The horizontal aluminum slat curtains provide loss prevention while still allowing vision into the store when using the optional perforated aluminum slats, or rolling grilles. Punched slat roll shutters repel intruders while still allowing visual merchandising into the store. QMI offers several types of coiling grilles and slats ranging from solid to 85% visibility to solve most any security issue without sacrificing the store's aesthetics and pleasant shopping environment.

For even greater visibility, Transparoll clear polycarbonate roller shutters by QMI provide security with more than 85% visibility. Shutter security deters intruders at storefronts, counter shutters, store partitions, and secure room dividers. Transparoll clear polycarbonate is 250 times stronger than glass of the same thickness.

QMI manufactures security roller shutter cases for retail product security. Secure products like cigarettes, cell phones, jewelry, electronics, and pharmaceutical narcotics. Shutter product cases reduce theft while enabling ready retail sales.

QMI manufactures Roll-a-way® shutters for residential and commercial storm, sun and security protection. Window security shutters and door shutters security for homes roll into the smallest housing in the residential security shutter industry. Roll-a-way provides a full line of hurricane shutters and hurricane protection. Roll-a-way provides start-to-finish full service sales and installation of roller shutters, accordion shutters, steel storm screens, bahama shutters, and colonial shutters for residential security and hurricane protection.

• Rolling Shutters offer the greatest window protection and door protection from driving rain, intruders, and wind-borne hurricane storm debris protection. Shutters security and roll up hurricane shutters are fabricated up to 20’ wide. Roll security window shutters offer superior protection for patio door storm protection and large expanses of window storm and security protection- even more so than hurricane windows or hurricane doors.


• Accordion hurricane window shutters for residential storm and security protection. Hurricane folding shutters stack to the side when open. Roll-a-way® accordion shutters have the industry’s smallest stack size. Accordion hurricane shutters are perfect for large, wide, or curved openings; thus, are perfect for lanais and large patios for storm protection.


• Stainless Steel Storm and Security Mesh for window security and door security protection. Wire mesh storm panels let light in while providing exterior views through stainless steel hurricane screen wire cloth. Stainless steel storm screen is virtually cut and impact resistant, repelling possible intruders or hurricane storm debris. Hurricane screen panels are left in place year round, unlike metal or aluminum hurricane panels which must be installed and removed with each storm. Security screen doors offer daily protection from bugs and intruders while the small profile storm screen frames maintain the architectural look of the home.


• Fabric shutters and panels: Mesh fabric storm panels for residential hurricane protection. Fabric shutters let light in while providing exterior views through hurricane fabric panels or roll-up fabric storm screens. Styles include strap and buckle fabric protection, rolling fabric shield, and fixed panel hurricane screens.


• Colonial shutters for residential hurricane protection for windows and door protection. Colonial hurricane shutters have 12 standard colors and custom colors available for a traditional look. Add a decorative element to your home and have ready hurricane protection.


• Bahama hurricane shutters for residential hurricane protection. Aluminum bahama hurricane shutters have 12 standard colors and custom colors available for tropical look. Add decoration and sun control to your home or business while having hurricane storm protection ready to deploy in minutes.

QMI and Roll-a-way manufactured parts and labor warranty for residential or commercial storm or window shutters security rolling shutters can be found in the website. Contact customer care / shutters Chicago for parts, warranty service, and repairs nationwide. The Service Center tab will provide further details regarding rolling shutter warranties or to Contact Us for service of any brand of commercial overhead doors, rolling doors, coiling doors, pull across gates, entry doors, fire and fire-rated doors, and Detex doors. QMI commercial door service is available throughout North America.

QMI and Roll-a-way security shutter CSI specs are available in TXT, PDF, and DOC architectural spec formats may be found in Technical Information. Hurricane shutter code approval drawings and Notice of Acceptance (NOA) letters are available for International Building Code (IBC), Florida Building Code (FBC), Miami-Dade Building Code, and Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). Shutter architectural specifications, shutter styles and options, and roll shutter installation instructions are available in the Technical Information section of the website.

Company Overview

QMI is the largest manufacturer and sales organization in North America for commercial security window shutters, shutters security barriers, and Roll-a-way™ storm and security shutters for window and door protection. With a manufacturing motto of “Better, Cheaper, Faster,” QMI leads the industry in patents, engineering, delivery time, customer customization, and quality. In fact, every product is assembled and tested prior to shipping to the customer to ensure a good installation experience. Products are sold to both commercial and residential customers direct and through dealers throughout North America, the Caribbean, and Hawaii.

Our History

Founded in 1986, this family-owned business has grown consistently for more than two decades into a business of more than 120 employees. Jim Miller, QMI President and founder, desired to be a successful businessman like his father, and purchased Mid Continent Rolling Shutter in Naperville, Illinois. Jim had traveled to Europe where exterior rolling shutters are commonplace due to high energy costs and the greater efficiency of exterior window treatments.

Jim named the new company Qualitas Manufacturing, Inc. and expanded the product lines into awnings, window film, windows, and interior storm windows. Jim and his first employee, Dan Mullins, struggled to find a demand for their products. When they did get a lead, it was sold, measured, manufactured, and installed by Jim and Dan.

In 1989, Qualitas moved into a smaller building in West Chicago, Illinois, and was joined by Jim’s brother Steve Miller. Steve focused on sales, which enabled Jim to develop the structure and administration of the shutters Chicago business. While visiting his pharmacist, Steve observed a roll down coiling door used to secure the pharmacy. The QMI rolling shutter was a much better product for the pharmacy application than the ugly rolling overhead door. Steve and Jim packaged a solution to the pharmacy chain which launched CounterSafe®, a core business for QMI.

Expansion was required again in 2002 and QMI moved to its present headquarters at 1661 Glenlake Drive, Itasca, Illinois. QMI owns two connected buildings and has room for future growth.