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1st November 2005
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Environmentally-conscious
householders and businesses now have a solution to glazing
and roofing thanks to a new partnership forged between Eurocell
Building Plastics and Rhodia
Sealants
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Here:
Composite
door manufacturer Homesafe
has introduced a new range of FD60 and FD30 doors
that offer local authorities, housing associations and RSLs
an alternative to traditional fire doors
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Here:
Everwhite’s
roofline product range has just got bigger. As an addition
to the standard hollow soffit board range, the new heavy hollow
soffit has just been launched
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Here:
Not
to be confused with a North East city, the new Castle Range
is now fully available from Premier
Trade Frames
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Here:
Elumatec,
the producer of advanced profile processing machinery, has
developed the SAP650 Automatic Saw
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Here:
GED
Integrated Solutions offers a machine that automatically
applies self-adhesive lead to glass in the traditional diamond
pattern
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Here:
Dow
Corning 3540 Fast Cure One Part IG Silicone Sealant from Geocel
has been specially formulated for the production of insulating
glass units
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Here:
The
Glass FX colour treatment from Glass
UK offers an unlimited choice of colours for almost
every glass type
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Here:
Fuhr's
Multisafe 870 locking system with panic exit function is now
available from Groupco,
the independent UK hardware distributor
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Here:
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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Here:
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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Here:
Dichroic
Bevels from Decra Led
are bevels with an iridescent coating that changes colour
when viewed from different angles
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Here:
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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Here:
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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Here:
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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Here:
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Stuga
is closely associated with Lister Trade
Frames of Stoke-on-Trent which is this year’s
Fabricator of the Year. Lister Trade recognised the need to
get into advanced automation way back in 2002 when the company
ordered a Flowline-3 cutting and prepping centre from Stuga
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Here:
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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Here:
Deceuninck
fabricator, Dempsey Dyer, is entering the final stage of a three-year
contract agreement with Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing to refurbish
ageing windows and doors
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Here:
Benchmark,
the architectural practice for new build developer Fivewalk Homes,
installed 100 Masterframe
sashes in a luxury project in Eastbourne
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Here:
The
Salvation Army has opened its new headquarters. Architect Carpenter
Lowings used North East based glass specialist Romag
to supply the glass
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Here:
When
Barr Architects brought the particularly tricky concept of creating
an internal glass staircase for a three-storey town house in Kensington,
specialist glass processor Glass UK
rose to the challenge
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Here:
Comar
Architectural Aluminium Systems supplied aluminium
profiles for the elegant Ladram Bay Holiday Centre. MPS Architectural
Aluminium, a Comar approved fabricator, installed glazed façades
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Here:
Work
has been completed on a £1.5m glazing contract for the London
Borough of Camden by Sapa Building Systems’
fabricator, Clivnars
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Here:
KAT
UK,
the UK supplier of patio doors and vertical sliding sash windows,
has appointed Steven Loudon as marketing manager
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Here:
New
World has appointed Eddie McStravick, a highly qualified
specialist, to lead the company's IT team
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Here:
Richard
Thompson has now taken up the position of Chairman of Nationwide
Windows and associated companies. As a consequence,
John Whalley was appointed to the position of Managing Director
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Here:
Colin
Grundon has joined the Maco
sales team as Specification Manager South East
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Here:
Designer
and manufacturer of window and door hardware systems Winlock
Security, has appointed Peter Barnett as UK specifications
manager
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Here:
Brownhills
Glass has launched a new look website, incorporating
both its extensive processing, toughening and merchanting
services and the company’s recently launched glass
furniture division
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Here:
Conservatory
Outlet has just revamped its website: ‘Homeowners
like to check out companies on the web before inviting
them round for a quote or calling into the showroom
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Here:
The
Window Outlet
Burnley has just launched a new web site which showcases
not only its own expertise but the expertise of the
Rehau Marketing Communications Support service
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Here:
‘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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Here:
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than 70 leading professionals from the glazing industry
have battled their way through appalling conditions
to raise more than £15,000 for charity. Facing
driving rain, gales and numerous obstacles, the 14
teams taking part in the recent Manchester
Network Walk
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Here:
Avocet
Hardware
has helped to raise money for charity in a recent
fundraising initiative. Together with other local
businesses in Brighouse, a total of £4080 was
raised for Macmillan Cancer Relief
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Here:
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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Here:
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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Here:
Everglade
Windows
has received British Standards recognition for its progressive
environmental policies
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Here:
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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Here:
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:
Romag's
PowerGlaz, by producing solar electricity, has helped to
transform the disused tearooms in the village of Falstone
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Here:
Romag
has recently supplied PowerGlaz building integrated photovoltaic
panels (BIPV) to London's Science Museum project
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Here:
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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Here:
John
Lewis from Everwhite Plastics Ltd
has passed the National General Certificate Level 3 in Occupational
Health from NEBOSH
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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:
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Nippon
Sheet Glass Moves on Pilkington
So after years of speculation, with inexplicable
spikes in the Pilkington share price being played down again and again,
Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG), which has owned 20% of the UK glassmaker since
2001, has finally shown its hand in what is described as a 'friendly'
bid. The shares shot up 26% on the announcement, which puts a value
of around £2bn on the offer, no problem for a profitable NSG with
large cash reserves.
General
Manager
(North West)
Our
client is a small but long established and profitable manufacturer
and installer of PVCu windows and doors based in the heart of Lancashire.
Working in the Commercial Trade and Retail markets they have significant
investment in new premises and machinery.
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Here:
Victorian
Sliders Show Success
Danny
Basden's new company - Victorian Sliders
Ltd, has followed its launch in September with a success
at the recent Homebuilding and Renovating Show at London's ExCeL centre.
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on this Event]
GGF
Sponsors UK Pavilion at Glasstec Asia
The
GGF is sponsoring a group of 7 companies to exhibit in a UK pavilion
at Glasstech Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, 30th Nov - 2nd Dec 2005.
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on this Event]
RIBA
Support For CAB
The
Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB), a member of the RIBA Providers
Network has announced its launch of a suite of RIBA approved CPD seminars
all about the use of aluminium in building.
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on this Event]
Latest
Aluminium Production Solutions
Elumatec UK Ltd,
the British arm of the manufacturer of frame fabrication machinery,
is staging a three-day production forum in November on The Future
Of Aluminium at its Milton Keynes headquarters on 8th, 9th and 10th
November 2005
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on this Event]
GlassBuild
America Shines in Atlanta
Over
9,000 industry professionals convened in Atlanta for the three-day
event. Taking place September 13-15 at the Georgia World Congress
Centre, GlassBuild America featured 482 exhibiting companies occupying
over 217,000 square feet - a 39% increase over the 2003 event held
in Atlanta.
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on this Event]
Interplas
Schedules Next Show Ahead of K2007
Reed
Exhibitions plans to hold the next Interplas
on 15-18 May 2007. This is five months before K, the world’s
largest plastics event that takes place every three years in Düsseldorf,
Germany. The next Interplas was originally due to run on 7-9 October
2008.
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on this Event]
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Calendar
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The Carl F Direct autumn
catalogue of professional tools and accessories for the window
industry has been launched. Containing 2,000 products, the
company's new season portfolio builds on its established successful
ranges and features a number of new product lines.
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here:
Pilkington Bulletin 7: 'Revision to Building Regulations
Part L' is now available from the company.
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here:
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:
Ultraframe,
the manufacturer and designer of conservatory roofing systems, has
recognised the commitment and the contributions of its staff by
presenting them with Values Awards.
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Here:
Window World Ltd
the
manufacturer, installer and supplier of PVC-U home improvement products
and services has been awarded three Kitemark licenses in six weeks.
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Here:
Sapa
Building Systems has been awarded the BS7950 Kitemark
for its Dualframe dual-colour window system.
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Here:
‘Frustrated
motorists on the nation's gridlocked motorways will soon have
some welcome relief, in the shape of a blonde giving them a
cheeky smile,’ says Tradelink.
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Here:
Synseal
Extrusions Ltd's
First Lady drew in the crowds on a recent visit to The Conservatory
Factory in Frome. EVie, the state of the art exhibition vehicle
quickly converted interest from visitors into new business.
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When
it came to helping the UK conservatory roof system manufacturer,
Ultraframe, to build its
brand in the consumer market place, marketing communications
agency DiVersity rose to the challenge.
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Here:
The
mix-adjusted average house price in the UK in July 2005 stood
at £186,207, up from £184,162 in June 2005 (not seasonally
adjusted). UK annual house price inflation in July 2005 was 4.0
per cent, down from 5.0 per cent in June 2005. Annual house price
inflation in London was 0.9 per cent in July 2005, down from 1.7
per cent in June 2005.
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here:
Housing
Statistics Summary No. 25 features key findings from the 2004/05
Survey of English Housing
(SEH). The results are provisional and not final. Some of the
key results are:
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here:
Freefoam
Plastics,
a specialist in lead-free environmentally friendly PVC roofline and
rainwater systems, is approved by RIBA to provide CPD to architects,
specifiers and other professionals in the construction industry.
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Here:
Five
members of Advantage Windows and Conservatories
Ltd's staff have successfully passed their NVQ's - level
2, in the Production of Glass Supporting Fabrication.
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Here:
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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Here:
Eurocell
Design Draughtsmen, Philip Parry and Paul Turner recently attained
'simulator status' from the British Fenestration Ratings Council (BFRC).
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Here:
Part
L and J (Scotland) have affected Roof Window specifications, with
particular emphasis on thermal transmissions and installation systems.
Fakro Roof Windows has a pro-active
Research and Development section
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here:
PART L ARCHIVE
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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on this Event]
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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on this Event]
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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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]
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]
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]
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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on this Event]
Those readers old enough to remember the hostile (and failed) bid for Pilkington from BTR in 1986/7 will no doubt also remember how the loyal citizens of St Helens took to the streets to prevent the glass maker from falling into the hands of an acquisitive conglomerate. The prospect of being taken over by a fellow glassmaker - albeit one from the Far East - may be more palatable to the local workforce, more so when one considers that NSG has had a technology sharing agreement with Pilkington since 1987, so the companies know each other well.
A
combined NSG/Pilkington would seriously rival Asahi as the world's biggest
glassmaker and is probably the only big move possible among the major
glassmakers without upsetting the competition authorities. It will also
provide some long awaited relief for thousands of Pilkington employees
(and ex-employees) who have hung on to their shares in the hope of a
recovery.
• More Breaking News: Veka, together with one of its oldest
customers Piper Windows, has become the first window suite to achieve
an A Classification in the BFRC ratings system (more about this below).
It's been a busy week for Veka, having also confirmed that it is to
return to Glassex next year with a massive 400m2 stand. Veka will be
celebrating its 20th anniversary in the UK in 2006, as well as the 10th
anniversary of Network Veka.
• The Manchester Network Walk official snaps taken during the day are available for download from this page
The
B2BZine Team:
Richard and Debbie Schwarz
news@theglazine.com
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Activ
in Architecture Judges
Make Special Award for
Period Building
The
2005 Activ in Architecture
Competition, organised
by Pilkington in conjunction
with the RIBA Journal
produced some outstanding
entries, with the Brunswick
Centre in Bloomsbury
emerging as the clear
winner. However, another,
more humble, entry also
caught the judges' eye.
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on this Project]
New
Revolutionary Lifting
Device Meets H&S
Requirements
Eazi
Lift Ltd says that its
new lifting device will
revolutionise the way
companies handle window
installations at height.
The Harnser, which provides
a safe, quick, easy
and legally compliant
method of raising and
lowering frames, will
reduce the cost, time
and risk involved in
window installations
above ground floor level.
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on this Product]
Pilkington
Fantasy Football Season
Taking Shape
The battle between managers
in the Pilkington Fantasy
Football competition
continues to be a titanic
tactical struggle.
As the Chelsea juggernaut
rolls on it is no surprise
to find that the players
earning the most points
are the ones plying
their trade at Stamford
Bridge.
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on this Here]
Insolvencies,
Winding up Orders,
Petitions and
Creditors' Meetings:
September/October
Some
familiar names
from the glass,
window and conservatory
markets turn
up in this week’s
look at recent
Notices from
the Company
Courts: Aspect
Windows &
Conservatories
Ltd, Horizon
Conservatories
Ltd, Profix
UK Ltd, Ace
Windows Ltd,
Trade Windows
(Nottingham)
Ltd, Doorways
UK Ltd, Winmar
Ltd, C J Glass
Ltd, Double
T Glass Ltd.
Windowcraft
(East Anglia)
Ltd, Evergreen
Conservatories
Ltd, PVCU World
Windows &
Conservatories
Ltd, Energy
Efficient Conservatories
Ltd, Swedish
Window Company
Ltd.
[Complete
List Here]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Nippon
Finally Moves on Pilkington
In a statement released
at close of play last night,
Pilkington plc 'notes the
recent movement in its share
price and confirms that
it has received a preliminary
approach that may or may
not lead to
an offer being made for
the Company. A further announcement
will be made when appropriate.'
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on this Story]
VEKA fabricator, Piper Double Glazing Ltd has achieved a prestigious A rating in the British Fenestration Rating Council (BFRC) Window Energy Rating system, the only window so far to achieve this. Incorporating VEKA Matrix 70mm profiles, Piper’s argon gas-filled triple glazed 16mm casement window achieved a level Window Energy Rating of +4, which is the highest on the scheme to date.
GGF
Among First Eight Trustmark
Licenses Awarded
Construction Minister Alun
Michael MP has awarded TrustMark
licences to eight trade bodies,
marking a critical stage in
the development of this new
consumer protection initiative
for the home repair and improvement
sector.
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on this Story]
PVC
Prices Soar 35% Following
Hurricanes in Gulf
PVC industry costs are
up as much as 35 percent
from just a few months
ago, with a 10% rise
in the last month alone.
Many oil refineries
located in the Gulf
of Mexico area, are
still recovering after
Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita slamming into the
region and when oil
prices spike, there
is a instantaneous price
rise in the resins used
to make PVC and other
plastic products.
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on this Story]
Post-Hurricane
Reconstruction Opportunities
to UK Industry
UK
Trade & Investment,
in cooperation with Louisiana
Economic Development and
UK regional groups in
England and Scotland's
Business Gateway, will
hold a series of seminars
to brief companies on
post-hurricane reconstruction
opportunities in US Southern
States estimated to be
worth £140 billion.
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on this Story]
DuPont
Launches New Capacity
for Safety Glass Interlayers
DuPont
Glass Laminating Solutions
has announced that new
production capabilities
for its safety glass interlayers
are now operational. The
facilities expansions
were put in place in response
to strong global demand
growth for impact-resistant
glass.
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on this Story]
Saint-Gobain
Group Sales up 6.8% in
Q3
Consolidated sales for
the Saint-Gobain Group
reached Euro 25,743 million
for the first nine months
of 2005, representing
an increase of 6.9%. At
constant exchange rates
(based on average rates
for the first nine months
of 2004), sales were up
6.8% on an actual structure
basis and 1.9% on a comparable
structure basis.
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Pilkington K Glass Forms an Elite Band
With the widespread adoption of Window Energy Ratings, window companies are busy having their products assessed: integral to the success of each has been the use of Pilkington K Glass.
Pilkington Makes its Mark
CE Marking became a reality on September 1st 2005. Glass used in buildings now has to conform to technical standards called harmonised European Norms (hENs) with the CE Marking label acting as a legal declaration that the product meets certain performance claims.
All
Tooled-Up for Roadshow
Success
A
chance meeting at
a trade show last
summer has paved the
way for a partnership
which is bringing
a number of benefits
to customers of Eurocell
Building Plastics.
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on this Story]
Sash
UK Unveils First Companies
in Fitrite Network
Sash
UK Ltd has unveiled the first
15 companies that will form
an exclusive network providing
UK homeowners with access
to a home and garden improvement
product that has become a
phenomenon across America.
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on this Story]
Flat
Glass has Begun to Turn
Around says Vitro
Vitro
S.A., producer and distributor
of glass products, has announced
3Q 2005 unaudited results.
Consolidated sales rose
6.1% year on year. Excluding
divestitures, consolidated
sales rose by 9.5% during
the same period.
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Schüco
Ventilation System is First
to Meet New EN Standard
New
from building envelope specialist,
Schüco International,
is Schüco SHEVS, a
smoke and heat ventilation
& extraction system
which the company says is
the first complete system
offering on the market to
meet the EN 12101 standard
that will become statutory
throughout Europe in 2006.
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House
of Horrors Turns into Dream
Home
A
Yorkshire couple whose dog
was blamed by builders responsible
for serious faults with
their dream home have been
given a helping hand by
West Yorkshire Windows and
the team at ITV's House
of Horrors.
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on this Story]
GRP
Composite Doors Attracts
Local Authority Interest
New
World Developments says
that since using Edgetech's
advanced Super Spacer®
technology in the manufacture
of GRP composite doors,
it has had a constant
flow of interest from
various local authorities.
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on this Story]
Reflex
Uses Super Spacer
'Conservatory
roof fabricators have
been quick to recommend
reflex conservatory roof
glass to its customers
as the perfect solution
for conservatory glazing.'
Said Chelsea at Sky-Vent.
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on this Story]
Lister
Offers Thermals this Winter
Lister
Trade Frames of Stoke
on Trent is one of the
latest Ultraframe Fabricators
to offer customers the
new Thermal Chambered
Top Cappings on their
conservatories.
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on this Story]