Membership boost for DSMA as CE marking draws near

The Door and Shutter Manufacturers' Association (DSMA) is experiencing a membership boost as CE marking draws near.

Door companies are joining the ranks of the DSMA, a member of the Door and Hardware Federation (DHF), to obtain guidance on their obligations under the new harmonised product standard due to come into force from 1 May 2004.

DSMA chief executive Derek Smith said: "When the BS EN Standard 13241-1 comes into force, specifiers of industrial and commercial doors and shutters will start to demand CE marks on the products. Only those companies that have had their doors' performance tested will be allowed to display the CE mark with classification levels.

"We cannot stress more strongly the importance of door companies putting testing procedures into place now so that they have CE marked products ready to supply once this becomes compulsory.

"For power operated doors in particular, this will be from 1 May 2005. Those companies that cannot supply CE marked products within the deadline will be at a grave business disadvantage," he added.