Astra Door Controls Limited, a proud UK-owned family business based in Preston Lancashire, is revolutionizing the door control market with products designed to enhance both user experience and safety. With a focus on low opening forces, Astra’s fully concealed door controls combine ease of operation with the robustness demanded by modern fire and safety standards. Their solutions, engineered for efficiency with up to 90% opening-to-closing force effectiveness, ensure that even the most rigorous standards are met without compromising on user comfort.

For 25 years, Astra Door Controls has been at the forefront of door closing technology, manufacturing each product to order within their state-of-the-art facility in Preston. 

The company’s commitment to quality is evident through exhaustive testing in a UKAS accredited test laboratory, where each component undergoes batch testing, AVCP performance testing to 500,000 cycles, and rigorous component evaluations. 

Notably, Astra’s door controls are CE marked to EN1154 standards across power 1, power 2, and power 3 variants, and feature constant high closing forces on low-powered models. Their innovative design eliminates the need for intumescent on FD30 fire doors while providing verified fire test evidence in many fire doors from leading manufacturers.