David Martin used the International meeting to discuss the new features on the Martin Door. He also focused on the new European garage door standards and Martin's Controlled Descent Device. This device surpasses the European Standard, which dictates that that a door must be stopped from falling when a spring or cable breaks. The Controlled Descent Device not only stops a door from falling when the springs or cables break, but also when the door is released from an electric opener and the springs are weakened by age. Dealers attending this training came from China, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Malta, Italy, Mexico, England, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Martin also held a special awards banquet as part of its dealer gathering in both England and the United States. Awards handed out for the year included the following:
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---JKH Door Service Company of Redding, Ca., was given the Martin Quality & Service Award

---Access Garage Doors, LLP of Portland, Ore., was named New Dealer of the Year for North America.

---Grover beach Door of Grover Beach, Ca., was named North American Dealer of the Year for 2005.

---Gold Coast Garage Doors of Oxnard, Ca., won the Chairman's Award for North America.

---Kongo Corporation of Tokyo won the International Dealer of the Year Award.

---Representaciones del Callejo, S.A. de C.V. of Tiajuana, Mexico won the Greatest Sales Percent Increase Award for North America.

---GIAX of Ringubu, Norway won the Quality and Service International Award.

---Krazi Door Co. (PTY) Unlimited of Johannesburg, South Africa was named the New International Dealer of the Year.

---High Project 1990 Company, Ltd. of Bangkok, Thailand won the Chairman's International Award.

---Martin Garage Doors Hawaii won the Greatest Sales Percentage Increase Award for dealers outside the contiguous U.S. states.