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17th May 2005
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Fuhr Multisafe locks from Groupco are now specified exclusively
for the Welguard range of doors from Welglaze,
which includes French doors and a stunning new collection
of PVC-U coloured doors
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GED
Integrated Solutions, Inc.
announces the new Decorative Application Table. This automated
system will quickly and accurately apply lead tape and 3M
Accentrim™ Products to glass panels
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Here:
Masterglaze,
the network of Trade Outlet Centres, has introduced a range
of PVCu doors available from stock. Available in sizes from
885mm to 930mm wide, builders and installers simply call in,
select their products, and drive out again
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Here:
Conservatory
systems suppliers that recommend five way tie bar systems
will know how unpopular they are they can be with homeowners.
Synseal Extrusions Ltd’s
solution is a new tie bolt – a security bolt for conservatory
roofs
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Here:
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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Here:
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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Here:
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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Here:
Solaglas
has developed another differentiated DGU offering, this time
for the conservatory roof market.
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Here:
Darby Glass has introduced Roof-Glas, a high performance
double glazed unit aimed at the premium rate conservatory
roof market
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Here:
Pilkington
has announced that the latest addition to its Pilkington Planar™
range is the most impressive yet, Pilkington Planar™
Triple
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Here:
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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Here:
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Edgetech
has appointed Andy Jones to the position of Sales Director and
General Manager UK and Ireland
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Here:
There
has been a change in the top management at Bystronic
Maschinen AG. Roland Gredig has been promoted to
President
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Here:
Safety specialist Paul Milner has been appointed as health and
safety adviser by the Door and Hardware
Federation
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Here:
G-span
Limited,
the structural glass specialist has built an impressive team
of specialists with years of experience
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Here:
Steve
Pilkington has been appointed Freefoam's
UK Production Manager
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Here:
aluplast
(UK) Ltd has
appointed Susan Grigg Regional Sales Manager for the South East
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Here:
Beverley-based fastening company, BeA
has promoted Dave Meakin to UK sales manager
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Here:
Roofline
specialist Everwhite Plastics Ltd
has appointed Bob Petersen as its New Business Development Manager
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Here:
Mark
Watson has joined the Corby Windows
Group to strengthen the company’s sales team
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Here:
Keith
Armishaw has joined Tremco
as Regional Director - Sealants, moving from
Adshead Radcliffe where he was Commercial Director/Deputy Managing
Director
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Here:
An
unusual refurbishment project recently presented Status
Systems fabricator Warmshield Windows with a
challenge. The developer chose grey-foiled zendow windows
with zendow French windows on the Penthouse floors
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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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Here:
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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Here:
Just
as EN 1279 has passed final voting and is soon to be
signed into law, CEN Solutions
Ltd, the glazing and fenestration consultancy,
is launching its new website
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Here:
Rehau
has launched a customer portal on its web site which
allows it to offer on-line ordering for the first time
More
Here:
Independent
hardware distributor, Wagner,
has announced the launch of a fresh new website
More
Here:
Synseal
Extrusions Ltd has launched its new website
which consolidates the existing suite of websites into
one easy to navigate online presence
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Here:
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Gary
Torr, managing director at Shepley,
is cycling over 900 miles from John O’Groats
to Lands End – and it’s all for charity.
The 900-mile plus journey, organised by GM fundraising,
will take over 10 days with the aim of raising some
£30,000 for Hope House Children’s Hospice.
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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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Here:
'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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Here:
Emplas
Window Systems Ltd, the UK trade and commercial
fabricator, has been awarded a major supply and installation
contract by Carmarthenshire County Council as part of a five
year, multi million pound investment plan for the refurbishment
of its council properties. Emplas, which also has access to
a full UK-based PVC-u recycling facility, won the contract
in part due to its ability to fulfil the Council’s stringent
recycling objectives.
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People
Who Live in Glass Houses...
'A
recent article in the glazing industry journal Fenestra, written anonymously
by a local authority building surveyor, has led to cancelled orders
and withdrawn advertising by conservatory manufacturers, and has even
reportedly threatened the share price of one multinational company'.
So boasts a piece in The Telegraph written by a certain Jeff Howell,
who has proved himself time and again to be no friend of the PVC-U fenestration
industry. We take a look at Mr Howell's recent and past assertions and
ask 'Is Jeff Howell the New Esther Rantzen?' Read the article here.
Areas
Sales Managers
for Midlands, South East & South West
The Shepley & Interframe group has grown to become one of the UK’s
leading manufacturers of PVCu frames and conservatory roofs supplying
the independent retail and trade sectors.
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Martyn Reed, Head of Certification at the British Board of Agrément
recently presented the Corby Windows Group
with its BBA certificate. CWG was the first fabricator of the Shield
Global conservatory roof to be accredited
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Here:
Volkswagen
Commercial Vehicles celebrated double
success at the Professional Van & Light Truck Awards 2005 recently,
collecting trophies for both the Transporter and the Caddy.
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Here:
UK window hardware manufacturer Securistyle
Ltd has been awarded the 'Revved Up' award for demonstrating
excellence in upgrading its computer software systems.
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Here:
Everglade Windows has been
awarded 'Regional Fabricator of the Year 2005' by Quantal Conservatory
Roofing Systems.
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Here:
When
Property Ladder developers were looking for doors for their
Art-Deco house, Vicaima
offered the ideal solution.
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here:
'For
those in the UK fenestration industry, conditions can be likened
to the weather, where from a clear view, dense fog can arise
with alarming speed!’ says Graham Felton, the man behind
engineering and management consultancy business, Compass Consulting.
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here:
Volkswagen
Commercial Vehicles'
new advertising campaign stars 19 of the company's customers
from across the UK - and of course their vans.
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here:
Aluminium
extrusions produced by Alcoa Netherlands
in Drunen helped to make a home featured on the popular U.S.
television programme 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' livable
for a paralysed man.
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here:
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:
Understanding the role glass plays in modern construction has
just got easier with a handy, quick-glance product guide from
Pilkington Building Products - UK.
Available for the first time in this format, the company has produced
a four-page guide featuring 43 individual products across ten
benefit led categories.
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GAP, Europe’s fourth
largest door panel manufacturer, has introduced its new glossy
brochure, ‘Cosmo’. It’s an easy-to-use, condensed
version of the popular ‘Cosmopolitan’ booklet.
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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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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:
Classic
Rooflines and Claddings which has just been awarded PERC
status (Purveyors of Excellence in Roofline and Cladding) from Deeplas
by Deceuninck. The PERC installer scheme, offered by Deceuninck, is
an effective training programme.
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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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Here:
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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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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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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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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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:
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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The issue at the centre of all this is the assumption that because most conservatories are not subject to Building Control, no thought has ever been given to the possibility that they might add to the risk to the occupants of a house in the event of a fire. However, it appears that much consideration has already been given to this debate and overall the role of the conservatory in the event of a fire has been accepted as potentially helpful (as something to land on in jumping from an upstairs window) rather than a hindrance to the efforts of fire-fighters and their ladders.
The Glass Processing & Technology show kicks off today at the NEC,
and there will no doubt be some discussion of this issue alongside the
more serious business of promoting the glass industry to architects,
specifiers and interior designers. Our
Preview of the show is here.
The
B2BZine Team:
Richard and Debbie Schwarz
news@theglazine.com
It’s
‘Snow’ Time
for Pyroguard
CGI’s
Pyroguard fire resistant
glass is ensuring safety
for spectators at a
new snowmobile track
in Tamworth’s SnowDome,
the UK’s premier
indoor snow centre.
Glass specialist, Bromsgrove
Glass and Windows (BGW),
has supplied and installed
7.2mm Pyroguard Clear
glass to a viewing gallery.
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Glassmaster
Now A Fully Rounded System
As
a specialist in the manufacture
and supply of sliding and
folding door systems, Hillaldam
Coburn has moved to give
its Glassmaster range a
wider appeal through the
introduction of a completely
new geometric form.
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on this Product]
Is
Jeff Howell the New Esther
Rantzen?
The
business to business trade
media has a duty to be frank
and fearless in raising issues
where more discussion is needed,
and reporting 'bad' news alongside
the good, without fear or
favour. These are the basic
principles of a free press.
However, B2B reporting is
all about facts and ill-informed
opinion with little or no
research has no relevance
to the trade media - particularly
when most of that media is
published monthly. An inflammatory
article which was hawked around
most of the trade media (and
turned down by all except
one) has been 'leaked' to
the national press - haven
been given credence by its
publication in a trade magazine
- and has been picked up by
the PVC-U window industry's
modern nemesis Jeff
Howell, a bricklayer by trade.
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on this Story]
Veka
Benchmarking Survey Rates
the Company No.1
In
the wake of recent consolidation
within the UK PVC-u window
systems market, Veka plc
believes it is best placed
to take advantage of resulting
new business opportunities.
The company's optimism is
supported by results published
in the recent 10th Anniversary
edition of the Annual Benchmarking
Study, which reveals that
Veka has, once again, been
rated first overall and
first for value for money
by UK fabricators.
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on this Story]
G
05: Kall Kwik and Wegoma
Take Over from Promac and
Ritec Buys the Champagne!
As the deadline day for
entries passed the organisers
for the G 05 awards welcomed
two new event sponsors on
board. Kall Kwik Window
Machinery and Wegoma GB
have pledged their support
to the awards scheme for
the glass and glazing industry,
and filled the gap left
by departing sponsor Promac
Group.
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on this Story]
New
Ministerial Team at the
Department of Trade and
Industry
Secretary of State Alan
Johnson announced on 13th
May the responsibilities
of the new Ministerial team
at the Department of Trade
and Industry. He said: 'This
is a strong team of Ministers
to take forward our objective
of creating the best climate
for business success. I
am delighted to welcome
Barry Gardiner, Alun Michael,
Meg Munn, Ian Pearson and
Malcolm Wicks to the Department.
They bring a wealth of expertise
and skills which will be
invaluable to the new team.
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Quality
Roofing Systems £900,000
Relocation Due to Expansion
with Creation of 30 New
Jobs
Quality
Roofing Systems, QRS,
is set to double its work
force over the next 18
months following its £900,000
relocation to new 16,000sq
ft purpose built premises
on a flag ship business
park in Hartlepool. Established
in 1999 by current directors
David and Elaine Buttery,
QRS’ turnover of
£2.6 million in
2004 is on target to double
by the end of 2005.
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UK Industry told to Expect Higher Polymer Prices
EuPC president David Williams has said the UK industry should expect higher levels of polymer prices in future. Speaking in a conference at the Plastics Design and Moulding event in Telford, UK, Williams said: 'We have to recognise that inflation has been low for polymers – we have had a low level. In the 1960s the price of polymer was about £200 per tonne; in past couple of years £600 per tonne; now it’s about £800 per tonne.'
Conservatory
Outlet Develops
National Dealership
Network
A
Yorkshire conservatory
manufacturer is
establishing the
first network
of conservatory
dealerships across
the country. Synseal
Synerjy fabricator
Conservatory Outlet,
the manufacturing
division of Yorkshire
installer West
Yorkshire Windows,
will offer partners
the established
Conservatory Outlet
brand, a complete
marketing package,
leads generated
through the company’s
established internet
campaign and online
presence.
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Solvay
Signs Agreement
to Sell Industrial
Foils Business
to Renolit
Solvay
has signed a memorandum
of understanding
with Renolit A.G.
aiming at the
sale of its entire
Industrial Foils
business, active
in the production,
marketing and
sales of plastic
foils and sheets
to Renolit. The
agreed price for
the transaction
is EUR 330 million.
This proposed
transaction does
not include Solvay’s
rigid plastic
foils activities,
whose sale to
Ineos was announced
last January.
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New
Showroom and Customer
Loyalty Scheme from
FCD
Door,
window and conservatory
installers throughout
East Anglia now
have access to state
of the art showroom
facilities in Bury
St. Edmunds, courtesy
of Status Systems
trade fabricator,
Frames Conservatories
Direct.
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on this Story]
GAP
Increases Door Panel Production
to Over 2500 per Week
GAP,
Europe’s fourth largest door
panel manufacturer, has announced
it has increased production of panels
to over 2500 per week and is on
target to up production to 3000
per week in the next few months.
The company attribute this growth
to both new and existing customers.
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Ritec's
Low-M Solutions on Target with Specifiers
Ritec's
solutions for glass surface protection
proved of particular interest to
architects and interior designers
who visited the recent Surface Design
Show held at the Design Centre,
Islington.
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on this Story]
New
Storage and Despatch System Aids
Ebor Customers
Ebor
Equipment has rationalised the
storage and despatch of accessories,
parts and consumables for the
glass/stone industry clients with
the introduction of two vertical
storage carousels.
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on this Story]
DEM
Window Solutions Establishes Strong
Future for Eclipse
Since
joining WHS Halo in 2004, the last
year has seen DEM Window Solutions
of Barnsley go from strength to
strength. 'Establishing a secure
fabrication business in difficult
trading conditions has been a credit
to the team here' states managing
director Dave Toulson.
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Automatic
Doors – New Customers and National
End Users on Board
Construction
Technical Services, UK Agents for
Daihatsu Entrance Systems which
supplies and installs automatic
doors and revolving doors throughout
the United Kingdom, has announced
that, due to new working relationships
with fabrication & glazing customers
during 2004 and 2005, DES automatic
doors are now being installed for
the following end users:
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Newstead
Trade Frames Drives Ahead in 2005
Newstead
Trade Frames’s logistics division
has recently added another seven
and a half tonne box van to its
nationwide delivery fleet of seven
vehicles, to accommodate customers’
increasing demand for doors, windows
and conservatories.
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on this Story]
Perth
Based Sidey Glaziers Expands
Due
to growth and demand over the past
five years Sidey is expanding yet
again, by investing a further £650,000
in machinery for its new manufacturing
facility. This investment is planned
for the summer of this year and
will see another fully automated
line being installed, which will
take the company's capacity to 72,000
frames per year - an increase of
44% on current capacity.
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Isle
of Man Homes Feature Conquest Roofline
Products
Ninety-six
homes at Ashley Park on the Isle
of Man have been refurbished using
PVC-ue roofline products from Celuform.
Cellular plastic fascia and soffit
has replaced ageing timber products
on the properties as part of an
extensive ongoing refurbishment
project undertaken by the Onchan
District Commissioners.
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on this Story]
Report
from the Annual General Meeting
of Shareholders in Trelleborg AB
The
Annual General Meeting of the Trelleborg
Group, an especially celebratory
event this year, with the Group’s
centenary in focus, attracted some
1,400 festive shareholders to the
Söderslättshallen venue
in Trelleborg on April 26th.
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on this Story]
Alcoa,
Government of Jamaica to Expand
Jamalco Alumina Refinery
Alcoa
announced on May 5th that its Alcoa
World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC)
affiliate and the Government of
Jamaica have approved plans to immediately
expand the Jamalco alumina refinery
in Clarendon, Jamaica by 150,000
metric tons per year.
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First
Quarter 2005: Linde Maintains its
Course Towards Earnings-Based Growth
In
the first quarter of fiscal 2005,
the technology group Linde has achieved
increases in sales and operating
profit (EBITA) and confirmed its
forecast for the whole year.
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The
Manchester Charity Networking Even
The
Manchester Network Day, being held
on Friday 21st October 2005, is
a charity walk with a difference
in that it involves what at best
will be a fairly gentle stroll around
2-3 miles of Central Manchester.
The difference is that it will involve
the great and the good from every
niche and sector of the glass and
glazing industry.
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