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6th June 2006
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Future
Products
has introduced a low pitch conservatory roof that combines
a traditional look with hassle-free installation. The new
Global 600 Plus has been specially designed with 600mm centres
to match standard UK window sizes
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Here:
Hawa
has announced that it has improved its popular movable glass
wall system, so that each panel can now be up to 60kgs
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Here:
Laird
Security Hardware
has launched the Saracen 6000 and Principal Multi-point Door
Locks
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Here:
Designed
for the machining and fabrication of aluminium profiles, Elumatec's
new SLK 118 copy router is an intelligent and efficient machine
that facilitates the process of profile making
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Here:
Eurocell
has added a new component to the Pinnacle Conservatory Roof
range. The Deep Skirt Top Cap has been included for use on
lean-to hipped-end conservatories
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Here:
Reflex
conservatory roof glass is available in a Clear option to
complement the blue tint versions
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Here:
Nilco
is launching its Nilglass high-performance glass cleaner in
a 750ml aerosol spray
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Here:
Bromley
Adhesives
is a specialist supplier of Adhesives and Sealants with over
30 years of experience
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Here:
Instead
of offering customers just one 70mm profile suite, Profile
22 is offering a complete choice of Chamfered,
Bevelled and Sculptured integrated systems to suit trade,
commercial and retail applications
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Here:
Plastmo
has recently developed Rollex, a fully reversible window that
has proven to be suitable for high-rise applications
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Here:
A
new decorative antique glass range is now exclusively available
from Hurst Plastics -
the manufacturer of PVC-U door infill panels and polymer doors
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Here:
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:
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Second
City (UPVC) Systems,
based in Tipton, West Midlands, celebrated its 18th anniversary
recently at a time when business is booming for the REHAU trade
fabricator
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Here:
Seal-Lite
Windows, Doors and Conservatories, based in Clevedon,
Somerset is installing Allure conservatory roofs
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Here:
Since
Synseal moved Legend70 manufacturing to Nottingham there have
been lots of changes, but for fabricator and installer Kingsley
Windows its business as usual
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Aluminium
systems supplier Beaufort Secure Design
has assisted Fourstar Windows of Wembley in securing the windows
and door installation package on a major new build contract by
Botes Construction on behalf of Acton Housing Association
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Here:
Students
in Sheffield have been studying in style at the new £27m
Hillsborough College the building that made extensive use of the
Pilkington Planar frameless
glazing system
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Here:
Trentberry
Body Works specialises in accident repairs. When it came to giving
its own building a bit of a makeover the company decided to use
Paramount Windows, one of
Lister Trade Frames’
oldest customers
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Here:
Minimising disruption to day-to-day patient care was a key requirement
of Sheerframe approved fabricator FineLine
Windows during its £330,000 window refurbishment
programme at a major Brighton hospital
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Here:
The
owners of a listed farmhouse in 'deepest rural Southern England'
have done away with the need for curtains in a bathroom by having
Priva-Lite installed as secondary
glazing
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Here:
Rehau
has announced a number of changes to the Board of Management
which is responsible for its operation in the UK
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Here:
On
the first of June, Lennart Evrell (52) assumed the position
as President and CEO of Sapa.
Evrell replacing Kåre Wetterberg
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Here:
Linda
Perham has been appointed as a Board Director of TrustMark,
the Government-backed scheme to help people find reputable firms
for repairs, maintenance and improvement work
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Here:
Robert
Hazelwood has been appointed Director of Volkswagen
Commercial Vehicles in the UK, taking over the role
from Peter Wyhinny who becomes Director of SEAT UK
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Here:
Wendland
Roof Solutions
is launching a new website dedicated to the trade. Containing
details of its entire product portfolio, the website
has been specifically designed to assist trade customers
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Here:
According
to Sebastian Brown, director of the Henley, internet
based Quality Directory,
'it's time that quality glaziers receive the recognition
they deserve from the general public'
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Here:
A
new fact-finding study into online shopping was launched
on 27th April by the Office
of Fair Trading. Around 130,000 UK businesses
now sell online, in a market representing about 2.5
percent of all household spending
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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:
Five fitness fans from K2's
parent company, The Burnden Group, have added another
success to the company's enviable charity track record
by completing a 10km run for cancer charity, Christie's
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Here:
In
aid of the Douglas Macmillan Hospice Lister
Trade Frames has taken part in sponsoring one
of its customer's vehicles in a fund raising event
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Here:
Tickets
have gone on sale for Conservatory
Outlet's annual charity ball being held at
the Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield, on Saturday September
30th
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Here:
The
annual GM Fundraising Gala Dinner, held to raise funds
for terminally ill children and their families, is being
supported by Mighton Products,
the sash window hardware specialist, this year
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Here:
Eurocell
Profiles Ltd,
of Alfreton, has scooped a prestigious safety award
from one of the world's leading training and advisory
bodies. Following gruelling tests by a strict independent
adjudicating panel, Eurocell, the UK manufacturer
of PVC-u window and door profile, was given the
esteemed International Safety Award by the British
Safety Council.
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Here:
SCHOTT,
the technology group based in Mainz, Germany, will
be investing 60 million Euros to enable its subsidiary,
SCHOTT Solar GmbH, to build a manufacturing facility
for thin film solar electricity modules in Jena, Germany.
The manufacturing capacity will exceed 30 megawatts
(MW) per year. The facility is scheduled to open in
the fall of 2007. By opening up this new solar manufacturing
facility, SCHOTT will be creating another 160 new
jobs at its site in Jena.
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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:
Jumping
the Gun?
If it comes off, Latium's bid for Ultraframe at 30p a
share will surely be one of the most audacious and opportune moves not
just in the history of the conservatory roof market, but also in the
wider glass and glazing market, certainly since Brian Kennedy snapped
up Everest some six years ago.
However, it is as well to inject a note of caution, since rumours are
currently flying about which suggest a 'White Knight' suitor may yet
emerge with a better offer. Latium has only secured options on 35.8%
of the share capital.
The deal, if accepted (and it has the backing of the Ultraframe board
and its founder John Lancaster), will see Ultraframe being restructured
both in the UK and the USA. One of the more interesting prospects will
be the opportunity to explore the synergies between Ultraframe and Wendland,
which might see the latter receiving a boost to its patient if rather
plodding market penetration.
Quality
Manager
Float Glass Industries Ltd is the UK’s largest,
independent glass distributor producing glass for windows, partitions,
doors, furniture, showrooms and shops.
We have a vacancy for an Experienced Quality Manager.
[More
Here]
National
Sales Director
Hermann Gutmann Werke AG is Europe’s largest privately owned aluminium
extruder with headquarters in Weissenburg (Nuernberg) / Germany. We
are a manufacturer of a wide variety of high quality aluminium products
and systems. For the expansion of our international business we are
looking for a National Sales Director / Sales Agent.
[More
Here]
Technical
Officer
The Glass and Glazing Federation is recognised as
the largest trade organisation in its sector. At a time when the fenestration
industry faces its greatest changes, a rare opportunity has been created,
where you could be involved with this process.
[More
Here]
Position Sought
I was up until recently responsible for design & technical apects of a well known rooftrim system, also technical aspects of a window profile system (fabrication manuals etc), as well as carrying out BFRC Thermal Simulations and Energy Ratings, Quality system and BSI/BBA accreditations etc and am
seeking a similarly diverse role..
Please email vbull@tesco.net to receive a fuller cv.
Open
House at Daedalian for Architecture Week
Artistic
glass designer, Daedalian, has declared Open House to architects,
interior designers, and facilities mangers during Architecture Week
between 17th and 25th of June.
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Interbuild
India 2006, 26-28 October
Interbuild India 2006 will take place from 26-28 October in
hall 12 at the Pragati Maidan Exhibition Grounds in New Delhi, India.
The show is India’s most international trade focused platform
for the building, construction and interiors industry.
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Glasstech
India 2006
From the organisers of the successful Glasstech
Asia (GA) exhibition series, Glasstech India 2006 is the dedicated
trade exposition making its maiden presentation in New Delhi, India
from 13th to 15th December 2006 at the Pragati Maidan Hall.
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on this Event]
PiA
Seminar Draws Record Audience
More
than 75 architects and specifiers from across London and the south
east attended a recent seminar hosted by the PiA (Innovative Products
in Architecture) group entitled 'Towards Zero Energy'.
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on this Event]
Rockdoor
Exhibits at CIH
The
Chartered Institute of Housing Conference and Exhibition, 20th - 23rd
June 2006, in Harrogate is the most prestigious event in the social
housing calendar. This year composite door manufacturer Rockdoor
is exhibiting.
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on this Event]
Win
a Tongue Twisting Trip with Permadoor
Visitors
to this year's Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Conference and
Exhibition in Harrogate are being urged to put pen to paper to come
up with a winning rhyme that could see them scoop a weekend trip for
two to Ireland's 'Emerald City', Limerick.
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on this Event]
New
Sales Training Courses
Following the recent sell-out success
of the Sales Masterclass Seminars, Purplex have launched a series
of high-impact sales training courses in the North and South of England.
Sales Mastery™ is a one day intensive sales training programmes
designed specifically for the Window and Conservatory Industry.
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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.
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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
Go
Here:
for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world.
!!JUST UPDATED!!
The
Conservatory Factory has been voted best national conservatory
roof supplier by the 23 branches of Window Fitters Mate.
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here:
UAP
door
cylinders have now passed the new Standard EN1303:2005 that specifies
levels of durability up to 100,000 cycles.
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here:
Climatec Windows has achieved
numerous quality awards, including ISO 9001 and BBA Accreditation,
as well as BS 7950, BS 7412 and PAS Security Standards 23 and 24.
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here:
Rehau
has developed two new marketing initiatives to help customers
targeting both the domestic and commercial marketplaces.
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Here:
Quay Plastics
has announced a special 3 month promotional campaign which will
run throughout the company’s 15 branches for the Everlite
Enduro roofing packs.
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Here:
Trade
fabricator Euroglaze is
hoping to score with a new World Cup themed promotion kicking
off this month.
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Here:
Former
Eurovision winner Cheryl Baker has been chosen to head up a
new multi million pound national television advertising campaign
for Safestyle UK
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Here:
To back its latest PVC-U profile range, Profile
22 has launched a new retail brochure to communicate
the benefits of the fully sculptured 70mm FS70 range to homeowners.
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here:
Roofline Stockist GAP
says that its new product guide is the most comprehensive guide
to building plastics in the industry.
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here:
To coincide with the launch of the company’s
new GlazaTherm™ Roof Ventilator, Lonsdale
has published a guide entitled ‘Important Questions To Ask
Any Roof Vent Manufacturer’.
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here:
Orders
in the year to March 2006 rose
by eight per cent compared to orders in the previous twelve month
period, and orders in the first quarter of 2006 rose by six per
cent compared to the same quarter a year earlier.
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here:
Recognising
the importance of customer service in its success, Volkswagen
Commercial Vehicles has announced a new training initiative
- the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles' Academy.
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Here:
Phil
Thomas, managing director of TEST
(The Essential Support Team) outlines the challenge faced by the glass
industry through a lack of workforce skills, and the approach TEST
has taken to address this situation.
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Here:
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.
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here:
Hunter
Douglas
has
designed its own software to make life easy for architects and specifiers
when negotiating the minefield of Part L regulations.
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here:
PART L ARCHIVE
Following the last five successful ICCGs,
this year´s conference will be held on June 18th – 22nd.
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on this Event]
ISAAG 2006 will be held in Munich (Germany) on October
30-31, 2006.
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At
GlassBuild America:
The Glass, Window & Door Expo - September
19-21, 2006 - you'll find over 350 exhibiting
companies.
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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]
Reed
Exhibitions plans to hold the next Interplas
on 15-18 May 2007.
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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.
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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.
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Somewhat
overshadowed by the Latium offer, but no less important to the future
of the glazing industry, is the announcement this week that the British
Fenestration Rating Council (BFRC) has merged its operations with
that of the Glass & Glazing Federation (GGF).
This is the latest chapter in what has been the rocky, but ultimately
triumphant history of Window Energy Ratings in the UK glazing market,
and is a testament to the hard work and dedication of Kevin Cubbage and
Dr Robin Kent.
'The new British Fenestration Rating Council Ltd will be managed by the
GGF and this will enable increased marketing, technical and administrative
support for the future growth of Window Energy Rating and the possibility
of its integration into both the Building Regulations approvals systems
operated by FENSA and other GGF operations', the GGF says.
Easy-Just,
a New
Revolution
in Sash
Balances
The
increasing
popularity
in vertical
sliding
sash windows
has highlighted
a major
problem
for many
VSS fabricators
in achieving
the correct
balance
tension
to suit
the exact
specification
of each
window.
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on this
Product]
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of
the Week
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here
PROJECT OF THE WEEK
Express
Glazing
Contractors
Lifts its
Share at
Stock Exchange
London
based Express
Glazing
Contractors
Ltd., lifted
its share
at the London
Stock Exchange
when it
brought
the City
of London
to a standstill,
again! On
Saturday
13th May
the company
closed off
roads around
the London
Stock Exchange
and St.
Paul's area
to replace
a damaged
double glazed
unit on
the atrium
roof of
the Stock
Exchange.
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THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Ultraframe
will
Join
Wendland
under
Proposed
Latium
Deal
BRIAN
KENNEDY,
whose
Latium
Group
owns
Everest,
Weatherseal,
Wendland,
CDW
and
Space
Kitchens
&
Bedrooms,
with
a
combined
annual
turnover
of
£400m,
and
who
also
owns
the
Sale
Sharks
rugby
team,
has
offered
a
30p
a
share
offer
for
Ultraframe,
the
struggling
conservatory
roof
designer,
in
a
deal
worth
£52.m
(including
£23m
debt).
So
far,
the
offer
has
won
over
some
35.8%
of
the
share
capital.
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on
this
Story]
BFRC
Operations
Transfer
to
GGF
Group
It
was
announced
yesterday
that
the
Glass
and
Glazing
Federation
(GGF)
will
be
managing
and
developing
the
work
started
by
the
British
Fenestration
Ratings
Council
(BFRC)
in
the
area
of
Window
Energy
Ratings.
The
new
company
will
be
known
as
BFRC
Ltd.
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on
this
Story]
Raw
Material
Costs
Hit
NSG's
Profits
During
this
fiscal
year,
Japan's
domestic
economy
consistently
showed
a
positive
growth
trend
with
several
critical
factors
remaining
as
concerns
that
adversely
affected
cost
positions
and
profitability,
such
as
price
soaring
of
oil
and
other
raw
materials,
increasing
competition
in
some
related
product
sectors.
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on
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Story]
Masterframe
Opens Conservation
Debate at Revive Conference
7th June
Alan Burgess of sliding
sash specialist Masterframe
Windows Ltd will speak
on the challenges
of sustainable refurbishment
and regeneration at
Sustain magazine's
conference, Revive.
Held at One Great
George Street, London
on 7th June, Revive
will showcase best
practice case studies
and examine funding
and planning through
to on-site practicalities.
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on this Story]
Wagner
and
Spilka
Agree
Supply
Deal
Independent
hardware
distributor
Wagner
has
announced
that
it
has
reached
agreement
with
AS
Spilka
Industri
of
Norway
to
be
the
UK
distributor
for
Spilka
fully
reversible
window
hardware.
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on
this
Story]
Wagner
Chairman
Peter
Kinze
Retires
Independent
hardware
distributor
Wagner
has
announced
the
retirement
of
its
Chairman,
Peter
Kinze.
Peter
was
instrumental
in
setting
up
Wagner
(GB)
Ltd
as
a
subsidiary
of
Germany's
Heinz
Wagner
in
1982.
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on
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Story]
Synseal’s
Eight
New
Trucks
Take
Total
Fleet
to
50
Synseal
has
added
eight
new
trucks
to
its
fleet
taking
the
total
to
50.
'Our
customers
are
doing
well
and
we
now
make
over
1,000
deliveries
a
week,'
explains
Rob
Wilkinson,
Synseal’s
Operations
Director.
'We
have
added
the
new
trucks
to
cover
the
increase
in
demand
for
Legend70.
And
since
we
introduced
our
three
day
service
on
roof
kits,
the
number
we
deliver
has
increased.
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on
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Story]
Investing
in
the
Future
Synseal
fabricator
Future
Products
has
invested
in
a
new
70,000
square