Inertia high-speed doors, also referred to as oxygen reduction system (ORS) doors, are increasingly used in facilities where high-value or sensitive goods must be protected from fire risks, dust exposure and temperature fluctuations.

As a global specialist in high-speed doors, EFAFLEX designs and delivers customised inertia door solutions to the highest quality standards. These doors combine exceptional airtightness with fast, safe and durable operation. The following overview explains how inertia doors work, their key advantages and typical application areas.

How Inertia Doors Work and Their Key Benefits

An inertia door is an industrial high-speed door specifically engineered for oxygen-reduced environments. Conventional fire protection systems often rely on sprinklers, but water can cause severe damage to stored products. Oxygen reduction systems take a preventive approach: by lowering the oxygen concentration, the risk of fire ignition is effectively eliminated.

To maintain this controlled atmosphere, high-speed doors with extremely low air permeability are essential. EFAFLEX applies proven technologies from its cleanroom and deep-freeze product ranges to meet these requirements. Adapted versions of the EFA-SRT CR Efficient and EFA-SST TK-100 door systems deliver the airtight performance required for ORS applications.

Key advantages at a glance:

• Air permeability class 5 in accordance with DIN EN 12426 – almost hermetic
• Fully compatible with oxygen reduction systems
• Preventive fire protection by stopping fires before they can start
• Up to 200,000 operating cycles per year
• Ideal for 24/7 logistics operations and automated facilities
• Minimal leakage in chilled and deep-freeze environments
• Supports stable temperature and humidity levels
• Seamless integration into conveyor and material-handling systems
• Airlock functionality through interlocked door systems for pressure and atmosphere control

Typical Industries and Applications

ORS high-speed doors are used wherever goods are particularly sensitive, valuable or irreplaceable, and where fire and moisture pose significant risks. Common application areas include:

• Archives and libraries for the protection of historical documents and collections
• Museums and galleries for the secure storage of artworks, film and media
• Pharmaceutical and chemical storage facilities
• Warehouses handling temperature-sensitive or hazardous products
• Deep-freeze warehouses requiring airtight, frost-free zones
• Manufacturing environments in electronics, aerospace, automotive and precision engineering

Because oxygen-reduced areas are often not designed for regular human access, product movement typically takes place via automated conveyor systems. Airtight high-speed doors ensure uninterrupted containment of the inerted atmosphere throughout the process.

High Airtight Performance with Optimised Costs

Not every oxygen-reduced space requires full cleanroom door specifications. For applications where fire prevention and airtightness are critical, but hygienic finishes are not, EFAFLEX offers cost-efficient low-leakage door solutions.

For example, EFA-SRT CR Efficient high-speed doors can be supplied in a galvanised version with technical modifications based on general approvals. This approach significantly reduces costs while maintaining excellent airtightness. Such solutions are widely used across Europe in conveyor-based logistics systems with high daily cycle rates that demand reliable ORS door performance.

Why Choose EFAFLEX for Oxygen Reduction Door Solutions?

With decades of experience in airtight high-speed doors and specialist industrial applications, EFAFLEX offers proven expertise for advanced oxygen reduction concepts.

EFAFLEX provides a complete service – from design and manufacturing to installation and ongoing maintenance – ensuring long-term reliability, compliance and operational security.

If you are looking for a proactive fire-prevention solution that safeguards products while keeping logistics operations running smoothly, the EFAFLEX inertia high-speed door range offers the ideal solution. Our specialist team will be happy to advise you on your specific requirements.

The challenges facing the food industry are particularly high in the areas of hygiene, temperature, and logistics. A high-speed door helps make production and storage requirements more efficient and safer.

Walking through a supermarket in Germany is like walking through paradise. Shelves bursting with food in all shapes, colors, and varieties. Fruit, vegetables, pasta, fish, meat, canned goods, and sweets are just a small part of what is on offer.

In 2025, the food industry in Germany will deliver an impressive variety for all consumers – despite the many daily challenges in production. These become clear when you take a look inside the production hall.

Very high hygiene standards prevail there in order to maintain consistent food quality. In addition, there are temperature specifications that must be strictly adhered to so that food remains fresh throughout the entire production process.

Industrial doors are an important component in food production

Industrial doors play an important role in maintaining hygiene standards and constant temperatures. They strictly separate production rooms or storage facilities with different requirements. This enables smooth and fast processes despite different temperature specifications.

The global market leader for industrial high-speed doors, EFAFLEX Tor- und Sicherheitssysteme GmbH & Co. KG, optimally meets the requirements of the food industry with its door systems. This is because all doors from this premium manufacturer are synonymous with high door speeds, optimum airtightness, and enormous durability. “EFAFLEX offers the food industry an all-round carefree solution with its high-speed doors,” says Christian Oberpriller, food industry owner at the door manufacturer.

BVLK recommends EFA-SRT® EC as the only hygienic roll-up door

The EFA-SRT® EC, a high-speed roll-up door with the letters “EC” standing for “Easy Clean,” is often used in the production areas of processing plants (meat, fish, etc.).

Easy cleaning of the door is extremely important in order to meet the hygiene standards that must be observed when cutting meat, for example. The “Easy Clean” scores highly here with its basic design featuring a washable curtain and hinged stainless steel frames.

“All covers can be easily opened to enable hygienic cleaning after work processes. Liquids can drain away unhindered thanks to the sloping design of the winding shaft cover and the endshield,” says Christian Oberpriller, explaining the other advantages of the high-speed roll-up door. No wonder, then, that this door is the only hygienic roll-up door recommended by the German Federal Association of Food Inspectors (BVLK).

Can also be used in confined spaces

In confined food production spaces, the EFA-SRT® EC also scores points with its space-saving design and can withstand even the highest loads with up to 150,000 load cycles per year. The opening speed of up to 2.0 m/s accelerates logistics processes throughout production.

Food production volumes can also be further increased if logistics processes are more efficient and faster.

Depending on the product storage requirements, there are a wide variety of applications and environmental situations for a door system. Whether for a blast freezer, a cold storage and deep-freeze warehouse, or an automated high-bay warehouse, EFAFLEX delivers customized door solutions. In deep-freeze warehouses in particular, the reliability of the storage equipment is essential for smooth logistics. Sophisticated solutions in conjunction with conveyor technology are also essential.

Innovative sealing systems prevent the exchange of air masses

The most important factor is basic tightness to prevent air exchange when closed and, as a result, condensation in the refrigeration or freezer area. “EFAFLEX industrial high-speed doors are particularly well insulated thanks to their design and are therefore ideally suited for use in temperature-sensitive areas,” says Christian Oberpriller.

The high door speeds of EFAFLEX high-speed doors, combined with sophisticated additional systems, enable resource-saving operation. The open holding times are reduced to a minimum, which reduces the exchange of cold and warm air masses, leading to energy savings.

This is also a relevant issue for cold rooms up to 0 degrees Celsius. These are often used to store perishable foods such as fish, meat, or cheese in order to inhibit bacterial growth. At the same time, cold rooms must not be overfilled, as this reduces the cooling capacity and could damage the products.

Insulating laths and high-speed spiral door technology combined

With the EFA-SST® ISO-60, EFAFLEX offers two technologies in one high-speed door. On the one hand, there is the high-speed spiral door technology invented by the company and, on the other hand, the double-walled EFA-THERM® insulating laths, which enable a U-value of up to 0.8 W/m²K.

A door speed of up to 2.5 m/s further contributes to the success of logistics processes in cold rooms and reduces the exchange of air masses.

The requirements are even greater in the deep-freeze area. Here, the deep-freeze temperature must be maintained at all times; only for the duration of transport, for example between the warehouse and the supermarket, may a maximum of +3 degrees be reached. Another challenge arises when a door is opened in a deep-freeze area. Warm air flows in and rises towards the ceiling of the room. This leads to condensation of the incoming air humidity and subsequent icing of metal parts, such as the door spiral. The door would no longer be operational.

The EFA-SST® TK-100 high-speed freezer door meets these demanding challenges, even as a single-door solution. “The requirements of customers in the food industry led to the development of this door,” says Christian Oberpriller.

EFA-SST® TK-100 features a patented sealing system

The door leaf of the high-speed door solution for deep-freeze areas is equipped with 100 mm thick EFA-THERM® laths, and the door system impresses with its innovative design. The door has a circumferential profile seal and flexible door leaf guidance. The guidance is mounted on the frames and the spiral mount in a way that allows it to be moved. When closed, the door leaf is moved toward the frame by a patented active guide rail mechanism and, in combination with the profile seal, closes the room almost hermetically.

This results in a value of 1.5 m³/m²h, meaning that the EFA-SST® TK-100 achieves air permeability class 5 in accordance with DIN EN 13241 and a U-value of 0.62 W/m²K. The all-round seal of the door system, similar to a refrigerator door, can also be used to seal off oxygen-reduced storage areas.

With up to 200,000 load cycles per year and a door speed of up to 2.0 m/s, the EFA-SST® TK-100 offers an impressive range of applications in the deep-freeze sector.

Extensive accessory solutions further improve processes

However, fast, reliable, and airtight doors alone are not enough in food production. Sensors, collision protection, and other accessories improve logistics processes in combination with high-speed doors. Innovative solutions from EFAFLEX, such as the EFA-3D-SCAN®, which uses a three-dimensional safety field to open the respective door according to the situation and requirements, make processes involving the door even faster and safer.

The EFA-SmartConnect® app controls and monitors all door systems simultaneously, including a direct connection to the company’s own service department. The EFA-SmartAssist® digital remote maintenance tool also provides immediate and rapid assistance. Experienced and trained in-house employees assess the requirements via video link and provide direct assistance or promptly send trained service technicians to minimize downtime and idle time.

High-quality, tailor-made solutions

EFAFLEX offers sophisticated high-speed door technology, efficiency-enhancing assistance systems, and comprehensive door services from a single source. The company provides multifaceted and customized solutions that are tailored to the customer’s needs.

Because at EFAFLEX, “fast and safe doors” is not just the company slogan, but also a promise to customers and their requirements. This will make walking through the supermarket aisles even more enjoyable in the future.

Sustainable practices are becoming increasingly important, especially in buildings, where there is significant potential for savings. One solution is a certified high-speed door from EFAFLEX, which drastically reduces energy consumption and thus makes a building more valuable.

The EU’s Green Deal, mandatory regulations in national laws, high energy costs, and the advancing climate crisis – the importance of sustainable action is growing. Initially dismissed as a buzzword by green ideologists, it is now clear that slowing down climate change cannot succeed without more sustainability. Industry, in particular, bears the responsibility and obligation to develop and implement effective and meaningful measures against climate change. Renewable energies, such as wind or solar power, are extremely important but alone are not sufficient to significantly mitigate the effects of the climate crisis.

Buildings Cause Around 40 Percent of CO₂ Emissions

An equally important and decisive role is played by the construction and renovation of buildings, as they are responsible for approximately 40 percent of emissions in Germany alone. With proper insulation, resource-conserving construction methods, and, for example, the installation of energy-efficient door and gate solutions, enormous amounts of energy and thus CO₂ can be saved.

Legal requirements, such as the Supply Chain Act, further increase the pressure. It stipulates that companies with 1,000 or more employees must ensure compliance with environmental standards in their supply chains. In addition to the Supply Chain Act, in the coming years, all larger companies in the EU will be required to submit an annual sustainability report, detailing the specific achievements in this area within their company. The goal is to commit companies to sustainable action and to create transparency and comparability in the field of sustainability across Europe. Through the measures described above, this value must also be improved in the company’s own buildings.

EFAFLEX High-Speed Doors Significantly Aid Energy Savings

One solution is the high-speed doors from industrial door world market leader EFAFLEX. With these doors, it is possible to consume significantly less energy, thereby saving CO₂ and costs. Two factors are decisive here: firstly, the high-speed doors have excellent insulation, with measured U-values of up to 0.62 W/m²K. Secondly, EFAFLEX doors are known for their high speeds. Combined with sophisticated sensor technology, the open times are limited to the minimum necessary duration. The doors open as briefly as possible and only when truly needed. This restricts air exchange and the loss of energy to the outside air to the absolute minimum. Especially in areas with numerous door cycles per day, week, and month, this effect is significantly amplified.

Additionally, the reliability and longevity of the world market leader’s doors contribute to more sustainability within the company. Fewer resources are needed, and less energy is required for production. Furthermore, transport routes are saved, and water consumption in production decreases, as the doors need to be replaced less frequently.

Making Sustainability Visible

A major task is to make sustainability visible and usable in real numbers, as the values often determined in theoretical tests appear somewhat different in real-world use. At least for the installation of industrial doors, this requirement has now been solved. EFAFLEX has developed the EFA Energy-Saver, a digital tool that simply and self-explanatorily presents savings through high-speed doors from the world market leader. These values were created based on a study by the Technical University of Munich and were accompanied and verified by a neutral party. The operation of the freely accessible tool on the company’s website is straightforward: depending on the usage environment, factors such as door size, number of doors, desired indoor temperature, door openings per day, productive days per year, and heating costs per kWh can be individually adjusted. Additionally, a conventional sectional door is available as a comparison object. Once all values are entered, the Energy-Saver determines the energy-saving potential in the specific case and presents the result in three units:

• Energy consumption in kWh/year
• Reduction of CO₂ emissions in tonnes/year
• Energy costs in euros/year

In the coming months, EFAFLEX will expand this tool to include a cooling function, so it will also calculate savings for cooling energy.

Certificates Confirm Product Sustainability

In addition to reliable data on the specific sustainability of a product, many companies require certificates confirmed by neutral parties. These documents from independent institutes ensure that a particular product meets internationally valid sustainability criteria. The product undergoes an intensive examination that goes far beyond the mere end product. Already the origin of the raw materials for production as well as the production process are subject to strict reviews. For example, water, energy, and raw material consumption for the creation of the product are precisely documented and evaluated. Only when these values meet the defined criteria is a sustainability certificate finally awarded.

Industrial door world market leader EFAFLEX has several products certified by the ift Rosenheim Institute. Among them are, for example, the two high-speed spiral doors EFA-SST® and EFA-STT®, which have both an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and the Sustainability Product Pass. An EPD serves to transparently and comparably present the sustainable properties of a product. The Sustainability Product Pass, on the other hand, demonstrates to what extent a product supports building certification, for example according to LEED or DGNB.

Sustainability Labels Increase the Value of Buildings

A label from LEED or DGNB increases the financial value of a building by proving that sustainable materials and processes were used in its construction. The importance of sustainability certificates is growing because both commercial and private customers expect reliable evidence before making a purchasing decision.

In summary, the demand for products that are fair, durable, socially responsible, and resource- and environmentally friendly is increasing as described. Meanwhile, there are over 2.8 million product units with a sustainability label – trend rising. The customer now has the opportunity to make a direct comparison: Which product is truly more sustainable – based on neutrally tested values – and ultimately offers the greatest savings in CO₂, electricity, and the resulting energy costs? Because only through sustainable action can economic success be ensured in the future.

Industrial door world market leader EFAFLEX offers the complete solution in the field of high-speed doors: energy-efficient products, reliable and neutral data on energy savings, and generally recognized sustainability certificates.

What does sustainability actually mean? Sure, dictionaries give a pretty clear definition here. But what does it mean in practice to be sustainable, especially for companies? This question can be examined very well using the example of EFAFLEX. The company has been consistently expanding its own sustainability since the company was founded 50 years ago – and even in its anniversary year, it looks more to the future than to the past.

For EFAFLEX, sustainability means taking tomorrow into account today. And: take responsibility. After all, it is the manufacturing industry that has to deal particularly intensively with challenges such as resource conservation, reduction of CO₂ emissions and secure supply chains. Many of these topics have only become widely known in recent years. However, they were also relevant five decades ago. Therefore, sustainable action played a fundamental role at EFAFLEX right from the start (even though no one spoke of “sustainability” back then).

For people, by people

There is a simple reason for this: Much of what falls under the heading of “sustainability” today is an indispensable part of EFAFLEX’s corporate DNA. For example, the company has always focused on people. Social responsibility continues to shape corporate activities in many ways to this day.

Unfortunately, value chains free of human rights violations or an open working atmosphere characterised by affirmation and respect are not a given in many places today – but at EFAFLEX they are. In addition, the company is involved in a variety of projects, initiatives, and sponsorships both at home and abroad.

Sustainability through Quality

The quality factor is also inextricably linked to EFAFLEX. Of course, a high-quality product does not necessarily have to be sustainably manufactured; in many cases the opposite is probably the case. But for EFAFLEX, exceptional product quality always meant selecting all materials and every component, no matter how small, very precisely, consciously, and with great care. This is why the company does not source raw materials, electrical products etc. from the other side of the world, but primarily from European or, at best, even regional suppliers.

On the other hand, the high-quality standards of EFAFLEX also ensure other forms of sustainability: Because the doors are manufactured so conscientiously, their product lifespan is well above average. This longevity saves enormous resources overall. If a door still needs to be disposed of, EFAFLEX has taken this into account: all products can be recycled according to type.

Reduces the CO₂ footprint

Long before politics and the public discussed energy efficiency, the topic had also become a practice at EFAFLEX. Simply because of the company’s strong customer orientation: In order to keep the operating costs of the doors low, they consume relatively little energy. With their fast opening and closing speeds, they also help keep local productivity high – while avoiding heat or cold loss between the separate areas.

This also saves energy costs and up to 2 tons of CO₂ per year. What at first sounds like “accidental sustainability” or sustainability as a side effect, however, is the result of intelligent design and a comprehensive awareness of various relevant aspects in product development.

Elsewhere, the sustainability efforts (and successes) of EFAFLEX are clearly recognisable as such: for example, when it comes to making the company increasingly digital and paperless or by promoting the eMobility via own charging stations on the company premises. It quickly becomes clear that becoming increasingly sustainable for EFAFLEX does not mean meeting external requirements. It is an almost natural process, as the claim has always been part of the company’s DNA in some form.

You never stop learning. This applies even to an experienced company like EFAFLEX that has been a leader for many years. Because willingness to learn and curiosity are prerequisites for ever new peak performance. The company therefore invests in its sales department, especially in terms of knowledge transfer, specialist expertise and further training – because this has formed the backbone and basis for EFAFLEX’s business success for 50 years.

If a company only has a handful of products and perhaps only serves a very specific industry, the advice will be fairly straight forward and uniform. Things look a little different at EFAFLEX: Here, a portfolio with an enormous range meets an extremely diverse customer base. Not only is every application scenario unique, but every door can also be adapted precisely to the needs of operators and users through accessories, peripherals, and individualization measures. In the case of EFAFLEX, sales success is therefore equated with consulting skills and detailed specialist knowledge.

Build and expand specialist knowledge

Of course, the field staff at EFAFLEX are not service technicians or engineers (at least usually). But in order to find the best possible solution for customers given the complex overall situation, reliable expertise is essential. That’s why EFAFLEX set up its own training program a few years ago: the EFAFLEX Sales Academy.

Both EFAFLEX employees and external sales partners are equipped with absolute top know-how and are kept up to date with the latest technology through regular training. The result is a quality of advice that, not without reason, has given EFAFLEX a reputation as an unimpeachable door specialist.

International Sales Success

And the title of world market leader: 50 years after the company was founded, EFAFLEX can proudly claim to be number one on the market for high-speed industrial doors. The field service and the sales network, which now extends across five continents, also made a decisive contribution to this. Thanks to the reliable knowledge base, the sales team is able to find the optimal combination of product, service, and accessories for each customer. Constant availability in the form of personal contacts as well as respect and transparency round off EFAFLEX’s outstanding sales work – and are the basis for another 50 years of global business success.

Since time immemorial, EFAFLEX, the world market leader for industrial high-speed doors, has set the very highest standards for quality and durability. The “Next Generation” high-speed doors now offer a novel concept delivering many advantages.

Just in time for their 50th anniversary, EFAFLEX is launching the next stage in the evolution of its spiral doors, to maintain its reputation as the solution provider for every requirement: the “Next Generation” high-speed doors, which offer a uniform basic concept that can be customised based on a modular principle.

Four door types are available in three levels, so that a total of twelve door variants are available. In addition, these variants can be configured with different equipment packages or individually designed. Special requests such as a slanted end-shield or the placement of the control in the curtain box can be implemented at any time.

Pivotable frame covers simplify maintenance and repair

The Premium versions of the “Next Generation” doors come standard with safety equipment including the EFA-TLG® door light grid, a manual emergency opening lever and spring breakage detection in both frames. In addition, the symmetrical door design features pivotable frame covers which significantly simplify maintenance and repair – especially in combination with EFA-SmartAssist®. EFA-SmartAssist® is a digital support tool that provides remote diagnostics by trained EFAFLEX employees using a video function.

At the same time, the quality of the product is also improved by the use of identical parts and the standardisation of the door construction for all four door types. The doors can withstand 500,000 load cycles per year, which makes the doors extremely sustainable. But this focus on sustainability starts as early as the production stage. Thanks to the uniform design of “Next Generation” high-speed doors, they leave the factory with an already significantly reduced carbon footprint.

Energy consumption is also reduced as your buildings are used, with the amount of savings depending on the door configuration. EFAFLEX provides you with a “sustainability product passport” that includes all the necessary information about the sustainability of the door. This passport can be helpful for certifying your building.

The “Next Generation” high-speed door types at a glance

Now we take a closer look at the four different door types and their special features:

• The EFA-SST® Therm offers outstanding insulation due to thermally separated EFA-THERM® insulation laths. This creates an enormous insulating effect that minimises thermal energy losses – perfect for closures in halls, buildings and also for noise protection applications.
• The EFA-SST® Alux is very robust in its construction thanks to double-walled aluminium laths and can withstand up to 400,000 load cycles per year. In addition, the door system is certified according to DIN EN 12424 with Wind Class 5, i.e. it can operate even under the highest wind loads and offers the option of certified Resistance Class 2 (WK2/RC2) when appropriately configured. This applies to all doors with the exception of the EFA-STR® Flex.
• The EFA-STT® Clear high-speed turbo door offers an impressive opening speed of up to 3.2 m/s. Together with the EFA-CLEAR® transparent laths, which ensure a clear view with open lines of sight, this door offers extra  levels of safety  in applications involving high volumes of people. The transparency of the door curtain provides a lot of daylight and thus offers potential savings on electricity. The door is also an absolute eye-catcher, by the way.
• The EFA-STR® Flex high-speed turbo roll-up door with opening speeds of up to 4.0 m/s enables efficient and fast logistics. The basis for this enormous speed is the door leaf, which is made of PVC-coated polyester fabric and reinforcements made of aluminium profiles, in combination with EFAFLEX spiral technology. The combination of flexible curtain and solid keder profiles is unique on the door market and also allows segments of the door leaf to be replaced individually.

In addition, EFAFLEX offers equipment packages for each door to meet individual requirements in special applications.

Packages for individual requirements

The ‘cold weather’ package is particularly suitable for use at -1 to -25 degrees, while the process package is used primarily in logistics and manufacturing. In addition, there are also the “Security 1” and “Security 2” packages, which are provided with a mechanical or automatic locking mechanism. The door lock is then connected to the alarm system in each case.

It has never been easier to get a door that can be individually adapted to every need and that combines robustness, durability and sustainability – not to mention the usual EFAFLEX quality. So, help your building “Fast Forward” – the anniversary motto of EFAFLEX – and make it fit for the future with a “Next Generation” high-speed door from EFAFLEX.

Based in Bruckberg in Bavaria, door manufacturer EFAFLEX has been present on the market for 50 years and has grown into the world market leader in the field of industrial high-speed doors, with over 1,400 employees and representatives on all continents. Nowadays, EFAFLEX offers custom, high-quality door solutions for every industry and every requirement.

An important component of EFAFLEX’s door systems is the spiral, which enables a quiet, fast and almost wear-free winding of the door leaf. This technology helps ensure that EFAFLEX doors are durable, robust and sustainable, as they achieve a much higher number of door cycles than comparable doors from other companies.

It feels like every company is talking about digital transformation. And EFAFLEX? Just do it: digitalization has long been in full swing here. The best example of this is the service offering of the world market leader. This advantageously uses modern technology and continues a tradition that has defined EFAFLEX’s service for 50 years..

Half a century of company history also means half a century of technical progress. It has gained such momentum, especially in the last two decades, that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the useful tools and technologies from those of no real use. However, this is exactly where one of EFAFLEX’s strengths has always been: closely monitoring every development, but not unconditionally following every trend. The digital solutions used in the service area therefore offer real added value and optimally put the motto of this year’s company anniversary, “Fast Forward”, into practice.

Networking, Management, Simplification

At the forefront is the Internet of Things solution EFA-SmartConnect®. In keeping with Industry 4.0, this connects high-speed doors with mobile devices such as smartphones. Using the associated app, operators can check the status of their doors at any time and immediately determine any defects, damage, and malfunctions. Anyone who is part of the exclusive EFAFLEX partner program – and therefore benefits from a whole range of other advantages – can also contact the company directly via the app and order a repair.

Of course, even if you are not a member of the partner program or use EFA-SmartConnect®, the EFAFLEX service technicians will take care of every repair immediately and with the utmost care – even if it is not an EFAFLEX door. Because the service mentality is what sets EFAFLEX apart from its innovative and reliable products. When people talked about quality over the past 50 years, at EFAFLEX they always meant service.

Digital Data as a Secret Weapon for Efficiency

To ensure this quality, the company regularly conducts training courses. After all, the EFAFLEX service network now extends over 80 countries and what was once a regional operation has long since become an international company with corresponding responsibility. Maintaining your own service excellence at a consistently high level everywhere is a challenge, but at the same time there is no alternative: every single customer must be able to rely 100 percent on EFAFLEX without exception, according to the company’s claim.

For this reason, the company maintains an extensive database that stores detailed information about each door. If a customer needs to change components, the EFAFLEX service employees immediately know which spare part is needed.

Support at every Point of the Product Lifecycle

Of course, as a digitalized company, EFAFLEX also uses the BIM platform BIMobject® (BIM = Building Information Modeling). For EFAFLEX, the service concept begins with the planning. Once the door has been installed and put into operation, the solution provider supports its customers with professional maintenance and reliable availability in emergencies.

Because all services at EFAFLEX are designed to ensure that things go “fast” – quickly – “forward” – forward or further – and that the customer’s productivity remains high. Through the clever and sensible use of digital possibilities, this is guaranteed – even in the next 50 years.

“Made in Germany” is still a seal of quality in many ways. Of course, the Federal Republic has not simply earned its reputation for delivering outstanding engineering work and reliable products. The reason is companies like EFAFLEX, which represent Germany with premium quality in the world – and have done so for many decades.

In the case of EFAFLEX, it is exactly five decades this year. During this time, a small business has become an internationally active company. Today EFAFLEX is represented in 80 countries. And it stands for everything that defines the “Made in Germany” seal: high engineering art that offers maximum reliability, precision, and product quality. Users and customers worldwide associate the seal with products that have gone through strict quality controls and are valued for their longevity, innovation, and efficiency.

Solutions for people

However, the EFAFLEX brand stands for much more. The core idea of ​​the company philosophy is to develop premium solutions by, with and for people. Machine safety doors, for example, are ultimately intended to protect users from machines instead of the other way around, and cleanroom doors aim to ensure hygienic standards and thus the safety of consumers. Every detail of EFAFLEX products and services is therefore geared towards human added value.

This also applies to external and internal collaboration. Of course, EFAFLEX is a business company and profit, growth and financial security undoubtedly play a role. However, they never come at the expense of the company’s integral values ​​of respect, loyalty, and integrity. Appreciation and cooperation on an equal level are what characterise interactions within the company, as well as exchanges with customers and cooperation with partners.

Represent respect

EFAFLEX is a family business through and through. Not only because the company is now run by the second generation and is still independent, but also because family values ​​continue to shape the company DNA to this day.

With its 50th anniversary, EFAFLEX is also celebrating proof that economic success can be implemented and reconciled with solidarity, consideration, and fairness. Perhaps this is a value that the “Made in Germany” seal also represents – at least as far as EFAFLEX is concerned.

What will the state of technology look like in 50 years and what can the high-speed door of the future do? Of course, one can only speculate about this. However, there is no question that EFAFLEX should be at the forefront of this issue. Because “Fast Forward,” the motto of this year’s company anniversary, is not only a review of what has been achieved so far, but also a promise to the future.

EFAFLEX doesn’t just produce high-speed doors: the company develops industry solutions specifically tailored to customer needs. Each product therefore responds to the real demands and requirements of a wide variety of industries. The fact that EFAFLEX, for example, has the fastest vertically opening door in the world in its portfolio, the EFA-STR®, is not just an end in itself. The development was not simply about breaking a record, but rather providing a maximally efficient solution that allows customers to reduce downtime and increase productivity.

Added value as a benchmark for product development

Likewise, other product features such as the exceptional robustness, the high quality, or the above-average longevity of EFAFLEX high-speed doors. Customer and solution orientation characterise the company’s 50-year history, which is of course also a product history: What started with the first high-speed door today includes a uniquely diverse portfolio that has made EFAFLEX the world market and technology leader for industrial doors.

Repeatedly, the bright minds and resourceful spirits at EFAFLEX have found new answers to the (demanding) questions of constantly changing industries. Folding doors are not flexible enough and cost too much energy and time? The cardan joint technology takes the folding door to a new level. Customers need an economical and space-saving solution? EFAFLEX invents the high-speed industrial spiral door. Collision damage is a problem? The Active Crash System provides a remedy.

Door specialists, problem-solving experts

Or to put it another way: The EFAFLEX research and development department is passionate about delivering not only exceptional products, but solutions with real added value. The aim is not to reinvent the wheel – but to reinvent the high-speed door. Accordingly, there are three drive types in the EFAFLEX portfolio with spiral, rolling and folding technology, all of which have different advantages.

In addition, the number one in the market for industrial doors offers a variety of practical accessories and peripherals such as controls and sensors. Digitality is playing an increasingly important role – as it must be a given for a provider with the highest standards of innovative spirit in 2024. EFAFLEX recognised the potential of digital technology as early as 2009 with the first laser scanner for door systems. The Internet of Things solution EFA-SmartConnect® is the latest station and the consistent continuation of this path.

Customer needs become future technology

But for EFAFLEX there is more to digitalization than just following a trend just to have a “smart” product on offer. The motivation was rather how technological progress can be used and applied sensibly to the customers’ situation.

In the case of EFA-SmartConnect®, for example, it is much easier to detect and quickly resolve faults or to monitor the general status of the doors without having to check each one individually in detail (and at great expense).

From EFAFLEX’s point of view, the question of how their portfolio will develop over the next 50 years and what the latest high-speed door will look like in 2074 can be answered very simply: exactly as customers need it at that point in time.