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27th June 2006
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Fabricators
and installers are offered a greater choice of window handles
with the introduction of the new cockspur handle from Trojan
Hardware and Designs
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Here:
Hardware
specialist Siegenia-Aubi Ltd
has launched a new casement solution that combines safety,
security and egress benefits in a single piece of hardware
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Here:
Calendar's
window team now brings you for the first time in the UK, mock
sash horn windows in cream. In addition to white, you can
also get these popular windows in Rosewood and Sherwood from
Calendar
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Here:
SFS
intec
has developed eight standard colour options for its Dynamic
2D hinge for PVC-U and composite doors
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Here:
Four
years after the initial launch of the brilliant cut and bevel
effect tapes from 3M, RegaLead
will be expanding the range with another two styles of the
Accentrim™ product into the UK market
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Here:
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:
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Trade
fabricator, Panoramic UPVC Windows
and Doors Ltd has recently opened a new factory and
offices in Tile Hill, Coventry
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Here:
Synseal
fabricator Future Products
has invested in a new 70,000 square foot factory to improve
manufacturing efficiencies
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Here:
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:
The conversion of the Bay Horse Inn with a new build development,
features traditional timber windows fabricated by Olympus Bespoke
Joinery and incorporating PN Combi 500 System hardware from Groupco
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Here:
Kettering General Hospital has adopted a caring approach to its
staff by partnering with Servite Housing Association to provide
on-site housing for key workers. Each home features background
trickle ventilation from Passivent Ltd
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Here:
The
central focus of Brighton's regenerated city square, the award-winning
Jubilee Library, has recently been completed making extensive
use of the Pilkington Planar
frameless structural glazing system
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Here:
Sapa
Building System has completed an extensive
renovation project at the headquarters of Dexia Bank in Brussels
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Here:
Ray
Rabett has been promoted to Technical Director at sliding sash
specialist Masterframe Windows Ltd
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Here:
EMAP
has recruited former Glassex Sales Manager, Dave Broxton to
head up the sales operations for both Glassex and Glass Processing
& Technology
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Here:
Simon
Richards, former sales manager at KAT
UK, quite literally moved on to pastures new when
he was appointed kitchen gardener for the Duke of Westminster
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Here:
K2
Glass, the supplier of thermal performance
glass, has announced plans for further expansion with the recruitment
of two new Sales Executives to help drive business development
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Here:
The
National Glass Association
(NGA) has unveiled a new state-of-the-art, online technical
school called MyGlassClass.com
More
Here:
Radiance
Glass
has launched a new web site for the trade and consumer
markets to help communicate the facts about conservatory
roof glass
More
Here:
Admiral
Conservatories
has a new, free, email newsletter, packed with bite-size
information on new products, makeover tips, regulation
advice and even landscape gardening
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Here:
Syntek,
Synseal's dedicated
customer website, has been given a facelift. ‘Now
it is even easier for customers to find what they want
on Syntek,’ explains Nick Dutton
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Here:
Sue Bentley, Commercial Administrator at Kash 'n' Karry Sealed Units Ltd completed the Race For Life for Cancer Research, a distance of 5km
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The
Liverpool GAP PVC-U Warehouse
recently supported customer D Cappell Joinery and Maintenance
on a charity project in Africa. PVC Stockist GAP supplied
hand tools, tape measures and t-shirts for the trip to
build a new school.
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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:
Solaglas
Contracting Midlands put the spotlight
on health and safety issues recently as part of
a worldwide International Health & Safety Day
on Tuesday 13th June 2006
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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:
Merseytravel's
biggest project - the £32 million Liverpool
South Parkway (LSP) Interchange
- opened its doors to the public for the first time
this month. It features solar photovoltaic cells on
south facing windows providing some of the electricity
and saving 1.5 tonnes of CO2 a year
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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.
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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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David
Cameron has presented Saint-Gobain's
Eggborough float glass plant - crowned as the UK's best factory
in October - with a prestigious environmental accolade. The
'Business Commitment to the Environment' award was given in
recognition of the plant's flat glass cullet recycling scheme.
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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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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:
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Things
Look Better Across the Pond
They might not be able to play football, but it appears that some things
are going right for our cousins across the pond. Ultraframe's
interim results make pretty dire reading (look at the cost of sales!),
the only glimmer of light being the 6.6% increase in dollar sales (as
against the nearly 20% decline in the UK). No more bids have come in
this week anyway, so it looks like Latium is home and dry.
The US based National Glass Association has been very busy lately.
Always somewhat more dynamic and wide ranging in its scope than many
trade associations across the globe (the NGA publishes magazines and
puts on exhibitions, runs seminars etc), the NGA has recently negotiated
insurance deals for its members, and this week we learn that it has
negotiated a 25% discount for members with DHL. On top of that
the NGA has introduced, this week, a pioneering web based learning programme
called 'MyGlassClass.com' (see Internet section in left side
column).
It all reminds me of those great lyrics in West Side Story: 'I
like the shores of America! / Comfort is yours in America! / Knobs on
the doors in America / Wall-to-wall floors in America!'
Seriously though, the NGA is clearly doing a fantastic job not just
for its members, but also for the future of the glass industry in the
US.
Installers/Site
Supervisor
Coral Bahamas Ltd is seeking top experienced Window
Installers for permanent long term contracts in the Caribbean.
Coral is also seeking an experienced professional 'Hands On' Supervisor
who is capable of directing large value contracts also knowledgeable
in the above products and prepared to train installers.
[More
Here]
Get
On Board for Glasstec 2006
Time
is running out to take advantage of a great Glasstec 2006 travel
deal. Once again Ritec and its partners are offering an unbeatable
package, which includes a luxury cabin aboard the River Art hotelship
moored in the centre of Düsseldorf.
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on this Event]
Glasstech
India Moves
Glasstech India will now be co-located with ET GlassCon 2006
in Mumbai (NSE Complex, Goregaon), instead of New Delhi and the dates
will now be 23 - 26 November instead of 13 - 15 December.
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CAB
Conference a Sell Out
Following
a number of high profile, sell out Regional events for members in
the last year, the recent CAB
technical conference, held in May and entitled 'Rules are for Guidance',
was deemed a success by the CAB's director Justin Ratcliffe.
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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.
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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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]
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Calendar
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for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world.
!!JUST UPDATED!!
Bohle,
the manufacturer and distributor of glass, tools, machinery and
consumables, has announced the first ever Bohle Glass Student of
the Year Award, the winners of which will be announced and presented
at this years G06 Awards Ceremony in September.
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here:
Edgetech IG Inc.
customer Precision Entry has been named ENERGY STAR 2006 Partner
of the Year by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and
the Department of Energy (DOE).
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here:
A
Major Commendation Award 2005 was presented to Hambleside
Danelaw Ltd, Daventry for its Insulator Roof Lights at
The Lincoln Centre, London on 7th June 2006 by David Cameron MP.
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here:
Green
businesses, organisations and individuals who have gone the extra
mile to reduce waste and improve recycling rates in the past 18
months are being urged to enter the National
Recycling Awards 2006.
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here:
Euroglaze
has won a further endorsement of its manufacturing excellence with
an award from Yorkshire Productivity for the best Lean Manufacturing
adoption by a Small to Medium Sized Enterprise (SME).
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here:
John
Williams
has become the first company in Wales and Cheshire to achieve the
British Standard Institution Kitemark for the survey and installation
of windows and doors.
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here:
To
promote its growing range of products and services, Swish
Window and Door Systems has completely revamped its
marketing materials.
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Here:
David
Cassidy of Endeavour Conservatory Roofs Ltd of Cannock is the
lucky first winner of a luxury trip to Cyprus, courtesy of Wendland
Roof Solutions.
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Here:
Clayton
Glass
will be helping its customers celebrate the World Cup in style
with a huge beer raffle across this footballing month, and what's
more to enter you need to do absolutely nothing.
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Here:
From
next month Synseal's Legend
customers will be able to find the whole of the Legend suite
inside an aluminium framed case.
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Here:
Rehau
has produced its own ABC to the BFRC Energy Ratings scheme. The
eight page booklet gives window fabricators guidance as to what
the scheme means and how to get their windows assessed.
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Here:
Technal, part of Hydro Building
Systems, has published a technical guide for its new MX curtain
walling suite.
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Here:
SFS
intec has produced two new brochures for its precision
engineered glass fixing system and its glass canopy fixing system.
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Here:
Through its new 8 page finishing brochure, Guyson
is seeking to inform the market of the vast potential usage for
its blast finishing, spray washing and ultrasonic cleaning equipment.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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Exhibition
Calendar
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for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world.
UPDATED!!
At the end of last week we were delighted to be present at the opening
of Combilift's new €10m international headquarters in Monaghan,
Ireland. A former hotspot in border country, with Enniskillen just up
the road, this area has blossomed in recent years, not least through the
hard work and entrepreneurship of companies like Combilift, which now
dominates the global long-load handling market.
Offically
opened by Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheal Martin
TD, Martin McVicar, Managing Director of Combilift attributes the company's
success to a strong link between research, product development and exports,
creating innovative products that customers need. ‘We maintain a
very close link between research and development and marketing so the
two functions are always connected. This means everything we do is driven
by our customers' needs and we're always first to market with what we're
offering.
WE HAVE EMAIL...
EEF
Statement
in Sunday
Times
I
couldn’t
resist
another
letter
after
your
leader
of 13th
June...
The
Engineering
Employers'
Federation’s
(EEF)
Director-General,
Martin
Temple,
believes
that
the
UK cannot
‘plough
its
own
furrow’
by setting
tougher
targets
for
reducing
carbon
emissions
than
the
rest
of Europe
(The
Sunday
Times,
June
11th).
[Read
the
Rest
Here]
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
New
Sliding
Door System
from Schüco
Offers
Exceptional
Performance
New from
building
envelope
specialist,
Schüco
International,
is the
Royal
S 160.HI,
a highly
engineered
aluminium
lift-and-slide
door system
that can
accommodate
vents
up to
3000mm
x 3000mm
and can
enable
fabricators
to help
architects
achieve
the performance
standards
laid down
in Part
L of the
Building
Regulations.
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on this
Product]
Product
of
the Week
Archive
here
PROJECT OF THE WEEK
Masterdor
- A Match
for Exclusive
Builders
With
security
and aesthetic
appeal in
mind, prestigious
housebuilder,
T Maughan
Builders,
has installed
Masterdor
door-sets
at its exclusive
Broughton
Cottages
development,
Doncaster.
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on this
Project]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Ultraframe
Reports
Interims
Ultraframe
Plc
group
revenue
for
the
26
weeks
ended
31
March
2006
was
down
5.9%
to
£41.4m
on
the
comparable
period
(down
9.2%
on
a
constant
currency
basis).
Within
this,
dollar
sales
in
North
America
were
up
6.2%
to
$36.0m
(£20.6m),
offset
by
a
sales
decline
of
19.9%
to
£20.8m
in
the
UK.
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'Synseal constantly looks at ways of improving products and services for customers,' explains Nick Dutton, Synseal's Sales and Marketing Director. 'So when we announced we were going to make conservatory roof kits available in just three days last September, it was no surprise that our customers liked the quicker service.'
Combilift
€10m
Investment
in
New
Global
Headquarters
On
Thursday,
22nd
June,
2006
Irish
Enterprise
Minister
Micheal
Martin
TD
officially
opened
the
new
€10
million
global
headquarters
of
Combilift
in
Monaghan,
Ireland,
which
will
pave
the
way
for
the
company’s
continued
dominance
of
the
global
long-load
handling
market.
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on
this
Story]
Edgetech
US Wins Ohio
Exporter of
the Year Award
Bob
Taft, State
Governor of
Ohio, USA, presented
Edgetech UK's
global parent
company, Edgetech
IG Inc, with
the 2006 Exporter
of the Year
Award. Edgetech
IG Inc. runs
a network of
distributors
and direct export
operations selling
leading warm
edge technology
Super Spacer®
across the world.
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on this Story]
G
06 Gets an Energy
Boost from the
BFRC
The
G 06 Awards
have attracted
another distinguished
industry endorsement.
The BFRC Ltd
- recently aligned
with the Glass
and Glazing
Federation -
has agreed to
be an event
sponsor of this
year's scheme.
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on this Story]
BPF's
‘Open
And
Shut
Case’
for
PVC-U
Windows
and
Doors
A
seminar
organised
by
the
British
Plastics
Federation
Windows
Group
has
reinforced
the
environmental
and
economic
advantages
of
PVC-U
windows
and
doors
to
specifiers
involved
in
social
housing
projects
across
London.
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on
this
Story]
KEB
Extends
KEB
Connect
Installer
Service
With
successful
domestic
installer
companies
now
on
a
national
supply
basis
from
KEB
in
Birmingham,
Shropshire
and
Gateshead,
installers
in
Liverpool,
Newcastle,
Northampton,
West
Midlands,
Bristol
and
the
South
East
now
have
daily
deliveries
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on
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Story]
NGA Offers DHL Partner Savings Programme to Membership
The National Glass Association (NGA) announced on 22nd June that it has partnered with shipping conglomerate DHL to offer its members