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3rd May 2005
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Ultraframe
has announced the re-branding of its Victorian roof system,
which will now be known as the Ultraframe Classic system.
A host of new features have been added, including PVC chambered
top cappings
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GU's
Secury Automatic door locking system now offers the security
of a remote controlled unlocking feature on a multi-point
locking system: with an electronic key to give the added convenience
of an electric door release
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Here:
Vistamatic
vision panels, incorporating CGI’s
Pyroguard fire resistant safety glass, have been installed
in the doors to new science labs at Sir John Hunt Community
College’s Whitleigh campus, near Portsmouth
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The
take up of the Maco Reverse
Action Inline Espagnolette has been a success which is set
to be increased with RAIL receiving Secured By Design status
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In
response to customer requests, Celuform
has launched a new 600mm wide soffit board that will meet
the demands of wider eave specifications
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Here:
Unican
mechanical push button locks from Abloy
Security provide strong, simple, secure and effective
access control without any wiring, electronics or batteries
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Business
Micros has launched a new software solution which,
for the first time, enables fabricators to track orders on
line from receipt right through to despatch
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Solaglas
has developed another differentiated DGU offering, this time
for the conservatory roof market. The offer encompasses three
double glazed units branded as the SGG CLIMAPLUS® COMFORT
range, each unit offering increasing levels of comfort for
the conservatory user
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'A major leap forward in the technological development of how cellular plastic building products are made is leading quickly to the establishment of a new generation of roofline, cladding and window profiles.' according to Celuform
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Darby Glass has introduced Roof-Glas, a high performance double glazed unit aimed at the premium rate conservatory roof market launched in response to the expected extension of energy efficiency legislation to conservatories
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Pilkington has announced that the latest addition to its Pilkington Planar™ range is the most impressive yet, Pilkington Planar™ Triple
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As
part of its ongoing product development programme, K2
is planning the launch of three new products to enhance its
range
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Thirty percent growth a year for the last few years has prompted
GAP, roofline stockist and
door panel manufacturer, to create a new position of Group Purchasing
Manager
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West
Yorkshire Windows
has appointed a Production Manager - John Olkiewicz - to its
Conservatory Village division
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Here:
Neil Tilsley joined Abloy Security
as Director of Sales and Marketing at the end of 2004
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Here:
Window
Fitters Mate (WFM) is strengthening support for its
network of window and door distribution depots with the appointment
of Doug Richardson as Sales Development Manager
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Here:
Ritec’s
ClearShield is ensuring open-air glass artworks commemorating
a 700-year old battle on the Scottish border retain their
gleaming finish, whatever the weather
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On
the other side of the world at the Fire Officers' Emergency
facilities at the British Army base in The Falklands, a
requirement for two casement windows and an entrance door
was identified
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Here:
A
four storey housing complex in Eston near Redcar has been
fitted with Pilkington
Activ™ self-cleaning glass as part of a wide-reaching
refurbishment programme undertaken by Coast & Country
Housing
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High
performance aluminium doors and windows from Beaufort
Secure Design have played a key role in the refurbishment
of Crossway Court in Lewisham to decent homes standard.
Avenue Windows of East London was awarded the £233,000
contract
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Rehau
has launched a customer portal on its web site which
allows it to offer on-line ordering for the first time
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Here:
Independent
hardware distributor, Wagner,
has announced the launch of a fresh new website
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Here:
Following
four months of development, Synseal
Extrusions Ltd has launched its new website
which consolidates the existing suite of websites into
one easy to navigate online presence at www.synseal.com
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Here:
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Alcoa
Foundation
announced on March 17th that it is investing more
than US$100,000 over four years in a programme at
Anton de Kom University of Suriname
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The
Forum for Constructing Excellence (FORCE)
held its annual awards dinner in October and raised
£3,800 for the Myton Hospice appeal in the process
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Here:
After months of speculation, the latest information
suggests that EN 1279: Glass In Building – Insulating
Glass Units has been accepted and will be formally
published in the Official
Journal in the near future
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'Too
much time and money is being spent in the UK on consultation
on waste and recycling and not enough on delivering actions
to improve performance. There is still a need for stronger
direction at a national level,' said Ian Collins, in his speech
at the Waste Action Forum
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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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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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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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New
regulations on work at height will come into force on
6th April 2005, the Health and
Safety Commission (HSC) has announced.
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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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Welcome
Back: Hope You Had a Good Break
Some
more upbeat news this week: the
management of English Architectural Glazing has undertaken an MBO, with
founder Norman Sheldrake hanging up his boots. Saint Gobain has reported
a reasonable first quarter, although sales increases have come mainly
from the Building products division, with flat glass remaining pretty,
well, flat.
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Technical
Sales - Carl F
'As one of the country’s leading hardware suppliers, Carl F is
a distributor with a solid and demonstrable pedigree. Part of a privately
owned international group, our aim is simple, to be the best in a
challenging and competitive commercial environment'.
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New
Business Development Manager
Indigo products Ltd is one of the UK's major trade fabricators. Based
in the West Midlands and established 20 years ago, the company is
seeking a new Business Development Manager as part of its ambitious
plans to expand.
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Retail
Double Glazing Business For Sale
PVCu
Windows, Doors and Conservatories
The partners wish to retire and are offering this well
established and profitable business as a going concern. Situated on
the Hampshire/ Surrey borders for more than 25 years.
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Devon based Quantal Approved
Fabricator AGS has won awards
in two categories of the Conservatory Design competition at Glassex
2005.
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Swansea based Conservatory Roofing Direct has received the prestigious
'Regional Installer of the Year' from its supplier Quantal
for the fourth consecutive time.
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Eurocell already has a string
of accreditations to its name and now three more of its products
have just been issued with BBA certificates.
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Here:
KEB Fabrications has presented
three of its experienced team with long service awards.
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A
cartoon character has been adopted by Vetrotech
Saint-Gobain to help customers choose the kind
of fire glass they require.
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here:
Rehau
is investing substantially during 2005 in improving its communication
with its fabricators. A key element of this is a new Customer
Information folder.
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here:
Bohle
is to launch a new can design for the company’s aerosol
glass cleaner next month.
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here:
K2
has launched K2 Plus, a customer support package available
to all dealers and installers.
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here:
At
Abloy Security, we’re
always looking for ways to increase sales and help each Abloy
Centre boost its business. Marketing activities are a key
part of this process.
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here:
C
& A Building Plastics, suppliers
to the trade and DIY has recently launched its new 56-page colour
catalogue. Established in 1968 this family run business says that
it is one of the largest independent stockists of polycarbonate,
fascias, soffits, gutters, acrylics and corrugated sheets in the
UK.
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TruSeal
Technologies, Inc., a specialist in warm edge spacer
systems for insulating glass (IG), has released a new colour brochure
detailing how homeowners can enjoy long-lasting, energy efficient
windows with reduced condensation and moisture transmission.
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here:
Conservatory roofing systems manufacturer, K2
is helping its customers click with their sales prospects with
the launch of a new CD-Rom.
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here:
Panel and Endurance door manufacturer Rocal
has launched its new door panel brochure. The new Impressions
Range of door panels offers any retailer an exclusive offering.
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here:
In
the current edition of Construction Management
and Economics, Søren Spangenberg, Harald Hannerz
and Finn Tüschen of the Danish National Institute of Occupational
Health, examine the frequency of accidents that lead to hospitalisation.
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here:
Orders
in the year to February 2005 rose by six per cent compared to
orders in the previous twelve month period, and orders in the
three months to February 2005 fell by one per cent compared to
the same three months a year earlier.
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here:
Merlin
UK has recently been commissioned by Pilkington, the UK
glass supplier, to deliver a five day installation training programme
for Matthew Scraton an apprentice working at the Pilkington Sheffield
branch.
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Purplex
Business Solutions was recently commissioned by Versatile
Roofing Systems to complete a full day’s intensive sales training
on Consultative Selling.
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Here:
Freefoam
Plastics is approved by the Royal Institute of British
Architects (RIBA) to provide Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
to architects, specifiers and other professionals in the construction
industry.
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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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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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Intelligent
Building Middle East 2005
From
hot and humid coastal climate in the summer to minus temperatures on
winter nights - the climatic conditions in the Middle East create difficulties
for both people and buildings in this region.
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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]
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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The
Bedfordshire based PVCu windows company, Evolution
Manufacturing Ltd, reports excellent business growth
since its start-up early in 2004 as a fabricator of WHS
Halo's Eclipse range.
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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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In an interesting development, which was flagged up at Glassex, systems company Rehau has eschewed the more normal route of developing its own conservatory roof system, instead choosing to get into bed with Wendland, and has signed a memorandum of understanding which will see the profile maker marketing the Styal roof as Rehau Dimension.
Roplas, the building plastics stockholder, has announced an open event
to be held in Sheffield later this week, on 6th and 7th May, with stands
and demonstrations from leading manufacturers including Floplast, Everwhite,
K2, Rhodia, Polyco, APC, Ubbink, Speedframe and Silverline Tools. More
about this here.
Our Preview of the Glass Processing & Technology show, meanwhile, which runs from 17th - 19th May is here.
Finally, this week it is your last chance to enter the G-05 Awards as the deadline day is this Friday. You can enter by going to www.g-awards.com
The
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PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
New
Glass Machinery from
Ebor
Ebor
Equipment continues
to add new products
to its extended range
of machinery for the
glass industry. The
Rochdale based company
is introducing its own
range of automatic cutting
tables manufactured
in Italy by GFPM. Made
in Spain by the major
CNC manufacturing company
Grupo DAM, Ebor is also
launching a new range
of GADIA CNC Work Centres
in the UK.
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Glass
UK Steps in with Fast Track Solution
Glass
UK, part of the LMC Group, has supplied
all the toughened laminated glass
for a striking new glass staircase
at the recently refurbished London
County Hall on the South Bank. Glass
UK worked closely with its associate
company in the Group, Metal UK,
to deliver a seamless solution in
just eight weeks, from design and
manufacture to construction and
installation.
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on this Project]
New
Era Heralded as Management
Buy-Out EAG
Mildenhall
based English Architectural
Glazing, which has high profile
contracts like the New Norfolk
and Norwich Hospital and is
currently on site at the new
apartments being constructed
at Carrowbridge, has been
bought out by the management
team which has been at its
helm for the past two years.
Saying goodbye is chairman
and founder of the company
Norman Sheldrake who will
now retire.
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on this Story]
Saint
Gobain - First Quarter 2005
Sales Up 5.1%
Consolidated
sales for the Saint-Gobain
Group in the first quarter
of 2005, came in at Euro 7,633
million, compared with Euro
7,261 million for the same
period in 2004 (restated in
accordance with IFRS), representing
a rise of 5.1% on an actual
structure basis and of 5.7%
at constant exchange rates.
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on this Story]
GED
Integrated Solutions Enters
UK Window and Door Market
GED
Integrated Solutions, Inc.
has announced a new major
commitment to the United
Kingdom market. GED, the
largest North American producer
of machinery and software
systems for the IG and Window
marketplace, announced recently
the creation of a dedicated
sales and service operation
based in the Midlands.
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on this Story]
GP&T
2005 will Demonstrate an
Industry Ready for Change
Exhibitors
at the forthcoming Glass
Processing & Technology
show (GP&T) will be
focusing on products and
services that answer the
demands of changing building
regulations and European
standards, as well as on
new technologies that will
simplify glass processing
and production.
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on this Story]
Edgetech
is official sponsor of
GP&T Technical Seminar
Programme
Edgetech
IG Inc, manufacturer of
Super Spacer®, the
TrueWarm® all foam,
no-metal edge spacer system,
has just announced it
is the official sponsor
of the GP&T Technical
Seminar programme. Running
every day of the exhibition
from 17th to the 19th
of May at the NEC, these
seminars in association
with the GGF are designed
for anyone involved in
glass.
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on this Story]
Memorandum
of Understanding for Rehau
and Wendland
Rehau
and Wendland have taken
the first step towards
formalising their agreement
for Rehau to incorporate
the Styal Roof into its
Conservatory Superstructure
System by signing a Memorandum
of Understanding.
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on this Story]
National
Building Plastics Stockholder
Announces Open Event
As
part of continued celebrations
of recent expansion into
the North West and re-location
in Sheffield, Roplas, a
building plastics stockholder,
has announced that an open
event will be held in Sheffield
on 6th and 7th May 2005.
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on this Story]
St
Austell Window
Firm Opens its
Doors to New Opportunity
An
established window
company based
in St Austell
opened its doors
to the trade and
general public
last weekend to
celebrate £400,000
worth of investment
in a new window
manufacturing
plant. The Wunderplas
Windows fabrication
plant has created
new jobs for the
local workforce
and is expected
to significantly
boost business
for the firm.
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on this Story]
Stuga
Rotary Tooling System
Really Comes into
its Own
The
rotary tooling system
that is standard
on all Stuga Flowline
cutting and prepping
centres and Ecoline
stand-alone prepping
centres has proved
to be invaluable
to fabricators and
profile companies
alike with the demise
of some of the well
known systems suppliers
recently, meaning
that these large
automatic machines
have to be modified
to handle changeovers
in a hurry.
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on this Story]
Home
Improvement Doubles in 2005
Consumer
interest in home improvement
has so far doubled this
year compared to the same
period in 2004, according
to a report by home improvement
website specialist, eBuilders.
Barry Dunlop, managing director
of eBuilders, said: ‘January,
February and March have
all been record breaking
months for all 25 of our
home improvement websites
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on this Story]
Groupco
Offers A Winning Finish with Fuhr
Independent
hardware distributor, Groupco, is
introducing the enhanced Fuhr Silver
Finish on all Fuhr components at
no extra cost to its customers.
The new silver bichromate coating
offers improved corrosion protection
and is double passivated to increase
abrasion resistance.
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on this Story]
'A'
Class Environment Rating for Window
Profile
The
manufacture of pultruded profiles,
used in the construction of Octaveward's
Samson windows, has very low environmental
impact. This was the conclusion
of the Building Research Establishment
in examining composite building
components and means these profiles
have been given a class leading
'A' rating.
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on this Story]
Hardex
and Fab & Fix Move Premises
Owing
to continued success in their respective
industries, Fab & Fix and Hardex
have moved premises to accommodate
their expansion. Both companies
are now housed in a new 25,000 sq
ft unit in Coventry, with a new
showroom to demonstrate both Hardex's
variety of Kitchen, Bathroom, Bedroom
and Office furniture fittings, and
Fab & Fix's suited range of
Window and door hardware.
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on this Story]
Aluminium
Roofline Products: Tomorrow’s
World Today
Aluminium
Roofline Products Ltd (ARP) has
come a long way since starting out
21 years ago. ARP supplies the Mustang®
continuous guttering system, a continuous
aluminium gutter system with BBA
approval – 30 years life expectancy.
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on this Story]
reflex
Leads the Way
With
the warmer weather returning and
minds turning to the summer ahead,
sales of reflex glass have rocketed
in March. Following a successful
Glassex exhibition, Concept 3 Ltd
the UK's main distributor of reflex
glass has seen both enquiries and
sales of the performance glass break
all previous records
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on this Story]
Distinctive
Opportunities in Composite Doors
‘With
the demand for composite doors forecast
to increase at an exceptional rate
over the next few years, Distinction
Doors Limited are offering a new
route to market, that will provide
substantial opportunities across
all market sectors.’ says Drew
Wright, sales director for Distinction
Doors.
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on this Story]
FibreClass
Doors from Sierra - First Choice
for Homeowners
Sierra's
range of fibreglass entrance doors
is growing in popularity with homeowners
across the country. 'The traditional
appearance combined with state-of-the-art
security and advanced insulation
features is making FibreClass their
preferred choice.' says the company.
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on this Story]
Hoffmann
Sponsors Intriguing Exhibition
World
leaders in dovetail key joining
technology for wooden components
recently conducted a dual sponsorship
of a unique art exhibition in Hoffmann
Germany's home town of Bruchsal.
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on this Story]
Modplan
Seals in Performance
Nationwide
fabricator, Modplan, has recently
introduced rolled in gasket across
its product portfolio. The company
is already experiencing the successful
results of this latest development,
as sales manager, Chris Reeks, explains.
‘Rolled in gasket offers many
benefits from a production point
of view, but our extensive trials
also highlighted the benefits to
installers'.
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on this Story]
Simona
with Revenue Surge in 2004 –
Earnings Fall Slightly Short of
Target
Simona
AG Germany, one of the leading manufacturers
of semi-finished plastics, recorded
revenue growth of 17.3 per cent
in the 2004 financial year, taking
overall sales to EUR 190.1 million.
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on this Story]
Stable
Development for Trelleborg in First
Quarter
The
Trelleborg Group continued its stable
development during the first quarter
of 2005. Net sales amounted to SEK
5,794 M (5,815). Organic growth
in the Group’s current structure
was 1.4 percent.
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on this Story]
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