AluK’s most recent customer event focused on Doors – and included all the latest and upcoming product updates designed to help fabricators and installers save time manufacturing and on site, reduce their stockholding costs and win new business.
Amongst the doors in the spotlight at the Chepstow customer day were the new BSC94 slider, the IconiK bifold and entrance door, the Heritage entrance door and the GT55 commercial door. AluK’s R&D and technical teams outlined a raft of new and ‘coming soon’ innovations for each and showcased all the doors in the company’s impressive showroom.
BSC94 HI Sliding Door – uprated thermal performance
With the BSC94 HI, AluK has just delivered an upgraded version of its hugely popular slider with a new 42mm thermal break, which now achieves a U-Value of 1.4 W/m2K using a double glazed unit (1.0 W/m2K).
The BSC94 HI features a new, symmetrically designed outerframe which means there are fewer parts to order and stock, and which can be fabricated using just one size of mechanical cleat, compared with the 10 in the previous version.
At the Doors event, Mark Poynter, AluK’s R&D Manager announced that the BSC94 HI would soon be available with the company’s popular QuikClip™ bead for even faster installation and gave details of an upcoming 25mm slim interlock option.
IconiK bifold – more options
For the IconiK bifold which is nominated for the Product of the Year at the G-26 Awards, there were reminders of the enhancements that have been made since the product was first launched in 2025 including the option to use the door as a single entrance door coupled with a side light or as a double door with a midrail.
The AluK team also gave details of what else is to come - including new hardware and accessories and an adjustable (+4mm/-6 mm) jamb profile which will make fabrication and installation even quicker and easier. A 90° floating corner post will also be available in the coming weeks which will be able to accommodate odd or even numbers of panels, and there will be a 90° restrictor arm for traffic doors, single or double doors.
On show was the new IconiK entrance door, which features a slim midrail and low threshold. Fully PAS-24 accredited, this minimal, slender frame door presents an opportunity for fabricators to offer the complete door package in the same modern aesthetic.
Heritage – PAS24 opportunities
AluK customers already love the company’s Heritage door and how easy it is to stock and fabricate using many of the same profiles, beads and ancillaries as the 58BW ST HI window system.
The new Heritage entrance door allows customers to offer the full industrial aesthetic across a property, tapping into the lucrative entrance door market. With full PAS24 accreditation, the Heritage entrance door is suitable for new builds and refurb projects. Further-enhanced with a new stepped edge transom to fully suite with the Heritage window system, this entrance door can also be combined with a letterbox in the sidelight for an even-more use-friendly entrance door offer.
GT55TB – more in development
With an increasing number of AluK customers winning business using the GT55 commercial door system, AluK has continued to invest in product development to maximise those opportunities. Technical Director Paul Booth advised at the Doors event that there is a new mid rail available to use with side screens and a new partial height mullion profile which is ideal for shopfront applications. He also confirmed that new concealed panic door hardware for the GT55 is in the final phase of testing.
77ID Rhino panel door – traditional as well as contemporary
AluK has also widened its partnership with Kent-based fabricator Rhino Aluminium on the supply of Rhino’s Panel Door in the AluK 77ID system. The event saw the launch of the new ‘Crown Collection’ with a spotlight on the Victoria - a period-styled 95mm deep aluminium bonded panel door, which will further widen the appeal of the panel door range. AluK customers can buy the doors from Rhino either as finished doors or as bonded panels to fabricate themselves.
Speaking at the opening, AluK’s Managing Director Russell Yates, said: “As the event demonstrated, we are making ongoing enhancements in our entire door range to ensure we stay ahead of the market and give our customers as many opportunities as we can to grow their businesses with us. Customers who attended were enthusiastic about the level of investment taking place and the fact that we are responding so positively to their feedback.”
