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21st February 2006
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Quality
Roofing Systems wants to help conservatory installers
by offering the Allure aluminium conservatory roof system
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Here:
Elumatec's
SBZ 630 has been designed to cut thick-walled aluminium profiles
at high speeds and has a 7.5kW motor
More
Here:
Comar
Architectural Aluminium Systems
has announced that Comar 5P.i. Tilt & Turn window passed
the enhanced security British Standard: BS 7950
More
Here:
Profile
22 Systems has introduced 'cost-saving' Safeware
Super Steel reinforcement
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Here:
Jeffrey
Rioux of Saint-Gobain Crystals
presents a report on advances in the design and ballistic
performance of the company's Sapphire Transparent Armour System
More
Here:
Duraflex
has added a high performance composite door to complement
its popular PVC-U Diamond Suite
More
Here:
Trade fabricator, Griffin Windows, has recently upgraded its residential doors to offer installers and consumers even more choice and greater benefits
More Here:
Ultraframe’s
chambered top cappings have proved a big hit with installers
of the company’s Classic conservatory roofing system
More
Here:
Avocet
says that it has redefined the accepted parameters
for product style, quality and performance, in a new range
appropriately branded Pioneer
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Here:
The recent development by North Western Lead of a self-adhesive lead reel that at 100 metres was twice the usual length than standard reels
More Here:
Polyframetrade
Ltd
and Cotswold Architectural Products
have pooled their industry experience and ideas to develop
an emergency escape hinge
More
Here:
Glaverbel's
Pyrobelite 12 and Pyrobel 25 are the latest fire-resistant
glass products to be classified approved products for use
in timber fire doors
More
Here:
Laird
Security Hardware has developed a cylinder clamp
designed to prevent forced entry through the removal of the
profile cylinder
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Here:
Using
new Häfele Automatic
Glass Door Hinges, you can have the convenience of a double
action self closing glass door, without touching the floor
More
Here:
Fabricators
and installers are offered an even greater choice of window
handles with the introduction of the new 'Sparta' handle from
Trojan Hardware and Designs
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Here:
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Teeside
based Synseal fabricator
installer Budget Windows
has seen huge changes since the management buy out. After completing
the first year under new ownership the investment and changes
are paying off
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Here:
When
Glenhampton Conservatories
was looking at roofing systems that would not only meet and
fulfil homeowners' needs, but also exceed their expectations,
Wendland's Styal system
was the obvious choice
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Here:
When Sterling Windows and Conservatories
of Cannock recently decided to move to bigger and better premises
the company took the opportunity to review its business needs
for the coming years
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Here:
Compared
with 15 years ago, today's window industry is almost unrecognisable.
‘When Prime Windows started in 1989, we were exclusively
a trade fabricator,’ explains Jonathan Toft, Prime
Windows' Managing Director
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Here:
The
brief for this H&B Design Consultants
conservatory was not only to form a relaxation area for the end
client, but also a link between the existing building and new
extension being built at the same time
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Here:
The
ultra-slim sightlines and attractive styling of aluminium windows
from Beaufort Secure Design
have satisfied stringent local planning requirements at a period
building in the heart of London
More
Here:
CGI's
Pyroguard laminated fire glass has been specified for two new-build
projects on behalf of the NHS in Nottingham
More
Here:
A
recent contract that illustrates the capacity Glass
UK has to produce oversized glass has been recently
completed at Tricorn House, a 10-storey office building on Birmingham's
Hagley Road
More
Here:
Technal,
part of Hydro Building Systems, has supplied a range of architectural
aluminium glazing systems for a new campus development, which
occupies a parkland setting at the University of Limerick
More
Here:
Synseal
fabricator Classic Trade Frames recently helped Manchester's Pendlebury
Hospital to solve the problem of how to move two wards of sick
children away from danger in the event of fire
More
Here:
When
a 230-year-old building in Liverpool was renovated, fire resistant
glass was needed. Specific cut sizes of CGI
International's Pyroguard glass was recommended
More
Here:
Guests
staying at the new Jury's Inn Hotel in Heathrow have a clearer
view thanks to Ritec's ClearShield
renovation and protection system
More
Here:
Sheerframe
approved fabricator MPH Windows
has completed seven curtain walling contracts worth more than
£150,000, refurbishing stairwells at Knowsley Housing Trust
(KHT) properties
More
Here:
Duraflex
is strengthening its penetration of the commercial market with
a new addition to its commercial sales team. Mike Maltby joins
the systems supplier with ten years experience in this demanding
sector
More
Here:
Jas
Bains has been appointed Marketing Assistant at Carl
F Petersen and Louise Lai, who formerly worked in
the assistant role, has received promotion to the new position
of Marketing Executive
More
Here:
Kåre
Wetterberg is leaving Sapa
after 32 years in the company. Lennart Evrell will succeed him
as CEO
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Here:
Wendland
Roof Solutions has introduced a new online
service for its network of fabricators and installers
More
Here:
Daedalian
Glass, the UK designer and manufacturer of
architectural glass projects, has expanded its website
content with an electronic newsletter
More
Here:
The
hardware group of the DHF
has published three technical specifications which set
out the standards for the products. The technical specifications
are available on the DHF website
More
Here:
Albert
Equipment UK
has recently made publicly available for the first time
its new website
More
Here:
Masterframe
Windows Ltd,
specialist manufacturer of premium PVC-U sashes has
created a 'members' only' website for its Bygone Preferred
Installers (BPI)
More
Here:
Swish
Window and Door Systems
has launched a new look consumer website to drive sales
for its range of low maintenance PVC-U windows and doors
and create leads for fabricators and installers
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Here:
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EN 1279 'Glass in buildings - insulating glass units'
has finally been posted in the Official Journal
of the European Union (OJ). This means that, from
next month, IGU manufacturers will be able to CE
mark their units - and by March 2007 all units must
comply with the Construction Products Directive
(CPD). And, said Adam Osborn of Notified Body BM
TRADA Certification, CE marking is the
most effective way to prove compliance
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Here:
Palram
honoured the true spirit of Christmas this year helping
the needy and the vulnerable, by offering free building
materials desperately needed by the Crisis Open Christmas
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Here:
KAT
UK,
the supplier of patio doors and vertical sliding sash
windows, donated £3,735.20 during 2005 to Care for
the Wild International (CWI) to aid the charity's work
in protecting wild tigers
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Here:
One
company which has pre-empted the 'green' revolution is FSG
Technologies. It is installing the Mustang® continuous
aluminium guttering system, supplied by
Aluminium Roofline Products, on 'eco-friendly'
properties built by Paul Newman Homes.
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Here:
Clean
PVC regrind from recycling of PVC window profiles is a valuable
raw material, that can be used again for the production of
PVC windows. But contamination such as by rubber from seals,
polyamide, plasticised PVC, etc are problematic. The separation
process used by hamos GmbH
in Penzberg works however entirely automatically, i.e. without
manual pre-sorting.
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Here:
The
Eden Project's new education and resource facility has bespoke
PowerGlaz building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) glass/glass
laminates manufactured by Romag
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Here:
Malcolm
Wicks recently outlined his vision for micro wind turbines,
solar panels and other microgeneration technologies at the
launch of the Energy Futures Lab at Imperial College in
London
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Here:
EU
policymakers, social partners and leading safety and health
experts met on 12th December 2005 in Bilbao, Spain, to see
how to better protect European workers from noise and to award
those organisations that have already managed to implement
effective solutions
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Here:
The
Door and Hardware Federation
(DHF) is urging all door companies to adhere to its strict
safety guidelines when supplying automatic rolling grilles
for use at locations where children may be present.
More
Here:
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Service
is Now Paramount
If there is one thing increasingly staring us all in the face, it
is the importance of service and delivery in a market which has reached
a plateau in terms of product differentiation. The best product at the
best price is of no use to a customer if it's a day late. And with ever
busier roads and freight networks, and ever more sourcing from the other
side of the globe, logistics is the biggest challenge of today's business
community.
Late delivery and missing parts played a part in the recent problems
at Planet, which it says it has solved now. In today's issue
we report on the OFT's censure of St Helens Glass, which
points to a catalogue of failed or inadequate deliveries. The OFT would
love to nail someone in the double glazing market with an Enforcement
Order, having already jailed kitchen retailer Vance Miller following
its first ever 'Stop Now Order' in 2003.
Senior
Design Engineer
Due to continued expansion, Winlock Security
Ltd, the leading UK manufacturer of window handles and associated
hardware, is now in a position to recruit a further Design Engineer
to meet the demands of its rigorous development program.
The ideal candidate should have a Mechanical Engineering background,
with good technical knowledge of window and door hardware.
[More
Here]
Comar
Vacancies
Comar,
a leading British Aluminium Systems House, designs and extrudes over
700 aluminium profile sections and distributes profiles to a nationwide
network of fabricators for manufacture and installation. Due to continued
expansion, opportunities have arisen for the positions of: Marketing
Team: Project Co-ordinator; Sales Team: Architectural Advisor; Technical
Team: CAD Draughtsperson; and a Purchasing Assistant.
[More
Here]
RETAIL DOUBLE GLAZING BUSINESS FOR SALE
PVCu WINDOWS DOORS AND CONSERVATORIES
The partners wish to retire and are offering this well established and profitable business as a going concern. Situated on the Hampshire/ Surrey borders for more than 25 years.
[More Here]
British Rooflight will 'Steel' the Show
A
new British made rooflight 'Lumen'
is being launched at this year's National Homebuilding and Renovating
Show (2nd - 5th March 2006, NEC Birmingham).
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on this Event]
Dorluxe
Back at Homebuilding Show
Having
enjoyed success at the Homebuilding & Renovating show at London's
Excel last year - Plastmo fabricator, Dorluxe
(the specialist stable door manufacturer) is increasing the size of
its exhibition stand.
[More
on this Event]
Open
Days at GTI, 5th-8th March
'GTI Kombimatec is not going to
Glassex for the first time in 22 years. We feel we can offer our customers
and partners a better experience of seeing window machinery work and
have a go at making real windows themselves,’ says the company.
[More
on this Event]
Industry
Wide Seminar Set for May 10th 2006
Keeping
up to date with rapidly changing energy efficiency issues and environmental
legislation is of paramount importance to everyone in the window and
glass markets. Edgetech UK and
other industry experts are holding a free one day seminar on May 10th
at Coventry football team's home ground the Ricoh Arena.
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on this Event]
Glassex
’06: 'The Most Diverse for Years'
Glassex has long been regarded as the barometer of the glass and glazing
industry, with the event in recent years of course more closely representing
windows, doors and conservatories.
[More
on this Event]
Get
'Six Appeal' at G06!
Make Friday 15 September a night to remember - the date for the G06
Awards Presentation, the industry's most sparkling event, has
been announced.
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on this Event]
Proskills
Apprenticeship And HR Events
Proskills,
the Sector Skills Council with responsibility for the Glass and Glazing
industries, in partnership with The Glass and Glazing Federation,
British Glass and the Learning and Skills Council, is holding three,
free of charge, Glass Industry launch workshops for Training and HR
staff.
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on this Event]
Henkel
Joins List of Interbuild Newcomers
Henkel
is among the key names on a growing list of 63 companies set to make
their first appearance as exhibitors at Interbuild 2006 the
UK's premier building and construction show (NEC, April 23-27).
[More
on this Event]
Exhibition
Calendar
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for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world.
UPDATED!!
A
recent convert to the Duraflex
PVC-U system, Select Window and Door Systems in Maldon has just
been awarded Secured by Design accreditation for both its Bevelled
and Featured range fabricated from the Duraflex Diamond Suite.
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Here:
'A
company's staff is its greatest asset,’ says Adrian Locker,
Newstead Trade Frames' Managing
Director, ‘which is why we were recently awarded the prestigious
Investor in People standard.
More
Here:
Wexford-based
Edgetech customer Senator
Windows Ltd is the first manufacturer in Southern Ireland
to achieve a BFRC C rating on its casement windows.
More
Here:
Fabricator Newstead Trade Frames
is the latest company to offer installers an energy saving 'C' rated
window.
More
Here:
Deceuninck fabricator, Select Windows,
has won the Business Collaboration category at the annual Black
Country business awards.
More
Here:
GAP's
exclusive new roofline system Homeline has just been awarded BBA
approval.
More
Here:
Russell
Holmes, a supervisor at the Leeds factory of Abbseal
(UK) Ltd., recently became the 12,000th recipient of
one of the Glass Qualification Authority's NVQ Awards.
More
Here:
The
importance of an issue can be gauged by the amount of air-time
it receives. Concern for the environment is continuing to rise
and with it, so is the number of TV programmes showing how best
to be eco-friendly. Aluminium Roofline
Products is appearing in one such show - 'The House
That Dick Built'.
More
Here:
Britain's ever growing lorry-spotting cult has a new challenge
this month with a unique set of liveries to watch out for. This
follows the introduction by the Yorkshire-based Style
Group of a fleet of six new articulated vehicles
worth almost £1/2 million with exceptionally lively and
easily recognisable star-studded livery.
More
Here:
Approved
Swish Installer Barry Gwinnett
Building & Joinery Services has made good a botched roofline
installation that featured on the BBC1 consumer watchdog programme
Rogue Traders.
More
Here:
North Western Lead
has produced a brochure with 48 photographs of decorative glass
panels: 24 with lead and film and 24 featuring Decra Bevels. NWL
trade customers can have their own logo, their own name and address,
plus full contact details professionally overprinted on the brochure
for a nominal fee.
More
here:
Bohle
has launched the latest version of its huge and highly comprehensive
catalogue of everything the glass and glazing industry could ever
need.
More
here:
The specification of the correct fire-resistant
glass for a given application is a crucial and potentially life-saving
decision for any building project. With this is mind, Pilkington
Building Products - UK has updated its popular Specifire
CD-ROM.
More
here:
New literature and price lists have been produced
by Prefit, specialist in fittings
for glass, on its Sadev Décor range of high quality, 316L
stainless steel glass connectors, which include sliding track
and hinged door systems.
More
here:
A
new consultation that aims to provide the Government with a framework
to guide future progress in the construction industry was launched
on 2nd February by the Rt. Hon Alun Michael, Minister of State
for Industry and the Regions. The draft Strategy
for Sustainable Construction Report 2006 consultation
will seek views from key construction stakeholders on the direction
they think the industry should take with a view to developing
and maintaining a more sustainable future.
More
here:
Independent
Glass,
the independent UK toughened glass manufacturer and glass merchant,
is celebrating the success of 12 of the company’s employees in
achieving industry-leading qualifications.
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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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PART L ARCHIVE
The
exhibition duo HOLZ-HANDWERK and
fensterbau/frontale takes place
again in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 22-25 March 2006. The
combined trade fairs with over 1,200 exhibitors and well over 90,000
trade visitors will again be a unique industry platform and the meeting-place
for the industries concerned in 2006.
[More
on this Event]
A
new exhibition plant is growing out of the desert sand: More than
2,800 trade visitors and conference participants attended the first
Intelligent Building Middle East
(IBME).
[More
on this Event]
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.
[More
on this Event]
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.
[More
on this Event]
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.
[More
on this Event]
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.
[More
on this Event]
Exhibition
Calendar
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for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world.
UPDATED!!
However, we also have a number of success stories in today's issue of
The Gl@zine, where companies have got the cash and the good sense
to invest at this end of the business - from warehousing, through to ordering
efficiency (one company now offers a text/SMS alternative) and delivery
methods, whether with your own wagons or via a third party freight company.
There
is one other area of differentiation which hasn't become tired and 'me-too',
and that is marketing. Below the line stuff like customer days out (check
out Glazekart at Glassex, for example) still has all sorts of avenues
to explore, and Awards are still a good marketing tool (our own G06
Awards, for example).
However, the internet still remains largely unexploited by industry in
general, although the glass and glazing industry is ahead of most.
While not wishing to blow our own trumpet too much, The Gl@zine remains at the cutting edge of B2B internet marketing and only last week we delivered a record number of visits to Synseal's website following our coverage of its new 'steel cut for free' campaign.
We have a report from internet specialists Zendor this week which confirms that the only way is up in terms of selling on the web, mainly due to the growing take-up of broadband. Companies who are not offering some kind of direct commerce or ordering capability from their sites are definitely missing out.
GLASSEX 2006
Our
Glassex
Preview continues to grow. This week we have
exclusive details of some of the winners of the Glassex
Conservatory
Design Competition, which is carried out as
a collaboration between Glassex and Ultraframe, but
nowadays actually includes some non-Ultraframe roofs.
Very big of them, I think. Those pictured here are Town
& Country and Cowie & Roberts.
Meanwhile, the following new companies have signed up
as Glassex Exhibitors in the last few days: Advance
Systems; Astra; BKV; CW-UK Conservatories; Corporatewear
UK; Datum Tools; Derby College; Easi-Dec Access; Flaire
Plastic Products; Glasstech Asia; In Your Face Marketing;
Merlin Lazer; MTS Fentec; Mul-T-Lock UK; Phoenix Composite
Doors; R.G. Wales; Red Horse; Sunflex UK; Thermaseal
Window Systems; Unitec Hardware; United Trade Frames.
We now have full editorial on the stand presentations
of over 70 companies, the fully updated Exhibitor
List (with over 20 new exhibitors listed) full
details on the excellent Seminar
Programme, which has been changed in the past
few weeks.
Glassex Exhibitors:
don't forget, The Gl@zine will be publishing right up
until the first day of the show, with a special Glassex
Show Issue on Monday 6th, plus our normal issue
on Tuesday the 7th, so let us have details of your last
minute or surprise stand presentations. Email: news@theglazine.com.
Pilkington
Has the Advantage
Pilkington
Building Products
- UK has launched
Pilkington Eclipse
Advantage, the
pyrolytic environmental
control glass,
into the UK market.
Major advances
in glass technology,
such as low-E
and solar control
glass, have revolutionised
the functionality
of glass today.
[More
on this Product]
Product of
the Week Archive
here
New
Inner Glass Skin for
Urban Splash's Fort
Dunlop in Birmingham
The
reinvented Fort Dunlop
has 'shed' its windows
in favour of an innovative
inner glass skin,
creating the effect
of a crystal cube
within the 90 year-old
Birmingham landmark.
Redefined by award-winning
property developer,
Urban Splash, as a
high profile and high
performance commercial
space, the locally
listed building will
enjoy a phased opening
in the Spring, with
a grand opening planned
for the end of 2006.
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on this Project]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
The
Armstrongs:
BBC2
Wednesday
10pm.
Do
Not
Miss!
'I
won't
s**t
on
anyone's
head
unless
I
have
to,
but
if
I
do,
it
will
be
from
a
very
great
height',
said
John
Armstrong
of
U-Fit,
Coventry's
third-biggest
double
glazing
company,
who
featured
in
the
BBC
programme
Office
Christmas
Parties
in
December
2003.
As
a
follow
up,
BBC2
is
screening
'The
Armstrongs',
an
access-all-areas
insight
into
the
unorthodox
and
sometimes
ruthless
business
antics
that
are
par
for
the
course
at
U-Fit.
[More
on
this
Story]
Masterglaze
Acquires
ABP,
with
Help
from
MBA
Masterglaze
Ltd
the
specialist
window
and
door
trade
counter
network
part
of
Burles
Group
plc
has
announced
the
acquisition
of
Advanced
Building
Plastics
Ltd's
operation
based
on
the
South
Coast.
[More
on
this
Story]
Whiteline
Scores
on
Acquisition
Path
Kömmerling
fabricator,
Whiteline
Group,
has
acquired
its
largest
unglazed
frame
customer,
Tunbridge
Wells
Home
Improvements
Ltd
(TWHI),
as
a
wholly
owned
subsidiary;
part
of
a
three
year
strategic
restructuring
of
the
company.
[More
on
this
Story]
Window and conservatory supplier St Helens Glass Ltd (SHG) has given undertakings concerning the goods and services it will provide, following action by the OFT.
John Williams Heads Shepley's Commercial Division
PVCu fabricator Shepley Window Systems has appointed John Williams as Commercial Manager to spearhead the Group's entry into the commercial market.
KS
Profiles Ends UK Fenestration
Activities
'It
is with very great regret
that KS Profiles Ltd
announces the decision
of the company to terminate
it's Fenestration activities
in the UK,’ say
Karl H Diekel and P
Middleton-Smith, Joint
Managing Directors.
[More
on this Story]
Whiteline's
Mexico 86' Footballing
Hero at Glassex
Mexico
86' star, Gary Stevens,
will be at Glassex this
year under the Profine
Group umbrella. He will
be talking about the
use of sport for team
building at fabricator
Whiteline.
[More
on this Story]
Edgetech
Supports Promac, NWD
and Reflex at Glassex
Super
Spacer® manufacturer
Edgetech I.G. Inc. will
have