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18th October 2005
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The Glass FX colour treatment from Glass
UK offers an unlimited choice of colours for almost
every glass type
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Fuhr's
Multisafe 870 locking system with panic exit function is now
available from Groupco,
the independent UK hardware distributor
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When
it comes to the design of lean to roofs, Wendland
Roof Solutions offers a number of complete design
solutions, whatever the application
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The
next few months sees WHS Halo
introducing a series of colour coded labels onto its laminated
products to help its customers improve efficiency
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Dichroic
Bevels from Decra Led
are bevels with an iridescent coating that changes colour
when viewed from different angles
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Pilkington
Building Products - UK has inroduced 10mm Pyrodur
60-10 and important additions to the test portfolio for 23mm
Pyrostop and 15/18mm Pyrostop
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Total
Glass has introduced a new vertical sliding sash
to give its customers even greater selling opportunities in
a mature market
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WHS
Halo has identified a niche market opportunity
and is introducing a dark brown version of its Top Swing profile
ready for woodgrain lamination
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New
World
inverted PVC door panels are being increasingly specified
in ‘high use’ cases where doors are subjected to
more than average stress
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Mighton
Products Fenestrator is a manually operated system
that allows even the heaviest sliding sash window - timber
or PVC-U - to be opened easily
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Sheerframe approved window fabricator Coalville
Glass & Glazing has started the latest phase of
its contract to manufacture and install conservatories for prestigious
new homes at Lime Tree Village in Warwickshire
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A
large residence in a fashionable area of north London - originally
built for one of Britain's best loved singers - has been sympathetically
renovated with a member of the Steel
Window Association supplying W40 windows and doorsets
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Metal
Technology and Exterior Profiles was responsible for
the design and fabrication of bespoke doors, windows and curtain
walling, worth £1.8m, to Roehampton University’s relocated
Whitelands College
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When
faced with the daunting task of constructing and installing large
sheets of glass with double doors set into them, Glass
UK was able to rise to the challenge
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Marketing
agency, Michael Rigby Associates
has promoted Fiona Lund from Business Development Director to
the position of Director and General Manager
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JoTiKa
Software, has strengthened its management team by
appointing Phil Turner as Technical Director
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Dexter
Roberts took over as Branch Manager of Window
Fitters Mate (WFM) Cardiff earlier this year and
has already made quite an impact
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‘The
last year has seen a number of new ‘Buy Online’
Websites created by Building Plastic stockists, but
our new site is something different,’ says Rob
Carmichael, MD of Roplas
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The
Shepley parts catalogue can be accessed live
on the Shepley.com website and includes past and present
components that go into making Shepley products
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Windowbase’s September update of the
Window, Door and Conservatory fabricators & installers
database contains over 12,150 companies
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While
Lister Trade Frames
has been busy this year working on new projects and
receiving awards, the company has not lost sight of
the importance of supporting the local community in
charity events
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Heal,
a UK based charity supporting orphans in Sri Lanka,
benefited by £11,700 after West
Yorkshire Windows held a Charity Ball and
auction on 9th July 2005
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Phil
Turley, glass and glazing sales manager at Kömmerling
UK is celebrating his recovery from cancer
with a sponsored swim
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Atcost
Windows
of Passfield, Liphook, afamily firm which specialises
in manufacturing PVC-U windows, doors and conservatories
using Eurocell
profiles, has just added a Secured By Design logo
to its ever-expanding list of credentials
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Reddish
Joinery
has grown to the point where it now has three showrooms
- Stockport, Sale and Warrington covering South
Manchester and Cheshire with its manufacturing base
still in Reddish, Stockport
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Insulating
Glass Unit (IGU) manufacturer The
Glass Center UK Ltd has achieved the BM
TRADA Q-Mark, to comply with EN 1279: Glass In Building
- Insulating Glass Units well ahead of the deadline.
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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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The
Energy Saving Trust has
revealed that homes in the UK are unnecessarily emitting over
3.51 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions and wasting
£370 million annually through low insulated windows
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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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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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At
the end of 2004, official data from Asthma UK confirmed that
the number of people with asthma had risen to 5.2 million.
Asthma was costing the UK more than £2.3 billion a year
through the NHS, benefits and lost working days
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John
Lewis from Everwhite Plastics Ltd
has passed the National General Certificate Level 3 in Occupational
Health from NEBOSH
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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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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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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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2005
The 'Annus Horribilis'
According
to Robert Palmer's latest report on the residential window, door and
conservatory market, which will set you back over £5,500 if you
want a copy, this year will be as bad as it gets, with some signs of
recovery in 2006 and growth until 2009. The turning point, it seems,
is still the conservatory market, which will exceed windows by sales
value in 2006.
Area
Sales Manager (Midlands / South)
C
T Glass is one of the UK’s leading independent glass processors,
manufacturing Toughened and P.V.B. Laminated products as well as structural
glass for use in the architectural market throughout the UK.
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Director
of Sales: UK, Home Based
Our
client is part of a substantial group of companies with a rapidly
expanding network of trade counter outlets selling plastic building
products to the trade and general public. Well funded, ambitious and
with a well conceived and eminently deliverable strategy this rapidly
expanding company requires a top flight sales professional.
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Unitec's
'Swinging in the Rain' Golf Event
Renowned
over the years for perfect weather on the day, this year's Unitec
Charity Golf Challenge met its watershed, literally! Twenty
teams took part in the industry event held this year at Hawkstone
Park.
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Another
Successful Shepley Masters
Customers
gathered for a day packed full of activities and entertainment when
Shepley played host at the 2005
Shepley Masters at the prestigious De Vere Belfry hotel in the Midlands
on 22nd September.
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GlazeKart!
- A New Industry Karting Challenge
Nick
Moss of Walnut Motorsport has announced the launch of a new karting
challenge for the window, door and glazing industries – GlazeKart!
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Hug
a Beautiful Woman (Or Three) for Charity
In
his fervent quest to drag the good, the bad and the ugly to join the
2005 Network Walk, which takes place in Manchester on Friday 21st
October 2005 to raise money for the Hope House Children’s Hospice,
organiser Mike Crewdson has managed to seduce (figuratively speaking)
stunning beauties to join the event
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Calendar
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UPDATED!!
Pilkington Bulletin 7: 'Revision to Building Regulations
Part L' is now available from the company.
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Hurst
Plastics
- the UK manufacturer of PVC-U door infill panels and polymer
doors - has developed a new brochure dedicated to its collection
of doors and door panels.
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here:
Saint-Gobain's
Yorkshire float glass plant was named as the UK's best factory on
20th September at the prestigious Best Factory Awards in London.
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The
winners of the inaugural Vehicles &
Plant Awards were announced on 14th September at the
National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham.
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Shepley
has recently launched its own range of in-store items, and several
customers have already used these to give their showrooms a
much-needed boost.
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A
double glazing company, U-Fit.co.uk,
that backed a local boxer in his fight against Olympic silver
medalist Amir Khan says it is planning to deliver its own knockout
blow to competitors.
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Orders
in the year to August 2005 rose by four per cent compared to orders
in the previous twelve months period, and orders in the three
months to August 2005 rose by five per cent compared to the same
period a year earlier.
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Securistyle
has updated its CPD-approved construction services seminar,
aimed at architects and specifiers in social housing and new build
to include the latest changes.
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Eurocell
Design Draughtsmen, Philip Parry and Paul Turner recently attained
'simulator status' from the British Fenestration Ratings Council (BFRC).
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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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PART L ARCHIVE
Glaverbel's
Energy Lounge at Batimat 2005
Glaverbel will be at the Batimat international building
exhibition once again this year. At the exhibition, to be held in
Paris between 7th and 12th November, Glaverbel will be presenting
a vast array of glasses.
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Egypt
Glass 2005
The
Pan Africa & Middle East International Glass Industrial Technical
Exhibition will be held at the Cairo International Expo Centre, Egypt,
November 8 - 11, 2005.
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Glass
Health & Safety Conference
This
year's British Glass Annual Health & Safety Conference and Exhibition
(jointly with Glass & Glazing Federation) is to be held at the
Mere Golf and Country Club in Knutsford on the 2nd November 2005.
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Proskills
Launch Event
Proskills,
the new Sector Skills Council will be holding its official launch
event on 1st of November on board HQS Wellington, Embankment, London.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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GPD
China - April 23-24, 2006 in Beijing
GPD
China will once again be held in conjunction with China Glass 2006 in
Beijing, China. This time, it will be held just before China Glass.
The venue will be announced later.
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There are potential hazards along the way of course, which have been flagged up in Deceuninck's just published third quarter results. Hurricane Katrina and other localised shortages have already pushed raw material prices up to the point at which Deceuninck is looking at ways of passing the rises on to the market. Overall, though, Deceuninck has performed well, which shows the wisdom of being a global player: while the UK and Germany have underperformed, Turkey is up 70% and Eastern Europe 30%.
As we suggested in last week's Gl@zine, Vitrum 2005, which was held in Milan earlier this month, was one of the most successful for many years. Visitors were 23% up on 2003 (although visitor numbers were adversely affected by having to move the show to June in that year) and the 16,000 visitors this year comes close to the record numbers in 1997 (when 16,702 people came). Dates for Vitrum 2007 have also been announced - 3rd-6th October - which should offer some cheer to the organisers of GP&T, which is later in the following month (20th-22nd), thus avoiding the direct head-to-head which had been feared.
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Wedge
Drives Community - Together!
The
Wedge in Glasgow, is
a recently completed
glazing project by Solaglas
Contracting Scotland.
This highly contemporary,
wedge-shaped building
designed by Chris Stewart
Architects and constructed
by Kier houses a new
community resource -
The Greater Pollok Social
Inclusion Partnership.
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Faster
Renovation for Windows
with the New Fein Supercut
Construction
The
Supercut, for years
one of the most successful
power tools from Fein,
is now being replaced
by a new model that
has been purpose designed
for glaziers and window
installers – the
Fein Supercut Construction.
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September’s
Manager Of The Month
Revealed!
With temperatures dropping
but the football season
warming up nicely, we
can reveal the first
manager of the month
for the Pilkington Fantasy
Football competition.
Remarkably, it’s
a tie and we have two
winners! Paul Bourke
from Pallot Windows
in Jersey and Nita Hogg
who works for Pilkington.
Both performed impressively
and have won a weekend
at a Marriott Hotel
for displaying such
tactical tenacity.
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Vitrum
2005: Visitors up 23% on 2003
The 14th edition of Vitrum,
the Milan glass show held
earlier this month, recorded
a healthy increase in the
number of visitors, up nearly
23% over the previous event,
although the 2003 show was
lower than average due to
being moved to June that year
. Overall, during the four
days of the exhibition, 16,018
glass professionals visited
the show, still below its
1997 peak of 16,702.
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Isoclima
Debuts Next Generation SPD
Light-Control Film at Vitrum
Isoclima
S.p.A.,
under license from Research
Frontiers Incorporated showcased
its new second-generation
SPD-Smart light control film
at Vitrum 2005, the first
public display of second-generation
SPD-Smart film, which has
been produced by Isoclima
on large-scale roll-to-roll
coating equipment.
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2005
the Most Painful Year, says
Palmer in Latest Report on
Residential Market
2004 was the first year that
the £4.5 billion Home
Improvements market has fallen
since 1992. Caused primarily
by the slowing of the Housing
Markets, Palmer is reporting
a more severe drop in 2005
followed by a smaller decline
in 2006. From then on through
to 2009 some revival can be
looked for.
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Eastern
Europe and Turkey Provides
Deceuninck Sales Growth;
UK and Germany Still Weak
Deceuninck Group earned
turnover of 178 million
euros during the third
quarter, which represents
a rise of 11.3% compared
with the same period last
year. The currency effect
had an impact on turnover
of 2.8% during the third
quarter. The increased
volume and the contribution
by Winsa led to a climb
in turnover of 6.2%.
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Industry Stalwart Becomes MD of Duraflex
The Masco Group has appointed Gary Morton Managing Director of Duraflex. Masco Group Vice President, Wayne Devine said, 'We approached Gary on a speculative basis some months ago, conscious that he had happily settled into managing his own business interests and charity work.
Pilkington
Wins the Zenith Staybrite
Award for Customer Service
Pilkington
Building Products - UK
has announced that it
has won the prestigious
Zenith Staybrite Award
for 'Glass and Glazing
Supplier of the Year'.
Pilkington beat off 11
contenders to scoop the
award from Zenith Staybrite,
one of the UK's leading
replacement window companies.
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Global
Sales Grow 19.9% on Same
Period Last Year
‘Global
roof sales for the first
half year to 30 September
2005 are up 19.9% on the
same period for last year,’
comments Nick Dutton,
Synseal's Sales and Marketing
Director.
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EVii
has Landed
Following
on from the success
of Global EVie, the
state of the art exhibition
vehicle, from Synseal
Extrusions Ltd, SynerJy-Global
EVii has been launched.
Both the Global roof
system and SynerJy,
the fourth generation
fully sculptured suite
that fully integrates
windows, doors, patio
doors and conservatories
are displayed
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VESTOLIT, one of the larger European PVC-producers, has invested 80m EUR into a new Chlorine plant (membrane-technology) and 20m. EUR expanding its PVC-capacities to more than 400,000 tonnes.
Major
Investment from KAT UK
KAT
UK, the UK supplier of in-line
patio doors and vertical sliding
sash windows, has recently
invested £125,000 in
new equipment, including the
UK's largest vertical quad
welding machine.
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Government
will Listen to Industry
Concerns Over Excessive
Regulation
The
Government is listening
to pleas from the construction
industry to reduce the amount
of regulation in the industry,
door and hardware makers
heard at their annual conference.
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Stevenswood
Invests in New Production
Line
Stevenswood
of Edinburgh has just invested
a further £360,000
on a new Stuga sawing and
prepping centre and 2 Urban
SV530 CNC corner cleaners
with the new self-centring
action.
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Chelsea
Trust Votes Super Spacer
as 'Spacer of Choice'
Edgetech's
Super Spacer® has been
voted favourite spacer by
28 independently owned fabricators
that form the Chelsea Trust
Fabricator Network in the
US.
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Strengthening
Air-Con Relations
Eurocell
Building Plastics has
strengthened its relationship
with air conditioning
specialist Comfyair, with
the purchase of its first
container of the popular
Comfyair 12000 through-the-wall
air conditioner.
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Thermoseal
JV's with Natergy Chemical
Co to Distribute Eurosiv
Desiccant
Thermoseal Group, a distributor
of molecular sieves for
use in the production
of insulating glass, has
recently embarked on a
joint venture project
with Natergy Chemical
Co. The result of the
venture is Eurosiv molecular
sieve.
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GAP
at the Cutting Edge
Over
100 people turned up in
the snow for Stoke on
Trent fabricator Cutting
Edge Ltd's open day to
celebrate its move to
larger premises.
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Agrapin
S.A. Looking for Agents
Agrapins S.A. in Uruguay
is a partner of over 20
timber industries and
mills that produce a wide
range of timber products,
from sawn timber to finished
products. The company
is looking for sales agents
to expand its market and
increase its export volume.
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Paperless
System Enhances Carl F
Shipping Process
A
paperless stock management
system has been introduced
at Carl F Petersen's parent
group warehouse in Odense,
Denmark. With
12,000 despatch locations
and over four tonnes of
products shipped daily,
the computer controlled
solution has enhanced
the speed and efficiency
of the company's distribution
processes.
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Albert
Equipment UK Installs
Glass Washer in its Showcase
Albert
Equipment UK has just
installed a 4LH-1600 horizontal
glass washer in its Coventry
Showcase factory - an
area that is designed
for potential customers
to view their machines
in action.
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Well
Known Stained
Glass Expert
Invests in Glass
Inserts
Glass
Inserts, a specialist
manufacturer
of decorative
window and door
products, has
announced that
Roy Coomber,
who has spent
over 60 years
studying and
practising the
art of stained
glass, has invested
in the company.
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Stoke
on Trent's Lord
Mayor Mike Wolfe
Welcomed at Newstead
Well
known Midlands dignitary
Mike Wolfe, the
then Lord Mayor
of Stoke on Trent,
recently paid a
visit to Newstead
Trade Frames as
part of his commitment
to learning more
about successful
companies in the
Stoke area.
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NGA
Announces New Chairman of the Board
The
National Glass Association (NGA)
has announced the election of Thomas
D. Lee, III to the office of Chairman
of the Board. Lee, President of
Lee & Cates Glass, Inc. in Jacksonville,
FL, has been a supporter of the
NGA for many years, having served
on the board since 1999.
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