Celebrating National Automatic Door Day: March 19

Some may think it’s a little funny to have a holiday devoted entirely to automatic doors. But in a world where peanut butter & jelly sandwiches have their own day (April 2) among many other novelties, it only feels right to set aside a day for a piece of technology that has revolutionized entrances and how we interact with spaces.

National Automatic Door Day was founded in November 2020 – at a time when many were working remotely, wearing protective masks, and awaiting a sense of normalcy. The COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot about how the world approached travel, interactions, the workplace, and life in general. More specifically: when the masses were looking for ways to create and interact with a healthier and safer environment that minimized shared touchpoints: automatic doors were the answer.

Of course, all of us at ASSA ABLOY have long considered ourselves “door nerds” but seeing the impact that automatic doors had on the world during this time made us realize the power and impact each of our automated solutions can really have. Said more simply: our automatic doors work hard to keep all of us safe and we think it’s only right to observe a day devoted to them.

Join us on March 19th to pause and appreciate all that door automation adds to our lives and the lives of those we love and care for. Add a selfie of yourself walking through an automatic door and tag us on social, think about your favorite thing about them, or simply, walk through one hands-free, and think to yourself, “Well, that was easy.”