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20th January 2004
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The
Hermetic 45 system, introduced to the UK market by Steel Window
Association member company Klockner
RP Profiles, has made its first successful appearance
in unitised form
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Here:
Nico
Manufacturing,
UK manufacturer of window products, has launched a new range
of restrictor friction hinges
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Here:
Granada
Secondary Glazing Ltd
recently had Pyrobar, the aluminium secondary glazed hinged unit,
re-tested for fire resistant qualities with a different thickness
of glass installed
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Here:
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:
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Eurocell
Fabricator, A1 Window Systems,
of Clifton in Nottinghamshire has recently fitted a number
of Eurocell Ultimate 70mm windows to Digby Court in Nottingham
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Here:
ThermoCool™
high performance insulating glass units, FortPlus™
laminated toughened floor panels and toughened etched
glass for curtain walling and structural glazing have
all been supplied by HansenGlass
for the creation of an atrium, transforming the image
of an old Victorian office building standing on London’s
Regent Street
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Here:
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:
Centurion
demonstrated Masterframe
products to the satisfaction of the Village Hall Committee
and soon had the job completed. ‘We’ve always
used Masterframe vertical sliders,’ says Tim Goldson
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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:
Windowlink
has expanded its sales team with the appointment of Sam Mason
as Internal Sales Executive.
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Here:
SFS
intec’s Industrial Division has recently strengthened
its specification team in response to a greater requirement
from specifiers
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Here:
Robert
Wilk has been promoted to Vice President-Business Practices
and Compliance Programs for Saint-Gobain
Corporation
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Here:
Didrik
Normark (elected to Trelleborg's
Board of Directors in 1994) has declined re-election at the
next Annual General Meeting on the grounds of age
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Here:
Orders in the twelve months to October 2003 fell by one per
cent compared to orders in the previous twelve months, and orders
in the three months to October 2003 fell by 16 per cent compared
to the same three months a year earlier.
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here:
The
total volume of construction output in the year to the third
quarter of 2003 rose by four per cent compared to the previous
year. Overall new work rose over the same period, despite a
decrease in the infrastructure, private industrial and private
commercial sectors.
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here:
Higher
government spending will be crucial to sustained construction
industry growth over the next three years as private sector
generated work weakens, according to the Construction
Products Association's latest Construction Industry
Forecasts
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here:
Glass
Recycling UK Ltd
(GRUK), the independent glass recycling company, has invested
over £1.2 million in new glass colour separation technology
to increase the amount of glass that can be used for recycling
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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:
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:
Aprimatic's
new website goes live this month offering visitors a clear
and easy to navigate site
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Here:
Volkswagen
Commercial Vehicles has launched a Business lnformation
Centre on its official website
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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
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Here:
Shepley
Window System’s four directors
and chairman have completed a sponsored slim for charity.
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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
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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:
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.
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Here:
CEN
Solutions Ltd provide consultancy, testing and auditing
facilities for insulating glass unit manufacturers seeking accreditation
to EN 1279.
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Here:
The
first Bohle International
Glass Workshop in the UK has opened at Blackburn College. Hailed
as the best Art Glass facility in the country, the state-of-the-art
Workshop is housed in the College’s new Construction Technology
Centre
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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
Truth
& Lies: the Battle for Acacia Avenue!
Perhaps
January is the new Silly Season, but when I saw this week's lead story
about Trademark Windows issuing its sales people with portable lie detectors,
I really thought the industry had finally lost the plot. In looking
a bit closer at the story, however, it turns out to be the latest efforts
of Trademark's MD Mark Ashwell to clean up the image of the double glazing
industry, which he started several years ago by banning his company
from cold calling.
Trade Frame Manufacturing Company CustomMade is looking for a Production Manager.
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Rehau
Hosts Successful Partnering Seminar
Rehau
recently hosted a successful Partnering seminar which was attended by
around 30 of its customers.
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Here:
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
!!Updated!!
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for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world
Edgetech
I.G. Inc, the leader in TrueWarm edge technology, has launched
the ultimate sales and marketing package for Super Spacer
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Here:
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:
Eurocell
Ultimate PCE 70mm fabricator, Alternative
Windows has been recognised with the PAS 23 and PAS 24
Certificates for door assemblies.
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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:
On
9th December the 2003 winners of the Knowledge
Transfer Partnerships Awards were honoured. The winners
include Keystone Lintels Ltd
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Here:
Newstead
Trade Frames has received the Secured By
Design (SBD) licence for its windows following its achievement of
BS:7950
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Here:
Business
is brisk for Inverness-based Profile 22 fabricator
Alba Windows, and its domestic
division Cairngorm Windows, as new housebuilding around the Highland
city continues apace.
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Here:
When
Kestral Window Systems was established
in Blackpool in 1978, Hotel California was playing on the radio, Grease
was everyone's favourite film, and a Japanese businessman had just
invented a strange gizmo called the Walkman…
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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:
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
However, in the same survey, journalists only managed fourth from bottom
with 42% so you probably don't believe a word of this anyway...
Meanwhile, it looks like the glass industry is going to get its own Awards Event again, as I have - independently from The Gl@zine - negotiated an agreement with The Glass & Glazing Federation to stage an awards night to coincide with their annual conference. Enough companies have already pledged support to make this a going concern, and a few sponsorships are still available should anyone want to add their weight to what promises to be a key industry event.
Finally,
we shall be spending part of this week up at the Interiors show at the
NEC, particularly the KBB2004. Although mainly of interest to readers
of our sister title The
K&BZine, there is nonetheless a fair amount of glass content,
as in kitchen surfaces and splashbacks, shower screens, glass furniture
etc. Check out our coverage here.
Tony Higgin, Publisher
tony@theglazine.com
PROJECT OF THE WEEK
Gothic
Realisation in Glass
Stuttgart
is host to the modern age in one of the city’s historical landmarks.
The surprising result of the restoration of the Stiftskirche is the
complex steel and glass construction inside. Light and space await
the visitor within and compel him to look upwards, here the return
of the Gothic reveals itself in symbolic reduction.
[More
Here]
WE HAVE EMAIL...
Stars
& Dogs: A Letter from Gary Dutton to the FT
I was interested to read two reviews of Ultraframe plc in the FT on
11th October and again on 6th December 2003. I would certainly endorse
your rating of Ultraframe plc as a Dog rather than a Star, their UK
market share has halved in the last 4 years, but I do take issue with
the explanations for their lacklustre performance. As a matter of
record and observation the UK conservatory market is anything but
flat – it is booming.
[More Here]
THIS
WEEK'S NEWS
Double-glazing
Company to Issue Sales Staff with Portable Lie Detectors.
Directors at a TradeMark Windows, based in Berkshire, believe
that they have the only sales force in the world that come prepared
with lie detectors, for use by customers. They believe that this
brave step will set them apart from the traditional hard sell
and dishonest image of the double-glazing salesman..
[More
on this Story]
Ultraframe
withdraw Uzone CD-Rom
Following legal action taken by Eurocell, Ultraframe has been
obliged to withdraw its Uzone promotional CD-Rom. According
to Eurocell, it was agreed that the CD-Rom misuses the Eurocell
logo trade mark and provides misleading information regarding
comparisons with competitor's systems.
[More
on this Story]
Eurocell
Profiles Celebrates 24% Increase in 2003 Turnover
Eurocell Profiles, a major player in the UK window and door market
and part of Tessenderlo Group have reason to celebrate moving
into 2004. The systems company based in Alfreton Derbyshire have
posted a 24 % increase in turnover during the 2003-trading year
(against + 19 % in 2002)..
[More
on this Story]
Solutia
6th International Design Awards - Recognising Outstanding new
Buildings with Glass
Solutia,
the manufacturer of PVB interlayers for the production of laminated
glass, is now accepting entries for the '6th International Solutia
Design Awards'.
Deadline
for submitting entries is February 10th, 2004.
[More
on this Story]
Sentinel
Awarded Replacment Door Contract at Oadby & Wigston
Sentinel
Doors has successfully completed a supply and installation contract
for 480 front, rear and outhouse doors for Oadby & Wigston Borough
Council in only sixteen weeks.
[More
on this Story]
Stuga
Sells Ecoline Prepping Centre to Omega
Stuga
has confirmed another sale of the Ecoline Prepping Centre to Omega
Group of Peterborough for delivery in February 2004. Omega already
has a Stuga Autocut Saw Centre, which is the ideal combination for
the Ecoline.
[More
on this Story]
Ultraframe
Research Starts to Show Results and Customers Increase Sales
Housing
Slowdown to Drive Conservatory Sales: Early findings from new
market research commissioned by Ultraframe show that homeowners see
conservatories as an investment for better quality living and increased
house value.
[More
on this Story]
K2
Delivers Top Service with 100% Order Fulfilment
K2
Conservatory Roof Systems achieved a perfect score for service levels
in both October and November, with 100% order fulfilment across the
company. The feat follows a track record of sustained 99% on-time
delivery capabilities.
[More
on this Story]
Total
Success for Partnering Contract
The
securing of a major long-term multi-million pound partnering contract
with a local social housing provider has boosted expansion at Total
Glass Ltd, one of Profile 22’s largest PVCu trade window fabricators
in the North West..
[More
on this Story]
Beaufort
Fabricators Pass with Flying Colours
Two
members of Beaufort Secure Design’s Approved Fabricator scheme
have just passed their first annual audit with flying colours. Beaufort
technicians recently assessed aluminium build practice at Superglazed
in London and Fareham-based GPM Meridian Windows as part of an ongoing
check that quality standards are being upheld.
[More
on this Story]
Eurocell
Building Plastics Newcastle Branch Re-Locates
Eurocell
Building Plastics has announced further development within the group.
Now with 53 centres nationwide, the depot in Newcastle-upon-Tyne has
relocated to a larger, 4000 sq ft site.
[More
on this Story]
Connect
2 Opens More Branches
Connect
2 National Plastics has welcomed 2004 with a double celebration, following
the recent acquisition of Corby Plastics. The national, plastics building
specialist, has already opened its doors to builders, window installers
and roofing specialists in the Corby area, offering the same benefits
enjoyed by customers at the other fourteen, Connect 2 branches across
England and Wales.
[More
on this Story]
K2
Expands Key Dealer Network
Cambridgeshire-based
Phoenix Door Panels is the latest fabricator to be appointed to K2’s
Key Dealer Network, bringing the total of high volume K2 dealers to
12.
[More
on this Story]
Leeds
Glass - First in the UK for Pilkington
Leeds Glass Company, based in Harehills Lane Leeds, recently became
the first appointed Pilkington Team Partner in the United Kingdom. The
European-wide Team Partner initiative is a partnership set up by Pilkington
and independently owned businesses such as Leeds Glass.
[More
on this Story]
Nationwide
Frame Services Ltd (NFSL) Expands its New Build PVCu Supply & Fit
Operation
In
the Autumn of 2003, Nationwide Frame Services Ltd (NFSL) reached an
agreement with a major manufacturer of PVCu Windows and Doors, to take
over its new build PVCu supply & fit operation, which is predominately
active in the South Yorkshire area.
[More
on this Story]
Minimal
Scrap Rate Reinforces High Quality Efficiency at Status
With
a scrap rate that on occasions is as low as two per cent per month,
extrusion expert Status Systems has the best record among all Deceuninck
subsidiaries worldwide.
[More
on this Story]
Mercedes
a Clear Winner for Thermoshield
When
Rochford-based window and conservatory manufacturer Thermoshield decided
to mark its 20th anniversary by increasing its fleet of vans, Mercedes-Benz
was the only name in the frame.
[More
on this Story]
Technology
and Sustainability on the North Circular
Kajima
Design has won planning permission for the redevelopment and reconfiguration
of the existing JVC Business Park at Priestley Way, Staples Corner adjacent
to Brent Cross.
[More
on this Story]
Alcoa
Selected to Collaborate With Ferrari on Next-Generation Aluminum Space
Frame
Alcoa
Advanced Transportation Systems (AATS) announced on 5th January that
it has been selected by Ferrari as the sole provider for the next-generation
aluminium space frame for its new, 12-cylinder, front engine 2+2 sports
car, the 612 Scaglietti (pictured right).
[More
on this Story]
OFT
Refers Proposed Acquisition by Carl Zeiss of the Microscopy Business
of Bio-Rad
The
OFT recently referred the proposed acquisition by Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
of the microscopy business of Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc to the Competition
Commission (CC).
[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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