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13th January 2004
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RegaLead,
the supplier of creative options for decorative glass, is adding
fused glass to its range this month
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Here:
The
Nico Egress Easy Clean
Friction Hinge has proved popular since the introduction of
building regulations demanding mandatory emergency egress from
windows in upper storeys
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Here:
Kalwall
Corporation,
USA, introduced its Kalwall building panels filled with Nanogel
Translucent Aerogel for the first time in Europe at Batimat 2003
in November. This product is now available in the UK through Stoakes
Systems Ltd
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Here:
KS
Profiles,
the Daventry-based window system supplier, now holds in stock two
new easy fit beads to further enhance the appeal of the company's
Fortuna Suite.
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Here:
Guyson
says that its Multiblast® RXS 900 automated blast cleaning system
has almost become the benchmark machine around the world, for automated
glass decoration
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Here:
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Novello House, in the heart of London's Soho district,
has been rejuvenated, with the Pilkington Planar frameless
glazing system from Pilkington
Architectural playing an integral part in both
the internal and external design
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Here:
Eurocell
Profiles
fabricator, Stafford UPVC,
has completed a PVC curtain walling installation at Moorhill
School in Cannock
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Here:
K2
key dealer, Crest Conservatory
Roofing Systems has teamed up with key dealer
Dave New UPVC Products
and created the conservatory industry’s top double-act
by installing a unique design with stunning results
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Here:
Residents
at an apartment block in Chigwell are looking forward
to a warmer winter and lower fuel bills courtesy of replacement
PVCu windows from the Duraflex
Diamond Suite
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Here:
At
its November 20th, 2003 meeting, the Board of Directors of
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
– acting on the recommendation of Jean-Louis Beffa, Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer – appointed Christian Streiff
as Chief Operating Officer
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Here:
After
20 years Mike Mehrer, CertainTeed
Corporation Director of Contractor Programs and Training has
retired
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Here:
Synseal
Extrusions Ltd
is taking quality customer care on the road with the promotion
of Chris Boyington. Chris has been promoted to Systems Support
Manager
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Here:
Shepley
Window System’s four directors
and chairman have completed a sponsored slim for charity. Gary
Torr managing director, Tim Walker sales director, Tony Fry
production director, Steve Connor finance director and Raymond
Edwards chairman, took on the challenge to lose weight over
a four week period
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Here:
Conservatory
manufacturer K2 has sponsored
one of its employees, Ella Walsh, over £1000 to take part
in the Annual Benidorm Half Marathon, which took place on the
23rd November 2003
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Here:
They
say that madness comes in many forms. Throwing yourself out
of a plane at a height in excess of 15,000 feet is probably
one of them. Yet Systems Hardware
managing director Ronnie Rossall intends to do just that.
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Here:
As the next Government Spending Review approaches, The
Construction Products Association
is alarmed at the planned abolition of Service Delivery Agreements
and other controls including the ring fencing of funds and
monitoring of spending agencies' performance
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here:
Construction
Minister, Nigel Griffiths, said he was delighted at the turn-out
from building firms to a series of Quality
Mark Scheme trade launches in the North West and
how this would form a blueprint for the future
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here:
'The
(CIWM) Chartered Institute of Wastes Management should be careful
in accepting charging householders for the waste they produce.
Resource would more effectively be spent improving existing
voluntary systems to increase recycling,' said Michael Durr,
managing director of Bankit sponsor Glass
Recycling UK Ltd
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Here:
Over
350 delegates attended free seminars organised recently by WRAP
(the Waste & Resources Action Programme) to inform the recycling
sector about opportunities to gain access to much needed investment.
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Here:
Sortex
machines discard imperfect or discoloured material from foodstuffs.
In an exercise in lateral thinking, Peter Penfold of Penfold
Plastics has applied the technology to sorting recycled
PVC window frames.
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Here:
RoofWright
has launched a new Roof Design Gallery for conservatories
and sunrooms
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Here:
A
new re-design looks set to further improve the impact and
performance of BPF-Online
as a source of support and sales leads for UK plastics businesses
More
Here:
More
than three years after launching the previous website the
Schott website has recently
been redesigned
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Here:
Bostik
Findley,
worldwide manufacturer of sealants and adhesives has launched
a new support package which is being offered to IGU manufacturers
to aid compliance with EN 1279
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Here:
The
new range of gas fill testing machines for IG units from Inagas
is an important step in supporting IG unit manufacturers who
are seeking accreditation to EN 1279 Part 3.
More
Here:
The
unveiling of CEN Solutions Ltd
at the GP&T exhibition marked a step forward in the provision
of consultancy, testing and auditing facilities for insulating
glass unit manufacturers seeking accreditation to EN 1279.
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Here:
Last
week the GTL explained about
a new scheme for ordinary employees with some potential to gain
a degree in leadership in process and manufacturing. They have
not received one application for the £1000 grant towards
this.
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Here:
'What
about the future when the calls for even greater thermal efficiency
grow ever louder, as no doubt they will?' asks Edgetech.
More
here
Part
L Part 2 Explained by the GGF!
Following
our comments last week on the future direction of Part L following the
publication of several documents by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister,
John Weir, Director of Technical Affairs at the GGF has attempted to
pour oil on troubled waters in providing us with a detailed resumé
of what he regards as the current state of play in this increasingly
complicated area.
Trade Frame Manufacturing Company CustomMade is looking for a Production Manager.
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GP&T:
2005 Dates Announced
Following
one of the most successful business-to-business event launches in recent
years, dates have been announced for the next Glass
Processing & Technology (GP&T).
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Here:
18th
Glasstec will Show Laser and Display Technology
In
its position as a leading international trade fair, glasstec
says it must always cater for
the needs of the industry as a whole. Under the exhibiting category of
Flat Glass, display technology and the full range of laser technology
for glass processing and flat displays will be presented to visitors for
the first time.
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Here:
Legal
Changes Inspire new Pavilion
Interbuild
will unveil a new section at the 2004 show in response to sweeping changes
in building legislation designed to improve access for people with disabilities.
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Here:
Exhibition
Calendar
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for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world
One
of the UK’s longest-established independent trade fabricators,
Emplas Window Systems Ltd held
a product launch Open Day with main suppliers Profile 22 and Ultraframe.
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Here:
Newton
Abbot’s Sapphire Window Systems
put its clout behind the women’s kick boxing world title fight.
The Network Veka fabricator and installer sponsored the top of the bill
bout between Paignton’s Karen ‘nine millimetre’ Ousy
and Trisha ‘TNT’ Hill from the USA.
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Here:
Lister
Trade Frames Ltd
of Stoke on Trent recently hosted the Uzone Roadshow. Uzone is the name
of the new conservatory roofing system from Ultraframe which slashes
installation times by half, and we all know that ‘time is money’.
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Here:
Hallmark
employee and keen bowler Trevor Bailey’s Hull based ten pin bowling
team has received a helping hand from the company in its bid to top
the city league. The team – known as the Hallmark Hawks –
has received sponsorship from Hallmark Group
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Here:
Alumet
Systems (UK) Ltd flew
the flag for the construction industry by winning the Best New Product
of 2003 award at the National Growing Business Awards at the London
Hilton on 4th December 2003.
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Here:
Scottish
Highlands based Norscot Joinery Ltd
has gone all out for quality to achieve Q Mark certification for the
PVCu windows the company manufactures using the Veka Matrix system.
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Here:
Shepley
Window Systems
has launched Showhome Awards to pay recognition to its customers’
best installations. The trade fabricator is asking customers to enter
installations they believe meet the highest of standards into the
award scheme.
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Here:
Evergreen
Door, a UK manufacturer and distributor
of steel and fibreglass external doors, has become a member of BM
TRADA Certification's enhanced security Q-Mark scheme for doors.
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Here:
A
Sussex window, door and conservatory fabricator is using graphic design
to develop its market share in the South East
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Here:
Taking
pride of place in a busy roadside showroom setting, this red Paladin
door from Portal Products is helping Newglaze
Windows Ltd to attract new custom.
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Here:
The
buoyant social housing sector is opening up new opportunities in the
North West for long-established Profile 22
PVCu window fabricator, A & D Joinery
with the completion of several major contracts in the Lancashire area.
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Here:
Aluminium
fabricator and installer Airedale Architectural
Ltd of Leeds is now able to tackle both larger aluminium
sections and, in turn, larger-scale contracts following the installation
of an Elumatec AKS134 Notching Saw.
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Here:
As
it celebrates its 17th year of trading, Status fabricator Maintenance
Free Homes reinforces the very definite and continuing
need for medium sized fabricators offering a good local service at
reasonable process.
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Here:
Alcoa
announced on 20th November that Rick Williams, Alcoa's worldwide director
of safety, has joined the newly convened NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory
Panel to assist NASA in its ongoing review and improvement of safety
systems, operations and culture.
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Here:
Revolutionary
new health and safety laws that could see bosses face tough fines and
even prison terms come on stream, which means that for the first time
unions can directly enforce health and safety laws against employers
backed up with the force of legal penalties if they fail to comply.
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Here:
Each
year, the UK glass industry uses about £130m of energy. Action
Energy has a wide range of free tailored services to help
the glass industry benefit financially by improving energy efficiency.
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Here:
The
BSI Group has announced that the
Drafts for Public Comment (DPCs) of the environmental management standards
BS EN ISO 14001 and BS ISO 14004 are now available..
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Here:
Converting
a higher proportion of the sun's energy into a useful source of electricity
and heating would go a long way to reducing our dependence on the
fossil fuels being blamed for global warming. That is why the Pilkington
Energy Efficiency Trust (PEET) believes that support for
solar energy research is so important - and is why the Trust is now
aiding new research at Nottingham University's School of the Built
Environment.
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Here:
Features
now archived include:
Horst Mertes discusses the role of IT centralisation in todays
glass business
Designers
must now comply with regulations to limit solar overheating in buildings,
as Paul Littlefair of BRE explains.
Dave
Frost on the implications of CE Marking to the sealed unit manufacturer:
Phil Mundell on what Part M means to the Door Manufacturer;
Full
list here
The GGF and other trade bodies in the glazing industry are working to
very tight schedules on this matter - proposals have to be submitted
by this April, so we are very grateful to John Weir for devoting time
and effort to provide us with this information. The full article is
here.
On
another matter, this week we heard the news that Eric Davies has departed
from the recent MBO of Plastmo Profiles. As well as being commercial
director of Plastmo, Eric had taken on the role of commercial director
of the Abbott Group subsidiary. As a friend and longstanding industry
colleague, I would like to wish Eric all the best in his future career.
Tony Higgin, Publisher
tony@theglazine.com
PROJECT OF THE WEEK
K2
Installer Samrose Provides Food for Thought
Samrose Windows & Conservatories has given its competitors ‘food
for thought’, after recently installing two K2 roof lanterns
at the Morritz Arms Hotel in Greta Bridge, near Barnard Castle.
[More
Here]
THIS
WEEK'S NEWS
Eric
Davis Resigns
Plastmo
Limited announces with regret, that Commercial Director Eric Davis
has resigned from his Board position and as Commercial Director
of the Abbott Group subsidiary, to pursue new interests.
[More
on this Story]
Shepley
Acquires Interframe
Shepley Window Systems (Holdings) Ltd has acquired
Interframe Ltd, a large trade fabricator based in Paignton,
Devon, on 22nd December 2003. Shepley is already one of the
largest trade fabricators in the UK and the recent acquisition
moves the group into the industry’s top three.
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on this Story]
Prosperous
Financial Period for Leading Window and Door Manufacturers Reveals
New Business Ratio Report
'The average leading company operating in the window
and door manufacturing industry in Great Britain has experienced
a prosperous financial period over the last three full accounting
years - 1999/2000 -2001/2002.' reveals a recently published Business
Ratio industry report.
[More
on this Story]
Synseal
Produces 800 Patio Doors per Week
Synseal Extrusions Ltd is currently producing 800 patio
doors per week. ‘We are particularly pleased with the growth
we are experiencing and the number of doors we are producing,’
comments Nick Dutton, Sales and Marketing Director of Synseal,
‘because this particular market is one that for many systems
companies is a hassle and a headache.
[More
on this Story]
Pilkington
Architectural Introduces Blast Resistant Pilkington Planar™
Pilkington Architectural has extended the flexibility of
its tried and tested structural glazing system with the introduction
of Blast Resistant Pilkington Planar™. With increasing concern
over terrorist activity on prominent buildings within the major cities
of the world, Blast Resistant Pilkington Planar™ offers designers
a solution to the problems associated with high velocity glass particles.
[More
on this Story]
Third
Quarter Results provide Christmas Cheer at Safestyle
Safestyle UK, retail supplier of PVCu windows and doors,
has reported record sales for the first nine months of 2003. Turn
over has increased to £70.1m compared to £55.1m for the
corresponding period in 2002 and is now on course to break the £100m
barrier by the end of the year.
[More
on this Story]
Roof-Maker
Expands Globally
Former K2 fabricator Roof-Maker Ltd in Leicester has announced
the successful change over to the new Global roof system. 'Our customers
are delighted with the new product and with the help of Synseal and
their engineers it has enabled us to increase production as now 75%
of all roofs can be flat-packed' said Rachel Owen, Sales Director.
[More
on this Story]
Prince
Andrew gave CGI International the Big 5 at Dubai Exhibition
The
Duke of York opened the world’s biggest trade show, the Big 5
Exhibition held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, where 68 UK
firms exhibited. The Prince spent two or three hours talking to the
British exhibitors and greeted specialist Fire Glass manufacturer
CGI International’s Sales Managers, John Brown and Richard Banyard,
with a warm handshake.
[More
on this Story]
Doors
and Windows Hall at Interbuild Sold Out
Further evidence that Interbuild 2004 is the place to do business
for the construction industry has arrived with news that a major section
of the show is effectively sold out. With months still to go before
building's premier trade event opens its doors at the NEC in Birmingham,
the exhibition halls housing doors, windows, facades, security, fire
prevention and the Disability Access Zone is 97 per cent sold.
[More
on this Story]
Mysterious
Glass Spheres in Crop Circles
An
article by Dr Eltjo Haselhoff gives details of white powder found
inside crop circle formations, one instance quoted being a crop circle
at Zutphen in Holland in 1996, which after microscopic investigation
turn out to be near-perfect round glass spheres. .
[More
on this Story]
Recruitment
Drive Steps up a Gear for Ultraframe Registered Conservatory Installer
Scheme
The
2004 recruitment campaign has been launched for the Ultraframe register
of conservatory installers. Approved by the Guild of Master Craftsmen
and championed by trade, the scheme is now in full swing. Installers
are lining up to take the test and grow their business with a ready-made
channel to consumers.
[More
on this Story]
Planet
Opens Latest Franchises in Southampton and Eastbourne
Planet
PVC Group plc, the UK installer of conservatories, has recently opened
another two new megastores. The first, in Southampton was opened by
Matt le Tissier - the ex-Southampton and England footballer. The second
new store opened in Eastbourne, on the busy Redward Business Park –
Eastbourne’s main commercial area.
[More
on this Story]
National
Network 'First' for Glass Sector Customers, as Hi-Tec Spray Acquires
Bollom Finishing Equipment
A
new UK force in surface coating technology for the glass and secondary
windows industry has been created following the acquisition of Bollom
Finishing Equipment by Hi-Tec Spray Ltd..
[More
on this Story]
Everything
Bar the Kitchen Sink
RoofWright has developed new ideas for kitchen/dining room extensions
with its 21st century 3D conservatory software. On a laptop in front
of the customer, using either a standard template or the freehand editor,
RoofWright makes it simple to create the required extension shape and
size.
[More
on this Story]
Ace
Window Systems Come Up Trumps
Ace
Window Systems Ltd, a Premier Profiles fabricator and installer based
in Port Talbot, South Wales started work this month on its largest new
build housing contract yet with Oakview Homes Ltd.
[More
on this Story]
On
Site Restoration and Repair of Damaged Glass in Construction
Chicago
Glass has extensive experience of restoration and repair of damaged
glass on-site for many of the major construction companies and glass
installers in the UK.
[More
on this Story]
Alcoa
Fourth Quarter Income from Continuing Operations up $486 Million from
Year-Ago Quarter; Full-Year Up 117% Over 2002
* $340m of income from continuing operations for the fourth quarter
up from a loss of $146m in the same quarter 2002
* $1.034bn, or $1.20 per diluted share, in income from continuing operations
for the full year - up 117% over 2002
* $1.2bn of debt reduction in 2003 with the company's debt-to-capital
ratio declining from 43.1 to 35.1%
* The company surpasses its goal of $1bn in annual cost savings
* Every segment showed improved profitability over 2002.
[More
on this Story]
Saint-Gobain
Sales up 3.8% at Constant Exchange Rates, up 2.2% Like-for-Like
Consolidated
sales for the Saint-Gobain Group came to £22,236 million for the
first nine months of 2003, representing a contraction of 3.0% on an
actual structure basis and 4.6% on a comparable structure basis. As
for the first six months of the year, the decline in sales is entirely
due to currency effects - which had a 6.6% negative impact during the
period.
[More
on this Story]
IMI
Trading Update and Management Changes
In
accordance with its normal practice, IMI plc, Premier Profiles parent
company, recently issued a trading update in advance of its preliminary
results announcement for the twelve months ending 31st December 2003,
due to be published on 8th March 2004.
[More
on this Story]
Automotive
Glass division of Asahi Glass Company Ltd is renamed AGC Automotive
Asahi
Glass Company Ltd is an international group organised into four divisions,
namely Display Screens, Chemicals, Construction Glazing and Automotive
Glass. It has now decided to regroup all the Automotive Glazing activities
under the same name, with the same visual identity.
[More
on this Story]
GL@ZINE SPECIAL FEATURES
AB
Glass Gears up for More Growth
Sustained
growth and investment over recent years has seen AB
Glass (Doors and Windows) Ltd, develop into a multi million
pound organisation. The
company has just moved, 600 metres from its former White City Road
site, to a purpose built production facility on the new Felin Fach
development site, on the South West Industrial Park, Fforestfach,
Swansea.
[Read
The Feature Here]
Potential
Problems with Entering the Commercial Market
Eric
Gale from Eurocell Profiles discusses
some of the problems fabricators may face when entering into the commercial
market.
[Read
The Feature Here]
The
A-Z of Specifying Window Hardware
Paul
Rainbird is Partnering Manager at Titon.
His role involves close co-operation with specifiers and window fabricators.
Here he explains how a more informed route can help in selecting the
correct window hardware, and how specifiers can overcome the most frequent
specification and purchasing problems.
[More
Here]
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