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  ARGE is pleased to announce that its 2015 annual conference will be held in the UK, in partnership with The Door and Hardware Federation (DHF). Confirmed at our recent Executive Board meeting in Düsseldorf, where we also reviewed this year’s event in Veneto, the next conference will take place on 10th and 11th September…

Held in Veneto, we are delighted to report yet another successful annual ARGE Conference, with some overwhelmingly positive outcomes.   Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) The conference marked yet another milestone in our sustainability roadmap and drive to deliver generic EPDs for locks and hardware, which are valid across Europe. Both Sven-Olof Ryding, an expert in…

All reports and presentations from this year’s conference are now available to download from the Resources section on the ARGE website. Documents, including feedback from the working groups and the presentation on ‘The Future of Hardware Design’ delivered at this year’s conference in Veneto, are available in the Downloads section and can be shared by…

ARGE would like to thank all delegates who attended this year’s conference and made it a resounding success.  Held from 4th to 6th September in the Veneto region of Northern Italy, attendees at this year’s event were presented with the association’s latest update and progress on the road to delivering generic EPDs by summer 2015. …

  With less than two weeks to go to the ARGE Annual Conference, ARGE is looking forward to seeing all members in Veneto on 4th and 5th September.  Following the success of last year’s conference in Budapest, ARGE hopes to receive an equally successful turnout, as delegates come together to discuss some of the industry’s…

After 2 years of absence the Italian Association of locks and hardware, ASSOFERMA decided to renew its ARGE membership Having undergone a structure and membership realignment, the body represents the interests of 16 members of the Italian lock and hardware industry. You can find details on ASSOFERMA on the ‘members’ section and the ‘members directory’…

Following our announcement to produce generic Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), ten member associations have now signed up to the ARGE scheme – with more to follow. The programme, which was agreed at the 2013 ARGE Conference as part of our sustainability roadmap, will see the delivery to ARGE members of generic, Pan-European EPDs for hardware…

The official invitations have been sent out for this year’s ARGE conference and the final preparations are underway, so what can you expect from the annual meeting in September?   There seems to be an air of anticipation surrounding this year’s event, and given the progress made since Budapest that’s hardly surprising. Last year we first…

ARGE is pleased to announced that official registration is now open for its 2014 Conference.  This year’s annual conference will take place near Venice and the official forms can now be downloaded from the ARGE website.  Held from 4th – 5th September at the Grand Hotel Trieste & Victoria in Abano Terme, this year’s conference…