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Email News for the Glass, Glazing and Fenestration Industries
16th May 2006
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Synseal
has extended the range of vent options with a deep chamfer
vent for the single leg bead system Legend70
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Here:
Introducing
the latest addition to the window trim market from Eurocell
- Ovolo Snap-fit Georgian Bar
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Here:
Soprano is a new range of door handles is now available from
GU which should prove
to be music to the ears of fabricators everywhere
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Here:
DeWalt
hammers featuring Active Vibration Control (AVC) have been
added to the Carl F direct
professional tools catalogue
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Here:
Britannia
has launched its own sculptured window and door system fitted
with marine spec anti corrosion hardware
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Here:
Franklin
Conservatories has become one of the first companies in the
UK to adopt the Mighty Mullion product range from Window
Widgets
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Here:
Network
VEKA trade fabricator, Glazerite
Windows, has recently added Bi-folding doors to
its range, available in a choice of 58mm bevelled or 70mm
sculptured profile designs
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Here:
North
Western Lead
says that it broke the glass bevel mould with its chameleon-like
Dichroic Bevels for doors and windows that produce subtle
changes in colour as the viewer changes position
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Here:
A
new addition has joined the Crystal Collection from Hurst
Plastics, the UK manufacturer of PVC-U door infill
panels and polymer doors
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Here:
Wendland
says that its Arial Roof Vent is ‘easy to install, easy
to operate and easy on the pocket.’
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Here:
When
it comes to cutting and machining centres, Promac
has provided many of the UK's largest fabricators with solutions.
This technology and automation is now available to the mid-size
fabricator
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Here:
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Hull
business KwikFrames is the
latest fabricator signing for WHS Halo. KwikFrames has adopted
WHS Halo's Eclipse PCE profile system
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Here:
Teesside
fabricator installer Budget Windows
has experienced a growth in business since the management buy
out on New Years Day 2005
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Here:
Burnley
fabricator, Classic Trade Frames,
has become the latest GU customer to reap the rewards of signing
up for GU Ferco Sold Secure and Lock Solutions scheme
More
Here:
Andy
Tristam set up Frame Plus Ltd
nearly three years ago and the Plastmo trade fabricator is going
from strength to strength, even in the difficult market conditions
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Here:
Selecting
the most appropriate profile machine centre in terms of cost
efficiency and effectiveness can save both time and money, as
Richard Hackett from Vale Windows
discovered when he installed the new
Elumatec SBZ 610 machine
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Here:
Pilkington
Activ™
features strongly in the daily operation of window installer Brackenwood:
the product surrounds employees at the company's headquarters
in Basingstoke, as the elevations of the building all use the
self-cleaning glass
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Here:
During
its long association with Glass UK,
architectural steelwork specialist, Alcono UK, rates the work
they did together at Ditton Manor, the listed HQ of software house,
Computer Associates, as among the best
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Here:
Sheerframe
PVC profile in cream has enabled specialist newbuild window fabricator
H Jarvis Ltd to deliver the perfect aesthetic and practical solution
for upmarket Darlington house builder Bussey and Armstrong Homes
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Here:
A
new conservatory for Appleby Manor Country House Hotel has been
designed and installed by Aanco Ltd, with a Wendland
roofing system gracing the bespoke structure
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Here:
When
Emplas Commercial was invited
to survey a two-storey residential home at Tan-Y-Bryn, Burryport,
it became obvious that certain windows in each of the flats within
the complex needed attention
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Here:
Brunel,
the Tamworth based manufacturer of diecastings, pressings and
assemblies has recently appointed Mike Smith as Managing Director
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Here:
Specialist
sealants and movement jointing systems supplier illbruck
Sealant Systems UK Ltd. has appointed Derek Read
as National Field Sales Manager for its TechSpec Division
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Here:
Immediate
local technical support and advice for all fenestration projects
of any size is now available from Sika
Industry's new Fenestration Group, headed by Business
Development Manager Jeff Richards
More
Here:
Robbie
Walmsley has joined Total Glass
to further enhance the trade and commercial window fabricator's
commitment to training and staff development programmes
More
Here:
Veka
fabricator, Modplan Ltd,
has appointed Dean Flowers, as business development manager
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Here:
Edgetech IG Inc.
welcomes new Receptionist and Order Processor Louise Dodd to
its UK base in Coventry
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Here:
All
visitors to MRW.co.uk can now access the full news stories
behind the latest recycling and waste headlines. The
website's news content (which was previously only accessible
to Materials Recycling Week
subscribers) is just a click away
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Here:
Eurocell
has recently launched The Exchange; a section on the
company’s website which allows businesses within
the industry to free up money that is tied down in unused
machinery/goods
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Here:
Trade
fabricator, Griffin Windows,
has made it easier for its customers to do business
with the company thanks to the introduction of electronic
ordering software
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Here:
Thermoseal
Group Ltd
has revamped its company website at www.ThermosealGroup.com
More
Here:
Staff at Cheltenham-based window hardware manufacturer
Securistyle are putting
their best feet forward in a Marathon challenge in aid
of a local cancer charity
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Here:
To promote sales of Spectus'
easy-to-fabricate Elite 70 system and to mark 10 years
in business, The Trade Plastics Centre (TPC), Stroud recently
staged a charity open day at its Cheltenham store
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Here:
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:
Freefoam's
research into the colour stability of PVC products when exposed
to increased UV levels and extreme conditions, and a review
of the current levels to which roofline products are exposed
in the UK and Ireland, gives food for thought. Updated data
from the National Radiological Protection Division of the
Health Protection Agency shows that the worrying trend of
increasing UV radiation levels has continued in 2005.
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Here:
Key
decision makers have heard how the market for recycled glass
products is growing, following a series of successful trials.
The results were revealed at the annual Glass
Action meeting, held at Tankersley Manor, Barnsley,
which was attended by more than 100 top industry professionals
from all over the country.
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Here:
Once
again HansenGroup Companies
have triumphed in the annual RoSPA Occupational Health and
Safety Awards. AccentHansen, FendorHansen and MagHansen have
again secured Gold.
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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:
Hot
Issues Get Hotter
Hot on the heels of 'The Armstrongs',
the BBC TV exposé of a Coventry conservatory company with some
unusual ideas about how to motivate its staff, tonight we have an edition
of ITV's 'House of Horrors' dedicated to a conservatory disaster.
This is how ITV describes tonight's programme:
'The House of Horrors building team come to the rescue of a family whose
dream conservatory turned out to be a disaster - and wasn't even attached
properly to their house.'
To get a flavour of what to expect, read Nick Dutton's letter below,
under 'We Have Email...', and in News we have a report
from the installer, West Yorkshire Windows, who feature on the
programme.
The programme looks set to flag up two major issues which are crucial
for the continued success of the conservatory industry, and public confidence
in it:
1. Even the best components are useless if fitted incorrectly;
2. Why do people still use dodgy builders instead of specialist conservatory
companies?
Rare Opportunity
Window and door hardware and ventilation specialist SIEGENIA-AUBI LTD is looking for two dynamic people to join its technical sales team and take responsibility for driving sales of high performance hardware and ventilation solutions in the north and south of the country.
[More Here]
Business Development Manager, South
Our client is a well established, ambitious and successful Group of Companies providing excellent quality and customer service by continual investment and improvement. They manufacture a range of PVCu products from their plant in South Wales, servicing various sectors of the trade. Due to strategic expansion, they now seek a dynamic sales person of a similar culture to join their sales team.
[More Here]
Places
left at London Seminar
The recent seminars hosted by Industry
Consultants Purplex, have virtually sold out, with only a few
places left in London on 24th May.
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on this Event]
Nemex
2006 Answers Energy Efficiency Issues
The
National Energy Management Exhibition and Conference (Nemex)
2006 tackles energy efficiency issues from 16th - 18th May at the
NEC, Birmingham.
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on this Event]
Welcome
to the 6th ICCG
Following
the last five successful ICCGs, this year´s conference will
be held on June 18th – 22nd. The ICCG International Organising
Committee and the local organiser, the Fraunhofer Institute for Electron
Beam and Plasma Technology [FEP] welcome you to the 6th ICCG in Dresden,
Germany.
[More
on this Event]
ISAAG
2006
For
the second time the International Symposium on the Application of
Architectural Glass (ISAAG 2006) will be held in Munich (Germany)
on October 30-31, 2006.
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on this Event]
Total
Glass Exhibits at CIH
Demonstrating
a solid track record in manufacturing and installing highly-specified
window and door products for the social housing sector is the focus
for Total Glass Ltd at this year's CIH exhibition in Harrogate.
[More
on this Event]
Ultra
Installers Benefit at the H&R Show
Ultraframe
made a successful first appearance at the National Homebuilding and
Renovating Show held at the NEC in March.
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on this Event]
GTI
Open Day Success
GTI
has reported the company's factory open days a success, generating
an excellent level of enquiries with several orders taken over the
four days.
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on this Event]
Newstead
Spring
Showcase Brings in Orders
'Our
two day showcase in March was a resounding success,’ says Newstead's
Managing Director Adrian Locker. ‘We wanted to demonstrate the
depth of Newstead's product range to existing and potential customers.
We've already had orders directly from the open day.’
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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]
Exhibition
Calendar
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Here:
for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world.
!!JUST UPDATED!!
Nationwide
has now achieved the PAS23 and PAS24 kite mark on the company’s
new Eurocell Logik door system, using the Millenco Mantis high performance
multipoint locking solution.
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here:
Glass Magazine, an official publication of the National Glass Association,
will present its first Crystal Achievement
Awards for commercial glass applications in its September
issue.
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here:
Window Fitters Mate (WFM),
the independent trade counter company, has published the results
of a survey recently carried out through the company’s 27 nationwide
branches.
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here:
Following their successful debut at the Recycling & Waste Management
Exhibition last year (RWM05), the Vehicles
& Plant Awards will be returning to the National
Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham on 13 September 2006.
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here:
Liverpool-based
Total Glass has recently achieved
Secured by Design (SBD) status on its comprehensive range of PVC-U
casement and tilt n turn windows.
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here:
The
Eastbourne branch of
Window Store is proud of its association with Commonwealth
Games double gold medal winner Charlotte Kerwood and the Sussex
Clay Pigeon Shooting Association.
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Here:
Freefoam
has now introduced its new Fortex point-of-sale display board
available to all stockists to help promote awareness of the
product in the market place.
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Here:
Mark
Smith, the Managing Director of Rochford-based Smith's
Glass, was the lucky winner of REHAU's Premiere prize
draw at Glassex.
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Here:
The new and completely updated Universal Imports Collection
2006 is available now from UAP.
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here:
Promac
has published a new 84 page consumables brochure which is packed
with details on a wide number of products and accessories for
the PVC, aluminium and glass markets.
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here:
Composite door manufacturer Rockdoor
has launched a new brochure for homeowners.
More
here:
Spectus
Window Systems is introducing a Specifier Guide, bringing
together information on regulations, technical performance and
design.
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here:
Orders
in the twelve months to February 2006 rose by eight per
cent compared with the previous twelve months, and orders in the
three months to February 2006 rose by 9 per cent compared to the
same period a year earlier.
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here:
Fabricator
and installer support scheme Trade Lynks'
latest business improvement workshop warned attendees not to fall
into the 'classic sales pitfalls that are dogging the industry.'
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Here:
Manufacturing and Operations Engineering students at the University
of Limerick in Southern Ireland received the benefit of Edgetech's
Andy Jones's wisdom in early March this year.
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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
At
GlassBuild America:
The Glass, Window & Door Expo - September
19-21, 2006 - you'll find over 350 exhibiting
companies and more than 200,000 net square feet of exhibit space.
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on this Event]
From
the 24th - 28th October 2006, glasstec
will once again open its doors to the worldwide glass and glazing
industries in Düsseldorf.
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on this Event]
GPD
Returns to China in April 23 - 24, 2006 in conjunction with the
China Glass Expo in Beijing which
is scheduled for April 25-28.
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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.
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on this Event]
Plans
for GPD 2007 (June 15 - 18) are
well underway. The event will again be held in its traditional grounds
in Tampere, Finland. It will comprise a conference, workshops, a glass
product exhibition and the unforgettable evening social programme.
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on this Event]
Interbuild 07, The Home of Building, will be staged at
the NEC Birmingham for five days between Sunday 28th October and Thursday
1st November 2007. While remaining at the NEC, Interbuild will move
to Halls 3, 3a, 4 and 5 in 2007.
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on this Event]
Good and bad news in the insulating glass market this week. The Edgetech
Energy Debate was a resounding success, attracting over 220 delegates
and stimulating a remarkable discussion, the ramifications of which will
almost certainly be felt for a long time to come. Congratulations to Andy
Jones of Edgetech and MRA for getting it together!
Not so good, meanwhile, is the news that UKAe was unable to find
a buyer and the company slid briefly into administration at the end of
April, before the assets were purchased by Ulmke. More on this
story in due course.
PIGS is this Thursday and has a new venue! All those involved in marketing, press or PR in the glass and window industries will be able to enjoy panoramic views of the Thames from a new venue on Blackfriars Bridge. More here.
Final Report from Fensterbau 2006, alongside exhibitor reports from a number of UK and German companies at the show, is here.
No
Need for
Defeatism
I find Malcolm
Jenning's
(letter
featured
in the Glazine
2nd May)
attitude
to the window
industry
both defeatist
and wrong.
While the
replacement
window market
has been
on a downturn,
it is not
dead yet.
[Read
the Rest
Here]
House
of Horrors
The consumer
rights programme
House of
Horrors
being aired
tonight
(Tuesday
16 May)
includes
the saga
of Mr and
Mrs Jones
and their
conservatory.
Mr and Mrs
Jones had
a nightmare
from start
to finish
when rogue
builders
left them
with an
unsafe conservatory.
[Read
the Rest
Here]
The
Future in
Conservatory
Climate Control
from Eurocell
Eurocell
has recently
launched Pinnacle
conservatory
roof kits
featuring
the latest
in glazing
technology.
Perfect Day®
is a versatile
self-cleaning
glass, which
features climate
control and
comes in three
options -
Perfect Day,
Perfect Day
Super and
Perfect Day
Super plus.
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on this Product]
Product
of the Week
Archive here
PROJECT OF THE WEEK
Technal's
Curtain Walling Echoes
Ship's Prow for Titanic
Quarter
Curtain
walling from architectural
aluminium specialist,
Technal, has been
used to create a striking
fully glazed façade
for Queen's University's
new £40m Institute
for Electronics, Communications
and Information Technology
in Belfast's historic
Titanic Quarter.
[More
on this Project]
Winner
is from Norwich (not
London)
After months of transfers,
injuries and office
rivalry Pilkington’s
Fantasy Football competition
finally came to a
nail-biting end. Congratulations
go to both winners
who finished off the
debut season in style.
Norwich fan Gavin
Lewin won the official
sporting event prize
worth up to £2,000
for his managerial
expertise with We’re
Not From London You.
[More
on this Here]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Industry
Wakes
Up
to
Window
Energy
Ratings
at
Edgetech
Seminar
223
key
decision-makers
in
glass
and
glazing
discussed
some
of
the
biggest
issues
affecting
the
industry
at
Edgetech's
Increase
Your
Profits:
Energy
Efficiency
in
Focus
seminar
on
Wednesday
10th
May.
Delegates
at
Coventry's
Ricoh
Arena
included
the
BBA,
BPF,
CAB,
leading
media,
fabricators
and
installers,
and
systems
companies
including
Synseal,
Deceuninck,
Plastmo,
Rehau
and
the
Epwin
Group.
[More
on
this
Story]
Introducing
a
Choice
in
Part
L
Self
Certification
Certass
has
been
granted
ministerial
approval
to
be
licenced
for
self
certification
under
Part
L
of
building
regulations.
This
introduces
an
element
of
choice
into
the
market
place.
‘We
are
particularly
pleased,
as
these
licences
are
not
easily
obtained,
as
the
license
holder
must
prove
its
worth
to
various
government
departments
before
approval
is
given,’
says
the
company.
[More
on
this
Story]
West
Yorkshire
Windows
to
be
Seen
as
Expert
on
ITV
Show
Conservatory
Outlet
dealer
West
Yorkshire
Windows
will
be
seen
as
a
conservatory
expert
on
ITV's
House
of
Horrors
tonight
at
8pm.
The
show
features
Mr
and
Mrs
Jones
who
spent
£40,000
on
legal
fees
trying
to
get
compensation
for
their
poorly
fitted
conservatory.
[More
on
this
Story]
Pilkington
Activ™
Sales
Multiply
as
Industry
Embraces
Ad
Campaign
Early
indications
are
that
the
£2
million
advertising
and
promotional
campaign
staged
by
Pilkington
in
support
of
Pilkington
Activ™
self-cleaning
glass
is
providing
the
significant
sales
boost
for
the
home
improvement
industry
that
it
was
intended
to
generate.
[More
on
this
Story]
Ultraframe’s new Conservaglass is a Clear Favourite
Since the launch of its new and improved climate controlling Conservaglass at Glassex 2006 conservatory roof designer and manufacturer, Ultraframe, says that it has seen an enormous leap in sales of its glass units.
Veka
Fabricator
Sovereign
Voted
LHC
Partner
of
the
Year
-
Again!
Sovereign
Group
has
been
chosen
as
Partner
of
the
Year
for
the
second
time
by
the
LHC
Procurement
Consortium,
the
UK's
biggest
public
sector
purchasing
group.
Manufacturing
around
1,500
window
frames
a
week,
Sovereign
is
the
UK's
largest
VEKA
fabricator.
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on
this
Story]
