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30th March 2004
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As
part of its constant undertaking to develop products suited
to the changing demands of building design and performance,
Pilkington has developed
new 23mm Pilkington Pyrostop fire resistant glass
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Here:
Bohle
now offers a full range of diamond wheels for use across a broad
spectrum of glass processing applications
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Here:
Ultraframe
has previewed its latest product, branded Litespace® at
the Ideal Home Show. Litespace is a bay style extension with
a glazed roof that gives direct access to the garden to add
space and flood a room with light
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Here:
Top
Connect is a new, frameless, glass and stainless steel canopy system
for projecting individually designed, minimalist and translucent
architectural features above the entrances to a wide variety and
style of commercial property, retail premises and housing. The system
is being distributed in the UK by Prefit
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Here:
Ultraframe
has introduced a new range of Ultraselect changeable interior
decorative strips for conservatories for 2004
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Here:
Duraflex
has upgraded its range of PVCu Single and Double Residential Door
Kits for the 65mm and 70mm Diamond Suites
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Here:
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The refurbishment of London's Imperial College in
Praed Street, Paddington has incorporated the use of specialist
glass and integral blinds supplied and processed by Pilkington
Plyglass
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Here:
Over
100 high performance PVCu windows and doors from the Duraflex
Diamond Suite have recently been installed at Long Green,
a four-storey block of flats in Chigwell
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Here:
A
solution developed by the Corby
Windows Group cures a severe condensation problem
in delegate accommodation at a busy conference centre
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Here:
When
a number of prestigious flats on Bradman Row, Edgware,
required their windows to be replaced, Eurocell
fabricator Kingsbourne Windows
of Luton was called upon to complete the installation
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Here:
One
of Liverpool’s more palatial and striking restaurants
has been designed by The Robin Clayton Partnership and
makes elegant use of products supplied by HansenGlass
in the construction of a feature staircase
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Here:
Adam Jones has joined Schlegel
as UK Sales Director. He brings with him many years experience
having previously worked within the packaging industry
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Here:
Derbyshire
based Eurocell Profiles Ltd.
has appointed Jon Scarle as the company’s South-West
Area Manager
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Here:
Ulrike
Grawe was appointed as successor to Ludo Debever as Executive
Secretary of EPPA at the
beginning of February 2004
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Here:
D.
Roger Kennedy, President and CEO of AFG
Industries Inc. has been succeeded by John J. Litzinger,
previously Executive Vice President
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Here:
Nick
Edmonds, with ten years experience as an Area Sales manager
for HW Plastics is now
also responsible for spearheading the company's Approved Installer
Member Scheme
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Here:
Liverpool
based fabricator Total Glass Ltd
has introduced an on line ordering system to simplify the daily
pricing and ordering procedures for its customers
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Here:
'Elite
70 is one of the few window systems with a website all to itself.
That is because there is so much to say!' says HW
Plastics
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Here:
Estimated
savings for using warm-edge flexible spacer technologies can
now be determined online with a few clicks of a button at www.truseal.com
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Here:
PVCu
extruder Veka plc has re-designed
its UK website to include a new Marketing support service exclusively
available to Veka customers
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Here:
Hardware
and ventilation manufacturer Siegenia-Aubi
Ltd is focusing on education and training through
its involvement in the Construction Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) Certification Service
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Here:
Window
hardware manufacturer, Securistyle,
has been helping local police officers with their enquiries
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Here:
Eurocell
has just run a number of intensive training courses for its
staff at the company’s Pinnacle Roof Headquarters, run
by Pinnacle Fabrications Manager, Matt Rick, and Pinnacle Development
Manager Fraser Watt
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Here:
As
the new Part L looks set to come into force three years before
originally planned, Derek Hodgson, SAS
technical manager and chairman of CAB’s technical committee,
looks at why the proposed changes to Part L regulations ‘could
be a change too far’ for the aluminium industry
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here:
The
Council for Aluminium in Building
has taken steps to clarify its views about proposed changes
to Part L of the Building Regulations that are expected in 2005,
following publication of the Government’s Energy White
Paper last year
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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
42
year old David Fozard, Managing Director of HW
Plastics' fabricator Jade
Windows (Brighouse) Ltd., will shortly be on his
way to Costa Rica, one of the most beautiful countries in Central
America.
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Here:
Profile
22
fabricator and installer Nolan uPVC
raised hundreds of pounds for a children's hospital appeal during
the official opening weekend of its new showroom in Cardiff
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Here:
The
total volume of construction output in 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 and
private commercial sectors. Repair and maintenance rose, with
increases in all sectors. Output in the fourth quarter of 2003
rose by two per cent compared to the third quarter of 2003 in
volume terms and by three per cent in current prices.
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here
Although there are those who say that insulating glass manufacturers do not need to employ a consultant to guide them through the complexities of the EN 1279 accreditation process, the recent experience of CEN Solutions Ltd suggests that many igu manufacturers and material suppliers do not agree
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January
9th, 2004 saw one of the world's largest solar power plants
in Neustadt, Germany join the grid. A total of 2 megawatts
of environmentally friendly electricity will be generated
over an area of some 70,000 m2 (7 hectares) – corresponding
to the size of seven soccer fields. This is enough to continuously
power 700 households.
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Here:
Knocking
the Knockers!
Proving
the point that there is nothing we like better in this country than
building people up only to knock them down, this week it seems to be
Pilkington's turn, whose annual 'trading statement' has been interpreted
in many quarters as a full blown profits warning. It's actually not
that bad, with the profits drop in Building Products worldwide being
offset by good UK results and also a stong automotive performance.
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Interbuild
Awards Hit Century on Debut
Interbuild completed a stunning century when exactly
100 exciting innovations entered to do battle in the Show's inaugural
New Product Awards.
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'Visions
of Glass' at BAU 2005
A
special display entitled 'Visions of Glass' is being put on at BAU 2005,
in a fully restyled exhibition hall, to present the material glass. 10,000
square metres of space will be devoted in Hall C1 to all the latest developments
and products in the field of glass and glass architecture. Also, the GlasKon
Congress will be integrated into BAU for the first time and be held right
in the midst of the fair.
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Here:
glass technology live is to be presented from 9-13th November 2004 at glasstec in Düsseldorf. This 'glass pavilion' will be organised by Professor Stefan Behling, Director of the Building Technology Construction Institute of Stuttgart University and a partner of Sir Norman Foster’s London-based architect’s office.
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Exhibition
Calendar
!!Updated!!
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for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world
New
safety regulations covering working at height are going to make
their mark on a great many industry sectors. Construction is a key
area, which will directly have a major impact on the window and
glazing worlds. Mike Baldwin, training manager at the Health
& Safety Training Academy, looks at some of the issues
facing the window industry.
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Here:
Alcoa's
Home Exteriors facility in Gaffney, S.C. is receiving two safety
honours this month for excelling in workplace safety and health
during 2003.
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Here:
Sliders
UK
now includes a comprehensive installation guide with every patio door
that leaves the company’s factory.
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here:
New
Data Sheets, freely available from Windowbase,
give the numbers of Fabricators and Installers currently active in the
UK and suggest ways of contacting them.
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here:
TruSeal
Technologies, Inc.,
a world leader in flexible spacer systems for insulating glass (IG),
has released a product data sheet for EdgeThermTM PIB-H1.
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here:
Hardware
manufacturer, Roto Frank, has produced
a range of point of sale material to support fabricators and installers
in the promotion of the company’s twin cam security locking system
for windows (TSL).
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here:
A
new tool to help 'seal the deal' for both conservatory fabricators and
retailers has been produced by Aztec Conservatory
Roof Systems.
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here:
Eurocell
Profiles
has updated its literature for the Pinnacle Bespoke Conservatory Roofing
System.
More
here:
UKae
Ltd – manufacturer and supplier of sealed unit components,
consumables and decorative glass products for the UK window industry
– has been awarded ISO9001:2000
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Here:
HW
Plastics
has announced that Elite 70 accreditation has been achieved for BS:
7413 (to be superseded by BSEN 12608 in April 2004), and BS:7950 for
casement windows.
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Here:
This
month's What's New section of the BBA
website features information on new Agrement certificates awarded
to companies in the window industry.
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Here:
TruSeal
Technologies, Inc., a leader in flexible spacer technology
for insulating glass (IG), recently received ISO 9001:2000 certification
for its Barbourville, Ky., manufacturing facility.
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Here:
Carl
F Petersen has announced that, as part of the Secured by
Design scheme, the company has been accredited to display the SBD
logo
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Here:
A
continuous improvement programme, aimed at ensuring Winlock
Security Ltd constantly employs the latest technology and
manufacturing techniques, has been enhanced with the award to Winlock
of the latest quality upgrade to BS. EN. ISO 9001 /2000.
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Here:
Peter
Brown started Harlequin Frames
in December 1999 in an 11,000 square foot factory unit in St Ives,
Cambridgeshire. The Shield profile system was chosen and that decision
has never been regretted.
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Here:
Eurocell
Ultimate 70mm window system fabricator, Atcost
Windows, based in Liphook Hampshire, has announced the
continuing success of the company’s New Build department
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Here:
STR,
a new conservatory roofing fabricator in Scotland, has completed a
review of roofing systems and chosen Ultraframe
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Here:
Alcoa
announced on March 9th that it has published its 2003 Sustainability
Report, a detailed, databased review of the company's global environmental,
social and economic performance.
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Here:
Scientists
are developing a radical new approach to building construction, helped
by the Pilkington Energy Efficiency Trust
(PEET), which has the potential to drastically cut heating energy costs.
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Here:
On
19th January the Government published for consultation its draft National
Allocation Plan setting out how greenhouse gas emission allowances will
be allocated to the operators of UK installations for the first phase
of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, which runs from 2005 to 2007.
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Here:
CertainTeed
Corporation,
the North American building products manufacturer, expands its marketing
partnership in 2004 with NASCAR Nextel Cup driver and 2002 Daytona 500
winner Ward Burton (that's him in Car 22, having a bit of a spin).
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Here:
Every
year UAP, the UK supplier of decorative
door furniture, runs its Easter Egg promotion and each year the promotion
gets bigger and bigger.
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Here:
Network
Veka
is backing its associate Professor Brian Cunningham in a world record
bid to make the first ever kite-powered crossing of the Gobi Desert.
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Here:
Bankit
has launched a recycling awareness campaign to help increase children's
understanding and awareness of the importance of recycling household rubbish.
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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:
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
Likewise, despite prophets of doom warning of the imminent demise of Glassex, and as our initial report suggested last week, the show is in pretty fine fettle. Our Glassex coverage concludes this week with a report on the show from the perspective of the exhibitors themselves, with words and pictures from some 28 companies, including Synseal, aluplast UK, Profitmaker, Roofwright, Bohle, Network Veka, Promac, Ritec, Ultraframe, Windowlink, Sky-Vent, Elumatec, GGF, Corby Windows, Dekura, Evergreen, PatioMaster, Windowmaker, Inagas, DeWalt, Devi, Selecta, and others. See it here.
This week we kick off our Interbuild coverage with a Stand
Guide to some 220 exhibitors from within the window, door and conservatory
markets. This comprehensive listing - all with stand numbers - also
has links to further information on over 20 companies, including Bieber,
Duco, Elumatec, Envirograf, Eurocell, Force 8, Groupco, Hodgson Sealants,
Hometrim, Sheerframe, Masterdor, Marvin, Permadoor, Promac and Versatile.
This will of course grow in the coming weeks.
If
you are exhibiting, please forward information on your stand to us so
we can include you in our preview. Please send editorial to news@theglazine.com.
Incidentally, I think we have broken another record this week,
by publishing no fewer than 93 new editorial items (plus an amazing
57 picture files!). And it's still under 100K in your inbox!
Tony Higgin, Publisher
tony@theglazine.com
PROJECT OF THE WEEK
SAS
Makes its Mark on New Build at Manor Park
An
office and warehouse development at Manor Park, Runcorn
has been glazed with a range of Senior
Aluminium Systems products fabricated and
installed by Aire Valley Architectural.
Across three storeys, the new build was enveloped with
SAS’ compartment drained thermally-broken curtain
wall to create the impressive glazed façade.
[More
on this Story]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Pilkington
Warns of 10% Profits Drop in Building Products Worldwide,
but Good Performances from UK and Automotive Maintain
Expectations Overall
In a Trading Statement issued yesterday, Pilkington
Glass Group Chief Exec Stuart Chambers reported that
Building Products (BP) markets remain generally weak,
with the exception of the UK and Australia. 'Efficiency
improvements and cost savings continue to mitigate
the impact of weak markets, though price pressures
will result in operating profit for the business line
being approximately 10% down on last year. .
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on this Story]
Glassex
Conservatory Design Competition ‘A Stunning Success’
Created
as a new event at Glassex this year, The Glassex 2004
Conservatory Design Competition succeeded, according
to one of the event’s judges, in ‘bringing
out the very best that the British conservatory industry
has to offer.’ So proclaimed the judges of the
competition, who also described the event as ‘a
stunning success for a first event’.
[More
on this Story]
You
Don't Have to be Mad to Work at Winlock - but it Helps!
For
most of us there is a certain level of predictability
about our working day. Arrive at office, check my
appointments, prepare Board Report, check sales figures,
send emails, wrap a huge boa constrictor snake around
my neck….. Wait a minute!
[More
on this Story]
K2
Targets Interbuild Trade Summit
Conservatory
manufacturer K2 will be providing expert advice
to visitors at THE BIZ, a new area created by the
Federation of Master Builders in partnership with
Interbuild. The doors on this one-stop-shop offering
help, advice and guidance on the latest services
and products for small and medium sized builders
will be open throughout the exhibition at Birmingham's
NEC from April 25th to 29th.
[More
on this Story]
Dual
Seal gets Tough with £1.25 Million Investment
Over
£1.25 million has been invested in new plant
and premises by Dual Seal Glass Limited, independent
manufacturer of ‘long life’ sealed units
and specialists in soft coat low emissivity glasses.
‘Already certified to EN 1279 Part 2 (part
3 pending), Dual Seal is one of the UK’s leading
sealed unit manufacturers and one of very few able
to deliver soft coated units giving U-values as
low as 1.1.’ says the company.
[More
on this Story]
Heritage
Glass Launches New Garage Door Division
Heritage
Glass Group has just launched a new garage door
division, which will be managed by Paul Histon.
The new division will cover all of Shropshire and
Runcorn, and supply the area with a wide selection
of top quality garage doors from suppliers such
as the Cardale Group.
[More
on this Story]
Monkey
Business as Glasslam Celebrates in China
Glasslam
has just had a double celebration in China, firstly
Glasslam and its 300 employees welcomed in the year
of the Monkey in traditional style. Secondly the
company was celebrating the opening of its second
factory in Mainland China.
[More
on this Story]
New
Distributor Agreement for Carl F
A
trading relationship dating back to 2001 between
hardware distributor Carl F Petersen and Hoppe has
been cemented with a distributor agreement.
[More
on this Story]
James
Price Expands Fleet to Meet Demand
The James Price Group has expanded its vehicle fleet
in order to meet the increased glass business across
all divisions of the Group. Substantial investment
in new technology and systems has seen the processed
glass division double its turnover in just 12 months.
[More
on this Story]
Wendland
and K2 back new Conservatory Market
Report
A
recent, in depth study of the important
UK Conservatory Market confirms, with
detailed statistical analysis, the surging
growth most companies have been experiencing.
The report, by industry researchers
Michael Rigby Associates, is described
by Alan Fielder, Sales & Marketing
Director of Wendland Roof Solutions
as ‘probably the most important,
detailed and comprehensive report ever
produced for our industry. No company
making its way in this exciting and
dynamic sector can afford to be without
it’.
[More
on this Story]
GGF
Fact Sheet explains Collision and Impact –
Approved Document K
Glazing
comes under Approved Document K under the
heading of pedestrian guarding: it calls for
guarding to be provided '….where it is
reasonably necessary for safety to guard the
edges of any part of a floor….', including
at opening windows, and at glazing to changes
in level (i.e. to provide containment). Any
wall, parapet, balustrade or similar obstruction
may serve as guarding. When placed in front
of glazing, the guarding should be a minimum
of 800mm high, whatever the building.
[More
on this Story]
Supreme
O Glaze Home Products Ltd Advert Attracts
Complaint
A
complaint, objecting to a leaflet for glazing
company Supreme O Glaze Home Products Ltd
of Ilford, Essex was upheld according to published
details from the Advertising Standards Authority.
[More
on this Story]
Kevin
Warner Appointed Sales & Marketing Director at Status
Kevin
Warner has been appointed sales and marketing director for PVCu profile
extrusion company Status Systems. As Kevin enters his 13th year with
the company, his appointment reflects a mutual commitment to Status'
ambitions for growth, and Kevin's own personal ambitions.
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on this Story]
No
Call Backs and Higher Margins
Edgetech
says that installers increasingly want a more thermally efficient
product, and not just because of Part L legislations. ‘Professional
installers don’t want the hassle and the cost of call backs for
sealed units that have failed – something that happens more often
with aluminium.’ says the company.
[More
on this Story]
LGT
Toughens up Bangladesh
LGT
is to install the first ever Toughening Plant in to Bangladesh, an
event of such high prestige that the top government ministers of Bangladesh
will be present for the first line of production.
[More
on this Story]
Planet
PVC Group Makes Strategic Appointments
Planet
PVC Group, the UK conservatory installer has made two senior appointments
to accelerate its drive towards flotation on the Alternative Investment
Market (AIM).
[More
on this Story]
IMI
plc Preliminary Results
IMI
plc, the major international engineering group, has announced its
preliminary results for the year ended 31st December 2003. IMI includes
Polypipe, the parent company of Premier Profiles.
[More
on this Story]
DuPont
Acquires Czech Republic PVB Business
DuPont
announced on February 18th that it has acquired Retrim, a safetyglass
interlayer company, with plant operations in Zlin, Czech Republic.
Terms were not disclosed. DuPont said Czech Republic government regulatory
approval was received in January.
[More
on this Story]
Alcoa
to Open Extrusion Facility in Northwest Romania
Alcoa
announced on March 12th that its European Extruded & End Products
division will start construction of a new extrusion facility in Arad
County, in northwest Romania, to serve customers in the building and
construction market.
[More
on this Story]
Alcoa
Expects Chinese Government Approval of Pingguo Joint Venture
Alcoa announced on March 12th that it expects Chinese government regulators
to approve the company's proposed joint venture with Aluminum Corporation
of China Limited (Chalco) for an integrated alumina-aluminum facility
in Pingguo.
[More
on this Story]
GL@ZINE SPECIAL FEATURES
Where
are the Composite Doors?
Why
are some companies still not using composite doors? Is it because they
prefer panel doors? Is it because they do not look good? Is it because
they like Toe & Healing? No, the answer is that most of the companies
still believe that you cannot have a good composite door at a reasonable
price and delivered within a reasonable time scale.
[Read
The Feature Here]
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