Haroon looks to strengthen range
01 February 2006
Haroon Company, a UAE-based distributor of architectural ironmongery since 1981, has partnered with some of the major projects in the region by supplying leading brands of architectural hardware from Europe and the US.
The company is currently looking to expand its leadership position in the market by introducing the latest, in terms of products and solutions.
“When Haroon Company was formed, there were mainly overseas ironmongers that offered architectural hardware in the market. Although the experience of these overseas companies was appreciated, they seldom understood the needs and methods of the countries to which they sold their products,” explains a company spokesperson. “There was a gap between selling to a foreign country and understanding its business environment; and Haroon Company has helped bridge that gap by providing a team of qualified personnel.
“Haroon Company’s sales staff have all received regular technical training at factories in Europe. They are kept abreast of the technical innovations in the field of architectural ironmongery, to enable them to identify problems and provide solutions instantly,” she says.
The spokesperson adds: “Our business success is simply a matter of commitment and customer orientation. Through strategically engineering the company’s facilities and services at Sharjah, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, we have made it possible for clients to benefit largely in terms of time and money. Extensive warehousing facilities enable us to maintain a large stock of core products that can be delivered at a reasonable price, promptly and professionally.”
“In addition, our commitment to the client does not stop at delivery. The contracts management team ensures full and intelligent coordination with the builders and architects as the project reaches completion with full on-site liaison, computerised estimation and scheduling. The philosophy is that the job is never completed until the client is satisfied. This commitment has helped us to meet the highest quality and performance standards in countries within the Gulf.”
Hardware packages have been supplied on some of the most prestigious building projects in the country which include palaces, hotels, hospitals, shopping complexes, commercial/residential buildings, sports complexes, golf courses, schools, army and labour camps, private villas, and UAE’s diplomatic buildings overseas. The National Bank of Dubai headquarters, Capricorn Tower, Azure Building at Dubai Marina, the Springs villas (Phase II) by Emaar, Marina Terrace (Damac), seven towers at Dubai Marina Development by DCE, 13 towers at Jumeirah Beach Residence by Arabtec, the Jumeirah Island by Nakheel and the Dubai Metal Commodities Centre industrial building are a few of the projects on which hardware has been supplied by Haroon Company.
Over the years, the company has diversified its range of products, which extends from hardware for commercial buildings to decorative residential hardware, life-safety and panic-exit hardware, detention hardware, cabinet/wardrobe/window hardware, electronic access control, electronic hotel locking systems and guest-room safes, handrails and balustrades in stainless-steel and nylon, sliding/folding door-gear and disabled support fittings.
The brands marketed and distributed in the UAE by Haroon Company include some of the most well-known names in the hardware industry such as Onity (formerly Tesa Entry Systems), Briton (from IR Security and Safety), Southern Steel, Normbau, Kafli, Frascio, Devon and Henderson.
Haroon Company’s range of activity includes:
Project hardware: The company offers architects, owners and contractors a full range of door hardware and related professional services for commercial, residential and public buildings. A team of professionals supports clients with product specification, selection, site visits, hardware scheduling, maintenance manuals and project aftercare. The range of products include Kafli locks from Germany;
Detention hardware: Working with Southern Steel of the US, Haroon Company offers hardware solutions for detention centres;
Life-safety and panic-exit hardware: which add to the life-safety features of public buildings and high-rise residential complexes;
Electronic access control: Over the years, the company has developed an expertise in preparing, implementing and installing innovative access-control solutions
Hotel guest room security solutions: Haroon Company supplies Onity electronic locks which combine the most reliable technology with a wide experience in magnetic stripe locks and the newest smart-card technology. Onity has already installed more than 50,000 electronic locks in over 275 hotels in the Middle East;
Handrails and balustrades: Normbau’s handrail and balustrade programme is the first in a series of product programmes to feature intelligent-engineered elements;
Sliding/folding door systems. Haroon Company offers a complete range of sliding/folding door gear for timber, steel and glass doors from PC Henderson;
Disabled support systems: The company provides a comprehensive range of both functional and elegant products from Normbau (Germany) in stainless steel as well as coloured polymide (nylon). Recently-conducted clinical studies have shown that Normbau is the first manufacturer world-wide to offer fittings with long-lasting effective anti-bacterial protective treatment. Normbau’s Microban anti-bacterial protection is incorporated into the polymer structure of the nylon during the production process.
