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4th July
2006
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Synseal's
sculptured Legend suite is now available. ‘The elegant
new sculptured suite gives customers even more choice,’
says Nick Dutton, Synseal's Sales and Marketing Director
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Independent
hardware manufacturers J.Banks
has further expanded its extensive portfolio of sliding sash
window hardware with the launch of the new range of spiral
sash balances
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Here:
One
of the UK's most popular door styles, the internal moulded
door is now available in a new design, which has stimulated
a huge response from consumers, reports door manufacturer
Jeld-Wen
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Here:
Schüco
International has updated and improved its FW50+
SG structural glazing system, with the aim of making installation
easier, faster and less expensive
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Here:
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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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:
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United
Trade Frames
is the latest fabricator to convert to the Duraflex Diamond
Suite. The Manchester-based manufacturer has made the move after
six years with one different PVC-U systems company
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Here:
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:
Pilkington
Building Productshas supplied a large quantity of its
Pilkington Activ™ Blue self-cleaning glass for a conservatory
extension to the clubhouse at Bawburgh Golf Club in Norwich
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Here:
Sheerframe PVC window systems company L.B.
Plastics has provided forward-thinking Lancashire architects
with a solution that could transform the design and style of windows
used in specialist health care facilities
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Here:
The
HS horizontal sliding window from Beaufort's
aluminium system is providing a premier solution at Southend United
Football Club
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Here:
850
aluminium/timber composite windows, which have recently been supplied
by UK systems company AM Profiles
and installed by Parry Bowen, were a sound choice for the new
Romford Hospital
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Here:
Bocam Park is a large development of seven prestigious office
blocks built to a high standard including a top of the range glazing
system from Senior Aluminium Systems
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Here:
Schüco
International,
building envelope specialist, has appointed Annette Mulderrig
as Client Development Manager
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Here:
Architectural aluminium systems company Kawneer
has appointed Damon Lusby as southern regional sales manager
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Here:
Portal
Products'
Andrew Wheeler recently celebrated his own half century and
the passing of another personal milestone - 30 years in the
door and window business
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Here:
Gavin
Forsyth is the new area sales manager for the south east of
England for Celuform, the
UK supplier of cellular plastic roofline and cladding profiles
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Here:
Roofline,
cladding and windowboard stockists can now order a full
range of PVC-ue products through the Celuform
website
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Here:
Windowscreens
UK of Upminster Essex has announced that
the company is now the No.1 result on Google-UK for
anyone searching for 'fly screens'
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Here:
If
you've been put off moving to the internet because of
the costs involved or a lack of technical know-how,
then you may be interested in a new service by Easy
Web Solutions
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Here:
The
National Glass Association
(NGA) has unveiled a new state-of-the-art, online technical
school called MyGlassClass.com
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Here:
On
September 15th and 16th, the staff of RPS
Ltd will be tackling the infamous 3 Peaks Challenge
to raise money for charity
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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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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:
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:
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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Price
Fixing Spacer Bar Cartel Fined
Only two years after getting fined by the OFT for price fixing activities
in the supply of desiccants, some of the key companies in the double
glazing consumables market have landed themselves in trouble again.
In 2004, fines totalling over £2.4m (reduced to £1.7m on
leniency) were imposed after the OFT found that the main supplier to
the UK market, UOP Ltd, fixed the price of IG desiccant with four of
its distributors, UKae, Thermoseal Supplies, Double Quick Supplyline
(DQS) and Double Glazing Supplies Group (DGS).
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.
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Here]
Glazerite
Challenge off to a ‘Tee’
In
true sporting style, Network Veka fabricator, Glazerite Windows, was
the main sponsor of the inaugural Midlands PGA Pro-Am tournament,
known as the Glazerite Trophy, at the prestigious Harrowden Hall,
home of Wellingborough Golf Club.
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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]
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.
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!!
Griffin Windows,
the South Wales-based trade window fabricator, has been voted Best
Overall Supplier by Window Fitters Mate.
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here:
Kitemark, a world-wide symbol of trust, integrity and quality since
1902, has been granted to New World
for its Apeer composite doorset.
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here:
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:
Uskvale
Conservatories has seized the opportunity to become the first
installer in the UK to use Ultraframe’s
new Framelock system as part of its show site.
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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:
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:
Edgetech
UK has launched a new full colour brochure designed
for end users, designed to create further consumer demand for
energy rated windows using Super Spacer® sealed units.
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Here:
Ultraframe
has introduced a Roof Certificate of Authenticity to
combat the problem of disreputable companies passing off inferior
products as Ultraframe roofs.
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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:
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:
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:
PART L ARCHIVE
Glasstech India will now be
co-located with ET GlassCon 2006 in Mumbai on 23 - 26 November.
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Interbuild
India 2006 will take place from 26-28 October in hall 12
at the Pragati Maidan Exhibition Grounds in New Delhi, India.
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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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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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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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Calendar
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UPDATED!!
Two
years later, and fines totalling over £1.38m have been imposed on
double glazing industry firms EWS (Manufacturing), Thermoseal Group, Double
Quick Supplyline and Ulmke Metals, following an investigation into price
fixing and market sharing in the aluminium spacer bar market.
It was also announced that 'the OFT's investigations into cartel activity
in the double glazing industry form part of its wider enforcement activities
in relation to the construction industry, one of the five priority areas
identified in the OFT's Annual Plan.'
Like, the OFT hasn't always been crawling all over the glass and glazing
industry?.
WE HAVE EMAIL...
GED
Disputes
Warm
Edge
Market
Share
I
read
with
interest
the
article
'Record
Super
Spacer
Sales
Again
for
Edgetech
- UK
and
US!'
published
in a
recent
issue
of The
Gl@zine.
Now
while
it is
true
that
‘warm
edge
technology
is transforming
the
window
market’
the
blatant
claim
that
‘Edgetech
continues
to lead
the
field’
is not.
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the
Rest
Here]
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
Timber
+ Aluminium
= 'Design-5'
The
UK designer
and supplier
of composite
aluminium
and timber
window
systems,
AM Profiles,
says that
it has
seen phenomenal
growth
in the
composite
window
market
over the
last few
years.
To capture
a greater
share
of the
growing
UK market
AM Profiles
is now
developing
a new
generation
of window
system,
named
'Design-5'.
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on this
Product]
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of
the Week
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here
PROJECT OF THE WEEK
Sash
and Veka
Join Forces
to Create
Showcase
Veka US
Headquarters
Sash
UK Ltd has
recently
completed
a massive
prestigious
installation
in America
for Veka
Inc., the
US subsidiary
of the German-based
systems
group, that
demonstrates
the company's
abilities
in the creation
of large
glass structures.
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on this
Project]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Thermoseal
and
DQS
Fined
Again
over
Price
Fixing
Fines
totalling
over
£1.38
million
have
been
imposed
on
double
glazing
industry
firms
EWS
(Manufacturing)
Ltd,
Thermoseal
Group
Ltd,
Double
Quick
Supplyline
Ltd
and
Ulmke
Metals
Ltd.
This
follows
an
investigation
into
price
fixing
and
market
sharing
in
the
aluminium
spacer
bar
market.
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on
this
Story]
The family shareholders of Belgian profile manufacturing group Deceuninck have sold a 17.5% holding to the Belgian finance group Sofina, at a price of 23 euros per share. This means the dissolution of both Dasco and Plastec.
Super Spacer has gone from strength to strength in 2006, with the first six months' sales topping 7.1 million feet. This leaves Edgetech UK 55.25% up compared to the same period last year and 2.86% up on budget.
National
Glass Association
Joins Forces
with Conneticut
Chapter to Promote
Online Training
The
National Glass
Association
(NGA) and the
Connecticut
Glass Dealers
Association
(CGDA) have
formed an alliance
that will allow
companies in
Connecticut
to take advantage
of the NGA's
on-line training
system, MyGlassClass.com,
at significantly
discounted rates.
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on this Story]
Elumatec
Expansion Completed
Elumatec
has opened a
new extension
at its headquarters
in Mühlacker-Lomersheim,
completing the
company's recent
huge investment
into the future
development
of the business.
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on this Story]
Deceuninck
Appoints Business
Development
Director
Deceuninck
Ltd, the worldwide
manufacturer
of PVC window
systems and
profiles, has
announced the
appointment
of Business
Development
Director, Roy
Shipley.
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on this Story]
Everwhite
Invests
in
New
Machinery
Independent
roofline
specialist
Everwhite
Plastics
Ltd
has
invested
in
four
new
extrusion
lines
to
stay
ahead
of
increased
demand.
Meanwhile,
Westbury
Homes
has
specified
Everwhite
for
roofline
products
for
a
major
new
development
Broadlands,
in
Bridgend.
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on
this
Story]
Lister
Takes
TSL
Trade
fabricator,
Lister
Trade
Frames,
of
Stoke-on-Trent,
has
introduced
Roto's
Twin-cam
Security
Locking
(TSL)
system
across
its
entire
range
of
Elitis
casement
windows
after
comprehensive
testing
and
evaluation.
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on
this
Story]
Carl
F
Invests
in
Training
and
Review
Initiatives
Carl
F
Petersen
Ltd,
the
hardware
distributor
and
producer
of
a
professional
tools/accessories
catalogue,
invests
heavily
in
standards,
training
and
development.
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on
this
Story]
Rockdoor has a Fully Automated Sash Line
With the addition of a pick and place machine, composite door manufacturer Rockdoor now has a fully automated sash line. The new £45,000 machine picks up the door from the drum press and carries it over to the CNC line.
Independent Research Confirms Super Spacer® Achieves Best BFRC Rating
Research by independent testing house Build Check Ltd comparing warm edge technology available in the UK has confirmed that windows with Super Spacer® achieve the highest