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27th January 2004
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The
70mm KS Fortuna suite is
strengthened in depth by the recent release of a new mid-sized
outer frame into the market.
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Here:
WLY
Enterprises of Hong Kong has launched a
deadbolt which will lock and unlock your door using a high-security
infrared remote system (similar to a top-end automobile system)
and is looking for agents in the UK and Europe.
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Here:
RoofWright
has opened a whole new world of windows and doors for the conservatory
market with its 21st century 3D software
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Here:
Following the success of Conservaglass Optimum, Ultraframe has launched an extended range of insulating Double Glazed Units at all specification and price points
More Here:
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:
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CGI
International’s
Pyroguard clear fire glass has been installed in Rampton
Hospital.
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Here:
Plowright
House, Hanham, Bristol is one of a number of recent projects
to be completed by CR Windows
of Bristol
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Here:
Construction
of the new BAE Systems directorate building at Crewe Toll
in Edinburgh has involved the use of the Pilkington
Planar frameless structural glazing system
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Here:
Fitters
from MPS Windows completed the installation of Profile
22 windows within specific time constraints
at this residential special needs school in Devon
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Here:
Bowed
Sheerframe vertically
sliding sash windows form part of an upmarket housing
scheme in a heritage location on Worthing seafront.
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Here:
Adrian
Locker has been promoted to Director and General Manager of
Newstead Trade Frames
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Here:
Profile
22
has appointed Neil Whitfield as Business Development Manager
for the North
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Here:
DuPont
Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP)
has announced the creation of a new global vice president
position for its products and services to the glass laminating
industry. Luigi Robbiati
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Here:
Masco
Corporation
recently announced the following key management changes in
its Cabinet Group
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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:
Growth
in Britain’s construction industry is set to slow rapidly
as the public sector construction funding boom runs out of steam
over the next two years, according to Experian
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here:
Firms
in the North East of England are to be targeted in the latest
drive for new members by Quality Mark
- the only Government-backed national register of approved builders
working in the home improvement market
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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:
Lancashire-based
MPH Windows, manufacturer
of Sheerframe windows, doors and conservatories, has won two
National Training Awards
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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:
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:
'What
about the future when the calls for even greater thermal efficiency
grow ever louder, as no doubt they will?' asks Edgetech.
More
here
Don't
Throw the Baby out with the Bathwater!
They
say a week is a long time in politics - it's a long time on the internet
as well. Two items in last week's Gl@zine relating to the conservatory
roof industry have already drawn response from the market leader, which
we publish below. The roof market seems to be particularly lively at
the moment, not surprisingly as up and coming systems try to score points
off each other.
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Heritage
Glass Holds Annual Golf Day
Shrewsbury
glazing firm Heritage Glass Group
recently held its annual golf day for customers and suppliers at Arscott
Golf Club. The event was attended by 22 invited guests, all of whom were
looking forward to a good day of golf, despite the chilly temperatures.
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Here:
Sash
Partnering Seminars ‘A Resounding Success’
The
Partnering 4:04 seminars that took place in October, November and December
2003 at the Sash UK headquarters in
Barnsley, and hosted by construction industry chief and Partnering pioneer
Sir Michael Latham, have been voted ‘a resounding success’ by
delegates. The 240 available places were oversubscribed by 50%, with Sash
now considering an extension of the programme for early in 2004.
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Here:
18th
Glasstec will Show Laser 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:
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:
Exhibition
Calendar
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Click here or on the Logo to see the latest prime jobs from Ten Human Resources: 9 new positions this week!
Sash
UK Ltd,
the UK trade fabricator, has introduced a series of distinctive new
sales brochures that have been designed to draw attention to the personal
tastes involved in choosing new windows, doors or conservatories.
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here:
Window
hardware manufacturer Securistyle
makes the fitting process easy with the launch of its new technical
CD-Rom.
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here:
Newstead
Trade Frames
offers a range of doors for installers. To accompany the range the trade
fabricator has just introduced a way to help customers sell them in
the shape of a compact, easy to use 62 page book.
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here:
Shepley
Window Systems,
the UK trade fabricator of PVCu windows, doors and conservatories, has
written ‘A Guide on how to profit from conservatories’.
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here:
Chief
executive of the Burles Group, David
Burles, set off for the West Coast recently to watch the filming of
his latest masterpiece.
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Here:
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:
Phoenix
Door Panels Managing Director, Neil Peck
walked away with the ‘Business Person Of The Year’ award
at the recent Hunts Post Business Awards.
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Here:
Midlands
based trade fabricator Indigo Products Ltd
has successfully completed the transition from ISO 9002-1994 to BS
EN ISO 9001-2000.
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Here:
Nico
Manufacturing,
UK manufacturer of window products, has recently achieved ISO 9001:
2000 for its design and manufacturing systems and BBA approval for
its full product range, which includes friction hinges and other fittings,
such as espagnolette bolts
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Here:
The
American Institute of Architects recently named Einhorn Yaffee Prescott
Architecture & Engineering, P.C. (EYP) and the Building Solutions
division of CertainTeed Corporation
as recipients of its national continuing education Award for Excellence
in Education
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Here:
There’s
a lot of publicity about systems companies experiencing tremendous
growth, but we don’t so often hear about this growth spreading
down the supply chain. South Wales fabricator Euroframe
has enjoyed 200% growth since becoming a Synseal
Extrusions customer three years ago
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Here:
M.W.
Windows
based in the Knowsley district of Liverpool has chosen the Stuga
Autocut automatic Saw Centre and Stuga Ecoline automatic Prepping
Centre as the foundation for the company’s latest expansion programme
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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:
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
Glassex is trying very hard to make this year's show more interesting
to both exhibitor and visitor alike. Among several new initiatives the
organiser is launching a Conservatory Design Award, which companies
with good installations should think seriously about entering as it
offers a chance of some excellent free publicity. More about that below.
Exhibitions
and Awards Events bring people together, they aim to be collusive, not
divisive. And even when sparks fly, as they often do when rivals face
up to each other, a bit of 'healthy competition' is rarely unproductive.
Tony Higgin, Publisher
tony@theglazine.com
PROJECT OF THE WEEK
Kawneer's
GT70 Windows in Grade II Listed Yorkshire Mill Residential Development
The
sympathetic refurbishment of formerly derelict Woodhouse Mill, a six-storey
Grade II listed building situated on the bank of the Rochdale canal
on the outskirts of Todmorden, features Kawneer's
GT70 windows, which have been installed by SG Aluminium as replacements
for the mill's original steel windows.
[More
Here]
WE HAVE EMAIL...
Dogs
& Stars: Ultraframe Bites Back
As a major publicly quoted international company on the stock exchange,
Ultraframe will not make claims that cannot be properly substantiated.
Others' research is based on small and selective samples or from retained
PR consultants. In contrast, the most recent study into the UK conservatory
market from the internationally renowned and independent Henley Research
Centre will be published in spring 2004.
[More
Here]
'Eurocell
Draws Attention to its own Shortcomings': Ultraframe on That
CD
Ultraframe UK has updated its popular Uzone CD-rom with a host of
new product innovations, including the availability and use of 25mm
polycarbonate and foils. In updating the CD-rom, Ultraframe also cut
out six seconds of film, after Eurocell complained that its packaging
could be glimpsed in one shot of two seconds and another of just four
seconds.
[More
Here]
THIS
WEEK'S NEWS
Are
You the UK’s Best Conservatory Designer?
In
a new feature being introduced at Glassex ’04, which takes
place at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham from 14th
to 17th March, Britain’s conservatory designers will get
the chance to confirm their skills and showcase their talents
by becoming the Glassex Conservatory Designer of the Year.
[More
on this Story]
Installer
Pays Heavily for Passing Off – ‘Substandard’
Roof Sold as Ultraframe
Following
recent legal action, the supplier and installer SAJE has signed
a court order, giving an undertaking to the court not to infringe
the ‘Ultraframe’ trademark and not to pass-off products
as Ultraframe, when they are not. Payment of £10,000 has
been made by SAJE for Ultraframe, with a further payment also
for costs estimated at over £10,000 - a total of over
£20,000 to be paid by SAJE.
[More
on this Story]
'Fabulous'
New Launch from Fab and Fix
Fab
and Fix, UK PVCu hardware supplier, has launched a new product
suite of fully co-ordinated hardware. From handles, hinges and
locks to letterplates, door knockers and numerals, the suited
hardware comes in a range of contemporary co-ordinated colours,
styles and finishes.
[More
on this Story]
Celsius
Creates a Warm Glow for K2
Less
than a year after acquiring CCG and incorporating it into the
company as K2 Glass, K2 is reporting success for its Celsius performance
glass, with the product surpassing forecast sales by as much as
300% in a single month.
[More
on this Story]
Sjølund
Gears up for Growth in UK
Sjølund
A/S claims to be the leading profile bending specialist in Europe.
The company bends sections and thin sheets of steel, stainless steel
and aluminium. The company has 65 highly qualified employees and says
that short delivery times and a flexible approach make Sjølund
A/S a reliable business partner for a large number of companies within
a broad section of industry.
[More
on this Story]
FGI
at the Cutting Edge with Promac
Float
Glass Industries (FGI) has invested in the latest For.El vertical
laminated glass cutting line – one of only two currently installed
in the UK supplied by Promac. The new For.El VC3302 with automatic
loading and stocking facilities is part of an ongoing investment programme
at FGI’s state-of-the-art glass processing operation in Manchester.
[More
on this Story]
Flat
Glass Merchants of Corby Invests in Tamglass Plant
Flat Glass Merchants Ltd of Corby, Northants, have recently commissioned
a Tamglass HTF 42/21 furnace capable of toughening glass from 4-19mm
at a maximum size of 4200 x 2100.
[More
on this Story]
The
Consultant who Liked the Company so Much he Bought It!
Manchester based window, door and conservatory manufacturer Sureframe,
is set to build upon an impressive sales performance in 2003, following
the announcement of a successful management buy out and a change of
ownership.
[More
on this Story]
'Midlands
Regions Show the most Company Changes in 2003' says Windowbase
'The
year 2003 had more companies changing details than we have seen so
far in the past nine years' says Windowbase in its annual summary
of changes to the Industry-wide database of UK window, door &
conservatory companies. With over 12,300 companies contacted in the
past twelve months, this analysis shows what is happening in the industry.
[More
on this Story]
Allerton
Windows Becomes HW Plastics 100th AIMS Signatory
Due
to the success of HW Plastics' Approved Installer Membership Scheme
since its launch in Summer 2002, the company has announced that Allerton
Windows of Bootle, Merseyside has become the 100th company to sign
up to the AIMS Initiative.
[More
on this Story]
Dedadiamond
Introduces its Diamond Tools to the UK Market
Dedadiamond
is a growing Singapore investment company in China. Its diamond tools
are made with Japanese technology with Japanese collaboration. The
company's manufacturing activities are as follows:
[More
on this Story]
Is
the UK on its way to 85% Warm Edge Technology like North America?
With
a quarter of a century in sealed unit manufacture, and one of the first
companies to use Super Spacer® bars in the UK, Holdens Supaseal
have more experience than most. ‘We’ve been using the Super
Spacer for seven years now and about 25% of our 5000 sealed unit output
per week is manufactured using the Edgetech product,’ says Alan
Pearse, General Manager of Holdens Supaseal.
[More
on this Story]
Stain
Blocking Primer Research Strikes a Chord
TRADA
Technology Ltd has been overwhelmed by offers of support from industry
for a DTI-sponsored project to research the effectiveness of stain blocking
primers for wood joinery, announced in May last year.
[More
on this Story]
21
Years of Trading Adds Experience to Future Growth Plans
2004
is the 21st anniversary for Status fabricator Window Warehouse, and
to see the New Year in with a bang the company has recently invested
extensively in a conservatory roof manufacturing line for the manufacture
of Ultraframe roofs.
[More
on this Story]
Modplan-
the Home of Customer Support
Over
the last few months, customers of Veka fabricator, Modplan Limited,
have welcomed the improved scheduling and production system resulting
from the installation of specialist software earlier this year.
[More
on this Story]
Scotplas
– Branch Number 14
Scotplas
– the PVCu Merchant to the Roofline, Window and Building Industry
has opened its fourteenth branch in Bangor, North Wales, and brings
the total to ten opened in the last five years.
[More
on this Story]
Duraflex
Moves to New Homes
Family
homes at a new Fairclough Homes development on Merseyside are benefiting
from high performance PVCu windows and doors courtesy of the Duraflex
Diamond Suite. New build specialist, New View, is currently installing
the 360 windows together with patios and French doors in properties
at Victoria Gardens in Rainhill.
[More
on this Story]
Optima
Wins Project for Porcelanosa's UK Flagship Showroom
Optima
Architectural Glass has won a glazing package for Porcelanosa's new
£3.3m UK showroom. The project will include a number of bespoke
architectural glass features including an inclined nine metre high double
glazed, spider-bolted façade supported by glass fins, a double
flight helical glass staircase with balustrading and laminated sandblasted
glass treads, glass cantilevered entrance canopy, and a glazed entrance
with frameless glass sliding doors.
[More
on this Story]
Alcoa
Acquires 44 Million Additional Shares in Chalco
Alcoa announced on 6th January that it has participated in the Aluminum
Corporation of China's (Chalco's) new share placement. Alcoa will acquire
approximately 44 million additional shares in Chalco as part of the
offering. This purchase will maintain Alcoa's approximately 8 percent
ownership in Chalco and cost approximately $32 million.
[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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