Garage door industry magazine for garage door dealers, garage door manufacturers, garage door distributors, garage door installers, loading docks, garage door operators and openers, gates, and tools for the door industry.
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DOORDEALERDIALOG Arriving at Tarnow Doors, I was warmly greeted by Henry Tarnow and given a quick tour of the 10,000 square foot offce and warehouse, and introduced to the key personnel who make Tarnow Doors successful. and the rest is history, as they say. Henry's sculpture incorporates cats because of his affection for them. In fact, in addition to the resident offce cats, there is even an outdoor "cat house," with a Tarnow Door custom window, on the property to accommodate strays who have made Tarnow Doors their home. Move over Elvis, Henry's in the House! 47 Years After the offce briefng, which included meeting offce cats Emily and Boo, it was hard not to notice another "Henry" in the room. "I tell my customers they can always fnd me in the offce," says Henry, "it's become a private joke among those who know me." Several years ago at an art show, Henry became acquainted with an artist who created caricature sculptures out of canvas for a living. Henry traded him a garage door for the life size sculpture, That's how long Henry Tarnow has been in the access systems industry. "Time fies when you're having fun," said Henry. While Henry was a college student at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, he started his own business in his parents' basement selling Vemco operators doorto-door. "Why operators?" I asked. "I was looking for something to do to make extra money," he said," so I asked my Continued on page 18 "Boo" supervising offce work. "Emily" and Henry in the showroom. Our Company's Mission Statement: We at Tarnow Doors realize that our customers are the only reason we are in business. Therefore our mission is to meet or exceed the expectations of our customers by providing exceptional value in both the quality of our products and services that we offer. We pledge to continue to search out for our customers the products of highest quality and safety in the market place. Our customers are the reason we are here. We realize that we must be as proftable as we are reputable which ensures our customers that we will be here to service their needs in the years to come. V O L U M E 4 6 I S S U E 6 2 0 1 3 17