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13th September 2005
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KAT
UK,
the supplier of patio doors and sliding sash windows has announced
the exclusive launch of the KAT Zendow patio door system
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Here:
LCD
Glass (10.5mm laminate) from Pro
Display™ is a new product which the company
says will transform the world of visual display and advertising
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Here:
SGG
CLIMAPLUS® COMFORT
conservatory roof double glazed units are 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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Here:
The HAWA 10 system for external sliding folding doors has
been one of Häfele UK's
most popular products for a number of years
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Here:
The
TechSpec Division of illbruck Sealant
Systems UK Ltd. has introduced a three level perimeter
sealing system that comes with a 10-year performance guarantee
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Here:
New
from Schüco International
is Firestop II EI 60, an aluminium-frame fire door conforming
to BS EN 1634-1: 2000, with a fire-resistance integrity and
insulation rating of 60 minutes
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Here:
Masterframe
says that its white foiled woodgrain finish has upped the
ante in the competition for ‘best of breed’ amongst
the replacement sashes
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Here:
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:
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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:
Norvik
has fabricated and installed windows and doors from the Duraflex
Featured Suite for The Dairy, a Noble development of 37 architect-designed
apartments in Barnsley
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Here:
Recently
completed Victoria Wharf apartments, set beside the Grand Union
Canal and surrounded by acres of parkland, is one of Metal
Technology's most prestigious housing projects
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Here:
More
than 500 windows and doors have been supplied by architectural
aluminium systems specialist, Technal,
for an award-winning riverside urban regeneration scheme in London
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Here:
Glass
at a new B&Q warehouse in Norfolk will stay cleaner longer
as a result of Ritec's award-winning
ClearShield™ surface protection system
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Here:
Darren
Massey has joined the WHS Halo
Consumer/Trade sales team as Business Development Manager (North)
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Here:
Titon
has further advanced its launch into the domestic ventilation
system market with two key appointments. Mike Matlin has moved
from Vent-Axia to become National Sales Manager for Titon's
ventilation division, and Alan Lott has joined Titon from Fläkt
Woods as Technical Administrator
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Here:
Alcoa
announced recently that James W. Owens, 59, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Caterpillar Inc., has been appointed to
Alcoa's board of directors
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Here:
Advantage
Windows and Conservatories Ltd has appointed Cath
Salt as the company’s new Human Resources Manager
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Here:
Northamptonshire
based Double R Glass & Roofing
Systems Ltd, a Wendland Styal fabricator and sealed
unit manufacturer, has made three strategic staff appointments
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Here:
‘Ten’
Human Resources employed the services of
Whale Marketing to design an industry specific web-site
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Here:
Wendland
Roof Solutions
has launched a new consumer website aimed at supporting
installers and providing homeowners with useful information
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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
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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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After 23 years' experience in the window fabrication
business, Eurocell
customer Ayrshire Shopfronts
Ltd's Director Ken McKenzie is no stranger
to mountainous tasks!
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KAT
UK,
supplier of patio doors and sash windows, has made
a £1,822 donation to Care for the Wild International
(CFTWI) to aid the charity’s work in protecting
wild tigers
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Here:
Alexander
Windows added a touch of glamour to its
production line in Stockport, with a photoshoot for
a local radio station’s charity calendar
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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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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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Alcan
Inc.
announced recently that it is one of 17 large stock market
listed companies to be recognised for its outstanding environmental
performance by the United Kingdom’s Environment Agency’s
(EA) annual publication Spotlight on Business - Environmental
Performance 2004.
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Window
companies can now cut the costs of disposing of old PVC window
and door frames under Recovinyl,
a new scheme aimed at promoting greater recycling of post-consumer
PVC waste. It also covers ancillary PVC products such as roofline
products, cladding, shutters and blinds
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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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Birmingham
based Mainstream Windows
has been a customer of Advantage Windows and Conservatories
Ltd for over two years. Founded in 1989 and taken over in
1999 by directors Richard Elson and Bob Dhillon
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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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Here:
Window
hardware manufacturer Securistyle
has launched a campaign to ensure that fabricators and installers
put safety at the top of their business agenda
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Here:
Granada
Material Handling (Granada), one of the nation's
leading material handling solutions specialists, is the sole
UK distributor of Fezer VacuPowerlift handling units
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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:
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Synseal
has pulled off the remarkable coup of purchasing Permacell Finesse (PFL)
from the Laird Group for a little over £10m - not as cheap as
HW, but then it is in considerably better shape, being debt free and
enjoying some £30m turnover last year. The acquisition means that
Synseal now has some justification in calling itself the UK's biggest
systems company.
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Deceuninck
has introduced its new specification guide, a comprehensive
catalogue which gives specifiers and contractors detailed
information on the complete zendow® product range and
associated ancillaries.
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The
smart conservatory roof glass reflex
has a new updated colour brochure which explains all the benefits
of using a true conservatory roof glass.
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here:
Accessing
information on glass for safety and security applications
has just got easier. Pilkington
Building Products - UK has produced new literature
that shows how glass can be used to provide optimum protection
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here:
Profile
22's
new Specifiers' Guide was launched in Harrogate recently,
when the company took part in the Chartered Institute of Housing
annual exhibition.
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here:
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:
Saint-Gobain’s Yorkshire
float glass plant has been recognised as one of the UK’s top
manufacturing plants, having reached the finals of the prestigious
Best Factory Awards 2005.
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Historically in the United Kingdom the use of glass in shower enclosures
has been covered by BS 6340-3: 19851.
This standard lines up with BS 6262:19822 and BS 6262-4: 19943 as
regards the use of glass in wet areas.
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WHS
Halo's Warehouse and Distribution Manager Rob Sullivan
is celebrating after scooping a top college award in recognition
of his learning achievements.
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Here:
JG
Glass, customer of Edgetech IG Inc, has become just the
second company in the UK to achieve a British Fenestration Rating
Council ‘C’ rating on a casement window, under the Window
Energy Rating Scheme.
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Conservatory
Outlet
sponsored an entire weekend in September on Real Radio to raise
awareness for the indoor conservatory showrooms in Wakefield,
Harrogate and York.
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here:
Newstead
Trade Frames
customers and prospects are to receive free branded office items,
including leather-bound note-pads, daily planners and diaries.
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here:
Profile
22 fabricator Cutting Edge Windows
is reaping the rewards of a marketing and product development
campaign.
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here:
Eurocell
was a major sponsor of oarsman Nick Turnbull's epic recent charity
fund raising row around Mull. The event marked the first ever
circumnavigation of the remote Scottish island by rowing boat.
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here:
K2,
the conservatory system manufacturer, recently demonstrated
the strength of its commitment to its customers by treating
nearly 50 key clients and partners to an all expenses paid weekend
at the races.
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A
full range of merchandise has been created to support the launch
of the new DuoShield co-extrusion
process which the company says is quickly leading to the establishment
of a new generation of roofline, cladding and window profiles.
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The
total volume of Construction Output in
the year to the second quarter of 2005 was unchanged compared
to the previous year. Overall new work rose over the same period,
despite decreases in the infrastructure and public non-housing
sectors.
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The
Government's drive to bring more long-term empty homes in England
back into use was bolstered recently with the launch of consultation
on how Empty Dwelling Management Orders
(EDMOs) should operate.
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here:
The
Glass Industry Training Board will next meet on the 2nd of November
in the West Midlands at Pilkington, Kings Norton. The chairman Malcolm
Berresford Dutton intends to discuss the strategy for GTL
for the next three years.
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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
OmniDecor
at Glassbuild America and Vitrum
OmniDecor
SpA, an Italian Company based in Erba (Como, Italy) and a producer
of acid-etched glass for architecture and design, will participate
at GlassBuild America in Atlanta from 13th to 15th September 2005.
After that it will also participate, from 5th to 8th October, at the
14th edition of 'Vitrum' in Milan.
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on this Event]
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.
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on this Event]
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]
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]
Nearly
eclipsing the news from Synseal is the performance of our national cricket
team in bringing The Ashes back home after a riveting series against Australia,
which has put cricket firmly back on the map. It is maybe a good time
for double glazing firms to start sponsoring their local cricket teams:
I can't think of many that do at the moment, and yet its popularity is
now a given. Come on industry, get your cheque books out!
Finally, we have the latest news from Alcan, DuPont
and Rhodia about the effects on their plants on the Gulf Coast after
the damage caused by Hurrican Katrina, and how they are helping the
relief effort.
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Avanti's
Partitioning Wows Clearwater
Group
Avanti
Systems, partitioning
manufacturer, has supplied
its award winning fully
glazed frameless Solare
partitioning system
to the Uckfield based
Clearwater Group. This
partitioning system
was suitable to fulfil
the brief supplied to
contractor West Park,
which was to achieve
a transparent and inviting
visual effect for the
Group’s new offices.
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on this Project]
A
Quick 'Turn On' from
Quantal
Rotafit™
is an effortless twist-on
bar-to-gallery fixing
system from Quantal
Conservatory Roofing
Systems that speeds
up installation, eliminates
radius cut glazing and
ensures perfect geometry,
the company claims.
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on this Product]
We
Want Our Voice Heard
too
In last week's Gl@zine
Ian Chisholm of the
GGF and Paul Jervis
of the BPF say there
has been wide consultation
in the industry. It's
easy for big organisations
or companies to say
they represent their
individual members or
customers - but do they
really?
[Read
the Rest here]
Government
is Not a Great Listener
Last week's Gl@zine
published two letters,
from Paul Jervis of
the BPF and from Ian
Chisholm of the GGF
'clarifying' points
made in a piece about
Synseal's meeting with
Geoff Hoon, Leader of
the House of Commons.
In the same spirit I'd
like to make it clear
that we were not decrying
the sterling work Paul
and his colleague Anthony
Wilkinson had done.
[Read
the Rest here]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Synseal
Buys PFL from Laird Group
to become No 1 in Window Systems
Synseal
Holdings Ltd announced on
Monday that it had acquired
the business of Permacell
Finesse (PFL) from The Laird
Group PLC (Laird). PFL has
been acquired by a subsidiary
of Synseal for a cash consideration
of £10.25m on a debt
free basis. PFL's revenues
are circa £30m, and
net assets which are the subject
of the transaction are approximately
£12m.
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on this Story]
A
Home Win for Total Glass at
Anfield
The
refurbishment of windows in
historic Victorian homes next
to Liverpool Football Club's
world-famous Anfield stadium
has recently been completed
by the UK fabricator, Total
Glass.
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on this Story]
BM
TRADA Launches Q-Mark for
Toughened Glass
Responding
to demand from manufacturers,
BM TRADA Certification Ltd
has launched a Q-mark third-party
certification scheme for
toughened glass.
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on this Story]
Darby
Scotland Goes for Growth
Darby
Glass has restructured
its Glengarnock plant
in Ayrshire as part of
an ongoing growth and
development programme
across the group's six
UK sites.
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on this Story]
Sustainable
Aluminium on the Increase
Further to recent meetings
between the members of
the 'Council for Aluminium
in Building' (CAB), it
is apparent that aluminium
is growing in popularity
as the number one choice
of window material for
new executive homes.
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on this Story]
S&J
Establishes Portal Frame Operation
Following
its success in the market
with bespoke portal conservatories,
conservatory roof manufacturer
S&J Marketing has set
up a specialised operation
- S&J Portal Frames.
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on this Story]
Haffner
Bucking the Trend
Haffner
GB Ltd claims it is 'bucking
industry trends' with an
impressive 62% increase
in sales during 2004/2005.
This growth can be attributed
to the continual demand
for the company’s SBA
Cutting and Working centre.
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on this Story]
Five
of the Best for Listers
This
year is certainly turning
out to be a tough one for
most fabricators and its
'no easy ride for Listers
either' says their MD Mark
Warren. But it certainly
isn't all doom and gloom
at Listers. In fact over
the last five consecutive
months the company says
that it has seen its highest
sales figures ever.
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on this Story]
Profits
Down at Sapa AB in First Six
Months of 2005: UK Performance
Poor
Sapa
AB has reported profits down
by 31% to SEK202m (2004: 291m)
for the first six months of
this year, on net sales slightly
up to SEK7,322m (7,204m).
With volumes estimated to
have declined in the EU as
a whole by 4-5%, the UK market
was weaker still, resulting
in a considerable deterioration
in earnings for Profiles UK
operations. Volumes in the
US rose 4%.
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on this Story]
Fakro
- The New Quality Roof Window
Manufacturer Enters the
UK Market
Worldwide,
Fakro is a major manufacturer
of roof windows for both
commercial and domestic
applications. In the UK
the company is relatively
new.
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on this Story]
SynerJy
blu goes Nationwide
Over
250 companies around the
UK will receive a full-sized,
glazed SynerJy blu window,
Synseal's blue white fourth
generation fully sculptured
system that seamlessly
integrates windows, doors,
patios and conservatories.
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on this Story]
NTC
Conservatories Ltd –
What You See is What You
Get!
Edgetech
Super Spacer® convert,
NTC Conservatories Ltd,
has launched what the
company describes as the
first truly modular fully
sculptured 70mm conservatory
range offering 8 different
styles and over 60 sizes.
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on this Story]
RapierStar
Ltd. - The New Name to
Remember
In
April 2005 the award winning
Rapierstar range of screws
and fixings were granted
a European patent. Architectural
Supplies Ltd in the UK
has decided to rename
the company as Rapierstar
Ltd.
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on this Story]
First
£1 Million Month
for Everwhite
Everwhite
Plastics Limited achieved
its first £1 million
month in August 2005.
‘With the market
down and August a historically
difficult month for
sales, we’re delighted
to exceed the £1
million mark,’
explains Simon Reynolds,
Everwhite’s Sales
and Marketing Director.
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on this Story]
Newdawn's
Streamlined Customer
Services
Following
its acquisition by the
Bowater Building Products
group, Newdawn, the
conservatory roof systems
company, has carried
out a major re-organisation
of its customer services
department to cope with
an ever higher order
volume.
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on this Story]
Midlands
Company Attracts Top Market
Leaders
A
Midlands based conservatory
manufacturer & supplier
is gearing up to push
its business to the forefront
of the industry after
joining forces with two
of the UK's major market
suppliers.
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on this Story]
GAP
Sales Update
Reports 20%
Year on Year
Growth
GAP,
roofline stockist
and door panel
manufacturer,
has just released
its latest sales
figures and
it's good news
for GAP and
good news for
GAP customers.
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on this Story]
Newstead’s
Deliveries Driven
by Satellite
Newstead
Trade Frame’s
customers are now
enjoying deliveries
driven by the latest
state of the art
wireless satellite
technology, thanks
to new navigation
tracking system
built into its fleet
of vehicles.
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on this Story]
How
ARP Can Transform Roofline Sales
for Ambitious Installers
Romley
based ARP Mustang® installer
Gutter Men achieved an increase
in sales of 25% year on year doing
it themselves before creating a
franchise package.
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on this Story]
Global
Warming Affects PVC Formulations
Freefoam's
research into the limitations of
the colour stability of PVC products
when exposed to increased UV levels
and extreme conditions, and a review
of the current levels to which roofline
products are exposed in the UK and
Ireland, gives food for thought
for roofline manufacturers, stockists
and installers alike.
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on this Story]
DuPont
Establishes DuPont Hurricane Katrina
Fund
In
addition to its $1 million corporate
cash contribution announced on August
30th, DuPont has established the
DuPont Hurricane Katrina Fund to
channel financial donations from
employees, retirees and others to
communities near DuPont sites that
have been impacted by the storm.
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on this Story]
Alcan
Donates US$500,000 to Assist in
Katrina Relief Efforts
Alcan
Inc. announced on 8th September
that it is donating US$500,000 to
the American Red Cross to assist
in relief efforts following the
devastation caused to the U.S. Gulf
coast by hurricane Katrina recently.
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on this Story]
Rhodia’s
Baton Rouge Site Returns to Full
Operation
Rhodia’s
Baton Rouge site sustained only
minor damage from the Hurricane
Katrina and has returned to full
operation.
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on this Story]
NürnbergMesse
Sets Course for More Growth
NürnbergMesse
intends to raise its turnover in
Germany and abroad to over 150 million
euros in the medium term. This was
declared by Managing Director Bernd
A. Diederichs at the presentation
of the results for the business
year 2004, which set new records
with a turnover of 108 million euros
and a year-end result of five million
euros more than planned.
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