12th March 2025, Doncaster, UK: 12th March 2025, Doncaster, UK: Sentry Doors, a leading fire door manufacturer, is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Safehinge Primera, a pioneering provider of safety solutions that protect people through vulnerable times. This collaboration will expand Sentry Doors’ range of products and offer enhanced safety measures for those at risk in healthcare, education, and similar settings.
17th April 2024, Doncaster, UK: Sentry Fire Safety Group, the UK’s leading manufacturer of bespoke, certified fire safety doorsets, is proud to have been recognised as one of the nation’s fastest-growing investment-backed businesses.
12th March 2024, Doncaster, UK: Sentry Doors is pleased to share its return to this year’s Fire Safety Event on the 30th April – 2nd May at the NEC, Birmingham. The UK’s leading event in fire safety is committed to uniting the entire supply chain, supporting industry professionals and organisations in improving and maintaining the highest standards of fire safety.
12th January 2024, Doncaster, UK: Sentry Fire Safety Group, the leading fire safety and security doorset manufacturer, was delighted to welcome Ed Miliband, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, to its Doncaster manufacturing facility on 12th January.
18th December 2023, Doncaster, UK: As proud supporters of Trees for Cities, Sentry Doors plant 100 trees to mark 100 years of manufacturing. Sentry Doors is proud to be supporting Trees for Cities, who as part of their urban trees initiative, plant thousands of trees each year in the UK bringing real benefits to our city’s health and wellbeing.
11th December 2023, Doncaster, UK: Sentry Doors is the winner of Best Branding & Positioning at the Construction Marketing Awards 2023.
As it was their first year entering the awards, Sentry Doors is honoured to have received this accolade in what is such a competitive category. With a record number of applicants this year, the team are proud to have come out on top at the most prestigious awards in the built environment.
19th October 2023, Birmingham, UK: Earlier this month, we celebrated 100 Years of manufacturing at Knowles – part of Sentry Doors. To commemorate this important milestone, we hosted a special event for employees at our manufacturing facilities in Birmingham.
We welcomed some familiar faces to celebrate with us, including the previous owner offering a chance for all to chat about their fondest memories of the firm throughout the years. Members of the Sentry Executive Team joined, along with Chairman Jon Gatfield.
16th October 2023, Doncaster, UK: Leading fire safety and security door manufacturer, Sentry Doors, is celebrating a major milestone this year as its recent acquisition, Knowles, marks its 100th anniversary, giving Sentry a combined heritage of over 130 years.
20th September 2023, Doncaster, UK: Sentry Doors is proud to support Fire Door Safety Week for a fourth year running. As regular supporters of the campaign, we are pleased to promote the campaign and celebrate the 10-year anniversary of #FireDoorSafetyWeek.
12th June 2023, Doncaster, UK: Sentry Doors, the UK leader in timber fire safety and security fire doors, is the latest manufacturer to join NBS and list its Knowles Range of products on NBS Source, the highly successful manufacturer product platform for architects, designers, and specifiers to easily find the information they need to make informed product decisions on project specifications.
We are excited to announce the launch of our brand-new product catalogue, incorporating the new look Knowles range. Our catalogue showcases our extended range of market leading products, giving customers access to a complete range of fully certified fire doors across the social housing, care home, education, healthcare, commercial and leisure markets.
Sentry Doors are never content to stand still. As the UK’s leading manufacturer of timber fire safety and security doors, they’re constantly innovating and improving their product range to ensure that they meet customer needs whilst remaining at the very forefront of the industry.
Doncaster, 9 August 2022: Sentry Doors Limited (Sentry) is pleased to announce its acquisition of E. & S. W. Knowles & Company Limited (Knowles), accelerating its growth and creating the UK’s leader in timber fire safety and security doorsets.
Sentry Doors, a leading supplier of fire safety doors, now offers UKCA accreditation on its entire range of FD30S flush and glazed doorsets. This follows a bi-directional burn test of its double-glazed range, including its double glazed doorsets complete with double glazed and panel sidelight.
We are pleased to announce that we are exhibiting at the Fire Safety Event at Birmingham NEC on the 5-7 of April. The event is the UK’s largest fire safety event dedicated to supporting industry practitioners, professionals, and organisations at ensuring the highest standards of fire safety.
We would like to wish all our suppliers, customers and partners a Happy New Year and wish you all a prosperous 2022. As we do so, we would like to start the year off with the announcement of some key structural changes designed to build on the growth we achieved in 2021 and to continue this momentum.
As we approach the end of 2021, we reflect positively on what we have achieved and would like to take this opportunity to wish our customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. As we do so, we look back on this year’s growth and key changes in the fire safety industry to maximise compliance and the safety of occupants in social housing.
Fire doors are critical in buildings that require strict fire protection as they act as a vital line of defence in a fire. At Sentry Doors, we aim to provide compliance throughout the procurement process, ensuring quality is constantly maintained and we feel that our portfolio of certification and accreditation is evident to this.
We have released a new online Compliance Portal that will benefit housing associations, local authorities and contractors to no end. It gives you access to a range of resources that will help you gain fire safety compliance and informative installation and survey guides
