Weekly
Email News for the Glass, Glazing and Fenestration Industries
13th June 2006
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The
Traditional 70 profile suite from Swish
Window and Door Systems is available in a choice
of standard or chamfered decorative sash styles
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Here:
'At
Kash 'n' Karry we always
try to be in front' says Peter Chattin, Managing Director.
'That is why we have launched our ‘Kool 'n' Kleen’
range of products
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Here:
Wendland
Roof Solutions
has developed the Styal+ conservatory system with all the
benefits of its predecessor Styal but with many new features
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Here:
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
More 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:
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Conservatory
roof fabricator Prefix Systems,
based in Lancashire is celebrating its 10 year anniversary.
The company, which is opening its second site this summer, puts
its success in a specialist marketplace down to its policy to
value customers
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Here:
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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An
impressive artwork adorning new offices in London's Soho is being
protected from weathering and contamination by Ritec's
ClearShield glass protection system
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Here:
New
timber fire doors incorporating CGII's
Pyroguard fire resistant glass are enhancing safety for guests
and staff at the Kilmorey Arms Hotel
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Here:
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:
The
six decades separating these two Total
Glass employees, 16-year-old Rossi Ogilvie
and John Sweeney, 75, are proof that age is no barrier to working
for this trade fabricator
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Here:
Hunter
Douglas Construction Elements,
the provider of integrated façade systems has strengthened
its sales force with the appointment of Stephen Archer-Jones
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Here:
PVC stockist GAP
is growing. The latest recruit is Alan Brown, Sales Manager
for the North East. Alan worked at sister company Rockdoor before
he came to GAP
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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:
Bostik
has launched a new, easy-to-navigate section of its
website specifically aimed at Insulating Glass (IG)
manufacturers looking for a quick reference to its range
of sealants for the IG industry
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Here:
Conservatory
Outlet network member West
Yorkshire Windows generated £850,000
worth of sales through the internet in 2005 and is expecting
this figure to double in 2006
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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:
This
weekend luminaries from the fenestration industry, attending
the GM Fundraising Gala Dinner, get the chance to bid
for a stunning week's break on the paradise island of
Tobago courtesy of Mighton Products,
the sash window hardware specialist
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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:
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:
Volkswagen
Group UK Ltd
has recently launched its new Environmental Policy, providing
a framework for all Group brands - Audi, SEAT, Skoda, Volkswagen
and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles - to promote environmental
responsibility
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Here:
Building
on its initial success of recycling post-use PVC window frames,
the Recovinyl Scheme is
widening sources of plastic from construction and demolition
to generate even greater volumes available to the recycling
stream. Examples of alternative sources include irrigation
water pipes in greenhouses, cooling tower packings, fascia
boards, cladding and shutters
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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 GlassAction
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:
Ultraframe
White Knight to Emerge?
As predicted in last week's Gl@zine, the Latium bid for Ultraframe
is not a done deal, having only secured 35.8% of the share capital of
the struggling conservatory roof maker (albeit with the recommendation
of its board and founder).
It has now emerged that US based Resilience Capital Partners LLC
and Berggruen Holdings 'are considering making an offer for the
entire share capital of Ultraframe Plc but that there can be no certainty
that an offer will be forthcoming'.
There has been speculation that disgruntled investors who had paid over
£2 per share were unwilling to see their investment sold off as
low as 30p; it had also seemed likely that at least one bidder would
try to split off the US division as the most profitable part of the
group.
The latest statement certainly suggests that the story isn't over yet.
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]
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.
NGA
Announces First Glazing Exec Forum
The National Glass Association
(NGA) announces that Patrick MacLeamy, ceo of architectural firm HOK,
will be the keynote speaker September 18th, 2006 at the first annual
Glazing Executives Forum, to be held in Las Vegas in conjunction with
its annual trade show, GlassBuild
America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo.
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on this Event]
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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on this Event]
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]
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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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]
Exhibition
Calendar
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for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world.
!!JUST UPDATED!!
Fireswiss
Foam - the new fully insulated fire glass from CGI
International - now has the backing of a full CERTIFIRE
listing.
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here:
Advantage Windows and Conservatories Ltd,
the Cheshire-based trade fabricator, has been awarded two BSI kitemarks.
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here:
Barnsley-based trade fabricator Euroglaze
has secured its ISO9001 quality approval with no issues to address.
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here:
Phoenix
Marketing Services is a new business to business
specialist established to provide professional marketing and
publicity support for companies within the construction and
fenestration industries.
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Here:
Willenhall
couple Sylvia and Allan Walker were surprised and delighted
to discover that they had won a fully fitted Easy
Fit Conservatory in a recent newspaper competition.
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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:
Window
Widgets has launched a range of homeowner certificates
for its BBA certified frame couplers and baypole systems.
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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 twelve months to April 2006 rose by eight per cent compared
with the previous twelve months, but orders in the three months
to April 2006 fell by four per cent compared to the same period
a year earlier. Orders in the three months to April 2006 fell
by 14 per cent compared to the previous three months, with decreases
in all sectors. All orders figures quoted are seasonally adjusted
and in constant (2000) prices.
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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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on this Event]
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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Meanwhile,
we have no fewer than two emails this week from a man who is clearly on
a roll after masterminding the recent Energy Conference, Edgetech UK
sales director and general manager Andy Jones. The first of these refers
to the recent Corporate Leaders' Group on Climate Change, banging the
drum, as usual, for the double glazing market, and in particular the Window
Energy Rating scheme.
There is no doubt the glazing industry should be immensely proud of the
WER scheme, with hardly anyone bothering to go for the lower classifications
and a surprising number of A ratings already achieved - even, amazingly
quickly, one from the aluminium market! (eek!)
The Engineering Employers' Federation, however, see this whole
climate change nonsense as merely a cost burden on manufacturers already
strapped for cash, and its director-general Martin Temple helpfully suggests
that the UK 'may well become the greenest place on Earth, but without
the wealth to enjoy it'. (He probably also thinks Trinidad will beat England
this Thursday...)
I look forward to hearing Andy's response to Mr Temple's comments, but
in the meantime, let us suffice with this week's top soundbite: 'Ratings
don't cost the earth'. Well said, Andy!
Oh, and finally, in case you were wondering, Freefoam bought
Permacell, and NSG's bid for Pilkington now has all
the necessary regulatory approvals. Yawn...
WE HAVE EMAIL...
Ratings
that
Don't
Cost
the
Earth
Last
week
the
Corporate
Leaders'
Group
on Climate
Change,
comprising
14 top
UK companies,
including
Shell,
Vodafone
and
Tesco
lobbied
the
Prime
Minister
to set
tougher
targets
for
greenhouse
gas
emissions
as part
of their
proposals
to make
a difference
and
help
slow
global
warming.
They
plan
to encourage
the
use
and
development
of innovative
products
and
are
lobbying
the
Government
to support
their
initiative.
[Read
The
Rest
Here]
Working
at Height
not
a Problem
for
WER
The
Glazine
of 30th
May
carried
a letter
from
Jeff
Crowder,
director
of Harnser
Systems
Ltd,
entitled
'BFRC
Ratings
a Risk
from
De-Glazing
on Site'.
I have
not
seen
the
company's
product
but
it seems
to be
a welcome
development
for
installers.
However,
Mr Crowder's
argument
that
the
need
to install
fully
assembled
windows,
complete
with
sealed
units,
is becoming
even
more
vital
because
of the
drive
to higher
performance
A rated
windows,
is spurious.
[Read
The
Rest
Here]
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
Aztec
Addresses
Warping
Issues
Aztec
Conservatory
Roof Systems
has designed
a new
twin top
cap to
address
the problems
of warping
that the
company
says have
plagued
much of
the conservatory
industry.
[More
on this
Product]
Product
of
the Week
Archive
here
PROJECT OF THE WEEK
EAG
Uses Schüco
at the Roundhouse
The
Roundhouse
in Camden
- one of
North London's
oldest and
most famous
music and
theatre
venues -
re-opened
on 1st June
following
a £29.7m
refurbishment.
Among the
many original
features
to be restored
at the site
is a stunning
glass dome
and lantern
that will
allow natural
light into
the main
performance
area - the
Main Space.
The main
contractor,
Tolent Construction
Ltd, awarded
the £1.8m
contract
for this
and other
specialist
glazing
work to
Suffolk
based English
Architectural
Glazing
Ltd (EAG)
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on this
Project]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Resilience/Berggruen
may
Emerge
as
White
Knight
in
Ultraframe
Bid
The
Board
of
Ultraframe
Plc
('Ultraframe')
notes
the
announcement
on
Monday
12th
June
by
Resilience
Capital
Partners
LLC
('Resilience')
and
Berggruen
Holdings
('Berggruen')
stating
that
they
are
considering
making
an
offer
for
the
entire
share
capital
of
Ultraframe
Plc
but
that
there
can
be
no
certainty
that
an
offer
will
be
forthcoming.
[More
on
this
Story]
Wendland
to
Remain
'Independent
and
Focused'
if
Ultraframe
joins
Latium
It's
business
as
usual.
That
is
the
response
to
questions
about
the
company's
future
from
conservatory
roof
systems
designer
and
manufacturer
Wendland,
if
the
ultimate
owners
of
the
business
Brian
Kennedy
and
Stuart
Lees
add
Ultraframe
to
the
Group's
portfolio.
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on
this
Story]
Freefoam
Acquires
Permacell
Freefoam
Plastics,
the
manufacturer
of
PVC
Roofline
products
has
announced
the
acquisition
of
the
Permacell
product
range
from
the
recently
appointed
Administrator
to
the
business.
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on
this
Story]
Conzzeta
Group: Bystronic Shines
in First Quarter
In
the first four months
of 2006, the Conzzeta
Group was able to
sustain the upward
trend in revenues
and earnings from
the previous year.
Bystronic Glass was
up 31%, while its
Sheet Metal division
enjoyed volumes up
17%.
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on this Story]
Countdown
to
G06
The
finale
of
this
year's
G-Awards
is
fast
approaching,
and
you've
now
only
got
until
16th
June
to
be
in
with
a
chance
of
picking
up
a
prestigious
prize.
[More
on
this
Story]
Bohle
Launches
the
Glass
Student
of
the
Year
Award
Bohle,
the
manufacturer
and
distributor
of
glass,
tools,
machinery
and
consumables,
has
announced
the
first
ever
Bohle