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Email News for the Glass, Glazing and Fenestration Industries
9th August 2005
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MJ
Assembly,
supplier and designer of glass detectors since 1995, has just
launched its latest detector the new Ultimate Low E Detector
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Here:
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
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Here:
Independent
hardware distributor, Groupco,
is introducing the enhanced Fuhr
Silver Finish on all Fuhr components at no extra cost to its
customers
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Here:
Statutory
requirements to protect the public against being injured by
the movement of a sliding door can now be met through the
use of a new low-profile balustrade anchor system available
from D R Services
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Here:
Bohle
has developed ‘Europe’ – its first own manufactured
range of shower door hinges, developed exclusively for glass
shower doors
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Here:
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Glassex
was the launch pad for the newest product to the Hubtex
range, the Hubtex 4 Way Pedestrian truck, which is specifically
targeted at the smaller fabricator and installer
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Here:
The handling of long loads inside and out has become easier now with the introduction of the Hubtex 2123 multidirectional electric sideloader
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TruSeal
has
unveiled DecoSeal - a specially engineered warm edge spacer
IG system for decorative glass used in windows and doors
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Here:
Veka fabricator, Modplan Ltd has recently introduced a new window egress handle. The in-line handle has a long lever for greater grip and ease of operation, together with a glow in the dark strip
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Avanti
has upgraded its award winning frameless glazed Solare partitioning
system to improve performance and also appearance
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Here:
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A
long-standing water penetration problem in the central stone courtyard
of London’s Building Centre has been recently solved by Watford
based fabricator & installer Europa
Conservatories and Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning
glass
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Here:
Elderly
residents at a sheltered housing development in Dorset are enjoying
the benefits of new high performance windows and doors from the
Duraflex Featured Suite
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Here:
Aluminium
windows and doors from Beaufort Secure
Design have been specified as part of a major three-phase
refurbishment programme at Compton School in Finchley
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Here:
The
complex window designs for Lyoncross, a spectacular new build
project near Glasgow, are posing no problem for experienced Duraflex
fabricator, Window Vision
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Here:
A
bespoke fire glass manufactured by CGI
is meeting the safety and aesthetic demands of a new health and
beauty centre at Bicester Golf & Country Club in Oxfordshire
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Here:
Trojan
Hardware and Designs
has strengthened its technical sales team with the appointment
of Paul Judd as Technical Sales Representative
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Here:
Kent-based
Sheerframe window fabricator FineLine
has appointed Simon Foster as new general manager
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Here:
Kawneer
has announced the appointment of Sean Butler as Sales and Marketing
Director
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Here:
Newstead
Trade Frames has announced Adrian Locker’s recent
promotion to Managing Director
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Here:
Gareth
Gibby has re-joined Midlands based fabricator Indigo
Products Ltd as Business Development Manager
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Here:
PVCu
fabricator Sash UK has appointed
Mark Carver to the position of Portal Technical and Sales Advisor
as part of the company’s portal expansion programme
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Here:
Senator
Windows Ltd has announced the appointment of Kevin
Richards as Group Managing Director from July 1st 2005
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Here:
Trade
fabricator John Fredericks
has appointed Kevin Hill as its new managing director
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Here:
MyGlaverbel.com
(the
only glass website available in nine languages) now
includes The Glass Configurator, a module which enables
you to calculate the performances of any Glaverbel standard
glazing
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Here:
LB
PLastics has published a comprehensive product
guide detailing its all-new Sheerlite conservatory roof
system, which is available on the new Sheerlite website
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Here:
Sapa
Building Systems has rolled out a new interactive
Web Shop that it says is revolutionising how the company
and its customers conduct their business
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Here:
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The
Travelling Rotories – one of the best
known bands in the PVC-u window industry – performed
another of their memorable shows at the recent CIH
Conference in Harrogate
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Here:
Children
at a special needs school in Morecambe, Lancashire,
are benefiting from additional care and learning activities
thanks to a generous £1,500 donation from windows,
doors, conservatory roofs and PVC-u profiles manufacturer
Eurocell
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Here:
The
much-awaited ‘1279’ standard was finally
published towards the end of May 2005. ‘But be
careful, you still cannot claim that you comply with
the standard until the beginning of 2006.’ says
Two River Solutions
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Here:
Alcoa
has announced that 15 employees and contractors from Alcoa
locations across the globe have been selected as Earthwatch
Institute fellows and will participate in scientific research
expeditions around the world as part of the company's overall
conservation and sustainability efforts
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Here:
To
assess the practical, technical, and economic viability of
recovering post-consumer waste window materials, WRAP
has funded trials carried out in conjunction with Building
Research Establishment
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Here:
Having recently completed installing 33kWp at the Spinal Injuries Association HQ in Milton Keynes, Solar Technologies Group has now exceeded 2 Megawatts of installed PV solar solutions - furthering its position as the UK's largest installer for commercially integrated systems with an estimated 75% share of all building Integrated Solar in the UK today.
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Stockport-based
fabricator Alexander Windows
has come up with a solution for would-be trade customers who
want the quality of the Kömmerling
window system, but can’t compete in their market place
on the price
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Here:
The
launch of Speedy's Safety
From The Ground Up initiative represents the UK's largest
integrated safety, training and information campaign in the
tool hire sector
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Here:
New
regulations came into force on 6th April 2005, applying to
all work at height where there is a risk of a fall liable
to cause personal injury. To assist the construction industry
the Health and Safety Executive
(HSE) has recently published a Question and Answer Brief
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Good
News for the Replacement Market?
In
an interesting - and unusual - report from Palmer Market Research, some
6,000 homeowners were interviewed about their window buying preferences.
The bad news is that 85% of those interviewed are quite happy with the
state of their fenestration. The good news is the reasons given by those
people who have had replacement windows in the past two years.
Area
Sales Manager
(Glass Products)
Midlands Area
Norman
& Underwood is looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated and
customer focused person to manage our existing Key accounts and to
target and develop future business.
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Various
Positions inc Area Sales and Production Managers
Continued growth and expansion
have led to a number of career opportunities at Float Glass Industries,
one of the UK’s leading independent glass distributors and manufacturers
of toughened and processed glass. The company is now looking to recruit
a number of key senior personnel to augment the existing management,
sales and production teams.
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Corby
Windows Group
says
that its installer customers are poised to gain from the benefits
provided by the new ‘Choices’ brochure launched
by the company.
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here:
Mighton
Products Ltd, sash window hardware specialist,
has produced a new CD.
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here:
Häfele
UK
has launched its biggest ever Architectural Ironmongery catalogue
for 2005/06. At 1,100 pages it is bigger than the last volume,
published two years ago, by approaching 25%.
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here:
UK
systems company L.B. Plastics Ltd
has published a comprehensive product guide detailing its
all-new Sheerlite conservatory roof system.
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here:
Total
Glass
has launched its new Total Glass Commercial brochure for architects,
specifiers and designers.
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here:
Ultraframe
has produced a new range of marketing literature which the
company says clearly shows the benefits of its conservatory
roofing systems.
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here:
Irvine-based
window, door and conservatory manufacturer and installer Andrew
Wright Windows has
achieved both BS EN ISO 9001:2000 quality accreditation for both
manufacture and installation, and the British Standards Kitemark
Licence BS 7412:2000 for Veka window specification.
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Here:
Pennine
Home Improvements
says that it is leading the way in the home improvements industry
by being 'the first - and only company in the North East' to land
the new BSI Kitemark Licence for Window Survey and Installation.
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Here:
Radway
was presented with the first ever Key Commercial Partner certificate
by The Litchfield Group of Companies at the recent Institute of
Housing conference in Harrogate.
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Here:
Two
River Solutions Ltd has announced that the manufacturer
of double glazed sealed units and installer of windows and doors
Chipping Norton Glass Ltd has
been awarded the Kitemark for the company’s sealed units.
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Trade Cost, Eurocell's Cwmbran-based
fabricator, has just received two British Standard Kitemarks - for
manufacturing and security.
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Here:
‘Centennial Windows for example, has been named the Canadian
‘Energy Star Manufacturer of the Year’,’ says Erin
Johnson of Edgetech.
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Here:
On June 16th, Linde AG received
an award in Düsseldorf for its successful technology management
in the field of Material Handling.
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Here:
Edgetech
IG Inc
recently agreed to sponsor the John Cleveland College Girls'
Rugby Team. The girls, all aged between 14-18, now have their
own rugby shirts, with further equipment to follow from Edgetech.
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here:
David
Woodward, the former Commercial Director for Pilkington Building
Products, has established Global Glass
Consult (GGC) to provide a range of advisory services
to companies involved with the flat glass market.
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here:
Wendland
Roof Solutions
has produced a new series of contemporary marketing literature
that reflects the increasing popularity of its Styal system
amongst UK homeowners.
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here:
Updated
estimates of residential change in England up to 2004 indicate
that in 2004, on an updated provisional estimate, 70 per cent
of new dwellings were built on previously-developed land, including
conversions. This compares with 67 per cent in 2002 and 2003.
Before 1997 the level fluctuated around 57 per cent.
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here:
Proskills,
the new Government backed skills and training organisation for the
process and manufacturing industries, was recommended to receive a
licence to operate from the Education and Skills Secretary, Ruth Kelly.
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Polar
Windows Ltd, a Comar Architectural
Aluminium Systems approved fabricator, recently held a
series of RIBA approved CPD’s at Polar’s extensive premises
in the North East of England.
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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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here:
PART L ARCHIVE
Chiltern
Dynamics Paves the Way for prEN 14351-1
Chiltern
Dynamics
and sister company BM TRADA Certification
will pave the way for prEN 14351-1 Product Standard for pedestrian
doors and windows without fire resistance by staging a major conference
for the door and window industry in the autumn.
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on this Event]
fensterbau/frontale
and HOLZ-HANDWERK 2006
Around
1,200 exhibitors and 92,000 trade visitors - the success of the combined
fensterbau/frontale and HOLZ-HANDWERK 2004 exhibitions in Nürnberg
even surprised insiders. Preparations are now underway for the next
edition in Nuremberg from 22-25 March 2006.
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on this Event]
Adding
Support to Timber Zone at Interbuild
More
leading companies are following the example of Eleco and Akzo Nobel
in backing a concerted push by TRADA, the Timber Research & Development
Association, to raise the profile of timber at Interbuild 2006.
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on this Event]
Defra
Plans for RWM
Confused about the Landfill Trading Allowance Scheme? Unsure exactly
how the Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive will
affect you? To get some straight answers, come to the Legislation
Zone at the Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition (RWM05) at the
NEC, Birmingham from 13-15 September.
[More
on this Event]
Glasstech
India 2006
Glasstech
India 2006, The International Glass Products, Glass Manufacturing,
Processing and Materials Exhibition, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India,
13 - 15th December 2006.
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on this Event]
MosBuild+
2006
MosBuild+
2005 Exhibition was the biggest Windows & Doors exhibition ever
to be held in Russia. The event hosted over 300 Exhibitors and 40,000
visitors over the four day International Event. The 2006 show will
be 4-7th April.
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on this Event]
Fenestration
China 2005
Fenestration
China 2005 takes place in Beijing from 16-19 November. Experts estimate
the market for windows and doors for the coming five years at approximately
200 million window units per year.
[More
on this Event]
According to Palmer: 'the two main reasons given were to improve appearance
and improve security. In a comparable homeowner survey we carried out
nine years ago, poor condition of the windows was easily the most important
reason and twice as important as appearance.
‘And there was further good news about the replacement of replacements.
Currently, a quarter of old windows taken out as part of replacement work
were PVC-U, a big jump from our last trade survey for 2003 which indicated
only 10% were PVC-U. This means that over one and a half million windows
last year were replacement of replacements. The industry's Holy Grail
is perhaps attainable after all.' More on this report here
This issue of The Gl@zine marks the beginning of our traditional summer
recess, we shall be back on your screens next on Tuesday 30th August,
so look out for us in your inbox then, and, if you are taking advantage
of the holiday season, have a good one!
The
B2BZine Team:
Richard and Debbie Schwarz
news@theglazine.com
The
Gl@zine and Pilkington Team Up to Kick Off Fantasy Football Game
Play
the classic game, challenge colleagues and customers and play for some
great prizes. Nothing gets the nation talking like the weather or football.
While there is little we can do about the weather, we can have some fun
with the beautiful game. For that reason we have teamed up with Pilkington
Building Products UK to create the Pilkington 2005/06 Fantasy Football
competition.
[More
on this Here]
FGI
Goes to Church
A
freestanding partition
in an historic parish
church in Cheshire has
been produced using
toughened glass supplied
by Float Glass Industries
(FGI). The fully glazed
partition at St Mary’s
and St Helen’s
in Neston, which dates
back to the 12th century,
divides the main body
of the church from a
newly created meeting
area.
[More
on this Project]
Affordable
Innovation Keeps Installers
in the Black
Blackpool-based,
Affordable Windows Systems
has introduced Ebony
or 'Black' frames as
standard to the company’s
Timberlook PVC-u window
range. Eddie Gaughan,
MD of Affordable Window
Systems, believes focussing
on customers has been
the reason for Affordable's
phenomenal growth over
the last few years.
‘2005 has been
no exception with growth
continuing, while most
of the industry is in
decline.’
[More
on this Product]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Major
Homeowner Survey gives New
Hope to the Replacement Window
Industry
‘In
our latest homeowner survey,
‘Windows - Replace or
Repair? A Survey of Homeowners
in the UK’, carried out
in June this year, 6,000 adults
were interviewed, of which
3,000 qualified as being heads
of households (or their partners)
of owner occupier properties.
The results show that there
is good news and bad news
for companies to work on',
says Palmer Market Research.
[More
on this Story]
Advantage
Partners Leivers and Millership
Advantage
Windows and Conservatories
Ltd has signed a 12 month
supply agreement with its
customer, Nottingham based
window company Leivers and
Millership, to supply fabricated
K2 roofs.
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on this Story]
Stuga
Flowline ZX4 for Future
Products
Future Products, the successful
Synseal fabricator in Synseal’s
home town of Mansfield has
ordered the latest version
of the Stuga Flowline, known
as the Flowline ZX4.
[More
on this Story]
James
Godfrey Wins 2005 Schüco
Karting Challenge
The
UK final of the 2005 Schüco
Karting Challenge was
held at Whilton Mill on
Thursday, 28th July and
it was James Godfrey of
Balfour Beatty Construction
who came away with the
title.
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on this Story]
Double
Celebrations for Veka's
Gemini
Oldham
based trade fabricator
Gemini UPVC Ltd recently
celebrated two important
milestones with a factory
Open Day event on 22nd
July: Twenty years in
business, and one year
since the company opted
to switch to Veka's Matrix
70mm fully sculptured
system.
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on this Story]
Pilkington
Gets 'Activ' Again with Architects
In
the second series of special
seminars organised by Pilkington
in association with architectural
journal Architecture Today,
more than a hundred architects
from around the country enjoyed
presentations from the UK's
leading architects, staged
in landmark buildings in Bristol,
Birmingham, Cambridge and
London.
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on this Story]
Veka
in the Market for Piper Windows
The
Veka Big Rig has been hitting
the streets again, this time
in Romford Market. Veka fabricator,
Piper Windows has used the
state of the art mobile showroom
to highlight its partnering
arrangement with the London
Borough of Havering’s
Decent Homes Scheme.
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on this Story]
Pilkington
CEO Presents Prize to ‘Activ
In Architecture’ Competition
Winner
Fittingly
The Brunswick Centre in
Bloomsbury, London –
the winning project of the
2005 ‘Activ in Architecture’
competition organised by
Pilkington - was the scene
for a presentation ceremony
at which Pilkington plc
Chief Executive, Stuart
Chambers, formally presented
the prize to the winning
entrant, architects for
the project Levitt Bernstein
Associates.
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on this Story]
Active
and Passive Fire Protection
'Explained Days'
Chiltern
International Fire is staging
a range of active and passive
fire protection events to
cater for the needs of the
fire services, specifiers,
manufacturers, regulators
and managers or owners of
buildings and residential
properties.
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on this Story]
Interframe
Takes on Wendland Modual
Wendland
Roof Solutions is now supplying
one of its largest customers
with its Modual low pitch
modular roofing system.
Interframe Ltd was founded
in 1985 and says that it
has gone from strength to
strength in the market,
being acquired by Shepley
Windows Systems Ltd in 2003
but continuing to trade
as Interframe Ltd.
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on this Story]
10,000
Doors and Not One Late
Providing
consistently efficient,
reliable deliveries can
be difficult for a lot
of companies. Many don’t
have the resources or
the efficient procedures
in place to make it happen.
GAP, Europe’s fourth
largest door panel manufacturer,
says that it has broken
the mould with not one
late delivery in the 10,000
doors manufactured during
June.
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on this Story]
Every
Letter under the Sun
Newdawn
Northern Area Business
Manager, Andrew Buglass
recently celebrated the
sale of his 1000th kit
roof this year. Having
successfully helped establish
a chain of retail conservatory
outlets across the North
of England Andrew has
created a great opportunity
for his local fabricators
and a major challenge
for Newdawn.
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on this Story]
New
World Breaks its Own Record
with Apeer
New
World Developments says
that it has broken its
own record with a 38%
increase in sales over
last year. This has been
mostly due to its Apeer
door which is surpassing
targets with June the
best month ever.
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on this Story]
Tradelink
Completes Rebrand Of
MPM Windows
Tradelink,
the East Anglian trade
fabricator, has announced
that it has completed
the rebrand of MPM Windows,
the Mildenhall based
fabricator it acquired
in December 2000.
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on this Story]
Just
Rewards for KAT UK's John
KAT
UK fabricator, John Hitchener,
has been rewarded for
a waste reducing idea
that will save the company
up to £15,000 per
year.
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on this Story]
Kestrel:
New Lorries, New Livery
A
fleet of five new Kestrel
BCE lorries with distinctive
graphics have recently
been delivered to the
company and are now
to be seen on the highways
and byways of the UK,
delivering the company’s
products to customers.
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on this Story]
Emphasis
on Ventilation at Titon
Titon
has announced a restructure
of its sales and marketing
activity with the launch
of a new division for
domestic ventilation systems,
headed up by Nick Howlett,
Product Development Director.
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on this Story]
£60,000
More Flexibility for Newstead’s
Customers
Niche
markets like arched windows
and doors are proving
popular, with potential
for growth and profit.
That’s why Newstead
Trade Frames has just
invested £60,000
in a new profile bending
machine from Universal
Arches.
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on this Story]
Aluminium
Roofline Products Reach
Climax
In
what is widely accepted
as a weak and saturated
replacement casement window
market, Devon based Climax
Windows reports it's continuing
to grow due to its forward-looking
diversification into the
aluminium guttering market.
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on this Story]
Increasing
Fleet Orders
Help Volkswagen
Secure Record
Sales
Following
a record year
of sales in
2004, Volkswagen
Commercial Vehicles
is on course
for a repeat
performance,
with year to
date sales in
2005 already
up 23 per cent
on last year's
results for
the same period.
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on this Story]
OFT
Refers Acquisition
by Ardagh of Redfearn
Glass
The
OFT recently referred
the completed acquisition
by Ardagh International
Holdings Ltd of
Redfearn Glass Limited
(previously Rexam
Glass Barnsley Limited)
to the Competition
Commission.
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on this Story]
Accreditation
is a Reality
The
majority of us scorn any mention
of Public Sector accreditation as
a marketing ploy but how many of
us actually understand what it means,
why it is needed and how it can
increase opportunities? The UK Trades
Confederation investigates...
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on this Story]
Trelleborg
Earnings Improvement in the Second
Quarter
The
Trelleborg Group increased its
net sales to SEK 6,348 M (6,108)
in the second quarter of 2005.
Organic growth was 4 percent.
For continuing operations, excluding
restructuring costs and impairment
losses, net profit rose 13 percent
to SEK 355 M (315). All five business
areas reported improved operating
profit in the second quarter.
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on this Story]
NOTICES
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: ATA