Part L/EN1279

Velux claims that its roof windows already meet and exceed forthcoming Part L requirements

The implications of the forthcoming changes to Part L of the Building Regulations in April have received much press recently. John Adams, Director of Sales at Portal Products gives his views from a door perspective.

VEKA has advised customers that windows produced with its Matrix system have achieved Part L without changing current fabrication or glazing methods.

All products within the Reynaers Concept Series are designed to comply with Document L requirements

Kömmerling seminar warns of 'Part L Snowball'

NEW! Training
Bohle is offering training seminars on Glass Fusing, the GQA is stepping up the pace in light of Part L, the GAI announces a CE marking seminar and TEST has achieved notable success at Sash

Products
Screenline U.K. Ltd. has launched a new integral blind system specifically designed for the Domestic sector and more particularly for use in Conservatories

Recently Piper made the decision to use its expertise in the manufacturing industry to produce its own range of fully composite doors

Renovator is the first glass polishing system in the world to remove scratches from all types of glass with no distortion, says importer Glas-Weld UK.


Storm Windows offer secondary glazing designed specially for historic buildings.


Lasertec glass measuring laser device from Ebor

New Sheerframe patio door
from LB Plastics

Gold and Platinum door panels from Hallmark

Projects &
Contracts

Leaderflush+Shapland has supplied over 3,300 internal doorsets to a new hospital in Wishaw in a PFI contract.

Hardware from Siegenia-Frank (UK) Ltd has been installed in a research centre in Antarctica.

Guardian Industries has supplied high-performance coated glass for the 700-foot tower that will serve as headquarters for HSBC in Canary Wharf

Sash UK has completed the latest phase of a refurbishment project for North British Housing Association both ahead of schedule and under budget

C3S Securiglass recently took part in supplying (and installing) all the fire resistant glass within some of the David Lloyd leisure and fitness centres in the UK

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Glassex Complete
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TODAY'S QUICKTIME MOVIES:
See for yourself some of the highlights of Glassex 2002:

Ritec Auction Highlight

Gary Morton's Band Night 1

Gary Morton's Band Night 2

Gary Morton's Band Night 3

Peter Allen from Ultraframe explains Conservaglass

David Kent from Avocet demonstrates the door lifting device

Glas-Weld

Exhibiting at Interbuild?

Following the launch of their '50/50' Golden Jubilee feature for Interbuild 2002, the organisers have now added a '50/50' Golden Jubilee exhibitors' area.

Exhibition List

for upcoming
exhibitions in the
UK and the rest of
the world.

Today's Events at Glassex are:

Wagner Prize Draw: Visitors can grab a balloon from an air filled tower to win a prize. Each day one balloon has a special prize (portable TV, DVD player etc) which gets dropped in the tower at 12 noon.

Yale Security Products is offering visitors the chance to win tickets to the British Touring Car Championship on Stand F041

Edgetech (Stand D027) will hold a daily prize draw where each day a lucky winner will be flown out to the NGA Glass Show in Houston, Texas USA with all flights and accomodation paid for.

Todays FREE seminar is:

10.30: Unravelling the Rules of Certification presented by Richard Baldey, Head of Business Development, BSI Product Services

Please visit the Seminar Page for details
You can browse the UPDATED contents of the show, using either the alphabetical stand guide, the group-by-product sections, or via the industry's first interactive FLOORPLANS.

And don't forget our Glassex New Products Launch Page

Also, you can view previous Glassex issues here: Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 in addition to archive sections for LITERATURE and FABRICATOR FOCUS, PRODUCTS, PROJECTS, PEOPLE and CONSTRUCTION

Bassra clinches deal

Bassra Machine Tools clinched one of the biggest deals of the show yesterday, after selling one of their automatic combined glass washing lines and a range of related equipment to a large sealed unit manufacturer.

Managing director Baljit Bassral said the deal, worth more than £100,000, was, one of the biggest single orders Bassra has had for an individual company in the UK. "We had been talking to the client for about six to eight weeks, but he decided he wanted to visit the show, see what else was available and make up his mind here."

Bassra manufactures machinery for sealed unit producers ranging from small set-ups to huge production lines. All the equipment is made in the company’s Birmingham factory, which was established by Baljit Bassral 20 years ago with a £3,000 investment. Now the company sends its machines all over the UK and has agents in 14 countries around the world – including Mauritius.

"Our machines do so well because we believe in keeping them simple," says Baljit Bassral. "They are not high-tec and full of unnecessary gizmos, they are solid, uncomplicated and easy to install, plus they use standard, off-the-shelf parts. It means that wherever they go in the world we know people can maintain them easily."

Exquisite Glass from Shepperton
It may have a small stand, but one of the biggest draws of this year’s show is proving to be the new range of exquisite patterned glasses, designed and produced by Paul Hanna of Shepperton Glass.
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THE GLASS BENEVOLENCE ASSOCIATION
A new charity, aimed at helping those in the glass industry who have set-backs in their personal or professional lives, was announced yesterday by Ritec CEO David Croxson, at the end of the Changing Faces auction. Provisionally called the Glass Benevolence Association (GBA), the charity will also work to improve the public’s traditionally poor image of the double glazing industry.
The charity was the idea of industry PR agency Austen, Harlow Flitter, who are providing their services free of charge. Cliff Rankin of Rankins Glass is to act as a special adviser, and the charity will operate under the aegis of the GGF.
To kick-start the charity financially, Ritec pledged 10% of the auction proceeds to the GBA, totalling £500, which was immediately matched by the Glassex organisers EMAP.

Major glass launch from Ultraframe
ONE of the biggest launches so far of this year’s show was a new glazing system specifically designed for conservatories, unveiled by Ultraframe managing director Nick Gale.
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Mila launch central locking system for homes
The UK’s first affordable central locking system for homes was launched at Glassex yesterday by hardware specialist Mila. Centra-Lock is, claim the makers, practical and easy-to-fit.
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System-X unveiled
Panels Plus have finally been tempted to branch out from exclusively making door panels – and used Glassex 2002 to reveal its first composite door.
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COVA PRODUCTS has extended its Cova XL range
COVA PRODUCTS has extended its Cova XL range of exterior grade woodgrain and plain coloured foils for the window market with the launch of three new veneers, collectively called the Shogun range. Visitors can see for themselves on stand B030.
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THE FIRST conservatory franchise operation in Britain
THE FIRST conservatory franchise operation in Britain was launched on the opening day of Glassex 2002. As a sign of its commitment to its manufacturing base, Planet has invested £1m in machinery from Promac, which will increase output from 800 to a potential 2000 items per week.
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Bohle launches Dri-Cool 'freeze-dried' sealant at Glassex
Bohle will officially launch a revolutionary coolant for glass processing machinery at Glassex.
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OTHER NEWS:

STRATEGIC ALLIANCE FOR HARDWARE COMPANIES
Siegenia and Aubi - two of Europe's major hardware companies - have announced plans to enter into a strategic alliance from 2003. Whilst the move will result in joint development work on new product concepts in due course, initially at least the move will have no impact on the two companies' UK business and marketing strategies.
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YESTERDAYS SEMINARS
Yesterday’s well-attended seminar schedule covered a typically diverse range of subjects, from secondary glazing in listed buildings to advice on how to generate more valuable leads.

Paul Clifton from The Profit Shop outlined strategies on how to structure a PVC-U business for maximum profit, while Matt Clements of the BPF outlined the long-term sustainability of the PVC-U windows industry.

One of the most popular sessions, presented by gearing consultant Dr Robin Kent, discussed how glass processing companies can increase their profits by minimising waste and maximising efficiency. Dr Kent stressed that the implementation of a systematic waste minimisation programme can typically save a company one per cent of business turnover – a substantial sum that goes straight to the bottom line.

Waste, he stressed, is not just the contents of the company’s skips and bins. It’s a big issue which also includes wasted raw materials, wasted time, wasted utilities – such as water, compressed air, electricity and steam, rework costs, the costs of handling, storage, treating and processing waste, and waste disposal costs.

Dr Kent said that instead of recycling waste, real savings are only achieved by preventing it from occurring in the first place, and outlined a number of simple techniques, requiring minimal financial investment, which can have a dramatic effect on profits

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