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14th December 2004
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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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Senior
Aluminium Systems
(SAS), has launched its most advanced window system
to date, the SPW 300
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Here:
The
recently launched high performance MAB floor springs from
Prefit operating on closing power 3 and 4 have been successfully
used in tests on many types of doors issued with 60-minute fire
certificates
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Here:
Bystronic
- Lenhardt provides a high-performance and flexible
machine for the bending of unfilled spacer profiles made of aluminium,
steel, stainless steel or plastic
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Here:
Bohle
UK - the exclusive distributor for Vetro glass tiles
from Italy - has announced more new designs and new low prices
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Here:
XT4,
the new glazing bar from Synseal Extrusions
Ltd, can span 4m without reinforcing or bolster bars
even with 800mm centres
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Here:
New
World Developments says that its new GRP composite doorset,
Apeer is as robust as it looks: its security features are original
engineering innovations
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Here:
Edgetech
can now offer an online solution to manufacturing Georgian bars
with the Lisec machine for high volume manufacturers
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The
Heywood Williams Group has announced the appointment of
Paul Neilson as Managing Director of HW Plastics Ltd
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Here:
Avocet
Hardware
is continuing to strengthen its commercial team with the appointment
of Neil Gokhale as Design, Development and Quality Director
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Here:
Lenhardt
Maschinenbau GmbH, supplier of high-quality system solutions
for the production of insulating glass has a new president, Bernhard
Schmitt
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Here:
Black
aluminium windows from Beaufort Secure
Design have replaced timber frames as part of an upgrade
programme at Orpington Hospital in Kent
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Here:
The
exacting specification of a prestigious riverside development
near Kew Gardens includes high performance PVCu doors and windows
from the Duraflex Diamond
Suite
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Here:
Eurocell
fabricator MW windows Ltd has recently completed a number of high
profile contracts for Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council in
Merseyside and NPS Northwest Ltd (Wigan Council)
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Here:
Countryside
Properties, has installed a large number of Sheerframe
windows in each of its new homes in the Reedlands development
in Wychwood Park, Crewe
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K2
architectural systems has local residents 'seeing double' after
the installation of adjoining conservatories for two members of
the same family in Waltham Abbey
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Bohle
has recently redesigned its on-line shop to incorporate the new design
concepts currently being rolled out in the company's catalogues and
advertisments
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Here:
Home
improvement specialist, eBuilders,
has launched a comprehensive online guide to specialist air conditioning
suppliers across the UK
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Here:
Listers
recently held an open week on its Building Plastics Trade Counter
in Leek Road, Stoke, raising money for the Douglas MacMillan cancer
relief charity
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Here:
Bygone
Preferred Installers
have just made a £575 donation to Baby Lifeline, a charity
offering care and support to pregnant mothers and newborn babies
throughout the UK
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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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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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Here:
'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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Here:
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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Here:
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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Here:
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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Here:
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
Pre-Holiday
Health Check
A
picture of robust health in the PVC-U window industry emerges this week,
just in time to give us all a feel good factor as we do our Christmas
shopping. Firstly, the Corby Windows Group has announced that it is
one of the first fabricators to adopt the new Synerjy suite. This shows
that CWG is confident enough to make progressive changes in what is
supposedly a static market. It also shows that Synseal appears to have
got it right yet again.
Technical
Sales Adviser – S. W. England
SFS intec is the world’s largest
fastener company and is acknowledged as the market leader in the manufacture
and supply of fasteners for the UK window industry. We are now looking
to strengthen the team further with the appointment of a technical
sales adviser to nurture and grow our customer base in the South West.
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Solaglas
MSN
has announced that sixty-three of the companies participating
in the Solaglas MSN Challenge 2004 qualified to win prizes
by achieving their targets for glass purchases.
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'There's
no such thing as a free lunch', so the saying goes. Oh yes
there is, according to Portal Products
which is inviting customers and prospects to drop in for a
factory tour and a bite to eat.
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Howarth
Timber and Building Supplies
has run a national Ultraframe Conservatory Roadshow at each
of its 23 branches.
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Here:
Aztec
Conservatory Roof Systems’
customers demonstrated their competitive edge when the company
hosted a day of motor racing.
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Here:
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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The
2004 Ideal Homes Exhibition held at Bournemouth International Centre in
early September was the second year that Dorset based installer Orchard
Roofing has exhibited the benefits of SRA.
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Here:
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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Here:
Pilkington
plc has won an important award under the prestigious Engineering
Heritage Hallmark Scheme (EHHS) for the invention of the Float Glass
process.
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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.
More
Here:
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:
Pilkington
has designed a new brochure, which highlights its complete architectural
product offering and specifically the recent additions to the
new solar control Pilkington Suncool™ HP range.
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here:
Freefoam
has introduced a range of new Product Information Sheets which
are available for customers and others with specific product enquiries.
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here:
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:
The
joint DTI/ONS review of construction
output statistics was published 1st December 2004. This review
was established in October 2003 in response to a revision to construction
output that led to a large revision to the estimate of GDP growth
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here:
Bovis
Homes Group PLC
met with analysts and investors on 9th November and provided a
trading update prior to visiting its Swindon developments.
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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:
The
Ultraframe technical support
team offers all Ultraframe fabricators, suppliers and installers specialist
training at its School of Excellence.
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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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Here:
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:
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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Here:
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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Here:
Masterframe
Latest to Back the Glassex Challenge
The growing list of big industry names that have signed up to sponsor
the Glassex Challenge now includes the sash window fabricator Masterframe
Windows Ltd.
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on this Story]
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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on this Story]
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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Here:
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Also illustrating an area of unexpected bouyancy are Mike Davis's latest Windowbase figures. These show that the contraction in the number of window installers owing to the FENSA effect seems to have passed. Now, 'it seems that for every installer that goes out of business, two spring up', says Mike.
A final look at Glasstec 2004. This week we have reports from Glaverbel, Henkel Terostat, Lisec, Rocplas (Deco-Blei), Linde (Hydropox), Sprinz (Motion sliding door system), Pentagon Glass Marker, Saint-Gobain Oberland (Solaris Glass Blocks), Tamglass, Sandglass (decorative glass), Supercut (abrasives), Uvekol (glass lamination system); also pictures of Vanceva, Decorative Resins International, Ritec, IGA, Cooltemper (Unilam), Bohle and Glasslam. Part 4 of our Review can be found here.
Finally,
we have a heart warming story from Heritage Glass this week where Clare
Murphy has nominated colleague Tony Randall in a 'Most Energetic Boss'
competition and he has got through to the final 10. He stands a chance
of a holiday to New Zealand, while Clare will get a case of Champagne
if he wins. Perhaps she was just trying to get rid of him for a few weeks...
Tony Higgin, Publisher
tony@theglazine.com
DTI
Consultation on Doorstep Selling and Cold Calling
You may have seen comment on the DTI Consultation
on Doorstep Selling and Cold Calling in the press
and thought: ‘Nothing to do with us. We don’t
do any of that. Everything we do is by appointment
inside the home.’ Well think again.
Read
the Rest Here:
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
Cleaning
up with Carl F
One
of the new products in the Carl F Direct portfolio
is an all purpose mini spill kit. Specially developed
for subscribers to the catalogue, a handy carrier
includes a mix of products for cleaning both general
purpose liquids and oil.
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on this Product]
Technal
Curtain Walling Creates Dramatic Atrium for Award-Winning
Building in Leeds’ Cultural Quarter
A
new landmark, multi-purpose arts complex, designed
by DLA Architecture, is set to become a flagship for
Leeds’ growing cultural quarter. The award-winning
scheme, which incorporates a dramatic three-storey
curved atrium created from Technal’s MC Frame
curtain walling, provides the new headquarters of
BBC Yorkshire and a facility for Leeds College of
Music.
[More
on this Project]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Fully
Sculptured Shield Synerjy from CWG
The
Corby Windows Group says that it
is one of the first fabricators
to produce windows, doors and conservatories
using the new Shield Synerjy suite.
The new fully sculptured 70mm profiles
are both elegant and contoured resulting
in an attractive traditional appearance
but with all the benefits of modern,
top performing high technology materials.
[More
on this Story]
More
Installers than Ever, says Windowbase
Announcing
10,800 installers on its latest
database, - a new high - Windowbase
reports that the ‘Volatility
Index’ for the year 2004, has
shown a slowing down of the ‘thrashing’
that has affected the Window, Door
and Conservatory industry since
the FENSA registration scheme was
introduced.
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on this Story]
Glasstec
2004 Review: Part 4
Glasstec 2004 closed its doors having
notched up in the region of 54,000
visitors from 81 countries. This
week we have reports from Glaverbel,
Henkel Terostat, Lisec, Rocplas
(Deco-Blei), Linde (Hydropox), Sprinz
(Motion sliding door system), Pentagon
Glass Marker, Saint-Gobain Oberland
(Solaris Glass Blocks), Tamglass,
Sandglass (decorative glass), Supercut
(abrasives), Uvekol (glass lamination
system); also pictures of Vanceva,
Decorative Resins International,
Ritec, IGA, Cooltemper (Unilam),
Bohle and Glasslam.
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on this Story]
Liverpool
Chooses KEB
On
the strength of the company’s
performance during the initial
phase of a major social housing
refurbishment project in Liverpool
for Cobalt Housing Association,
KEB Fabrications has just been
awarded a further phase of the
contract.
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on this Story]
WilliamsF1’s
a Roaring Success for Network
Veka
Network
Veka’s ’04 AGM was
hailed the biggest and best
ever after more than 200 members
and guests heard of a host of
new strategies and innovations
before partying the night away.
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on this Story]
Super
Spacer® Leaves all other Spacer
Bars in the Cold
Realising
five years ago that warm edge
was the technology of the future,
Warwickshire based sealed unit
manufacturer, WR Woolley started
using a warm edge spacer bar.
Unfortunately, WR Woolley was
unhappy with the specification
of this particular product and
unimpressed by the lack of support.
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on this Story]
Leamore
Windows Clicks on to Superior
Service
Windowlink’s
easy to use presentation and pricing
software is helping Leamore Windows
present an even more professional
image and increase sales in both
its trade and retail divisions.
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on this Story]
Ritec
Sponsors Student Prize
The
importance of promoting sound business
practice for the future is recognised
by Ritec International through the
sponsorship of an annual student award
presented at Middlesex University
Business School, London.
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on this Story]
Hatfield’s
Windows Switches to HIS Systems
HIS Systems says that it has grown
at twice the rate of the market in
the past 12 months, largely through
attracting a number of new customers.
Among the latest fabricators to share
in the success of this niche systems
supplier is Yorkshire-based Hatfield's
Windows and Conservatories Ltd.
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on this Story]
Windows
- A Transparent Case for PVC
The
British Plastics Federation Windows
Group (BPFWG) has published a comprehensive
document that dispels many of the
myths about the environmental credentials
of PVC-U windows.
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on this Story]
Metrolite’s
new Screws turn on Careful Selection
What
prompts a company to switch its
fastener supplier after 10 years
with one firm? In the case of Metrolite
Industries, it was the long-term
fastener solutions UK Fasteners
could supply.
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on this Story]
Arcus
Specifies Securistyle in Cobalt
Housing Spec
Recognising
tenant demands for long-term,
high quality windows, one of the
North’s leading consultancies
for the built environment, Arcus,
has specified the full Vector
Excluder security hardware package
from Securistyle for Cobalt Housing.
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on this Story]
World
of Opportunity
Window
World, based in Carlisle and Dumfries
has recently signed up to HW Plastics'
vertical sliding sash window.
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on this Story]
Highline
Achieves Place in Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic
Fast Track 100
Highline
Building Plastics Ltd, with branches at Glasgow,
Gateshead, Barnsley, Leamington Spa and Aylesford,
has achieved a place in the Sunday Times Virgin
Atlantic Fast Track 100.
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on this Story]
‘I
Couldn’t Sleep at Night’
Direct
Door Panels has been producing glazed
units for five years and now manufactures
high volumes of decorative sealed
units each week. With Edgetech’s
help the company is looking forward
to becoming the only company in the
UK to manufacture triple glazed units
for panelled doors using Cushion Edge™.
[More
on this Story]
Growing
Even More Versatile
With
two divisions and consistent
sales growth, Kevin Barnard,
managing director of Versatile
Ltd, says that he is making
sure that existing customers
continue to receive the support
and expertise they need in an
increasingly competitive and
dynamic market.
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on this Story]
Employees
say Shrewsbury Boss is UK’s Most Energetic
The
boss of a small business in Shrewsbury has
been shortlisted as one of Britain’s
most energetic in a nationwide search by
leading energy supplier Powergen.
[More
on this Story]
Great
Expectations
Advanced
Window Systems (Midlands) Ltd has chosen
to do things differently by offering homeowners
a professional design service, from the
beginning to the end of a project.
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on this Story]
Tessenderlo
Group: Good Results
As at 30th September, Tessenderlo Group
turnover was up 7.2%, to 1,563.7m EURO.
1% of this rise was due to the change in
the scope of consolidation. Net profit was
38.1m EURO, as against 27.4m EURO at the
same time last year. This represents a 39.1%
increase over the first nine months of this
year.
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on this Story]
Glas
Trösch to Supply 'Luxar®' for Mall
of Dubai
Glas
Trösch AG, Hy-Tech-Glass announced
the signing of a contract to supply the
company's Anti-reflective Coated Glass 'Luxar®'
for the 'Mall of Dubai' - the biggest shopping
mall in the Middle East once it is fully
developed and constructed.
[More
on this Story]
Southwall
Announces 80% Increase in Q3 2004 Earnings
Southwall
Technologies Inc. released its financial
results for the third quarter fiscal 2004
following the close of market on November
1st, 2004.
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on this Story]
Vaillant
Group Continues on Profitable Growth Track
The
Vaillant Group has continued on its profitable
growth track in 2004 for the fourth year
in succession. The increases it achieved
in the first nine months of the year (based
on ongoing operations) were 6 per cent in
sales and 23 percent in the operating result.
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on this Story]
CertainTeed
Corporation Opens New Insulation Plant in
Sherman, Texas
CertainTeed
Corporation, the Valley Forge, PA, building
materials manufacturer, marked the grand
opening of its new, state-of-the-art mechanical
insulation manufacturing plant with a visit
from Texas Governor Rick Perry, dignitaries
from Grayson County, and members of the
media.
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on this Story]
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, Daytime Windows,
Arrow Glazing Systems, Norceram UK, South Coast
Marketing, Rowan Windows, to name but a few.
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