
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Zaunteam keeps growing
Franchise concern Zaunteam was able to add five new partners to their chain since the beginning of this year. This puts their total number of branches at 75.
T
in
Rheingau Taunus
and
at the beginning of April Adriano Tomasino opened the Zaunteam Wallis branch
his spring new branches will
These openings follow the opening
open in Emmerich (close to the
in southernSwitzerland. “We
of a branch in the North-Austrian
have fifteen new branches
German-Dutch border near Arnhem)
region
planned for this year,� says
and in Memmingen (in between Ulm
March, Veith Richter celebrated
Zaunteam
and the German-Austrian border).
the opening of the German branch
Philipp Scheibli.
Wachau-Waldviertel.
In
Franchise
CEO 
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“We have fifteen new branches planned for this year”
© Google Maps
The franchisees build their own businesses
as
entrepreneurs
in
software, a reference manual with information from assembly manuals
their own regions. While building
to
these, they profit from the advise,
support with day-to-day activities.
management
training
and
the experience and also from the
CEO Philipp Scheibli
name Zaunteam. The headquar-
Meanwhile all of the entrepreneurs
ters provide support through an
in the chain combined offer employ-
extensive training program, sales
ment to 450 people in Germany,
and marketing strategies, their own
Austria and Switzerland.
gate plete l use m o c stria and ism nd indu n a h ial a mec Roll resident
Carriages for aluminium and steel sliding gates up to 10 meters width. Smooth rolling thanks to shifted roll positioning, high stability.
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s for
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Short messages and trivia from around the world
Fencing world S
audi Arabia will be placing a 1,500 kilometer (932 mile) fence on the border with Yemen, to
keep out migrant workers and smugglers. It is not known to us what type of fencing it will be, but undoub-
tedly it will contain sharp parts and it probably won’t be a pretty sight either. The fencing installer who gets the job will have his work cut out for him.
I
n Puchberg in Austria, a female cyclist who couldn’t make the turn after a slope, was impaled on a wooden
fence. She was seriously injured and taken to hospital by
I
n Needham Market in England, 10 metres of fencing caught fire. Fortunately, the fire could be put out
quickly. Fire hazard is not the first thing we thought
helicopter. It proves once again that spikes on a low
of in fencing, but it’s proven to be possible. Especially
fence are not a good idea.
with wooden fences, that is.
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A
trend which nearly passed us by, did eventually reach the fencing world. It’s called Urban
Knitting. Apparently it is the dressing of all kinds of
outdoor objects, such as trees, lampposts and also fences, with threads. So it really is a kind of fabric graffiti. We must say that some fences are indeed that ugly that we cannot actually oppose this.
T
o conclude in the category world news: Sylvie van der Vaart together with her new boyfriend
Guillaume Zarka hung a love lock on the fence at the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris. “From Paris with Love - S & G”, is what it says on the padlock, which the pair clicked shut together in mid April. Just so you know.
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Product warranty February 2013 As manufacturers and suppliers of systems for perimeter security and access control, we exclusively supply double wire panels that are galvanised piece by piece (hot dipped or electrolytical galvanised) after the panels are welded.
This applies to Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
We voluntarily abstain from supplying fencing panels made from sendzimir galvanised wires, as this does not meet the high expectations of our customers in terms of long lasting corrosion protection.
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How fencing signs are made Nearly every fencing company advertises through name signs attached to the fence. Some are made out of PVC, others of aluminium and they come in all shapes and sizes. FOBS visited Dutch company Metavo in Leiden, a manufacturer of aluminium signs for fencing companies throughout  Europe that showed us how it’s done.
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Metavo co-owner Ton
Inkjet printing
The transparent with printed image
Sebel shows us around.
 Silk-screen printing and inkjet printing The company offers two techniques: digital printing and
the signs. For larger issues (such as fencing signs) with
silk-screen printing. In digital printing, the signs are fed
a limited number of colours, silk-screen printing is more
into a large inkjet printer and come out ready-to-use.
economical. Besides, silk-screen prints are better UV
This technique is relatively expensive, it is mostly used
resistant. Silk-screen printing is an age-old process, but
for small issues in which many colours need to be on
how does it really work?
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
Making a transparent
Illuminating
To be able to be printed on an
The image on the transparent
aluminium sign, the image which
is pressed onto the silk-screen
The image on
is meant to be on the sign is first
frame using a vacuum and
the transparent
pre-treated digitally, or re-drawn.
then illuminated. Thus the
is pulled tightly
For each colour, the text or image is
image is copied onto the silk-
to a silk-screen
printed on a separate transparent in
screen. The parts of the screen
frame which was
black ink.
that were not illuminated do
provided with
Preparing the silk-screen frame
not harden and are washed
a photosensi-
out. The screen becomes
tive layer, by a
The silk-screen - very fine polyester
pervious again, in the areas
vacuum pump.
gauze stretched onto a frame - is
where the images (in this
provided with a photosensitive
case as many signs as will fit a
layer.
frame) should be.
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Once the image is placed on the screen tightly, the screen is illuminated by a UV lamp.
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The ink is mixed by hand, until the correct colour is achieved.
The silk-screen printing machine.
The silk-screen printing principle. (Photo: © Wikipedia)
Printing The ink that is to be used is mixed
the image on the sign consists of
to colour. Then the screen is
multiple colours, this process is
placed in the silk-screen printing
repeated for every colour. While
machine, where the ink is pressed
the signs are placed in a drying
through the screen onto the sign
rack in between colours, the silk-
with a wiping movement of a long,
screen frames can be cleaned and
plastic strip (the squeegee). When
reused.
The signs are drying.
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The aluminium signs are put into a cutting, punching and setting machine. 
Cutting The fully printed slabs can now dry
This machine
further and will be transported
cuts them to
to the custom made cutting,
size, punches
punching and setting machine
holes in them
later on. The large slabs will be fed
and removes
into the machine. This machine
corners and
cuts the separate signs out of the
adds depth
slab, punches the holes and sets
if necessary.
corners, if necessary. Once this all is done, the signs are ready for shipment.
The end result.
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Coming up in • The longest fence in the world: The Dingo Fence • Dirickx presents new sliding gate • Interview with landscape designer Marlies van Diest • Interview with SKS founder Lothar Schlabes • Trends in high-security fencing
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John van Megen ABC Hekwerk Zuid-Oost
Horst Pricken Hermetec
Jürgen Fürrutter Zaunteam Tirol Unterland
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