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Leonberg, 12th March 2009

Now available and maintenance free

Soft and quiet like a feather

Sliding doors with roller-guided sliding door fittings

GEZE Perlan 140 with GEZE SoftStop

Manual design sliding doors are becoming more popular. They are ideal for offices, hotels, and doctor’s surgeries or for private residences, as they do not take up any space when opening and ensure an optimal use of the room. Glass solutions create additional transparency and light. Even shelves, walk-in wardrobes, cloakrooms, bathrooms and entire kitchenettes can disappear discreetly behind them. Unused alcoves can be turned into valuable storage rooms. However distinctive glass doors appear, they always hold a potential risk due to their fragility. For this reason GEZE has developed a draw-in damping for their sliding door fittings.

GEZE offers the innovative roller-guided sliding door system Perlan 140 in different versions for single and double leafed sliding door systems, which can additionally be synchronously used. With its noble design Perlan 140 supports every desired room impact. The system is suitable for mounting from light to heavy interior doors and sliding shutter systems made out of wood, glass, plastic and metal with door leaves up to 140 kg. High quality materials and first-class manufacturing ensure a resilient and durable use in heavily frequented areas.

Soft draw-in with Perlan 140 GEZE SoftStop

Perlan 140 with GEZE SoftStop perfectly combines comfort and safety with the optional draw-in damping. Similar to the functionality of a modern drawer, the GEZE SoftStop ensures the soft braking and an independent and silent draw-in of the sliding door leaf. An uncontrollable impact on the frame or the buffer is therefore not possible. GEZE SoftStop extends also the life cycle of the sliding door, as the door and the fitting are prevented from damage. The first class functionally and safety of the maintenance free draw-in damping has been tested with 100,000 opening and closing cycles according to DIN EN 1527 for locks and fittings. The draw-in damping is completely concealed in the running track. GEZE SoftStop combines sophisticated technology with high design requirements, so additional lining or disturbing easily soiled attaching parts are omitted.

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The new roller-guided sliding door system GEZE Perlan 140 with draw-in damping GEZE SoftStop and optional glass fixed panel for design sliding doors

Press contact:
Ellen Schellinger
Tel. +49 (0)7152 / 203-536
Fax +49 (0)7152 / 203-237
/ GEZE GmbH
Reinhold-Vöster-Str. 21-29
D - 71229 Leonberg, Germany
www.geze.com

About GEZE

GEZE GmbH is one of the leading suppliers for systems for door, window and safety technology. As one of the market leaders in innovation and design, the independent company that has been family-run for five generations develops, manufactures and sells leading-edge technology and has greatly influenced construction technology with its forward thinking developments. GEZE door closers are among the best known in the world and GEZE is the market leader in Germany for automatic door systems. Every day millions of people go through doors, which are furnished with the GEZE TS 5000 door closer and enjoy the convenience we take for granted of automatic door systems in the Slimdrive product line. GEZE product solutions can be found in prestigious buildings throughout the world. Furthermore, GEZE offers an extensive range of products for automatic door systems, smoke and heat extraction systems (RWA), safety technology such as the new access control system, glass systems and window and ventilation technology. The integrated glass solutions offer architects freedom of design in demanding building projects. GEZE is represented by 23 subsidiaries, a flexible and highly efficient sales and service network and 2000 employees worldwide and obtained a turnover of 360 Million Euros in the business year 2007.