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Bob found out that all rolling doors are not created equal, that a good company with a proven track record, long history of high quality and a top staff of professionals will walk him through what you need and what product is best for him. He found out that it’s all about choosing the right product for the job. See what he found out in part 2!

As a divison of CornellCookson, Cookson Door is a leading roll up door and security gate manufacturer with facilities in Goodyear, AZ and Mountain Top, PA. Learn more on how roll up doors and security gates became a member of the Cookson family.

June is garage door safety month and when it comes to garage door safety, most people’s first thoughts are about residential garage doors. When it comes to an industrial or commercial building, the majority of building openings are most often using rolling garage doors. Industrial garage doors are bigger, heavier and receive much more traffic and use then a home unit. The potential for injuries in a workspace, manufacturing facility, distribution centers or any industrial setting is much greater.

Anyone who lives in a coastal area is familiar with the devastating effects a hurricane can deliver. Intense winds and flooding are hard enough to handle but the current trends can make this year one of the most devastating hurricane years ever.

An elevator smoke curtain is a thick fiberglass sheet that is installed above elevator doors. When a fire or smoke detector activates, the curtain descends automatically. Then, it acts as a physical barrier to prevent smoke from entering other areas of a building.

Learn more about how Cookson's Extreme® 1024 High Performance and Extreme® 300 Series Doors for Fire Stations can assist you in our application sheet.

Imagine a pristine storefront, ready to face another day unblemished and not broken into because of the use of a heavy-duty security door. No glass litters the floor and no inventory is disturbed. It’s business as usual instead of business critical. Get specifics on how our Defender Series can help in this blog.

Fire protection. An understandably necessary component of any application that needs to compartmentalize open areas – notably elevator shafts in hotels and other spaces. This is where a fire protective comes in handy. Our SmokeShield Elevator Smoke Curtain seals a building’s hoistway from smoke infiltration, gaining more time for occupants to evacuate while also helping to limit property loss.

If you’re looking for coiling doors (also known as rolling doors) that allow airflow, you’re in the right place! CornellCookson’s rolling doors are available in a variety of options to give you the security of a rolling door with the airflow and visibility of a grille thanks to ScreenGard™ perforated slat doors. Read this blog for more info.