The Graham Newsletter

New Graham UV Line

Graham has recently finished the installation of a new state of the art stain and UV topcoat line in the 19th Street facility. Following weeks of installation and setup work, Graham is now in the production start up phase of the project that began over a year ago. A steady increase in order volume coupled with a higher demand for factory finished doors and increased throughput in the assembly and machining areas of the plant pushed the limits of the existing stain and topcoat processes. After evaluating several options and configurations, Stiles Machinery, and their manufacturing partner Cefla Finishing Systems, was selected in late 2007 to provide the new finishing system. Technicians from Cefla arrived in Mason City to begin preinstallation work in August. Equipment started arriving in October and the installation and setup of the line continued into December. Much appreciation goes to Tom Rattay, Plant Engineer and Russ Dalbech, Process Technician for the extensive planning and engineering support for this project and to the Graham maintenance crew who put in many hours of overtime during the preparation, installation and startup of this line.

Even More Eco-friendly

We have now added to our product line the option of Certified Wood Doors. Graham has been working with SmartWood and has been approved to manufacture and sell FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) products. The additional option of FSC certified doors adds to an already impressive product line to help building owners obtain credits toward LEED certified buildings. As with all Graham wood doors, owners and designers can select from a wide range of wood species and pre-finished colors and know that the doors they are choosing are not only a work of art on the outside, but also minimizing the impact on the environment we live in.

For more information regarding our Eco-friendly doors, click here.

Graham Educational Opportunities this Spring

We are continually striving to further educate our distributors on our products and services. That is why we offer a number of different training seminars throughout the year. And the first event is about to happen.

Sign up today to attend the Graham Shop School or one of the Pricing & Estimating Seminars. Not only will you learn tons of useful information about Graham Wood Doors, but you will get tours of the office and plants, get to meet the Graham Team and eat some of the best beef Iowa can produce.  Best of all, IT'S FREE.

To get more information and register on-line, click on one of the links below.

Shop School

Spring Pricing & Estimating Seminar

Fall Pricing & Estimating Seminar

Graham Doors to Secure Hard Rock Hotel Expansion

While much of Las Vegas is shutting down any expansion efforts, The Hard Rock Hotel is still going forward with their $750 million expansion plan. In fact, this Spring, two new guest towers totaling 860 new rooms will open as will 75,000-sq.ft. of meetings and convention space.

Through Graham distributor Southwest Door & Hardware, every new guest room in the expansion will feature a beautiful birch door, nearly 1600 in total.

For more information on this project, click here.

New Product Engineer

Heidi Heimbuch has joined the Graham Team as our new Product Engineer. Before coming to Graham, Heidi spent 7 years at General Motors and 5 years at Motorola working on product design and implementation projects. Heidi has a degree in industrial engineering from Iowa State University.

Heidi looks to help Graham expand our product lines and develop new and exciting offerings to our customer.

Welcome aboard Heidi.

Have a product idea? E-mail it to Heidi at heidi.heimbuch@doorgroup.com