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Motor-Nützel Group, Automobile Center, Hof (GER)

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Facts Modern doors for an impressive pres-

tige object

The Motor-Nützel Group is represented at eight German

locations, where it sells the brands Audi, Porsche, Skoda,

Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Utility Vehic-

les. In the northern Bavarian city Hof a trend-setting auto-

motive center was built on a total area of 55,000 m², combi-

ning state-of-the-art showrooms and workshops, a modern

car body and paint center as well as a building for tire logis-

tics.

Client: Motor-Nützel Group

Location: Hof (DE)

Product:

Assembly of 15 stacking doors

HT, 12 of them with real glass

and 3 side elements with doors

3 stacking doors SPACELITE®

with option side entrance door

12 stacking doors SPACELITE®

Vision

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Customized solutions

The requirements for doors in such varied building areas

such as direct reception, test hall, workshop, car handover

and used cars pavilion are much diversified. Butzbach was

able to meet all the expectations with specially adapted

versions of its stacking door SPACELITE HT40: Three of the

doors are made of the Butzbach classic fibreglass material

in Brilliant colour, which provides a soft and glare-free but

very deep reaching room illumination due to its special sur-

face structure.

All other doors have been designed in the real glass versi-

on‘-‘the door panels consist of a high-quality insulation glass

with double tempered safety glass. In contrast to conven-

tional acrylic glass these real glass panels are permanently

protected against scratches and cleaning traces as well as

against fogging, condensation or dirt between the panes. In

addition to that, optical deformation with disturbing reflecti-

ons is avoided. An excellent thermal insulation value of Ug

= 1.1 W/m²K supports the concept of an energyefficient

building.

Three of the real glass doors (in the area of the car handover

of VW Passenger Cars) are designed in the new version wit-

hout vertical interspacers. These doors no longer remind of

a classic industrial door but create the visual impression of

a glazed curtain wall and thus contribute to a sophisticated

architectural solution.

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Safe and long-lasting

For all doors the customer can rely on the special advan-

tages of the stacking door technology: Upon opening, the

door panels stack safely and compactly behind the lintel

and devices on the ceiling such as lighting fixtures or lifting

platforms are not impaired. The low-wear design of Butz-

bach stacking doors purposely avoids protruding hinges,

helix cables or springs susceptible to faults and thus redu-

ces maintenance work and contributes to the creation of an

economic building.

For our new automobile center we were looking for

door solutions which are equally representative and

reliable.

The space-saving and low-wear design of the Butzbach

stacking doors combined with the particularly highquality

visual appearance has convinced us.

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Motor-Nützel Group, Automobile Center, Hof (GER)

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