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30th August 2005
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Bohle
has launched a new range of Cerium Oxide Polishing Compounds
into the UK. Branded ‘Quest’ the range includes
products for pre-silvering polishing up to hand polishing
grades
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Here:
Specialist
glass door and glazing system company, D
R Services has recently launched five new product
lines
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Here:
Glaverbel
has introduced the fire resistant decorative glasses, Pyrobelite
Matelux and Pyrobel Matelux
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Here:
Häfele
has announced the launch of a German made grade 304 Stainless
Steel Modular Pull Handle System
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Here:
Profile
22
says that its new FS70 sculptured profile system successfully
combines the advantages of PVC-U windows with the aesthetics
of traditional timber products
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Here:
Wendland
says that its Styal Select™ roofing design and survey
software is now the only system of its kind on the market
to offer regional wind speeds and snow loading data as part
of its automatic calculations
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Here:
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:
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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:
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Warwick
Crest in Edgebaston is a large tower block of residential flats
that was drastically in need of a makeover. Everest
Commercial Division was asked to submit a quote
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Here:
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:
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
More
Here:
Pilkington
plc has announced the appointment of Mr. Norman Lyle
as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1st August 2005
More
Here:
Trojan
Hardware and Designs
has strengthened its technical sales team with the appointment
of Paul Judd as Technical Sales Representative
More
Here:
Kent-based
Sheerframe window fabricator FineLine
has appointed Simon Foster as new general manager
More
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
More
Here:
FairTrades,
the national multi trade association has launched a
new website as a benefit to current members and as a
24 hour information point for trade professionals
More
Here:
Everwhite
Plastics Ltd has updated its website to include
more product information, a photo gallery of its premises
and products, and more news stories to keep stockists,
installers and homeowners in the picture
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Here:
Engineers,
designers and specifiers have access to a wealth of
product and technical data at the new user-friendly
website from Sika
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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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The
golfing skills of the Total
Glass management team proved as sharp as
their business acumen when MD Frank Deary and Operations
Director Paul Ierston teed off in aid of a cancer
charity
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Here:
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:
The
clock is now ticking for Insulating Glass Unit (IGU)
manufacturers, following the publication of Part 5
of EN 1279 in May 2005, says Chiltern
Dynamics Engineer Dawn Oxbrough
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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:
Vinyl
2010 recently launched its fifth and most detailed
Progress Report to date. The report focuses on 16 major waste
management schemes and other challenging projects throughout
Europe.
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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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A
Fortnight is a Long Time in the Window Market
It
happens every year: as soon as we set off on our annual holidays, there
are cataclysmic changes in the glass and fenestration market which we
have to report in a later than our usual weekly timescale. This year
it was the sale of HW Systems to Latium, of course, although we should
also mention the sale of Newdawn to Bowater, both events signal major
changes in the market.
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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Calendar
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Deceuninck
Status has recently introduced their new corporate
brochure which presents an overview of the united businesses
to existing and potential customers.
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here:
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:
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.
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Here:
Duraflex
was formally recognised as a member of the Secured by Design (SBD)
official police security initiative during the Chartered Institute
of Housing Conference & Exhibition.
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Here:
Newstead
has recently won a Secured By Design (SBD) licence for its doors.
This new award complements the Secured By Design licence Newstead
won last year for its windows.
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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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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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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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Here:
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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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:
PART L ARCHIVE
Kömmerling
UK Takes a Stand at Vitrum 2005
Kömmerling
UK will be present at this year's Vitrum exhibition, taking place
in Milan, from October, 5th to 8th 2005.
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on this Event]
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 Event]
Beantown
Beckons for Comfortable Software
This November the team from ComfortableSoftware.com is heading Stateside
once more to take part in the InterGlassMetal/ Fenestration World
2005 show.
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on this Event]
GlassBuild
America: The Glass, Window and Door Expo
Over
350 exhibiting companies and more than 200,000 net square feet of
exhibit space provides an all-encompassing central showcase.
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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.
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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.
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on this Event]
Not many people appear to have seen the Latium acquisition coming, perhaps
sceptical about claims of the turnaround at HW, still unsure of the true
cost of the pinking claims, and unconvinced of HW's saleability in what
is essentially a buyers' market. It will be very interesting to see what
Brian Kennedy makes of the five brands he has bought under the HW Systems
banner: from past experience - eg Everest - we may expect to see some
rationalisation followed by MBOs. Watch this space!
There has been plenty of other news of course: we particularly enjoyed
hearing about MP Geoff Hoon's grilling by well known labour supporters
(!) Nick and Gary Dutton over the proposal to include conservatories
in Building Regs.
There is also some news about one of the window market's few bright
spots, the vertical slider. LB Plastics has launched a VS which conforms
to Part B, while one of the industry's better known faces, Danny Basden,
has set up a new company manufacturing the Plastmo Charisma vertical
slider. He could look happier about it though...
Last but not least, we have an interesting summary of a new report on
the European Fenestration market from MRA, which argues that 'Europe
is at the start of what promises to be its biggest growth phase ever,
if you know where to look, and what to look for'.
The
B2BZine Team:
Richard and Debbie Schwarz
news@theglazine.com
Still
Time To Enter The Pilkington Fantasy Football
The
football season is now in full swing and already it is shaping up quite
nicely. Who would have thought Charlton and Manchester City would be vying
with Chelsea for that top spot?
More importantly the real action starts now. The first manager of the
month will be awarded for September so there is still time to enter a
team to put yourself in the frame to win a great prize.
Currently riding high is team ‘Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire’,
which has amassed a colossal 224 points and is just edging out the team
in second place which has 220. And it’ll come as no surprise to find
that Chelsea’s millionaires are topping the points charts. But can
you afford them? However, you could still pip them to the post for September’s
manager of the month by entering a team of your own.
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on this Here]
Fistral
Beach Newquay: Comar
Proves Reliable Partner
Alan
Spear Ltd was asked
to assist with this
fast track contract
as the holiday season
was approaching and
confidently took on
the contract because
the company knew that
it could rely on its
major supplier Comar
Architectural Aluminium
Systems delivery of
over 700 sections which
are kept in stock at
the company’s distribution
centre in Surrey.
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on this Project]
Even
More Plus Points to
Solaglas’ New Conservatory
Roof Unit Range
The
name says it all: SGG
CLIMAPLUS® COMFORT+.
This range of conservatory
roof double glazed units
is the first on the
market to incorporate
SGG BIOCLEAN® to
give the dual action
self-cleaning function
in combination with
advanced solar control
performance (solar factor
of only 0.38) and advanced
thermal insulation (centre-pane
U-value of 1.1W/m2.K).
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on this Product]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Synseal
Enlists Geoff Hoon MP’s
Help in Delaying Bad Conservatory
Legislation
'Over
the past two years,’
says Nick Dutton, Sales and
Marketing Director of Synseal
Extrusions Ltd, ‘we have
become increasingly concerned
with the Government’s
proposals to include conservatories
in new building regulations.
It is not that we are opposed
to changes in regulations,
but consultations on its proposals
had been restricted to a small
number of people and organisations
purporting to represent the
interests of the industry.
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on this Story]
Deceuninck
Picks up Major New Customers
for Windows and Roofline
Three significant local companies
have recently signed up with
Deceuninck: St Helens fabricator,
Focus UPVC, will manufacture
the company's sculptured zendow(r)
2800 suite, as will Bradford
trade fabricator, Glass Tec
Windows. Swindon building
merchants, Drainex Ltd, meanwhile,
will now stock the Deeplas
range of cellular PVC-U fascias,
soffits, claddings and trims.
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on this Story]
Latium
Snaps up HW Plastics for
£3m and Takes on £17m
Pinking Liabilities
Heywood Williams Group PLC
has agreed to sell its Plastic
Systems Division (HW Plastics,
Spectus and Kestrel/BCE)
to Latium Plastics Holdings
Ltd for a cash consideration
of £3 million. In
addition, Latium will assume
certain product rectification
liabilities and obligations
to the tune of £17m
associated with pinking
problems which.
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on this Story]
Newdawn
Conservatory Roof System
Acquired by Bowater Building
Products
In the first step in a
planned expansion programme,
Bowater Building Products
is acquiring the trade
and assets of Newdawn
& Sun Ltd, a leading
independent manufacturer
of commercial and conservatory
roof systems.
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on this Story]
Networking
or Neckworking?
The
Publicity In Glazing Society
networking event resumes
after the Summer break
on 8th September from
6pm onwards. Once again,
the downstairs bar at
the Slug & Lettuce
in London's Upper Saint
Martins Lane will play
host to the glass and
glazing industry's thirstiest.
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The
Rich, the Famous and the Powerful
Take a Stroll for Charity
A
Who's Who of the glass and
glazing industry will be taking
a stroll for charity when
the 2005 Network Walk takes
place in Manchester on Friday
21st October 2005 to raise
money for the Hope House Children's
Hospice.
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on this Story]
Veka
Chosen As Supply Partner For
UK's Largest Private Social
Housing Provider
VEKA
plc, already the number one
PVC-u system choice for UK
public sector specifiers,
has recently achieved another
major coup: The company has
announced that it has been
chosen as the sole window
systems supplier to the Places
for People Group, the largest
private social housing provider
in the UK, as part of a three-year
contract.
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on this Story]
Sales
of Edgetech Super Spacer
up 31% in 2004
International sales results
announced by Edgetech IG
Inc. show that sales of
Super Spacer®, the world's
only TrueWARM® all foam,
NO METAL edge seal, were
up 31% in 2004,' explains
Andy Jones, Sales Director
and General Manager of Edgetech.
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on this Story]
Network
Welcomes Back a Trio of ‘Prodigals’
Network
Veka is celebrating the return
of three former members among
its latest intake of recruits
– with the prospect of
a fourth under discussion.
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on this Story]
Danny
Basden Returns to Manufacture
Vertical Sliders
Danny
Basden has launched a new
company - Victorian Sliders
Ltd, and has begun manufacturing
vertical sliding sash windows
using Plastmo Profiles Charisma
system.
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on this Story]
Easy
Egress First with New
Sheerframe VS
Sheerframe
systems company L.B. Plastics
says that it has developed
the first PVC vertically
sliding sash window to
offer all the benefits
of traditional styling,
combined with the critical
emergency egress requirements
of Part B of the Building
Regulations.
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on this Story]
New
Corner Cleaners for John
Fredericks
As
part of its commitment
to invest continually
in new equipment and provide
a consistently high quality
and flexible service,
trade fabricator John
Fredericks has taken delivery
of three new Rotox corner
cleaners.
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on this Story]
Queen's
Awards Official Meets
Haydock Glass Specialists
Merseyside
specialist glass maker
CGI International Ltd
revealed the secret of
its business success during
a whistle-stop tour to
promote entries for this
year's Queen's Awards
for Enterprise.
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on this Story]
Open
Day Event Paves the
Way for Further Eurocell
Roadshows
The
sun shone on Eurocell
Building Plastics in
more ways than one when
the company recently
held its first open
day at its Grimsby branch.
After a flood of early
morning interest, the
event attracted a steady
stream of customers
throughout the day,
drawn by the aroma of
a free barbecue and
an array of trade stands.
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on this Story]
McInnes
Sets Up New Venture
Iain
McInnes has left Wendland
Roof Solutions to set
up McInnes Communications.
Best known for establishing
the K2 brand he has also
worked on other entities
in The Burnden Group both
in the UK and USA, having
originally worked for
Veka and most recently
Wendland.
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on this Story]
Shepley
Will get Back to you
Within the Hour - That's
a Promise
Shepley
has launched its latest
customer service development,
the One Hour Promise
aimed at keeping customers
in the know. The One-Hour
Promise means that when
customers telephone
with a query, we promise
to fulfil the inquiry
within the hour.
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on this Story]
Piper
Scores 10 Year Contract
with West Kent Housing
Association
Veka
fabricator Piper Windows,
Doors and Conservatories
of Ramsgate has signed
a ten year partnering
agreement with West Kent
Housing Association for
the supply and installation
of Veka windows. Piper
says that it was awarded
the contract due to the
high quality and long
term performance of its
products and its proven
reputation for excellent
customer service and support,
particularly in the public
sector.
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on this Story]
New
Technology is Key for
Kenrick
Window
hardware manufacturer
Kenrick has invested in
new Cosmos software technology,
consigning many of the
initial cumbersome and
time-consuming prototypes
to the past.
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on this Story]
PVC-U
Window & Door Profile
Markets in Europe
The European PVC-U windows
industry has got used
to bad news from Germany,
but it came as a shock
when, after a run of several
good years, volume dropped
sharply in the UK, Europe's
biggest PVC-U windows
market, says a new report
from MRA.
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on this Story]
Helping
Increase Sales
And Profitability
Major developments
to Aztec Conservatory
Roof Systems'
product and
service have
seen the company
double its turnover
in the first
half of the
year and simultaneously
increase its
customer base
by 20%.
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on this Story]
The
Hidden Cost of Inefficiency
According
to new research,
commercial property
investors are jeopardising
future rental and
resale income if
they choose to ignore
property energy
performance after
energy performance
certificates are
introduced from
January 2006.
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on this Story]