One of the world leaders in door and window control technology and systems for smart buildings, Geze Middle East is making extensive efforts to capitalise on the unprecedented construction boom in the region.

The company has been offering a wide range of innovative solutions in a bid to meet the ever-growing demands and requirements of architects who are coming up with new and extraordinary building designs and concepts.
Many of its latest and most innovative door and window control systems will be promoted at the Big 5 show this month.
“Geze Middle East, perhaps, has the widest product mix of automatic and revolving doors, door closers, manual sliders, glass products, window controls, smoke and vent extraction systems, access control and security systems, which are on offer in markets across the globe,” says a company spokesman in Dubai.
Originally established in 1863 in Germany, Geze operates from its Leonberg headquarters. Since 1996, the company has been active in the Middle East through its regional office in Amman, Jordan, and has established a strong network of business partners and dealers across the region. Six years later, the company moved to Dubai and set up an operational base – complete with warehousing facilities – within the Jebel Ali Free Zone.
Already, a market leader in Germany, Geze has 26 fully-owned subsidiaries covering the markets of Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Geze’s door system is a highlight of the company’s product range, which offers planners, architects and installers a vast variety of products including door closing systems, escape route and safety systems linked to fire prevention systems.
This apart, Geze is also involved in the design and manufacture of window hardware and smoke and heat extractors. The company’s control automation, security and access control systems all have one thing in common: they are all small and compact and are hardly visible in the general scheme of interiors.

Smoke and heat extractors
“Smoke, combustion gases and heat spread faster than the fire itself and always rise to the top and hence most fatalities and injuries in large fires are caused by smoke inhalation poisoning and suffocation,” the spokesman says. “The harmful effect of smoke and heat can be reduced through using smoke and heat extractors, which are an important component in fire protection. They guide the smoke out via automatically opened extractor windows, based on the principle of convection.
“Fresh air flows in underneath, creating a smoke-free layer under the cushion of smoke. Also the electro-motor systems contribute to the ventilation of the building during normal use.”
Smoke and heat extractor systems operate windows in facades and flat roofs, usually using 24V electrical spindle drives to directly open the windows. However, in glass facades on curtain-walling, in particular, the drives spoil the overall appearance, as adequate room has always had to be made for them next to the windows.
The Geze RWA 105 E drive resolves the problem as it has extremely small fixing surfaces, and the motor can be fitted onto the window casement instead of under it or next to it, the spokesman points out. “Only 18 mm of space is taken up by the drive between the window and the curtain walling, whereby the hardware mechanism hardly projects into the room, giving architects much more creative scope in the design and planning of glass facades,” he adds.
Geze smoke and heat extractor systems can be controlled individually or in groups; they are triggered manually using ventilation or fire buttons, automatically using smoke or heat alarms or in combination with fire alarm systems. To ensure that the motors also function in the event of a power failure, the automatic battery operation takes over supplying the 24V system for at least 72 hours.

Window chain drives
Geze also continues to innovate in the field of window chain drives. Normal chain drives consist of a housing, which is mounted on the window frame. Geze’s integrated chain drive measures only 31 by 31 by 315 mm and can be installed in all standard light alloy profiles and is practically invisible when the window is closed.
“This innovation has finally provided a way of operating windows electrically without the drives spoiling the aesthetics,” he mentions.

Display software
Completing Geze’s range of door and window controls is an innovative software for displaying messages relating to the status of windows and doors. The graphic tool supports building management by passing information via a bus system (EIB-Bus) to the central unit, where it is shown in the form of graphics and photos. In this way, a caretaker can be alerted on his monitor, if an emergency exit door is open. The same software can also display the status of windows so that the caretaker can see, at a glance, whether all windows are closed. Even the opening angle of partially opened windows is displayed, the spokesman concludes.