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Email News for the Glass, Glazing and Fenestration Industries
8th March 2005
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Metal
Technology
has launched a structurally bonded glazing system which the company
says is a competitive option to expensive structural glazing systems
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Here:
Masterframe
Windows Ltd
says that it has combined the ‘best of product innovation with
unique branding’ in the company’s latest Bygone Collection
sash window continuous horns
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Here:
Ebor
Equipment Ltd.,
the provider of machinery, tools and consumables for the glass industry,
has launched a new cleaning product
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Here:
Guyson
International
- which acquired Kerry Ultrasonics in 2004 - is providing manufacturing,
sales, support and service for its range of bench-top ultrasonic
cleaning baths
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Here:
Freefoam
Plastics
has introduced a new 605mm wide double-ended FW Plain Fascia/Reveal
Liner
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Here:
Indigo
Products
has developed a new cill connector that is now available for use
across the company’s entire range of frames
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Here:
Bohle
has developed its own portable drill station for diamond drills.
The highly versatile Pico Drill 100 can be used either on site or
in the workshop
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Here:
Stuga
has just launched a new version of the Ecoline prepping centre.
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Here:
Schüco’s
Corona PVC-U window and door system is now available
in eight new laminated foil options
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Here:
Indigo
Products
has upgraded its range of hardware and door furniture in order to
offer its customers more choice and improved security
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Here:
Independent
hardware distributor, Wagner,
has added the 2GBA Door Defender door security device to its product
portfolio
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Here:
Yorkshire
based window, door and conservatory manufacturer Sash
UK Ltd has added PVCu decking and fencing to its Fitrite
stable of products
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Masterframe
Windows is strengthening its sales team with the appointment
of new team members: Donna Reardon, Gemma Murphy and Sarah Howard
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Here:
John
Waide has been appointed as factory manager to Irish door manufacturer
New World Developments
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Here:
The
past few years have seen HEWI
concentrating its activities clearly on cost cutting and restructuring:
it has now appointed two new directors
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Here:
Deceuninck has
appointed Pierre-Alain De Smedt as new independent director on the
Board of Directors
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Here:
Duraflex
employee, Rich Holder, has worked his way up through the
ranks to become the company’s new Warehouse and Distribution
Manager
More
Here:
Social
housing fenestration specialist KEB Fabrications
has announced the appointment of Sarah Rudderham as National Sales
Manager
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Here:
Paul
Tranter has returned to Sierra Windows
as National Sales Manager
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Here:
A
new installation of Sheerframe
windows on Blackpool's famous sea front is literally glowing in
the sun thanks to a special bronze foil
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Here:
Acorn
Aluminium have manufactured and installed a range of Senior
Aluminium Systems (SAS) products in Manchester’s
new MM2 apartment and retail complex
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Here:
Dow
Corning
silicone sealants have met challenging requirements for the glass
façade of a new high-tech business centre in Frankfurt
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Here:
Roseview
Windows,
a specialist fabricator of the Rehau
Heritage vertical slider system, has manufactured and installed
windows at a secure hospital
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Here:
Pilkington
Optitherm™ glass has been used to stunning effect at the
Royals Business Park, recently completed at the Royal Albert Dock,
London
More
Here:
Pupils
and staff at a school in Keighley are feeling the benefit of replacement
windows fabricated from the Duraflex
Featured Suite by Bolton-based Pearl Window Systems
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Here:
Patio
doors from Beaufort’s
aluminium range are meeting the aesthetic and performance demands
of two prestigious inner city projects
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Here:
The
installation of the system on the Stena Seafarer in A & Ps’
yard at Birkenhead recently was the 80th vessel to be equipped
since the launch of the Kleentec
Bridge Window Safety System
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Here:
A
19.7 metre long Marvault RL
double skin clear polycarbonate barrel vault rooflight has been
installed in anew Education Centre in Shrewsbury
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Here:
Alcoa
released highlights from its community giving programmes
that include a $28.8m investment in Alcoa communities worldwide
- a $2m increase from the previous year
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Here:
Birmingham
Children's Hospital is £635 better off, thanks to the Network
VEKA member the Goliath Group
and its MD Steve Hancox
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Here:
Michael
Fish production manager for Newlook Windows
in Rochdale, climbed Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain at
over 19,300ft to raise money for Scope
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Here:
The
online ordering system from composite door manufacturers Manse
Masterdor Ltd has taken on a new dimension with
the introduction of a 3D image configuration technology
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Here:
Midlands
based KEB Fabrications
has launched a new website to provide information on the company
and the markets it serves
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Here:
GRP
composite door and PVC panel manufacturer New
World Developments is now recording over 50,000
hits per month for its on-line ordering service and product
catalogue
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Here:
UK
solar company solarcentury and Lambeth
Council recently celebrated the launch of the first local authority-housing
scheme in the UK to benefit from a fully integrated solar tiled roof generating
clean electricity
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Here:
Recycling
education, economics and sustainability will be the focus of the next
Waste Action Forum, being held on
16th and 17th March 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:
Accurately
measuring, reporting and validating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
and removals is to become easier for organisations, with three parts
of an International Standard on GHGs out now for consultation by
the British Standards Institution
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Here:
The
environmental benefits that door company Lindman
has always claimed for its composite doors are confirmed
by a new report – the Green Guide to Composites – published
by the Building Research Establishment
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Here:
Kaba
has developed a Sustainability Charta to demonstrate the importance
that the Group attaches to sustainability
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Here:
Edgetech's
new
Super Spacer® TriSeal™ with TrueWARM®
NO-Metal technology, triple sealed with polyisobutylene and silicone,
has passed the requirements outlined by European testing standards
EN1279-3
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Here:
Truseal's
Insuledge™, 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:
Ray
Rabett, Technical Manager for Masterframe
Windows Ltd, comments on the predicament: ‘When
– not if - the government fails to deliver on its Kyoto
protocol commitments, a further tightening of the legislation
is inevitable
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here:
If
the government’s proposed new Part L2 regulations on
thermal performance are to be completely effective, it is
essential the construction industry adopts a consistent approach
to calculating the U-values of curtain walling
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here:
Glassex
is Upon Us!
Yes,
Glassex is finally upon us, so it's time for all right thinking people
to go on holiday! The UK's premier window show starts on Sunday, no
doubt we shall see a few of you there. In the meantime, other news is
happening in the glass industry: HRH Prince Andrew opened Guardian's
new UK float plant in Goole, Pilkington has found an MD to fill Stuart
Chambers' shoes, and we hear from the new directors of Abbseal UK Ltd,
the new company formed out of the recent MBO.
Project
Manager
AB Glass is a fast growing Kawneer (Alcoa) dealer based in Swansea,
South Wales. Due to increased demand for the company’s products
an opportunity has emerged for a talented Projects Manager / Administrator
based at our Swansea office.
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Here:
Glass
Line Production Manager
Founded
in 1998 Futura Frames has grown a reputation as leading trade fabricator
of uPVC Windows and Doors. We are expanding our product portfolio
to include the manufacture of Double Glazed units from August 2005
and require a Production Manager and Cutting Operatives.
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Here:
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Calendar
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Alumet
Systems was a finalist at the Taylor Woodrow Supplier
awards at The Belfry on 10th February and was also a finalist
for 'Business Innovator of The Year'.
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Here:
Nanogel® translucent aerogel, Cabot
Corporation's daylighting material that combines high
light transmission with energy efficiency and sound insulation,
was named ‘Best Innovative Product for Energy Savings’
at Bau 2005.
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Here:
In
this month's What's New section of the BBA
website there are details of the first company to be successfully
assessed by ELECSA under the Competent Persons arrangements as
outlined in the new Building Regulations Part P.
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Here:
Sash
UK Ltd can
now supply an exclusive display stand to customers wishing
to sell the FitriteXpress conservatory from their show sites.
More
here:
Siegenia-Aubi
Ltd, has shown its support for its Local under
16s rugby teams by providing kits as part of an ongoing sponsorship
programme.
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here:
The
search is on for Yorkshire's
worst taste Hawaiian shirt with the Mayor of Wakefield, Cllr.
Janet Holmes launching the initiative, donning her own tropical
top at the Conservatory Village
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here:
Pilkington
Building Products - UK, has designed a special
range of sales support materials to support the Pilkington
Texture Glass range.
More
here:
Homeowners
around Plymouth are left in no doubt who their local Network
Veka member is, thanks to this service bus commissioned
by Stormseal South West.
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here:
Chiltern
International Fire has issued a Technical Information
Sheet on insulating glass units.
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here:
A good practice guide to recycling window waste aimed at window
replacement, conservatory and building maintenance and renovation
companies has recently been launched by WRAP
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here:
Deceuninck
has introduced a new literature insert to support the company’s
popular 2800 decorative suite.
More
here:
Ebor
Equipment Ltd. has released its latest 56-page catalogue,
which has been created specifically for the glass industry.
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here:
Following the launch earlier this year of the Pilkington
ProActiv™ on-line scheme, designed to help the
trade at all levels to market and sell the world’s first
self-cleaning glass, Pilkington has now introduced a free Welcome
Pack.
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here:
The
total volume of construction output in 2004 rose by four per cent
compared to the previous year. Overall new work rose over the
same period, despite a decrease in the infrastructure sector.
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here:
Persimmon
PLC,
the UK's largest housebuilder said it is seeing a marked upturn
in demand in 2005 after it reported results in line with expectations
for 2004.
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here:
Bovis
Homes Group PLC
issued the following update on trading ahead of reporting the
Group’s preliminary results for the year ended 31st December
2004, on Monday 14th March 2005.
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here:
Duraflex
now has three qualified NVQ Assessors among its production staff.
Production Manager, Steve Smith, together with Richard Birch and Ian
Wride, who are both Extrusion Cell Leaders have all successfully completed
the year-long training.
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Here:
L.B.
Plastics has ensured its key customer service staff have
up to the minute knowledge of the latest Sheerframe conservatory developments
by providing its team of area sales managers with a special technical
seminar.
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Here:
The
award for Best Safety Initiative at the Glass Charter Health &
Safety Awards 2004 was won by Darby Glass,
in recognition of the introduction of emergency flipcharts around
its factories that explain quickly what should be done in the case
of most emergencies.
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Here:
British
companies wanting to exhibit at Chinaplas
2005 are urged to use the BPF’s well recognised Export
Support Service as the show is now virtually full.
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Here:
Tampere,
Finland, is the destination, Friday June 17th – Monday 20th 2005
is the time, for the this year's biennial GPD
Conference & Glass Product Exhibition Workshops.
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Here:
Glass
Processing & Technology (GP&T) exhibition is set
to provide a further boost for the flat glass industry when it takes
place at the NEC Birmingham UK on 17th, 18th and 19th May 2005.
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Here:
The
second Frontal Window Exhibition,
the Russian exhibition organised by Fensterbau, Germany, was held
in the new exhibition complex in Moscow this January.
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Here:
Aspect
Windows (Western) Ltd, conveniently based on the Sowton
Industrial Estate close to Exeter, has enjoyed particular success
in recent months in the commercial sector.
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Here:
The
choice of window system is absolutely crucial to a successful commercial
fabricating operation, according to Keighley-based Euro
Windows.
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Here:
As one of Status Systems'
longest serving accounts, D & G Windows
was the first customer to fully convert production over to zendow®
five months ago. Since then, the Lancashire based fabricator has seen
a significant increase in business, particularly installing zendow®
into older properties.
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Here:
G
05 Awards Announced
Following the reintroduction of the G-Awards to the industry calendar,
the date for the G 05 Awards Presentation Gala
Dinner has been announced. The event will take place at the
Birmingham Hilton Metropole, NEC Complex on June 10th 2005 and will
be held once more in conjunction with the GGF Annual Convention.
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on this Story]
GP&T
goes Live!
The Advance Visitor Registration Hotline has now gone live for The
Glass Processing & Technology Exhibition (GP&T),
the successful new exhibition and conference dedicated to UK flat glass
professionals, which is set to take place at the NEC this May (17th
– 19th May 2005).
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on this Story]
Masterframe
Backs 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 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]
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]
Exhibition
Calendar
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UPDATED!!
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
As well as our Glassex Preview with a full exhibitors' list, together with stand numbers and contact names and links to further information, this week we publish details of all Seminars, including an interesting new item on Social Housing, and a Newsletter detailing some of the new product launches at the show. Please feel free to send in information if you are a late exhibitor (to news@theglazine.com). The Gl@zine, by the way, will be exhibiting on stand D90, so we hope to see you there.
Finally,
apologies to those that have tried to enter the G 05 Awards via the
web site. Owing to a some slight glitches we were unable to go live
last week as originally forecast. The web site will, however, be operational
at the end of this week.
The
B2BZine Team:
Richard and Debbie Schwarz
news@theglazine.com
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
Glaverbel
Launches a New Range of Bright, Colourful
Varnished Lacobel Glass
Developed in conjunction
with trend and colour experts (architects,
colourists and designers), the new range
of Lacobel varnished glasses from Glaverbel
is available in 37 pastel, bold and metallic
shades. The latest addition to the range
is Lacobel Chromatic Blue, featuring a unique
chameleon effect whereby it shifts from
blue to green, grey or mauve as the light
changes.
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on this Product]
FortPlus™
Panels Cater for Palace Banquets
Refurbishment work at the historic Blenheim Palace in
Oxfordshire, birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, has
made extensive use of toughened glass screens from HansenGlass.
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on this Project]
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: Exceldee Limited, Centurion
Group Plc, Colorzone Pvcu Limited, Valleyrange Windows
Limited, Modern Fabrications (Barnsley) Limited, James
Price Glass & Glazing Systems Limited, Crown Conservatories
(Midlands) Ltd, Highlight (Windows & Doors) Co.
Ltd, Radiant Superglaze Windows Limited, Classic Conservatories
& Windows Limited, Cash & Carry Windows (Wolverhampton)
Limited, to name but a few.
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Here:
HRH
the Duke of York Opens Goole Glass Factory
At
a ceremony last week His Royal Highness, the Duke
of York, officially opened Guardian Industries UK
Ltd's float glass factory in Goole, East Riding of
Yorkshire. The Duke was formally welcomed to the £97m
green-field investment by William Davidson, CEO and
owner of Guardian Industries Corp., and Julian Proffitt,
Plant Manager of Guardian lndustries UK Ltd.
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on this Story]
Stop
Press…. a Visit to Stand D070 could Win you Seats
at Wembley
Attending
for its 14th consecutive year at Glassex, Masterframe
Windows, manufacturer of high-quality PVC-U sliding
sash windows is offering visitors to its stand the
opportunity to win 2 VIP tickets for the first England
friendly in the new Wembley stadium right next to
the Royal Box.
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on this Story]
Synseal
Supports the G 05 Awards
Synseal is the latest company to demonstrate support
for the G 05 Awards by agreeing to become an event
sponsor. They join an already impressive list that
includes Ultraframe, Promac Group, Glass and Glazing
Federation, WHS Halo, FENSA, Emap Maclaren, Wendland
Roof Solutions, and Pilkington Activ.
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on this Story]
Mark
Lyons Appointed Managing Director Of Pikington Building
Products Europe
Mark Lyons, currently Chief Financial Officer, Pilkington
Building Products Worldwide has been named as the
new Managing Director, Pilkington Building Products,
Europe. The position was held previously by Stuart
Chambers, in addition to his role as Group Chief Executive,
Pilkington plc.
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on this Story]
Abbseal:
All Systems Go After MBO
Abbseal (UK) Limited manufactures a wide range of
high performance insulating glass units and toughened
safety glass and is in the process of completing a
radical business transformation programme following
a recent management buy out deal.
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on this Story]
Soft-Coat
Investment by Darby
Darby
Glass has introduced soft-coat glass production at
its Scunthorpe site. The company already successfully
produces soft-coat at two of its other regional operations,
Glengarnock near Glasgow and Gloucester.
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on this Story]
Board
Strengthened as Beaufort Grows
A
substantial increase in both market penetration and
share for Beaufort Secure Design over the past two
years has led to the strengthening of its Board of
Directors.
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on this Story]
Häfele
goes to Town
Although
better known in furniture assembly fittings, Häfele’s
more recent expansion into the fast growing architectural
ironmongery sector for building and construction has
led to the opening of a dedicated new sales office
to serve the Greater London area.
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on this Story]
Aztec
Invests in
New
3D Technology
Aztec
Conservatory Roof Systems has invested in a software
package that enables its technical support team to create
three-dimensional drawings of components and assembly
methods, add annotations and animation, and email it
to its customers.
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on this Story]
‘image’
Matters According to Adrian Toon
A
new marketing business is now formed in the UK which
covers all aspects of marketing for external building
product manufacturers who wish to promote their products
to specifiers, contractors and clients.
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on this Story]
‘We’re
Facing an Ice Age’ Says new Consultancy Firm
After
selling his Trade Counter Business, Masterglaze
Ltd, Andrew Scott has launched Purplex Business
Solutions, a specialist Business, Marketing and
Peak-Performance Consultancy Firm.
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on this Story]
Who
Moved My Cheese?
What
has cheese got to do with business? ‘Who
Moved My Cheese?’ is the title of the best
selling book which deals with how we react to
change. What happens when the cheese store runs
low can be directly related to the replacement
window industry.
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on this Story]
Celuform
Links with Leading Distributor to Increase Roofline
Sales
Asphaltic
SIG Roofing Supplies Group is to stock a range
of cellular plastic roofline products from Celuform
in an effort to grab a significant share of the
soffit and fascia market.
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on this Story]
Alcoa's
AWAC Completes 250,000 MT Alumina Expansion in
Suriname
Suralco,
owned by Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals - a
global alliance between Alcoa and Alumina Ltd.,
with Alcoa holding 60 percent - has completed
the 250,000 metric ton per year (mtpy) expansion
of its alumina refinery in Suriname.
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on this Story]
Keylite
Finds the Right Angle for
Condensation-Free Roof Windows
Due
to their very nature, roof
windows bring along their
own special set of challenges,
not least because being at
an angle, they are much more
prone to condensation compared
with vertical windows.
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on this Story]
You're
Guaranteed Success With Freefoam
Freefoam,
manufacturer of lead-free PVC Roofline
and Rainwater systems, originally
launched its 20 Year Extended guarantee
scheme early in 2003. Registered
installations increased in 2004
by 435% compared to 2003.
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on this Story]
Red
Hand from GAP
Sometimes
installers need door panels
in a hurry and normal delivery
times are just not quick enough.
GAP, Europe's fourth largest
door panel manufacturer, has
introduced a simple but effective
system to cope with these emergencies.
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on this Story]
Hansen
Group Invests in Build-IT
The
Hansen Group has awarded a contract
worth over £250,000 for
new management software to EVision,
the company that has developed
Build-IT, the construction-specific
software system.
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on this Story]
SFS
intec Delivers Excellence on Deliveries
SFS
intec’s latest delivery performance
figures show a near perfect record
on meeting customer delivery deadlines,
affirming the window fastener
and door hinge manufacturer’s
commitment to service excellence.
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on this Story]
The
UK's Largest Van Centre Officially
Opens
Volkswagen
Commercial Vehicles is committed
to providing the highest level
of service to van operators and
is investing heavily in its national
network of Van Centres to achieve
this.
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on this Story]
OFT
Welcomes CAT Judgment on Construction
Contract Collusion
The
OFT welcomes the judgments given
recently by the Competition Appeal
Tribunal (CAT) on the appeals
brought by Apex Asphalt and Paving
Co Ltd and Richard W Price (Roofing
Contractors) Ltd.
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on this Story]
Masco
Corporation Business and Financial
Highlights
Masco
Group net sales from continuing
operations for the first quarter
increased 10 percent to over $3.0bn,
primarily from organic growth, with
North American sales increasing
eight percent and International
sales increasing 17 percent.
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on this Story]
Scapa
Group Buys Out Chinese Joint Venture
Partner
Scapa
Group plc has completed the buy
out of its Chinese joint venture
partner Mei Wei Holdings Ltd. for
£345,000 (5 million Hong Kong
Dollars). The buy out will enable
Scapa to accelerate plans for increased
manufacturing capabilities within
China to meet the requirements of
an increasing broad range of speciality
tape end markets in the region.
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on this Story]
Fiscal
2004: Linde Increases Operating
Result by 14.9% and Proposes Dividend
Increase
On
February 28th the Executive Board
of Linde AG completed the annual
financial statements for the company
and the Group. The Supervisory Board
is expected to give its approval
on March 14th.
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on this Story]
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