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Email News for the Glass, Glazing and Fenestration Industries
15th November 2005
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WHS
Halo
says that the Eclipse esthétique range of windows and
doors offers fabricators the opportunity to increase their
customer base
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Here:
Pilkington
Building Products - UK
and ZEROplus, the specialist
supplier of door and window products, have unveiled the latest
in fire-resistant glass technology
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Here:
Ansell,
a specialist in hand protection, has announced the launch
of the first chemical-resistant glove to incorporate Ansell
Grip Technology™, the AlphaTec™
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Here:
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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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:
Pilkington
Building Products - UK has introduced
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:
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Lancashire
Double
Glazing fabricates the H.W.
and Permacell profile suites in the company’s extensive
premises situated at the centre of Preston. The company is a
serious employer in the Preston area and produces around 700
windows per week on a regular basis
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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:
CGI's
Pyroguard fire glass is helping to ensure safe working conditions
at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port car plant
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Here:
Systems
supplier, Senior Aluminium Systems
(SAS), has given a new lease of life to a development at 95 McDonald
Road, Edinburgh
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Here:
Comar
Architectural Aluminium Systems
and Alan Spear are regularly engaged by the Rok Group and were
commissioned to assist on two new office blocks in Plymouth
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Here:
3,500sqm
of Technal's high performance
aluminium curtain walling was fabricated and installed by Systems
Aluminium in a £2.5m contract
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Here:
When
Urban Splash converted St Peter’s, one of the oldest churches
in Liverpool, into a modern, sophisticated restaurant and wine
bar, G-span was selected to
supply and fit the 3 storey frameless glass façade
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When
it came to re-glazing more than 30 windows at its Liverpool branch,
Pilkington wanted a cost effective
product that would not only reduce the need for cleaning, but
would also provide clearer, smarter-looking windows
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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:
Sash
UK
is bolstering its current sales team with the addition of five
new sales representatives
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Here:
Simon
Bennett, previously with Hunter Plastics, has filled a newly
created role looking after the development of key stockist accounts
at Celuform
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Here:
Bostik,
the adhesive company, has appointed Iain Britton as area sales
manager for Wales and the South West of England
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Here:
Avanti
Partitioning Products Ltd has appointed Wayne Lewis
to head up the newly established West of England branch of its
recently formed Spaceglaze Division
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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:
Ultraframe
has launched a new online ordering system
designed to speed up and simplify the ordering process
whilst maximising order accuracy
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Here:
Hurst
Plastics, the UK manufacturer of PVC-U door
infill panels and polymer doors, has improved the sales
lead support it provides to installers
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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:
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Veka
employees and suppliers turned golfers for a day to
raise over £1,500 for two of Lancashire's charities
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In
November ,
more than 6,000 thousand Alcoa
employees in more than 185 communities around the
world volunteered their time as part of the second
annual Alcoa Worldwide Week of Service
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Here:
West
Country Windows (Double Glazing) Ltd,
one of the first companies to use Edgetech's Super
Spacer® in the UK has achieved EN1279 Part 2
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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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Here:
Total
Glass
says that it is pursuing major environmental and training
accreditations as part of its commitment to sustainable business
practices and staff development
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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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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:
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Birthday to Us!
On November 13th The Gl@zine celebrated its
4th birthday, a date which funnily enough, we also share with the invention,
in 1990, of the World Wide Web itself.
Enough has changed in the four years since we launched The Gl@zine to
make your head spin, but it is amazing to think that it was only 15
years ago that a certain Tim Berners-Lee (a Brit, by the way) created
the first hypertext document. Since then, the internet, and its killer
application, email, have both become an indispensible part of all our
lives, for business and pleasure, in work and in the home.
Contracts
Manager
(Yorkshire)
Yorkshire
based national commercial glazing company seeks a Contracts Manager,
an Estimator, Commercial Window Fixers and Draughtsmen/ Designers.
Attractive salaries and packages and an opportunity to be part of
a successful and growing team and Company.
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Here:
Glasstech
at GLASSTECH ASIA
Glasstech, Inc.,
the manufacturer of glass bending and tempering equipment, will feature
advanced automotive and architectural systems at GLASSTECH ASIA 2005.
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on this Event]
Total’s
Day at the Races
Total
Glass, the UK trade fabricator, hosted a day at Chester Races for
30 key customers. The event is one of several similar occasions organised
each year by the company as a way of thanking business owners.
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on this Event]
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]
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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UPDATED!!
Manufacturer of Veka PVC-u profiles, Modplan
Ltd, has published a new consumer-focused literature
suite.
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here:
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:
Schüco
SHEVS smoke and heat ventilation and extraction system is the first
complete system offering on the market to meet the EN 12101 standard.
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Here:
The Kitemark symbol of quality will be displayed on insulated glass
units produced by
Cornwall Glass & Glazing Ltd at
the company’s St Austell factory.
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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:
Ultraframe,
designer and manufacturer of conservatory roofing systems is
helping installers find the most effective ways to market themselves
and increase sales with its recently launched Marketing Toolbox.
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Here:
Benchmark
Doors
- manufacturer of the Evolution composite door range has recently
come up with an additional marketing tool for its customers,
which the company says is proving very successful.
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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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Here:
ConstructionSkills
has estimated that the 2012 Olympics will create approximately
33,500 additional jobs over the next seven years, with civil engineering
and a range of specialist skills in particularly high demand.
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here:
Construction
Orders in the year to September 2005 rose by seven
per cent compared to orders in the previous twelve months period,
and orders in the third quarter of 2005 rose by seven per cent
compared to the same quarter a year earlier.
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here:
Securistyle
Ltd,
has developed a CPD certified presentation specifically aimed at specifiers
and architects in the commercial sector.
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Here:
KAT
UK -
the UK supplier of in-line patio doors and vertical sliding sash windows
- has enrolled 12 factory fabricators on the glass supporting industries
level two NVQ qualification.
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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:
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]
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]
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Calendar
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Daedalian
Glass Helps Garner Garden
Award
A
series of glass panels
manufactured by Daedalian
were a key feature in
an award-winning garden
designed by Taylor Patrick
McVean (TPM) for this
year's RHS show at Tatton
Park in Cheshire. Working
to a short lead time
of only six weeks to
design and produce the
13 panels, Daedalian
forged an empathetic
relationship with TPM,
which saw the job through
successfully.
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Tamglass
Sonic Sets a New World
Record for Super Low-E
Tempering
Having
expensive Low-E products
on the processing line
leaves little room for
mistakes and inferior
quality. True to the
Tamglass tradition of
developing and piloting
technological improvements,
the new Sonic has already
proved itself in extended
production runs for
continuous production
of window and patio
door glass sizes with
65% bed utilisation.
This processing has
been carried out with
a charted optimum Super
Low-E glass processing
speed of 33 sec/mm.
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on this Product]
October's
Manager of the Month
Revealed
October was a very close
contest but emerging
victorious was Darenth
Reds, managed by Pilkington
employee, Aidan Cox.
Darenth Reds scored
a mightily impressive
185 points in October,
narrowly pipping 11
Pot Luck Losers and
The Wednesday to the
top spot.
[More
on this Here]
Glass:
How Environment
Influences the
Perception of
Colours
Different
glass types
such as thermal,
solar or combination
glasses differ
not only in
their physical
function, but
also in their
optical appearance.
'Because individual
glass products
produce different
effects in their
outward appearance
and personal
perception plays
a decisive role,
skilful sampling
is becoming
more important
than ever',
says Bruno Gygax,
responsible
at EUROGLAS
for the SILVERSTAR
coatings for
Glas Trösch.
[Read
Complete Feature
Here]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Veka
and Sash UK Sign Milestone
Supply Agreements
In
a series of groundbreaking
agreements that set new
parameters in supply partnerships
within the PVCu industry,
the Veka Group and Sash
UK Ltd have agreed the terms
of a multi-faceted, international
business cooperation programme.
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on this Story]
Total
Glass Reports Strong 2005
Sales
Despite
the tougher market throughout
2005, Total Glass says
sales have remained strong
throughout the year and
remains optimistic about
its prospects for 2006.
The Liverpool-based company
reports steeper levels
of growth over the nine
months to September compared
to the same period in
2004 - a factor the company
largely attributes to
the growing trend among
smaller window companies
towards ceasing manufacturing
and buying in frames.
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on this Story]
Sales
up 10% for Acorn Frames
with Global Roof
Acorn Frames has added
the Global roof system
from Synseal Extrusions
Ltd to make it a one
stop shopping centre
for its nationwide base
of customers. Jaz Singh
and Justin Bromley,
Partners at Acorn Frames,
comment: 'It's great
for installers. We make
sure they've got everything
they need and deliver
it straight to site.
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on this Story]
Autumn
Special on Eurocell's
PVC-u Door Panels
Eurocell
Building Plastics has
recently introduced
a special offers programme
running throughout its
60 trade depots within
the UK. Starting with
an autumn special featuring
savings on PVC-u door
panels, prices start
from £49 per panel,
offer ends 21st December
2005.
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on this Story]
Veka
To Celebrate 20 UK Years
With Its Biggest Glassex
Stand For A Decade
VEKA plc has announced
its plans for a 400+
metre_ Glassex stand,
which will form the
pivot for the 20th anniversary
of the company’s
formation in the UK,
and 10 years of Network
Veka, a platform almost
as big as the grand
design the company staged
to launch the VEKA Matrix
system a decade ago.
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on this Story]
Kömmerling
Commits to the UK
- Strong Future in
a Difficult Market
At
a time when some PVC-U
window system companies
are pulling out of
the UK, and others
are merging brands,
Kömmerling has
committed to a long-term
future here by developing
new products specifically
for the UK market.
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on this Story]
Tessenderlo
Group: Profits Down
42%
Tessenderlo Group's
sales for the first
nine months of 2005
have risen 3.2 % compared
with the same period
of 2004, totalling
1,598.5 million EUR.
The recurrent operating
profit (REBIT), which
totalled 38.7 million
EUR, compared with
66.0 million EUR for
the same period of
last year, decreased
by 41.4 % for the
first nine months
of the year.
The results of Plastics
Converting were still
behind at the end
of September compared
with 2004, but, in
the third quarter,
reached levels comparable
to those of last year,
in particular for
profiles.
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on this Story]
Bekaert
Expands Asian Operations
in Suzhou, China
To meet the increasing
market demand for
Bekaert's advanced
line of sputtering
equipment, the company
recently announced
the opening of a new
plant in Suzhou, China.
Along with supplying
Asian glass coaters
with state-of-the-art
sputter equipment,
the site will also
include customer service,
maintenance and technical
support personnel
to serve the Asian
market.
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on this Story]
Sally
Loves Reflex
Sales of the conservatory
roof glass reflex
have now exceeded
this year's expectations,
with monthly sales
of more than £300,000.
'This is quite some
achievement considering
the market is slower
than previous years
and consumer spending
has dropped of a cliff,
we have increased
sales on average by
more than 30% since
last year,' said Sally
at Roof-Maker Ltd.
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on this Story]
Sidey
Invests Again
Perth-based
window and door specialist,
Sidey has invested
yet again in its award-winning
manufacturing facility
and, in doing so,
has increased its
capacity to 72,000
frames per year. The
grass-roots approach
to business focuses
on careful control
of every stage of
the manufacturing
process, but extends
equally to delivery,
installation and after
sales care.
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on this Story]
Proskills
Awarded Full Licence
Proskills
has been awarded its
licence to become
the new Sector Skills
Council for the Process
and Manufacturing
sector. The licence
was presented at a
launch celebration
held aboard HQS Wellington
on the London Embankment,
on 1st November, 2005,
by Phil Hope, Parliamentary
Under-Secretary of
State for Skills.
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on this Story]
Expansion
Opens New Markets
for Leodis’ Trade
Customers
Kömmerling
fabricator Leodis
Windows Limited has
just upgraded to a
more spacious 12,000
square foot factory
near Leeds. The move
is all part of a two-year
corporate strategy
of diversification
and process streamlining
for the firm.
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on this Story]
Trelleborg
Acquires Dunlop GRG Holdings
of the UK
Through
its Trelleborg Engineered
Systems business area, Trelleborg
has acquired the operations
of Dunlop GRG Holdings Ltd.
in Manchester, in the UK,
a company with operations
focusing on project-related
products for protection
and transport in demanding
environments. The company
is privately owned, has
some 50 employees and annual
sales of approximately SEK
70 M.
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on this Story]
Nine-Month
Figures: Linde Increases
its Earning Power and
Refines its Forecast
In
the first nine months
of fiscal 2005, the
technology group Linde
achieved increases in
sales and operating