Construction:
Construction Minister Brian Wilson today sent a strong message to local authorities that they must look for best value not lowest cost when judging construction project tenders.

Part L/EN1279

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
Piper Windows is about to launch a Composite Door range, and says it will employ its many years of manufacturing expertise to produce a highly specifiable product


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

Bentley Conservatories of Melton Mowbray has fitted its most complicated Conservatory ever, onto a house in Northamptonshire.

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

Well, Glassex has finally closed its doors, and what a show it was. In most shows I can remember, the final Tannoy announcement of the show's ending was greeted with a rousing cheer by the assembled host of tired and foot-worn (not to mention hung-over) stand personnel.

While the lure of hearth and home still proved compelling for most, it is clear from some of the comments below that there was a feeling of 'if we only had another day we could make even more money!'

For those of you who did not make it to the show, I hope we brought you a flavour of it through our Daily Gl@zines.

For those of you who had no interest whatsoever in Glassex, may I take this opportunity to apologise for clogging up your email inboxes and assure you that as from today we will be reverting to our normal mix of domestic and international news from the glass and window industries.

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.

GL@ZINE BOOSTS GLASSEX

‘We were very grateful for the support given to Glassex by THE GL@ZINE throughout the visitor promotion period and by its daily editions on the open days of the show’, commented Glassex press officer Paul Godwin.

‘Visitor numbers saw a rise in the afternoon sessions, and we feel the The Gl@zine Glassex Daily was a contributing factor. We are sure that our subsequent research will support this point’ he said.

Don't forget that you can view previous issues in our ARCHIVE SECTION in addition to archive sections for LITERATURE and FABRICATOR FOCUS, PRODUCTS, PROJECTS, PEOPLE and CONSTRUCTION


In the meantime. please email me at tony@theglazine.com
Tony Higgin, Publisher

GLASSEX 2002 - The Buzz is Back!
If times are a little uncertain in the world at the moment, then the glass and glazing industry doesn't know it. Because if Glassex 2002 was anything to go by, the industry is fitter, more bullish and ready-to-do-business than ever before.
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GLASSEX 2002 EXHIBITOR QUOTES
'It's been a superb exhibition - the whole show was very slick and well-organised. We've never had to worry about anything because any issues have been dealt with smoothly and quickly all the way down the line. I feel that the organisers have lots of drive and that the new ideas they have put into the show are good.'
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HYDRO BECOMES WORLD LEADER WITHIN ALUMINIUM BUILDING SYSTEMS
Hydro Aluminium has reached agreement to acquire the Technal Group, finalising the deal announced on October 30th 2001. The Technal Group is a major European player in the aluminium building systems sector, which has its headquarters in Toulouse, France and its UK subsidiary based in Leeds.
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Ultraframe crashes into the glass business
Ultraframe, a leading international designer and manufacturer of conservatory systems, is set to shatter the conservatory and glazing sectors with the launch of ConservaglassTM, a dedicated conservatory glazing system which promises to 'leave other proprietary systems - such as Pilkington K glass - in the shade'.
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NEW PARTNERSHlP FOR SAPA AND CDW
A new partnership has been forged between Sapa Building Systems and CDW Systems. CDW Systems has become a Glostal trade fabricator, fabricating the complete range of Glostal ptoducts for the commercial sector, to complement its existing commercial door, ground floor framing and curtain walling operation.
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Mila has introduced Centra-Lock
In a move that will give window and door manufacturers and installers a major boost to sales, hardware manufacturer and distributor Mila has introduced Centra-Lock, the UK's first affordable, practical and easy-to-fit household central locking system.
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Heritage Unveils New Glass Bevelling Technology
USA based Heritage Sign & Display recently unveiled new glass bevelling technology at its facility in Pennsylvania. The new automated glass-bevelling machine is the first of its kind in the industry
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IDEAL WINDOWS FOR THE IDEAL HOME
JELD-WEN (UK) Ltd - the UK supplier of doors, windows and stairs - is a supplier for the Daily Maii's prize show house at this year's ldeal Home Show Exhibition.
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GBW HITS THE TARGET
Eighteen months since CBW moved to new state-of-the-art premises in Worcester, the company has announced record sales growth backed by an ambitious investment programme.
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CE mark for windows and curtain walls
Key event of the meeting of the European fenestration trade in Antalya early November 2001 was adoption of the product standards for windows, external pedestrian doors and curtain walling. The texts of these standards and all papers and reports given at the EuroWindoor-Fall Meeting are now available on CD-Rom. The CD-Rom is entitled "CE Mark For All Windows"
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