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FSB – Franz Schneider Brakel GmbH + Co KG Art.-No. 00404980246 9001, Printed in Germany, Printed on chlorine-free bleached paper.
Perfection.
www.fsb-worldwide.com
It’s in your hands.
Global Brand
You know us.
The more familiar the quality of our brand becomes, the easier it becomes for you to win
customers for FSB products and services. FSB supports you all year round with global
campaigns and marketing concepts. Your input plus our support through the internet,
print media and trade fairs cause the news to spread fast. FSB simplifies planning, buying, accounting and warranty arrangements to deliver uniformly high quality products and
­services from a single source.
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Dominant genetic features in a species express themselves in form and colouring.
It’s in your hands.
Evolutionary superiority isn’t necessarily about being the strongest.
It’s in your hands.
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FSB. Founded in 1881.
Quality “made in Germany”
for all door hardware.
Our logo handle by philosopher-cumarchitect Ludwig Wittgenstein sums up our
holistic perception of architecture –
a handle is always more than just a handle
for us. As the interface between buildings
and their users it is one of the key elements in the architectural shaping of detail.
The Wittgenstein handle quintessentially
embodies an architect­urally driven perception of hardware in which the function
and application of any building element
are viewed as constituent parts of an allembracing whole.
This approach likewise applies unrestr­
ictedly to FSB’s involvement at internat­io­nal
level, which is geared towards the global
public project business with its
focus on the whole door. The handle’s
many layers of significance as a) extension
of the human hand and b) interface between people and architecture continue to
point the way for us to this end.
FSB has won many awards for outstand­ing
design and was the first makers of door
hardware to be represented in the permanent exhibition at New York’s Museum of
Modern Art. It is a company that marries
looks of the highest order to the lasting
dependability of its products’ functions,
­engineering and quality.
Philosopher and architect
Ludwig Wittgenstein
(1889 – 1951)
Wittgenstein handle 1147,
FSB logo
FSB was the first architectural hardware
company anywhere in the world to satisfy
the stringent conditions of the Environ­
mental Product Declaration ISO 14 025
and is thus doing its bit for sustainable
architecture.
The Wittgenstein House, Vienna 1928
FSB: project hardware with a unique ­systemic depth
REG.NO. DE-108-00003
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Premium hardware programme
for aspiring architecture.
FSB Premium hardware programme
It’s in your
hands.
Single source
We specialise in hardware for major international architecture projects and aspire
to provide systemic expertise c
­ overing all
hardware requirements for the operation
of doors and windows. We ensure that all
components for points of entry and exit
suit your own overall architectural design.
Our one-stop-shop concept simplifies your
planning, purchasing, invoicing and warranty m
­ anagement input.
Architectural hardware solutions
The FSB hardware programme embraces
all components for system-driven door
planning – and is certainly no random
jumble of formally and visually disparate
individual products. The FSB range
includes door lever handles with standard,
heavy-duty and fire-safety bearings as
well as hinges, door closers, locks plus lock
cylinders and, of course, window handles
and accessory products such as door stops
and finger plates.
FSB 0105 Silver Anodised Aluminium
FSB makes sole use of pure smelted alloys
as provided for in DIN 1725 in its aluminium
products. Its finishes are protected by a
process of anodisation and, once they have
undergone two-stage staining, are lastingly
sealed against corrosion and the effects of
light and the climate.
FSB 6204 Satin Matt Stainless Steel
An extremely corrosion-resistant and
durable material that is particularly easycare due to the inclusion of chrome and
nickel in the alloy and is ideal, therefore,
for heavily frequented doors and window
handles in constant use.
Uniform material and finish
We strive to deliver uniform materials and
finishes throughout the FSB range of door
hardware for consistency of architectural
and aesthetic intent. FSB has set global
benchmarks with its breadth of materials
and its particularly fine finishes.
FSB 7615 Bronze Bright Patinated
We use a copper-tin alloy containing 92 %
copper for our rugged bronze fittings. This
makes them unbeatably corrosion-resistant, and gives them great tensile strength
and hardness. The copper has disinfectant
properties, moreover, explaining why it is a
preferred choice wherever hygiene is of the
essence as in hospitals and nursing wards.
A specially developed technique can be
adopted to artificially age bronze and lend
it a very compelling patina.
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FSB handle ranges
Assert your architectural
fingerprint down to the last
detail.
Every building has a different set of use
requirements to fulfil and these are also
mirrored in the door planning process. Part
and parcel of any worthwhile set of door
equipment are door fittings that are functionally compelling and conform to building
regulations. All of FSB’s ranges of models
fit the bill. Model 1144, for instance, which
was conceived by the English designer
Jasper Morrison: his handle collection contains door levers, entrance door furniture,
lever handles for narrow-frame doors –
cranked and in-line – and window handles
with and without a locking capability.
As is the case with all FSB models, 1144
comes in a heavy-duty version with an
AGL® compensating bearing, in an AGL®
FS fire-safety variant and in the standard
FD model for the private sphere.
FSB’s range of fittings offer the architect
the opportunity to fulfil their ultimate desire,
which is to match up the design, material
and finish of all operating hardware, thus
providing a continuum of design and aesthetic intent that is unparalleled in the door
hardware industry.
The FSB range adds up to a uniquely wide
variety of models that can be perused in
our Manual, at our website or at your local
trade stocklist’s.
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A design’s quality only becomes apparent
once the fine detail has been completed.
Given that the form, colour, material and
structure of any fitting are crucial to the
design’s overall impact, planning the technical features is a vital aspect of the design
process. It is the fine detail that reflects the
formal idea underpinning any aesthetic
concept after all.
Interactive FSB specification service – worldwide
Leave the work to us.
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Forms
FSB door handle design lines draw
on geometrical and ergonomic design
principles in equal measure.
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Door hardware components – functions
It is possible in this way to apply formal/
aesthetic criteria and design principles
­underpinning the architecture to the hardware specification for doors and windows.
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oor closer surface-mounted or recessed
2. H
andle ranges for flush, frame and
wholly-glazed doors
Our Specification Service staff have a
fine eye for upholding every aspect of an
architect’s formal identity in the meticulous
way they match finishes, dimensions and
proportions up with one another. Their farreaching architectural expertise allows them
to carry out such time-consuming minutiae
on your behalf. They always bear the relevant local building authority standards in
mind in the process.
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Door hardware components – engineering
extremely durable heavy-duty variant
heavy-duty fire-safety variant
We deploy leading-edge data interfaces and
BIM tools when planning and communicating with you that ensure an efficient data
interchange whilst also constituting valid
documentation from a commercial point of
view, one from which all project participants
benefit.
Contact us:
www.fsb-worldwide.com/specwriting
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Materials and finishes
Proportion and structuring
FSB door components are produced in
classic hardware materials: aluminium,
stainless steel and bronze.
Structuring elements with square or round
edges establish the formal link between
technical components and door handles.
standard model for the home
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ardware system solutions for emergency exits
4. Locks and lock cylinders
5. H
inges for various door formats and
weights
6. Door stops, finger plates, kicking plates
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Aluminium
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Bronze
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Stainless Steel
For every need: the FSB 1144 model by
Jasper Morrison in a uniquely broad range
for doors and windows.
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Interactive FSB specification service – worldwide
The art of door planning.
1. Door hinges
FSB heavy-duty door hinges are made in
high-grade stainless steel. Snug-fit, maintenance-free sliding-bearing technology
guarantees ruggedly durable functioning.
Hinges blend in formally with FSB door
handle design lines, including in terms
of their finishes. Conformance to: CE, EN
1935, ANSI/BHMA Standard A156.1
2. Door closers
A distinctive design concept covering all
working and non-working parts in FSB door
closers has been developed that has no
equal in the marketplace. The housing is in
two parts and completely encloses the door
closer, lending the material and finish for
FSB door closers a seamless, end-to-end
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appearance that is intensely engaging. The
range com­prises standard and rail-based
door closers (optionally with concealed fitting). Conformance to: CE, EN 1154, ANSI/
BHMA Standard A156.4
3. Locking systems
The FSB range of locks comprises Class
3 and 5 mortice locks as well as Class
3 frame door locks and locks to the US
standard. Fire-safety variants approved
under building regulations are par for the
course. The visible forends accord to a tee
with the FSB philosophy on finishes.
Conformance to: CE, EN 12 209, DIN 18
250, DIN 18 251-1, ANSI/BHMA Standard
A156.13, GOST R 52582-2006, GOST
5089-2003, GOST 538-2001
4. Handles and handle systems
FSB has set internationally valid benchmarks for ambitious design and function in
architecture with its handles. Its Standard
FD, AGL® and GL® FS bearings are up to
all requirements in public project applications.
FSB lever handles conform to EN 1906,
DIN 18 255, DIN 18 273, EN 1634-1,
ANSI/BHMA Standard A.156.6 ; FSB door
pulls conform to BS 8424, ANSI/BHMA
Standard A.156.650
5. Accessories for the protection of doors
Public project doors, as is well known,
have to put up with a lot of heavy treatment. People are constantly grabbing the
handles, the door face is touched, fingered,
kicked – or else the door as a whole is
simply opened and closed with brute force.
FSB supplies a full selection of accessories
designed to protect doors against all this:
large-format backplates or finger plates – in
customised formats and forms if so desired
- kicking plates and, indeed, a comprehensive range of floor and wall-mounted door
stops to complement any of FSB’s door
handle design lines.
6. Spatial orientation
FSB supplies none other than the pictogram system created by the German
designer Otl Aicher for the 1972 Olympic
Games. Aicher’s pictogram system continues to be regarded as a global yardstick
and cultural milestone.
7. Hardware solutions for emergency exits
FSB supplies the broadest range of emergency exit hardware – both for frame and
flush doors. Also included are visually
cohesive, certificated system solutions for
panic doors. Conformance to: EN 179 and
EN 1125 respectively, ANSI/BHMA Standard A156.3
8. Window handles
For every FSB door handle there is a
matching window handle. FSB is one of
only two manufacturers worldwide to fit its
window handles with a RAL-tested 4-point
click-stop mechanism.
The click-stop mechanism guarantees
precise positioning in line with the various
locking statuses.
Conformance to: DIN V ENV 1627 (burglarresistant elements)
Lufthansa Aviation Center,
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Architect: Christoph Ingenhoven
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FSB project sample board service – worldwide
Making the right choice.
Our worldwide project-specific sample
board service supports the project during
the planning process and indicates product solutions for your design draft in a
target-focused manner. This also involves
bringing about a harmonious balance between building authority provisions, technical and functional parameters as well as
providing a visual benchmark for designs
and finishes.
The outcome of joint deliberation by our
representatives with architects, designers
and clients can be truly impressive. Ideas,
design visions and budgetary requirements converge on the FSB project-specific sample board. Whether it stands in
the architect’s office or as a showpiece in
the client’s own office, this sample board
clearly underlines how we see ourselves:
Quality for doors and windows “made in
Germany”. Since 1881.
FSB specimen boards give you an
immediate feel for the superior quality
of our products.
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German Design Culture
From common-place to cultural asset.
It used to be said that modernist German
design was sober, severe, matter-of-fact
and orderly. Some felt it was short on lust
for life and glamour and long on boredom.
In an age in which function was going into
overdrive, meanwhile, others began to find
beauty in uncluttered forms and elegance
in straight lines.
next to no time due to the outcome of this
workshop and to the event itself.
One person who appreciates orderliness is
Apple’s chief designer Jonathan Ive. He
cites Dieter Rams as a force behind his
work, a man who, as one of the best-known
designers in Germany, came to be the very
epitome of West German design through
his more than twenty years’ work for
Messrs Braun. Ive’s iPods and iPhones for
Apple have instilled sexiness into functionalist forms that were long accused of lacking emotion.
Otl Aicher also refashioned the FSB logo,
taking as his point of departure a handle
designed by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein – no pictogram could have fewer
frills – for the house his sister had built in
Vienna between 1926 and 1928.
Miele works design 2008
Role model Dieter Rams
Aicher also thought up the Four-Point
Guide to Good Grip – thumb brake, forefinger furrow, support for the palm and gripping volume – that served thenceforth as a
means of gauging the quality of handle designs. 1987 saw FSB initiate what must be
one of the most comprehensive series of
publications by any company on the cultural history of its own core product. FSB
proceeded to publish books on philosophy,
ergonomics, artistic subjects and even literary issues as they affect the handle.
5. SK 4 radiogram
1. Light system luminaire
www.erco.com
This early “name design” project turned
what had long been regarded as a lowinterest product into a design topic that
well-known architects and designers immediately began addressing themselves to.
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Mario Bellini for ERCO 1986
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2. SE 42 chair
Egon Eiermann for Wilde + Spieth 1949
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www.wilde-spieth.com
3. Front-loading washer W 1000 S
The germ cell of functionalism is considered to have been the Ulm Design College
(1954–1968), set up after the Second
World War with the lofty aim of harnessing
better design to the cause of creating a
similarly better democratic society. The big
names in West Germany’s subsequent design history studied and taught here, this is
where the first cooperative ventures with
companies such as Braun were entered
into, and it was here that concepts of good,
timeless form defined solely by its function
were spawned.
One of the College’s co-founders and first
lecturers was graphic artist Otl Aicher, who
was to shape the perception of West German design for decades with work such as
the corporate identity he fashioned for
Lufthansa or his visuals for the Munich Olympic Games in 1972, from which a new
image of Germany went round the world
not least due to Aicher’s own work.
Better society through better design
FSB joined forces with Aicher to come up
with a new corporate identity and a fundamentally new design culture, one that, as
well as addressing the company’s origins
and tradition, also takes in the cultural history of the handle and, indeed, the entire
history of the holding process.
This led to the unearthing of the handle as
a design issue: in 1986, FSB invited the
likes of Mario Botta, Peter Eisenman, Hans
Hollein, Alessandro Mendini and Dieter
Rams to the first Handle Workshop in
Brakel. The company achieved celebrity in
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www.miele.com
4. Door handle 1034
Johannes Potente for FSB 1952
www.fsb.de
Hans Gugelot and Dieter Rams
for Braun 1956
www.braun.com
6. Pott 87 cutlery
Carl Pott for Pott 1959
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www.pott.com
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7. Caroussel S slide projector
Hans Gugelot for Kodak 1963
www.kodak.com
8. Fitting Tara
The company effectively wrote the design
history of the door handle, a topic that had
already been aired in Scandinavian modernism, at the “Bauhaus” or at the Design
College in Ulm, one to which designers
such as Alvar Aalto, Max Bill or Arne
Jacobsen too had turned. The huge popularity of these books caused some critics to
jestingly muse that FSB must be a publishers able to afford the luxury of making handles as a sideline.
Sieger Design for Dornbracht 1992
www.dornbracht.com
9. Aluminium suitcase
Richard Morszeck for RIMOWA 1950
www.rimowa.com
10. Easy chair 601
Dieter Rams for Vitsoe 1960
www.vitsoe.com
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11. Arzberg 2050 tableware service
Handle as design topic
Initially just a metalware makers from
small-town Brakel, FSB has grown to become one of the most noted design-driven
enterprises in Germany, in the process
transforming the handle from a disregarded
common-or-garden item into a cultural asset. You may wish to call that clever marketing, but it is also possible to see in it the
design earnest and sense of responsibility
that has now once again allowed German
design and design-oriented German enterprises to be celebrated, and occasionally
even loved, the world over.
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Heinrich Löffelhardt for Arzberg
www.arzberg-porzellan.de
12. Porsche 911 sports car
Porsche works design 1964
www.porsche.com
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Sales / Distribution Partner
FSB Project Service Worldwide
Regions:
Countries:
Asia/Pacific
FSB Asia Ltd.
Mads Lausen
FSB Regional Sales Manager
#801, 8/F, Yu Yuet Lai Building
43 - 55 Wyndham Street,
Central
Hong Kong
Telephone +852 2537 1015
Fax +852 2537 1778
[email protected]
Australia
Halliday & Baillie Pty. Ltd.
The Stables, 1 Ridge Street
Surry Hills, NSW 2010
AU-Sydney
Telephone +61 2 96993330
Fax +61 2 96993660
[email protected]
Middle East
Michael Enning
FSB Regional Sales Manager
P.O. Box 125215
Dubai, UAE
Mobile +971 50 3490818
Telephone +971 4 284 8537
Fax +971 4 284 8547
[email protected]
North America
FSB Inc.
1 Bishop Lane
US-Madison CT 06443
Telephone +1 203 4044700
Fax +1 203 4044710
[email protected]
South-East Europe
(AL, BA, BG, CS, HR, HU,
MD, MK, SI, SK)
Enikö Bucs
FSB Regional Sales Manager
Oberfeldstraße 24
A-5082 Grödig
Telephone +43 6246 72226-151
Fax +43 6246 72226-145
[email protected]
Belgium
Didier Baert
Brugsestraat 151
B-8020 Oostkamp
Telephone +32 50 822082
Fax +32 50 822028
[email protected]
China
FSB Asia Ltd. Shanghai
Rep. Office, Rm. 1013,
Evergreen Transportation
Tower
No. 818, West Nanjing Road
CN-Shanghai 200041
Telephone +86 21 62178840
Fax +86 21 62178740
[email protected]
Cyprus
ES. VI.EM Decorations Ltd.
55 Athalassas Ave.,
Strovolos
P.O. Box 27667
CY-2432 Nicosia
Telephone +357 22 494644
Fax +357 22 494210
[email protected]
Czech Republic
EFB, spol. s r.o.
Kordacova 1844
CZ-Kladno 272 04
Telephone +420 312 687684
Fax +420 312 687685
[email protected]
France
F + W France SARL
6, Rue de la Maison Rouge
Bâtiment D
F-77185 Lognes
Telephone +33 1 60951623
Fax +33 1 60064197
[email protected]
Great Britain
Allgood plc
297 Euston Road
GB-London NW1 3AQ
Telephone +44 20 73879951
Fax +44 20 73872549
[email protected]
Greece
Saliveros S.A.
92 - 94 Antigonis Str.
GR-10442 Athen
Telephone +30 210 5150001
Fax +30 210 5143926
[email protected]
Hong Kong
Barwin Metal Co. Ltd.
Unit 2, 10th Floor
Eastern Harbour Centre
28 Hoi Chak Street,
North Point
HK-Hong Kong
Telephone +852 25626899
Fax +852 25166937
[email protected]
Iran
Farapan Industry Co.
No. 22
Nili St.
Sazman Ab Ave. Abali Road
IR-Teheran
Telephone +98 21 77000288
Fax +98 21 77007700
[email protected]
Ireland | Northern Ireland
Perrem Design Hardware
Imp&Exp Agencies (IRL) Ltd.
Unit 48, Park West Enterprise
Business & Industrial Park
Nangor Road
IE-Dublin 12
Telephone +353 1 6232390
Fax +353 1 6232603
[email protected]
Latvia
SB & Partneri SIA
Rencenu iela 21
LV-1073 Riga
Telephone +371 7113070
Fax +371 7245799
[email protected]
Malaysia
Greifen Marketing
(M) SDN BHD
S1-00-18, Pangsapuri Sutramas
Pesiaran Puchong Jaya Selatan
Puchong Jaya
MY-47100 Selangor DE
Telephone +603 8076 4890
Fax +603 8076 3890
[email protected]
Netherlands
F+W Nederland B.V.
Landauer 29
NL-3897 AB Zeewolde
Telephone +31 36 5225688
Fax +31 36 5226141
[email protected]
New Zealand
Halliday & Baillie Ltd.
P.O. Box 99 579
NZ-Newmarket
Auckland
Telephone +64 9 3581172
Fax +64 9 3581176
[email protected]
Oman
Almoayyed International LLC
P.O. Box 1896 P.C. 130
OM-Al Athaibah
Telephone +968 246 13421
Fax +968 244 96792
[email protected]
Russia
Roman Antaschkewitsch
Dolgoprudnij,
Dirizhabelnaja ul, 13
a/ja 111
RU-141700 Moscow
Telephone +7 916 2333477
Fax +7 498 6009728
[email protected]
Singapore
ABS Building Products Pte Ltd
160 Paya Lebar Road #06-09
SG-Singapore 409022
Telephone +65 68417600
Fax +65 68417300
[email protected]
Spain
New Lock Systems S.A.
Calle Freixa, 37 Bajos
ES-08021 Barcelona
Telephone +34 93 4144041
Fax +34 93 4142276
[email protected]
Sweden
Boxbeslag Designer Fittings AB
P.O. Box 500
S-551 17 Jönköping
Telephone +46 36 361601
Fax +46 36 361629
[email protected]
Poland
Slawomir Bednarczyk
ul. Radiowa 1/18
PL-01-485 Warszawa
Telephone +48 60 393 0089
[email protected]
Turkey
REPRA / Innovation Technologies
Deniz Cakil
Kemerburgaz Cad. Gunal Sok. 26/A
34408 Kagithane Istanbul
Telephone +90 212 3219324
Fax +90 212 3219325
[email protected]
Qatar
Technochem
P.O. Box 11536
QA-Doha
Telephone +974 44416979
Fax +974 44412587
[email protected]
United Arab Emirates
Habib Trading Co. LLC
P.O. Box 30929
Abu Dhabi U.A.E.
Telephone +971 2 6315001
Fax +971 2 6315002
[email protected]
Romania
Sorin Raiciu
Str. Leordeni, 161S
077160 Popesti Leordeni,
Ilfov, Romania
Telephone +40 743115414
Fax +40 21 4361597
[email protected]
www.fsb-worldwide.com
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FSB – Franz Schneider Brakel GmbH + Co KG Art.-No. 00404980246 9001, Printed in Germany, Printed on chlorine-free bleached paper.
Perfection.
www.fsb-worldwide.com
It’s in your hands.