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30th November 2004
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Edgetech
can now offer an online solution to manufacturing Georgian bars
with the Lisec machine for high volume manufacturers
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Häfele
UK
has launched its new new contemporary range of lever handles: the
new Starlight range
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Ventilation
specialist Titon has launched
the Trimvent Select E18, a new clip fix variant of its trickle ventilator
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Here:
HW
Plastics
has introduced a Tilt 'n' Turn version of the company's Elite 70
window and door system
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Here:
Eurocell
Building Plastics
has recently launched a new double Internal corner joint trim to
its product range
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Here:
Synseal
Extrusions Ltd
has introduced a new T-Ridge cover moulding to its Shield and Global
conservatory roofs
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Here:
Ultraframe
has extended its range of crestings and finials to give even more
choice to customers
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TruSeal
Technologies, Inc.,
a specialist in flexible spacer systems for insulating glass, offers
Insuledge and DuraSeal as the next generation in warm-edge flexible
spacer systems
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Securistyle
has launched the Vision offset espagnolette handle which has been
ergonomically designed to look modern and feel comfortable to use
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In
a bid to reduce the most frequent workplace injury, cuts to the
hands and upper extremities, Ansell
announces the introduction of Intercept Technology
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Linn Spilsbury has been appointed by CEN
Solutions Ltd to run the company’s new EN 1279 test
laboratory which opened in Stafford last month
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The
customer service team at Foilex
is dedicated to ensuring complete customer satisfaction at all times
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Yale
Door & Window Solutions has strengthened its specification
support team with the three new appointments
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Sarnafil
Roof Assured,
the domestic single ply roofing systems company, has appointed Bob
Newall as UK Business Development Manager
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Nico
friction hinges have been installed at the new dock development,
Neptune Quay, at Ipswich
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Angel
Plastics
has just completed a contract to renew the ceiling of a private
indoor swimming pool in Epsom. The ageing decorated fibreboard
ceiling was replaced using Deeplas by Deceuninck’s
Décor ceiling panels and took a two-man fitting team just
one week to complete
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Apartments
at one of the North of England’s most prestigious addresses
have spectacular waterside and cityscape views thanks to Metal
Technology’s curtain wall and window systems
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In
a major new refurbishment project, Securistyle
window hardware has been specified on 8,500 thousand properties
owned by Twin Valley Homes, as part of a five year up-grade scheme
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Home
improvement specialist, eBuilders,
has launched a comprehensive online guide to specialist air conditioning
suppliers across the UK
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Here:
Everwhite
Plastics Ltd has launched a new look website. Simon Reynolds,
Sales Manager at Everwhite, explains how easy it is to use:
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Specialist
laminating company Foilex has unveiled
its new-look, interactive website
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Here:
Sierra
Windows
has raised £848 for charity. Brian Webb, General Manager,
presented a cheque to Cancer Research UK
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Here:
Manse
Masterdor Ltd,
the manufacturer of bespoke timber bladed door-sets, has donated
windows and made to measure doors to Harrogate and Knaresborough
District based charity, Paperworks
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Window
and conservatory manufacturer, Synseal
Extrusions Ltd is doing its bit to help boost urgently
needed blood supplies
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In
time for the Olympic Games RWE Schott Solar
began the operation of Greece's largest rooftop solar-energy unit in Athens.
Supported by its Greek and German partners, this will help the company
to further strengthen its market position in Greece.
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'Too
many different schemes could be diluting the overall waste and recycling
effort in the UK.' This was the European perspective on waste and recycling
in the UK given at the fifth Waste Action Forum
held in Barnsley
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A
UK-led consortium is developing a process to extract brominated flame
retardants (BFRs) from waste plastics to leave an 'acceptable' level in
the plastic for recycling
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Glass
is good news for the brick industry and the environment, according to
research carried out by CERAM Building Technology
(CBT)
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Alcoa
announced on September 10th the start of an environmental impact
assessment under terms of reference established by the Trinidad
and Tobago Environmental Authority (EMA) for a potential aluminum
smelter at LaBrea, located in southwest Trinidad
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DuPont
and attorneys for local residents who filed a class action lawsuit
in 2001 over releases from DuPont's Washington Works plant of the
chemical C-8, also known as PFOA, have reached an agreement in principle
to settle the suit, officials from both parties announced on September
9th
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TruSeal
Technologies’
warm-edge flexible spacer system DuraSeal™, dual sealed with
polysulphide, has passed the requirements outlined by European testing
standards EN1279-2, 3 and 6 according to the final report by Dutch
test institute TNO-TPD
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Allglass
& Glazing Ltd an Insulating Glass Unit (IGU) manufacturer based
in Somerset, has officially achieved BS EN1279-2 Kitemark scheme for
insulating glass units using sealants from Bostik
Findley
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Here:
RegaLead
has teamed up with CEN Solutions
to help guide its customers through the EN 1279 accreditation
process
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Here:
Chiltern
Dynamics will treble capacity to test Insulating Glass
Units (IGUs) to EN 1279: Glass In Building – Insulating Glass
Units, Part 2, when a new custom-built chamber is installed.
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The
construction industry adopts a consistent approach to calculating
the U-values of curtain walling according to Derek Hodgson,
technical manager for Senior Aluminium Systems, chairman of
the technical committee for the Council for Aluminium in Building
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here:
The
consultation period for amendments to Building Regulations
part L is now closed, so what are the likely outcomes for
future legislation? The BFRC Window Energy Rating system is
now unlikely to be included in its proposed form
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here:
The
Government’s Consultation Document on changes to Building
Regulations Part L has now been issued. It confirms that windows
that achieve the current Part L U values will continue to
satisfy requirements in the future.
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here:
In response to ODPM's release on 21st July of the consultation
document on Part L (energy efficiency)
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here:
Features
now archived include:
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
Didn't
the Industry Do Well?
Success
stories from both sides of the market this week: Deceuninck Group has
won the 2004 Ernst & Young 'Entrepreneur of the Year' award against
some 900 Flemish growth companies, while on the glass side we hear that
LMC Group has become a major international player in the commercial
glazing market by cutting a deal with a Dubai based Prisma Space Frame.
Coventry
Branch Sales/Administration
An exciting opportunity for an experienced
sales person with excellent administration and organisation skills.
The company wants to develop this small depot operation into a larger
stand alone operational branch, by attracting a greater proportion
of locally generated business for emergency replacement glazing and
other glazing products and services available through the group.
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Latest
Positions from TEN
Ten senior positions now available
from TEN Human Resources.
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John
and Ann Armstrong, who run Holbrooks-based double glazing
company U-fit.co.uk,
hope to put potential new recruits on the spot and in front
of the BBC TV cameras in ‘The U-Factor’, a drive
to boost their workforce.
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Alcan
Inc. announced on
November 11th that it will continue its association with Olympic
and Paralympic champion Chantal Petitclerc through to the
year 2008. Alcan has been the Quebec athlete’s major
sponsor since 1998.
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Listers
has always been conscious that it needs to keep fighting off
the competition but one of the company's employees seems to
have taken it a little further than usual.
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The
weather may not have been kind to the event, but this year’s
Truckfest at Haydock Park was the perfect opportunity for
Pilkington to show exactly
what conditions its Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass
was made for.
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Eurocell
Building Plastics
has recently held two golf days. Firstly the company’s southeast
division staff competed at the prestigious Lingfield Park Course in Surrey.
Hawkstone Park was the setting for the Annual Marshall-Tufflex, Eurocell
Building Plastics Midlands Golf Day.
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Now
in its 10th year, one of the industry’s premier sporting events,
the Unitec Hardware Ltd Charity Golf
Challenge, was held once again at the De Vere Carden Park in Cheshire.
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Eurocell
Building Plastics
has reported that the Irish Building Exhibition was a great success with
company representatives currently following up the leads generated from
the show.
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Here:
Pilkington
Building Products showcased its wide range of glass options
at the 23rd annual PlanExpo, 4th - 6th November 2004 at Simmonscourt Pavilion
at the RDS in Dublin.
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Here:
Raines Court, one of the largest schemes to incorporate Technal’s
new GXi aluminium sliding balcony door, has won an RIBA Award.
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Guardian
Japan Ltd.,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Guardian Industries Corp., recently became
the first overseas company in the 95-year history of Takenaka to receive
a 'Certificate of Appreciation'.
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Here:
St. Albans based secondary glazing specialist, Selectaglaze
Ltd has successfully achieved ISO9001 certification through
LPCB.
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In this month's What's New section of the
BBA website there are details of the appointment of two new
inspectors as part of the BBA's ELECSA team.
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A new range of retail literature from Duraflex
- ‘The Natural Choice in PVC-U’ - is a colourful pack
containing an aspirational lifestyle brochure and loose-leaf specification
sheets, all enclosed within a matching folder.
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here:
TRADA
Technology has published a new manual aimed at establishing
the principles of good practice in the design and specification
of wood windows.
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here:
Freefoam
recently introduced its new Colour Range guide which highlights
the company’s large colour range and provides specific advice
on the care and installation of these products.
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here:
UK window hardware manufacturer, Securistyle,
has created a free, easy to use, window hardware considerations
wall chart.
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here:
House
construction costs will rise by an inflation busting 16% this
year and by 11.6% in 2005 with the upwards trend continuing, according
to Experian, the global economic
forecasting group.
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here:
Construction
Orders in the year to September 2004 rose by two per
cent compared to orders in the previous twelve month period, and
orders in the third quarter of 2004 rose by one per cent compared
to the same period a year earlier.
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here:
Partnership,
professionalism and passion were the themes underlying the fourth
Masterframe Bygone Preferred Installers
(BPI) network conference.
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Total
Glass
has launched its own fabricator training facility. The company, one
of Profile 22's largest fabricators, established the Total Training
School in response to a growing skills shortage.
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Here:
Merlin
UK
has opened its new training facility for the window industry in Oldham.
Merlin, working in partnership with Remploy, provides all aspects
of training for the window industry.
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Here:
Fabricator
Finestral Windows and Conservatories
says that it has built a credible reputation for quality over the
last 23 years. It recently experienced an exceptionally high number
of orders and had to make a decision to invest heavily in expanding
its manufacturing capacity or to outsource.
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Earlier
this year North East company - Regency Windows
Ltd of Sunderland, opened a new showroom which displays
a wide range of conservatory styles with all of the conservatories
featuring roof systems from Newdawn & Sun Ltd.
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A
European Construction Safety Summit
took place on 22nd November 2004 at Euskalduna Conference Centre in
Bilbao, Spain, marking the closing of this year's European Week on
Safety and Health at Work.
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On
October 28th, Saint-Gobain Corporation,
the holding company for the U.S.- and Canadian-based businesses of
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain of France, celebrated the first Saint-Gobain
International Day of Health and Safety.
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The
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has awarded British
Glass £93,000 funding to lead a health and safety
improvement programme within SMEs in the glass sector.
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Interbuild
2006: New Owners, New Show
Major changes have taken place since Interbuild 2004 as control of the
event switches entirely into the hands of Emap Construct.
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on this Story]
GlassBuild
America Announces Autumn Dates
The National Glass Association (NGA) has announced that its trade show,
GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo, will now be permanently
moving to the autumn beginning in 2005.
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on this Story]
Locks
& Fittings get Separate Area at BAU 2005
Locks and fittings nowadays do much more than just their original function.
They have become multi-functional high-tech products that fulfil a wide
range of requirements. With these developments in mind, a separate section
is now going to be devoted to these products at BAU 2005 in Munich 17-22
January 2005.
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25
Years of Glassex
Glassex celebrates its Silver Anniversary by offering an array of events,
competitions, business seminars and of course, more than 150 of the
glazing industry’s top suppliers, in the most comprehensive programme
ever seen at the event.
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on this Story]
Alcoa
Presents UltrAlloy 6020 at Aluminium 2004
The Aluminium 2004 World Trade Fair and Convention in Essen, Germany
will include a presentation of Alcoa's UltrAlloy® 6020, which removes
lead from aluminium precision machined parts, increases machining productivity
and boosts machine shop competitiveness.
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on this Story]
'Visions
of Glass' at BAU
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.
Also, the GlasKon Congress will be integrated into BAU.
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We continue to bring you a regular selection of the industry's top jobs: this week Greenberg Glass is seeking staff, the latest of over 30 companies who have sucessfully used The Gl@zine for recruitment over the last couple of years. This week we also welcome back a regular slot from TEN Human Resources, who offers ten excellent positions which are available now.
Glasstec 2004 closed its doors having notched up in the region of 54,000 visitors from 81 countries. This week we have reports from CGI International, TruSeal Technologies, Guardian Glass, Bostik and Supertrucks; product launches including Glass Curtains from Sprinz, the Solaris Quicktech System for Glass Blocks and Edgetech's Triseal. Part 2 of our Review can be found here. More next week.
Finally,
this week we are sad to report the passing of Chris Breeze, a window industry
veteran, with many years at Kömmerling, who has died aged 63. We
wish his family our sincere condolences.
Tony Higgin, Publisher
tony@theglazine.com
Insolvencies,
Winding up Orders, Petitions and Creditors' Meetings
Some
familiar names from the glass, window and conservatory
markets turn up in this week’s look at recent
Notices from the Company Courts: Staffordshire
Trade Windows, Lux Doors, Warmdrive, Gosport Window
Systems, Daytime Windows, Arrow Glazing Systems,
Norceram UK, South Coast Marketing, Rowan Windows,
to name but a few.
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Here:
Titon
Launches new French Casement Security System
Window
fittings expert Titon has launched a new high security
bi-directional espagnolette for aluminium French casement
doors. Available from Titon's Commercial Department,
the new system is designed to appeal to architects
and interior designers as well as security experts.
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on this Product]
Ribbon
Balustrade in The 'Art of Gateshead
Gateshead
Council has unveiled what is set to become one of
the most recognisable views of the River Tyne. A 100-metre
ribbon of coloured glass designed by architectural
glass artist Kate Maestri, in collaboration with architect
Foster and Partners, was recently revealed in The
Sage Gateshead.
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on this Project]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Kömmerling
Stalwart Chris Breeze Dies aged
63
profine UK Ltd. announces with sadness
the death of its General Manager,
Chris Breeze. Chris, who was 63,
died suddenly of a heart attack
while playing golf on holiday in
Portugal.
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on this Story]
Glasstec
2004 Review: Part 2
Glasstec 2004 closed its doors having
notched up in the region of 54,000
visitors from 81 countries. This
week we have reports from CGI International,
TruSeal Technologies, Guardian Glass,
Bostik and Supertrucks; product
launches including Glass Curtains
from Sprinz, the Solaris Quicktech
System for Glass Blocks and Edgetech's
Triseal, plus new technology from
Tamglass, Bystronic, Gartner Facades,
Henkel Teroson and Applied Films.
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on this Story]
Deceuninck
Group Wins Entrepreneur Award
The Deceuninck Group, Belgium,
have recently been awarded the
prestigious 2004 Ernst &
Young 'Entrepreneur of the Year'
award. Deceuninck was chosen
as the overall winner from a
selection of six finalists,
short-listed from some 900 Flemish
growth companies.
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on this Story]
LMC
Group Cuts Major Deal in Middle
East
LMC Group, the UK’s leading
designer, manufacturer and installer
of engineered glass solutions,
has confirmed a strategic alliance
with Dubai-based Prisma Space
Frame LLC, the leading manufacturer
in the Arabian Gulf.
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on this Story]
Glassex
Conservatory Design Competition
Secures Headline Sponsor
The Glassex Conservatory Design
Competition, which was successfully
launched at Glassex in 2004, has
a headline sponsor for 2005: Ultraframe,
the industry’s leading designer
and manufacturer of conservatory
roofing systems.
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on this Story]
New
Marketing Communications Man at
Pilkington
Pilkington Building Products UK
Ltd has appointed Stuart Norman
to the post of Marketing Communications
Manager. Stuart is replacing Chris
Gill who has left the company.
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on this Story]
The increasingly complex structure of modern facade constructions requires a greater number of their constituents to be tested. This is why Henkel Teroson, too, has extended and optimised the test procedure for its products under its in-house monitoring.
Windowlink
Teams up with Quantal to Develop VectorQ
Windowlink has teamed up with Quantal
Conservatory Roofing Systems to develop
VectorQ, a specially customised edition
of its popular Vector conservatory
sales presentation package for Quantal’s
retail network.
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on this Story]
Total
Glass Continues to Expand Throughout
UK
Further expansion across the Pennines
is creating new business for Total
Glass, one of the UK's fastest growing
manufacturers, as more and more
customers recognise the quality
and service offered by one of Profile
22's largest fabricators.
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on this Story]
Yorkshire
Trade Windows Aims High with Styal
Having
already experienced an average growth
of between 30 and 40% every year
since the company began trading,
Wendland Roof Solutions Styal fabricator
Yorkshire Trade Windows (YTW) Ltd
has now purchased a new fully equipped
30,000 sq ft factory unit.
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A Wakefield conservatory company started by two ambitious brothers with just £200 has grown into a £5m business and is celebrating its tenth anniversary with the launch of a new brand and a £10,000 recommend-a-friend competition.
Radway
Door and Windows Ltd LHC Partner
of the Year 2004
When
Radway was advised that it had been
selected as LHC Partner of the Year
for 2004, it was delighted. To be
appointed as the Partner of the
Year is the premier accolade of
the Construction Industry, where
emphasis is placed on the providing
products and services of the highest
quality, on time and to budget.
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Redrow
Chooses Celuform Roofline Products
PVC-UE FASCIA, soffits and bargeboards from
Celuform are being specified for all developments
built by Redrow. The housebuilder says the plastic
building products manufacturer has been chosen
because of high quality standards and the company's
outstanding experience in the market. Redrow
plans to build up to 4500 units this year.
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on this Story]
Windowmaker
Grows to 80 People
Windowmaker
has grown to a total of 80 people
across the world. From its humble
beginning as two people working
in an apartment Windowmaker
has grown into a worldwide organisation
serving the software needs of
window and door companies.
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on this Story]
Pultec’s
Canine Contract not to be Sniffed at
Pultec
has supplied the windows in new specialist
kennels made for the working dogs belonging
to HM Customs and Excise at Hull docks.
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on this Story]
Innovation
Fits the Bill
When
Nottingham fabricator One Stop Window Centre
was looking to switch profile suppliers,
the company says that it found the product
innovation and total business support package
on offer from Profile 22 fitted the bill
perfectly.
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on this Story]
World
Record! First-time ever Kilometer-long Cutting
of Flat Glass with Laser
Grenzebach
has commenced tests for online cutting with
laser. A change of the colour of the glass
melt at Pilkington's Weiherhammer plant
provided a good opportunity for an initial
test run of 100,000 sqm of glass ribbon.
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on this Story]
DuPont
Glass Laminating Solutions for a Better,
Safer World
'DuPont
Glass Laminating Solutions provides materials,
services and innovations for a better, safer
world. The business operates as part of
DuPont’s Performance Materials growth
platform.' says Luigi Robbiati in the 10th
anniversary issue of Laminated Glass News.
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on this Story]
Assa
Abloy has Increased Sales from SEK 3 to
25 Billion in 10 Years
On
8th November Assa Abloy celebrated its ten
year anniversary. Since its creation in
1994, Assa Abloy has increased sales by
SEK 22 billion. At the same time the number
of companies in the Group has grown to 100
with operations in 40 countries and a global
market share of close to ten percent.
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on this Story]
Hydro
to Reorganise Building Systems Units
Hydro
Building Systems will reorganise some units
in France and Spain to focus on core products
and improve competitiveness. The restructuring
will directly impact 210 employees, most
of whom will be offered other positions
or retained by future owners in units sold.
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on this Story]
Acquisition
of LOH Group by Schweiter Technologies Concluded
As
announced in September, Schweiter Technologies
is acquiring the LOH Group, the global leader
in spectacle lens surface treatment.
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on this Story]
Nine-Month
Figures: Linde Achieves Increases in Sales
and Operating Profit
In
the first nine months of 2004, the technology
group Linde has achieved increases in sales
and operating profit (EBITA).
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on this Story]
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