Roto Establishes Door Innovation Organization

Roto launched a new organization, Door and Door Innovation, for product and market development comprised of a team of "door innovation experts."

Under the operational management of Tom Vermeulen, head of sales for Door and Door Innovation, the new team of specialists will develop hardware solutions according to specific preferences of purchasers based on an extensive product range for external doors. In this way, customer-specific product developments and applications of existing components can be implemented especially quickly, according to the company.

“Roto has had very good experiences with the formation of expert teams. Whenever manufacturers and system suppliers meet with highly specialized business partners, the result is not only products of outstanding quality but also incredibly lucrative, long-standing business relationships,” says Chris Dimou, director of international markets for door and door innovation.

Dimou holds overall responsibility for the new organizational unit. Vermeulen coordinates the collaboration with customers and is supported with design, product development and application advice by the specialist team.

Vermeulen has many years of experience in companies in the door hardware and door lock industry, Roto reports.

“We are able to set and pursue ambitious aims from the very outset because colleagues who have been working in the Door segment and at Roto for many years are working together as part of the team,” Vermeulen says. “By forming the team, the organizational requirements are in place to enable the staff to devote their entire focus to collaborating with door manufacturers and system suppliers.”

From the initial product idea to the market launch, this team of experts will support anyone who wants to develop innovative doors, Roto reports. The door range currently includes multipoint locks, main door hinges and thresholds. These are complemented by additional products such as gaskets, lever handles and cylinders.