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24th May 2005
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Huntsman
Polyurethanes
recently announced a major strengthening of its commitment
to the expanding global glass laminating industry with a move
into the optical-aliphatic (OA) film market
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Hafele
UK
has expanded its range of rail and patch fittings for frameless
glass pivot doors and fixed panels, called the Hafele Standard
Range
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Here:
TruSeal
Technologies, Inc.,
a manufacturer of warm edge spacer systems for insulating
glass, offers 3A/13X and 3A Siliporite® molecular sieves
to window manufacturers
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Sierra
says that its comprehensive range of fibreglass entrance doors
is growing in popularity with homeowners across the country
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New
hardware introduced on Sapa Building
Systems’ Dualframe Vertical Sliding Window
combines ease of operation with anti-ligature design
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Here:
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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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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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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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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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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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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Neville
Loveridge, Synseal’s
longest serving Area Sales Manager, hung up his keys in April
after just over 13 years with the company
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Total
Glass has strengthened its management team with the
appointment of Maria Melia to co-ordinate the company’s
training and development programmes
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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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There
has been a change in the top management at Bystronic
Maschinen AG. Roland Gredig has been promoted to
President
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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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Steve
Pilkington has been appointed Freefoam's
UK Production Manager
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aluplast
(UK) Ltd has
appointed Susan Grigg Regional Sales Manager for the South East
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Beverley-based fastening company, BeA
has promoted Dave Meakin to UK sales manager
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Shooters
Hill Campus has recently undergone comprehensive modernisation.
In a move to improve the overall fire protection of the
building Pilkington
Pyrodur was used in the refurbishment
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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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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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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
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Independent
hardware distributor, Wagner,
has announced the launch of a fresh new website
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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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The
Manchester Network Day,
being held on Friday 21st October 2005,
is the ideal charity event for those for whom extreme
physical exertion, dangerous pastimes, and personal
humiliation is as unattractive as kissing Malcolm
Glazer.
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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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'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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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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Time
to Get Behind the UK's Only Glass Show?
Last
week the spotlight fell on the only showcase for the UK glass industry
as GP&T had its second outing at the NEC. The exhibitor representation
was as good if not better than the launch show in 2003, while the visitor
representation, sadly, was not. A disappointing 2266 (pre audit) glass
professionals turned up to see the latest products, and technological
developments in the glass business, a drop of over 1,500 from the previous
event.
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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European
Glass Group was presented with its BSI
registration to BS EN ISO 9001:2000 and Kitemark certification to
BS 6206:1981 for safety glass by BSI Product Services.
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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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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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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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Everglade Windows has been
awarded 'Regional Fabricator of the Year 2005' by Quantal Conservatory
Roofing Systems.
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Conservatory
fabricator Dave Boot has thundered to the top in his first motorbike
road race backed by Aztec Conservatory
Roof Systems.
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When
Property Ladder developers were looking for doors for their
Art-Deco house, Vicaima
offered the ideal solution.
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'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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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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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:
TRADA
Technology Ltd has revised two of its Wood Information
Sheets, 'Pests in Houses' and 'Finishes for Exterior Timber'.
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here:
Home security specialist Yale Door &
Window Solutions has produced a free technical briefing
update outlining the security issues, relating to hardware, that
need to be considered by local authority and housing association
specifiers.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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That said, as the organisers are keen to point out, the quality was good.
Indeed, it is fair to say, the organiser ran a very good marketing campaign
that in normal conditions, and perhaps in other industries, would have
yielded a better response. One wonders, therefore, what it will take for
an industry to get behind a show that has been specifically designed and
launched for their benefit?
You can read the organisers comments and some preliminary exhibitor show
quotes here,
while the bulk of our GP&T review will follow over the next few weeks.
This week we have details of Ultraframe's
interim results, which must be its worst results ever. However,
an exceptional £2.9m worth of legal costs accounted for in this
half should mean that the roofmaker should enjoy a better second half.
We also have news of the G05 Awards: the Finalists have been announced.
Find out who they are here.
The
B2BZine Team:
Richard and Debbie Schwarz
news@theglazine.com
New
Blue Windows for Woodland
PVC-U
windows from the Duraflex
Diamond Bevelled Suite
are providing a high
performance replacement
for timber frames at
the Essex offices of
freight forwarder, Woodland
International Transport.
Thirty-six new windows
were supplied by local
fabricator WindowTech
(Trade) Ltd, using Duraflex
colour coated profile
in a striking Sea Blue
to reflect Woodland’s
corporate colour scheme.
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Virtual
Digitizing - Most Efficient
Shaped Glass Handling
Glass
manufacturers keep complaining
about template handling
and all the work involved
with them until a final
product leaves the factory
for being shipped to the
customer, even though there
is a product available in
the market called Virtual
Digitizing since 2003 supporting
companies to work highly
efficient processing irregular
shapes.
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Was
Conservatory Outlet Really
the First?
We
were interested to read
in one publication that
a company called The Conservatory
Outlet is establishing ‘the
first network of conservatory
dealerships across the country.’
This comes as a surprise
to anyone knowing that Network
VEKA is approaching its
ninth anniversary and its
members install around 2,500
conservatories a year all
across Britain and Ireland.
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the Rest Here]
Anonymous,
Scaremongering 'Article'
Defended
Much
as I welcome the appearance
of original copy in your
online publication, there
are a number of points I
would like to make regarding
the meandering piece by
Richard Schwarz regarding
Fenestra Journal.
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the Rest Here]
Total
Glass Holds Open Day in New
100,000sq ft Premises
To mark the company’s
move to new 100,000 sq ft
premises, Total Glass threw
open its doors to around 160
customers and suppliers in
May which was hailed as a
'great success' by MD Frank
Deary. Throughout the Open
Day and into the evening,
a constant stream of visitors
arrived to tour the extensive
Liverpool-based production
facilities where multi-million
pound investment has reinforced
the firm’s position as
one of the UK’s fastest-growing
and most successful window
manufacturers and trade suppliers.
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Ultraframe
Posts Losses in First Half
but Expects to be Back in
Black in H2
Ultraframe Plc has announced
its interim results for
the 26 weeks ended 1 April
2005. Legal and restructuring
costs coming in at a massive
£3.6m for the period
(which includes a £2.6m
hit to cover the long running
legal dispute with the Burnden
Group/K2, which is expected
to be concluded this month)
and turnover in the UK down
by 28% (with US sales slightly
down after unfavourable
exchange rates) have resulted
in a post-exceptional losses
of £6.2m. Gross margins
are down from 51% to 40.8%.
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Synseal
Announces Record Increases
in Sales
Synseal
increased sales by £14m
to £80m in the financial
year to 31st March 2005.
This is an increase of over
21% across the board, and
conservatory sales are up
38%. ‘These figures
would be good at any time
– but in a difficult
and demanding market,’
explains Malcolm Le Masurier,
Synseal’s Managing
Director, ‘these results
are very pleasing.
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The prestigious G05 Awards, which take place at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole, NEC Complex on June 10th 2005 and which are being held once more in conjunction with the GGF Annual Convention, is in full swing, with speaker Bradley Walsh signed up and the shortlist of Awards Finalists now announced:
Listers
On the Up!
Lister
Trade Frames says that it
is experiencing record sales
this year and exceptional
growth in the company's
conservatory division. While
many manufacturers around
the country are reporting
a fifteen to twenty percent
drop in sales over last
year, Listers has shattered
all previous company sales
records over the last three
months with May showing
a 25% uplift in sales over
2004.
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ClearTherm
a Clear Winner with Edgetech
Glass
unit manufacturer ClearTherm
Limited recently signed
up with Edgetech’s
Super Spacer and installed
a £30,000 semi automatic
machine at its premises
in Barwell Leicestershire.
Looking to double its
turnover of £1.5
million by 2006, this
most recent investment,
along with the acquisition
of another glass unit
and toughening company,
gives the company the
capability to do just
that.
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Ireland United at last! - in new Database
Not politically - but in the Conservatory, Door and Window industry, as recorded by Windowbase. The latest version of the Windowbase All Ireland database contains over 1100 companies currently manufacturing or installing products in the green isle.
Baldwin
Glass Joins CGI’s
Stockist Network
CGI
International
is helping a family-run
glass and glazing
firm broaden its
business horizons.
Baldwin Glass
in Hull has recently
joined CGI’s
national stockist
network and now
supplies CGI’s
Pyroguard fire
resistant glass
for local building
projects.
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Super
Factory for
Superglazed
The
move to larger,
more modern
premises for
London-based
fabricator Superglazed
– a long-time
member of Beaufort
Secure Design’s
Approved Fabricator
scheme –
is enabling
the company
to focus on
increasing its
capacity to
provide both
domestic supply
only installers
and the commercial
sector
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Spring
is in the Air for
Ensol
Engineering
Solutions (Ensol)
which has recently
become a new source
of fasteners and
screws to the industry
has merged with
Taiwan's On Spring
Industrial. Part
of the Sansoar group,
On Spring has supplied
European Fastener
Distributors for
over 15 years
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AWJ
Glass Makes a Move
Continuing
success at AWJ Glass has prompted
the move to larger, purpose built
premises in the centre of Scarborough.
At 42,000 sq ft, the new facility
provides the company with a 200%
increase in floor space over its
previous site in the town.
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WFM
Launches Super League
Davies
& Tate is introducing a ‘Super
Branch’ concept for its Window
Fitters Mate (WFM) door and window
distribution network. The Uckfield
depot in East Sussex will become
the first ‘Super WFM’,
distributing an even wider range
of doors, windows, conservatories
and ancillaries.
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New
Appointments Boost Revitalised
Wendland Sales Team
As
part of the creation of a new,
revitalised Sales and Marketing
department following the recent
appointment of new Chief Executive
Steve Gardiner, Wendland Roof
Solutions has appointed Henry
Inglis as National Sales Manager
and Tony Hurley as Area Business
Manager for Wales and the south
west of England.
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Spire
Composite Doors Opens to Opportunity
The
Barnsley-based Priory Group is so
confident of the growth in demand
for composite doors that it has
set up a dedicated company to specialise
in the production of this increasingly
popular home improvement product.
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Profitmaker’s
Factory Monitor Reduces Stress
'Fabricators
run their businesses by promising
on-time deliveries to customers,’
observes Mike Nagle, Sales and Marketing
Director of MBN International Systems,
makers of lean manufacturing Profitmaker™
software. ‘But remakes, poor
planning, and systems failures can
all throw schedules into chaos
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GAP
Helps Twinfix get to Smaller Builders
Twinfix,
provider of specialist glazing systems
for the installation of multiwall
polycarb, is now supplying glazing
bars to GAP the UK stockist of PVC-UE
roofline.
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Ultrasonic
Systems Deliver Superior Cleaning
for Plating
Guyson
International, which acquired Kerry
Ultrasonics early in 2004, is now
providing manufacturing, sales,
support and service from its extensive
10,000 square metre facility in
Skipton in the North of England,
for the Kerry Pulsatron UCR (ultrasonic
clean and rinse) systems.
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Glassex
and Ultraframe join Forces for Second
Year Running
Following
this year's successful Conservatory
Design Competition, Glassex has
announced that Ultraframe will be
sponsoring the competition again
in 2006.
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fensterbau/frontale
RUSSIA 2005: Good Prospects for
Future
The
première of fensterbau/frontale
RUSSIA 2005 in Moscow from 26-28
January was promising: net hired
display area of just under 2,100
square metres, a total of 94 exhibiting
companies and some 3,500 trade visitors
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Fenestration
China 2005: Good Prospects There
Too!
Fenestration
China 2005 takes place in Beijing
from 16-19 November. The prospects
for exhibitors are more than favourable:
Experts estimate the market for
windows and doors for the coming
five years at approximately 200
million window units per year.
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Interplas
is Reduced to One Hall
Reed
Exhibitions has confirmed that Interplas
2005 will now occupy just one hall
of the National Exhibition Centre
when it takes place on 4-6 October.
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Tessenderlo
Group: 1st Quarter 2005 Results
Tessenderlo
Group is now publishing its results
on the basis of IFRS accounting
standards and will, in the future,
be reporting three sectors of activity
instead of five divisions.
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IMI
plc Annual General Meeting
IMI
plc, the major international engineering
group, held its 2005 Annual General
Meeting last week. At the meeting
Jim Leng, Chairman, commented: '2004
was another year of solid progress,
with prof