Benefits of Becoming a Licensee
Jan 08, 2019

In our experience local markets need local suppliers, people they are comfortable with and trust. To this end, we have developed a licencing model for Thor Duct®, which offers an EN tested and certified ductwork, from your own facilities, for use in smoke extract, kitchen extract, passive and pressurisation scenarios.

Becoming a Licensee for Thor Duct® has a number of clear advantages.


Access to and representation of a certified and accepted market leading brand.


Bypassing the need to invest in testing and certification, and avoiding all the risks

    associated with the testing phase, and at a fraction of the cost


Quicker access to the passive fire market


Retention of your customers, offering them a complete ducting package


Access to test improvement and product developments


Ability to differentiate yourself in your market

Our licensing partners have found that been able to offer Thor Duct® to their local market has enabled them to upscale and future proof their business, and given them a great advantage over their competitors. Our Licensees, once they have gone through our training process become experts in their local markets, and sell on a technical compliance basis rather than a lowest cost basis. This sets your company apart from the competition – you can offer a fully compliant, rigorously tested, quality fire safe ductwork. How many of your competitors offer that? 


Back in 2015 there was no fully compliant EN fire rated ductwork in Ireland. Being 1st to market has proved really successful for ourselves, and shows it can be for other ductwork manufacturers across all CEN member nations. We understand that compliance is the key for Fire rated ductwork. That is why we have done all the hard work in testing so our Licensee Partners can offer a trusted reliable product to their customers. 


There are a few steps to achieving a licence, beginning with an expression of interest and meetings, where we get to know each other and develop the partnership. We are adding new Licences to our network every month, and have an extensive network in Ireland and the UK, as well as the Middle East. We want to create strong relationships with our partners to ensure mutual success. This means training throughout the organisation, from production floor to board room. We will also help you through the factory production control process to achieve certification.


Need To Know More?


     Read a selection of our Thor Duct ® Licensee Stories.


Licensee Stories
Thor Duct 2.0 development and testing completion
by RG329912 29 May, 2023
Michael Renaghan FCCA, Technical lead at Thor Duct ® , would like to express his gratitude to the team of Swedish (Ola Berg, Jesper Karlsson), Italian (Enrico Audisio), and Irish colleague (Barry Murphy and all the management at Lindab Ireland) for their successful completion of the development and testing phase of Thor Duct ® 2.0 , the company's latest product offering.
Lindab Acquires Thor Duct
08 Jun, 2020
Lindab has acquired IP rights, customer contracts and supplier agreements for Thor Duct ‘s fire ductwork system. Thor Duct is based in Ireland and is licensing the production of its certified technology to a number of customers in the UK and Ireland, including Lindab. The acquisition includes customer contracts to a value of EUR 2 million and is a spin-off from current operations. The acquisition will add a positive contribution to Lindab’s profitability.
Standards Alone Don’t Guarantee Good Outcomes
31 Oct, 2019
The introduction by the European Committee for Standardisation, (CEN) of a series of standards covering the placing on the European market of ducts for fire and smoke management, has set the bar for product safety. Compliance with the standards ensures they are fit for purpose, and perform as intended when called into action.
Insulation and fire resisting ductwork
03 Oct, 2019
Mechanical Ventilation in a building is an essential part of creating comfortable conditions for the occupants. There is an entire science involved: too much air
What’s the maximum size EN ducts and how do you specify them?
23 Aug, 2019
In order to determine the maximum size permitted on the market as a certified product, the test standards are the critical document.
Why Insulation Is Never Enough
by RG329912 07 May, 2019
Fixing insulation to ductwork ignores the importance of a proven Integrity classification for the ductwork.
Reposition Your Manufacturing Business With Thor Duct
09 Jan, 2019
As fire strategy evolves, it is becoming a feature of every ductwork package to have an element of smoke, kitchen and fire ductwork incorporated into the package.
Training & Education
08 Jan, 2019
Most people have heard of new EN standards notably 12101-7, 1366-1 and 1366-8, but unfortunately many haven’t quite grasped their significance.
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