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THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 22 30 April 2002
Glaverbel
Group's First Quarter
Resisting the Economic Slowdown Against the background of a slowdown in
the economy, the Group's performance in the first quarter of 2002 was
in line with its forecasts, i.e. slightly down on the results for the
corresponding period in 2001.
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Asahi
Holds Over 91% of Glaverbel at the End of the Public Offer
At the end of the public offer, which took place between March 18 and
April 5, 2002, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd held, directly and indirectly, 91.45%
of the share capital of Glaverbel. 26,674 convertible bonds were also
tendered, which represents 98.80% of the total issued.
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Annual
General Meeting of Assa Abloy AB
At yesterday’s Annual General Meeting of shareholders in Assa Abloy
AB, all the members of the board – Georg Ehrnrooth, Melker Schörling,
Gustaf Douglas, Per-Olof Eriksson, Göran J Ehrnrooth, Carl-Henric
Svanberg and Sven-Christer Nilsson – were re-elected. At the Statutory
Meeting following the General Meeting, Georg Ehrnrooth was re-elected
Chairman of the Board.
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Assa
Abloy in Full Pursuit
Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Going Race was an 875-mile long sprint up the
American east coast. After three days of racing, ASSA ABLOY finished third,
beating illbruck with only three minutes.
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FMB
Backs Commons Early Day Motion (1099) to Annul Self-Certification Schemes
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has declared its support for an
Early Day Motion (1099) laid by Alan Beith MP that seeks to annul Statutory
Instrument 2002/440, which establishes a number of self-certification
schemes, for different trades under the Building Regulations. These include
the FENSA scheme for glazing
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Small
Comfort, Missed Opportunity, Says FMB in Budget Response
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) says the Chancellor missed yet
another opportunity to help legitimate small and medium sized building
firms, and crack down on the cowboy element in last week's Budget.
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Kyro
acquires Uniglass
The purchase of all shares of Uniglass Engineering Oy by KyroCorporation,
as announced on 12.3.2002, has been confirmed. As of this date, the shares
have been transferred to the ownership of Kyro Corporation.
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Changes
at the Top; a personal announcement from Wagner MD, Peter Kinze.
I should like to announce some recent personnel changes at Wagner (GB)
Ltd, concerning John Vaux, Steven Sale and Bob Hayes.
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Prowting
Hopeful of Recovery After Dire 2001
Prowting's full-year profits have plummeted after a tough second-half.
Its second-half losses led to pre-tax profits falling by 87% to £3.7
million. A year earlier, the housebuilder made profits of £27.5
million.
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Persimmon
Eyes Strong UK Housing Market
Persimmon says it's confident the UK housing market will remain robust
in 2002. The company is selling homes at prices ranging from £50,000
to more than £1.25m.
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Von
Ardenne acquires Glass Coating Business of BOC Coating
BOC Coating Technology, part of BOC Edwards, announced the sale of its
glass coating business to Von Ardenne Anlagentechnik GmbH, Dresden, Germany.
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PPG
Reports On Quarter, Maintains Focus On Strengthening Balance Sheet
PPG Industries first quarter net income was $34 million, or 20 cents a
share, including one-time after-tax charges of $55 million, or 33 cents
a share, for restructuring and $9 million, or 5 cents a share, for the
cumulative effect of a required accounting change.
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PPG
Chairman: Company Has Never Been Stronger
PPG Industries' quick action to reduce costs and strengthen its balance
sheet in 2001 was reflected in its stock price and is recognition that
'our company has never been stronger,' Chairman and Chief Executive Office
Raymond W. LeBoeuf said at the company's annual shareholders meeting last
week.
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IMI
plc announces preliminary results
IMI plc, the major international engineering group, has announced its
preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2001:
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PVC
Industry Publishes its Second Progress Report and Proves Voluntary Action
Delivers
The second Voluntary Commitment progress report from the European PVC
industry shows that they have been forging ahead with continuous environmental
improvement and resource efficiency through a 'learning by doing' approach,
strengthening the partnership within their supply chain.
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Latest
Forecast by Euroconstruct: European Construction Industry can look Forward
to Growth Again Next Year
Favourable omens for BAU 2003: According to expert predictions,
the European construction industry will pick up speed again next year.
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Saint-Gobain
Sekurit signs Marketing Alliance with Central Glass in the Automotive
Glass Business
Saint-Gobain Sekurit signed an agreement last week with the Japanese glass
group Central Glass to enter a marketing alliance in automotive glass
business on a global basis.
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Reliant
on Millenco
A proactive synergy between Birmingham fabricator Reliant Windows and
hardware manufacturer Millenco has led to an exclusive supply agreement
for all Reliant's door locks.
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THE
GL@ZINE ISSUE 21 23 April 2002
Guardian
Industries Announces £100 Million Investment in Yorkshire:
Guardian Industries Corp, one of the world's largest glassmakers, is to
create more than 300 manufacturing jobs in Yorkshire with Government assistance
Minister for Employment Relations and the Regions Alan Johnson announced
yesterday. Aided by £4.9m Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) from
the DTI and £2.7m from the regional development agency, Yorkshire
Forward, the US-based firm will invest £115m in a new factory in
Goole.
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The
Solution is Clear Mr Brown, says the GGF
While the Government insist that combating cowboy traders and the environment
is a priority, the GGF was disappointed that again for the glazing industry
this was not reflected in Gordon Brown's latest Budget.
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GGF
Chief Executive Nigel Rees's recent lobby lunch address
GGF
Chief Executive Nigel Rees's recent lobby lunch address, and the response
from Dr Alan Whitehead MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for
the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. 'We would
seek some form of dispensation from parking fines for glass carrying vehicles
undertaking emergency repair work' was one of the hot topics up for debate.
What did the Minister say in response?
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Brown
Fails to Impress Construction Products Industry
After successive increases in previous budgets, the Construction Products
Association has argued strongly that the burden on the construction products
industry should not be increased. Commenting on the Budget, Chief Executive
Michael Ankers said: 'Whilst some additional tax increases were inevitable
to fund the planned increases in investment in public services, the Chancellor
has once again put an additional burden on business. The 1% increase in
employers' NIC is particularly unwelcome as it acts as a tax on jobs.
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Pilkington
Aerospace Lands Swedish Jet Fighter Contract
Pilkington Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pilkington plc, has
been selected by Saab of Sweden to supply the advanced transparency system
for the cockpit of the new Saab Gripen JAS 39 jet fighter.
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Light
and Shade in the German Window Market: Turnover Falling, Prices Continuing
to Rise
2001 has been the worst turnover year for the German window market in
over 10 years; since the absolute peak in 1995, with over 26 million units
sold, the market has continuously declined; 2001 brought another decrease
in volume of -12.8% to about 18.5 million units, as the latest report
by the consultants of InterConnection shows.
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Bringing
Sweden to Warrington (and Bolton)
Warrington based fire glass manufacturer CGI International Ltd recently
played host to a group of 17 distributors and glaziers from Sweden.
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BBA
Certification Update
New Certificates, Amendments to existing Certificates, Certificate withdrawals,
Certificate suspensions. Certificates deleted
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Trocal
Now has PP Profiles - New Material in PVC Product Range
'The producer of the world's first serially manufactured plastic window
profiles also has a head start in the field of alternative materials -
with polypropylene-based Trocal lnnonova PP.' says HT Trocal. 'Alongside
PVC windows, with their still unsurpassed price-performance ratio, there
has been growing demand for alternative plastics in recent years. These
alternatives should retain the intrinsic advantages of the plastic window
relative to frame materials such as wood and aluminium. Trocal lnnonova
PP is ideal in this regard.'
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Demand
Doubles Masterdor Production
Manse Masterdor has announced a doubling of production, brought about
by the major increase in demand by the social housing sector for high
security, easy access entrance doors and successful partnering arrangements.
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£11.9M
Acquisition Boosts Growth Plans for Viridor Waste Management Ltd
Viridor Waste Management Ltd, a subsidiary of the Pennon Group - which
posted a £534m turnover in 2001 - has acquired Richardson Limited,
the specialist glass recycling company, in a £11.9m deal. The acquisition
of the 36 year-old second-generation family business based in St Helens
will mean that Viridor will benefit from the company's existing waste
management activities in the northwest and Scotland, as well as its local
authority contracts.
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Brand
New Van for Conservatory Man
Ultraframe customer lan Gibson of Artisan Conservatories, Mold, Wales,
is now the proud owner of a brand new top spec van as a result of his
participation in the 2001 National Conservatory Competition.
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Highlights
from Glass Training e-briefing April 2002
Do you need help with NVQ/SVQ implementation?
Glass Training can help. We are now producing Videos and Interactive CD
Roms which cover the units in each NVQ/SVQ.
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Water
off a Duck's Back: Wagner's North East Golf Day
Things looked grim when the players arrived at Bishop Auckland Golf Club
for the first Wagner North East Golf Day recently.
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Plastics
Firm fined £250,000 after Fatal Accident
A Buckinghamshire company was fined £250,000 at Aylesbury Crown
Court on 22 March for three breaches of health and safety legislation
following the death of a machine operator.
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Everest
Commercial Win Further £4 Million Contract from St Martin's Community
Partnership
Everest Commercial has been awarded a contract valued at £4 million
for replacement fenestration and doors by the St Martins Community Partnership
in South London. Everest has already completed two phases for SMCP.
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THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 20 17 April 2002
Pilkington
plc - Trading Statement
In accordance with its established policy, Pilkington yesterday issued
the following trading up-date ahead of the announcement of its preliminary
results for the year ended 31 March 2002, which is scheduled for 29 May
2002.
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Registrations
Flood in from Europe for Pilkington Glasshouse Young Architects' Design
Competition
After just six months of its launch and with three months still to go
before the closing date, over 1,200 registrations have been received for
Glasshouse, the pan-European building design competition organised by
Pilkington and architectural journal Architecture Today to encourage student
and young architects to use more glass in buildings.
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HT
Bucks the Trend in the Construction Sector
HT's '4-brand strategy' starts to pay off with growth opportunities in
eastern Europe. Gross sales of the HT Group worldwide rose from 676 million
euros in 2000 to 848 million euros in financial 2001 - an increase of
more than 25%. At 29.7 million euros, profits were also up (28.3 million
euros in the previous year).
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Eurofer
Welcomes Measures to Protect the European Steel Market
The European Commission, in direct response to the tariffs imposed by
the US, has decided to introduce provisional measures to protect the steel
market in the EU.
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Technal
Opens Office in Ireland
Technal, the Leeds-based architectural aluminium systems company, has
opened its first office in Ireland.
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Pilkington
Activ™ Launched in Germany, France, Switzerland and Benelux
Pilkington Activ™, the dual action self cleaning glass, has been
launched to consumers in Germany, France, Switzerland and the Benelux
countries, following highly successful 12 month test marketing exercises
in Ireland and Austria, and widespread acceptance of the product in the
United States.
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BMT
Group Sells Glass Tempering and Metallurgical Furnace Business
As of 2nd April 2002, the BMT Group has sold its EFCO glass tempering
and metallurgical business to Solent Steel Engineering Ltd.
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Building
and construction groups show promise
Bellway is forecasting record full-year results on the back of
a booming housing market. The housebuilder's interim pre-tax profits are
£39.1 million.
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Yale
- Simply the Best
'From its roots in the West Midlands, Yale has become renowned worldwide
as the brand leader in home security solutions with its innovative, high
security products.
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THE
GL@ZINE ISSUE 19 09 April 2002
Volkswagen
Van in Free Interbuild Registration Draw
Industry professionals registering to attend Interbuild 2002 in June at
the NEC can be entered into a free prize draw in which they can win a
Volkswagen van worth £20,000.
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Epwin
has once again achieved record turnover and profits
In
Epwin's 25th year the Group has once again achieved record turnover and
profits. The Group has exceeded £150m of sales for the first time
in its history, with an increase of 29% over last year. Its operating
profit was £12.9m, a rise of 45%.
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Saint-Gobain
Group's performance in 2001
Saint-Gobain Group's performance in 2001, compared to a year of strong
growth in 2000, reflects the Group's resilience in a markedly more difficult
economic environment, particularly in the United States.
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Thermoseal
increases stockholding
Thermoseal has significantly expanded its stocks of all consumables for
the sealed unit manufacturer. This has been made possible by the company’s
recent move to substantially larger premises.
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Alcoa's
First Quarter Results show promise
Alcoa Inc. has announced net income for the 2002 first quarter of $218
million, or 26 cents per diluted share. Alcoa earned $404 million, or
46 cents per diluted share, in the 2001 first quarter.
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HW
Glass, Wigan, Invest in Latest Ashton Technology
HW Glass Ltd is the first company in the UK to install an Ashton Automatic
Arrissing line with a ‘Reverse – ‘G’ layout for maximum
glass size 2.5 x 1.7m.
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Sweet
victory for ASSA ABLOY in Miami
'First for ASSA ABLOY into Miami is as good as we could have dreamt of,'
Skipper Neal McDonald (pictured below) writes in The Independent about
his progress in the Volvo Ocean Race.
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GreenLine
Windows Linking Ecology With Economy
A leaf from the Lime tree has been chosen by Kömmerling as the symbol
for its new 'GreenLine' windows.
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Pilkington
Activ goes to market
Following successful test marketing in Ireland, Austria and North America,
and its subsequent launch in North America in January, Pilkington Activ™
Self-Cleaning Glass has been launched internationally
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It's
as simple as ABC for Denmark
Pilkington Denmark has helped to develop a new method of labelling low-e
glass designed to make energy-efficient windows' U-values understandable
to the end-user.
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Glaverbel
brings its production capacity into line with demand
Although the forecast by the European Group of Flat Glass Producers was
for growth of 1% in 2002 (a figure which had already been revised downwards),
demand for clear glass on the European construction markets is contracting,
with resulting pressure on prices.
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Asahi
announces the extension of the offer period of Glaverbel take-over bid
Asahi Glass Co Ltd, announced the extension until Friday 5 April 2002
of the offer period of the take-over bid for all Glaverbel shares held
by public shareholders.
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PPG
protects US against Windshields From China
Officials with PPG Industries said they are pleased with the recent 3-2
vote by the U.S. International Trade Commission that says imports of automotive
replacement glass windshields from China are causing material injury to
the domestic industry.
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A
Bright Future with Synseal for Future Fabrications
Future Fabrications were one of the many Synseal customers awaiting the
new Shield Conservatory System in the months leading up to its launch.
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THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 18 03 April 2002
HEWITT
GREEN-LIGHTS £20m FOR SOLAR POWER
Thousands of homes and offices across the UK are set to be powered by
cleaner energy as part of a £20m solar power programme approved
today by Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt.
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INVESTING
IN INNOVATION
Research into recycling received a significant boost as the Waste and
Resources Action Programme (WRAP) announced its second round of R&D
funding. WRAP is inviting proposals for projects aimed at increasing the
use of recycled materials in the UK, and the aim is to promote research
into removing barriers to recycling and improving collection and reprocessing
methods.
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RUGBY
TACKLES THE FUTURE
Deceuninck fabricator Rugby Windows has invested over £300,000 in
internal restructuring and manufacturing facilities. The company, which
next year will be celebrating 20 years of working with Deceuninck, is
now poised to double turnover in the coming months.
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Smile
When You're Winning
42% of the Windows & Doors industry improved their company's performance
last year, according to financial analysts Plimsoll Publishing.
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Network
names its first 'Millionaire'
Network VEKA has announced its first £lmillion salesman - less than
six months after rewarding the first people to reach half that figure.
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Why
do so many companies want to make their own door panels?
Over the past few years there has been a surge in companies starting to
make their own door panels.
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STYLE
GROUP FORMS NEW TRADE COMPANY
UK building industry supplier Style Group UK PLC has formed a new company
- TradeStyle UK Ltd - to manufacture and sell PVCu doors and windows to
smaller companies throughout the UK, who do not have their own manufacturing
facilities.
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Grorud
fully reversible hinge system meets BS requirements
Grorud Industries, the UK supplier of high performance locks and hinges
for windows and doors, claims it has developed the first fully reversible
hardware solution to meet the requirements of BS7950.
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CARDALE
FINDS GARAGE HANDLE SOLUTION FROM WINLOCK
When Cardale Garage Doors, Brackley, Northants was looking for a new,
price-competitive garage door handle with increased security features,
the company rejected the option to source the products from the Far East.
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SENTINEL
AWARDED £2.5 MILLION CONTRACT
Sentinel Doors, who are operating major 'Project Partnerships' with local
authorities and housing associations throughout the UK, have been awarded
a £2.5 million contract by Tonbridge and Malling Housing Association.
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SAPA
ANNOUNCES GGF SPONSORSHIP
For the third consecutive year, Sapa Building Systems has announced its
sponsorship of the annual GGF Convention.
Due to be held on 30-31 May at The Belfry, the GGF expect over 200 members
to attend.
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ORDERS
SOAR FOR APOLLO VS
Apollo Birmingham Ltd is soaring into 2002 with an order book which has
outstripped its best expectations after launching the new vertical sliding
window
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