Weekly Email News for the Glass, Glazing
and Fenestration Industries
15th August 2006
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Hardware
distributor Mila, has
further strengthened its range of Trinity products through
the addition of a high security multipoint door lock
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Here:
Jeld-Wen has commissioned
designer Marianne Shillingford to add an element of distinction
and style to the Meridian Oak range of entrance doors
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Here:
The
new Swingo self-closing,
interior glass door hinge is designed for use in commercial
and residential premises where doors need to be self-closing
but where an overhead or floor closer is considered inappropriate
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Here:
GU
says that it has launched the first low threshold cill that
has been designed to accept keepers - solving a problem which
has dogged fabricators for many years
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Here:
Cutting & prepping specialist Stuga has recently launched a neat little cutting and prepping centre for the small to medium sized fabricator
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Laird Security Hardware has announced the launch of the Egress E1 friction hinge designed for safety and emergency exit in accordance with current standards
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Schüco
International's Royal S 70 HPS.HI, designated the
'push-slide' window, opens in a similar way to the side door
of a van, sliding horizontally on the outside of the structure
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Here:
Prefit, specialist in fittings for glass, is marketing in the UK a new Cameleo range of glass door patch fittings and eye-catching covers from Stremler
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Part
of Nico's Security Plus
range - the MultiLock and MultiCam Shootbolt offer an attractive
alternative to traditional espags or shootbolts on the market
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Here:
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Elumatec's
SBZ 610 profile machining centre is proving to be extremely
popular with fabricators wanting to increase their overall efficiency
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Here:
Mort
Windows
was established in 1981 and this year is celebrating its Silver
Anniversary as one of Bridgend's best known window and door
manufacturer
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Here:
Plastmo
fabricator, Allbrite Windows,
a North West manufacturer of vertical sliders and patio doors
has now added the Rollex fully reversible sash window to its
product portfolio
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Here:
Implas
Ltd
has been supplying building products for over 11 years and has
recently opened a new factory dedicated to the manufacture of
conservatory roofs
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Here:
Greyhound
racing enthusiasts in Ireland are enjoying an even better experience
at five of the country's prominent greyhound racetracks thanks
to Pilkington Planar
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Here:
A
former council tower block in Manchester is being given a new
lease of life with PVC-U doors and windows from the Duraflex
Diamond Suite
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Here:
The
face of The Norwegian justice, Borgarting Court projects a modern
image and a spirit of openness with its immense Stopray Safir
and Sunergy glass façade from Glaverbel
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Here:
A demanding product specification for a newbuild luxury housing
development in central London from door manufacturer, Soundcraft,
was a walk in the park for hardware manufacturer
Siegenia-Aubi
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Here:
Edgetech
UK has recruited a new Technical Sales Engineer to
respond to increased orders and enquiries, John Hesketh
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Here:
There's
a new face on board at Sash UK Ltd
with the company appointing a new Business Development Advisor
for the North-West region
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Here:
Saxon
Baker, 42, has been confirmed in his post as Project Office
Manager for Schüco International
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Here:
Evergreen
Door, the UK's largest supplier of steel and fibreglass
composite door leafs, has appointed Steve Darby as Operations
Manager
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Here:
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Emplas
Commercial has
launched a new website to allow existing and potential
customers to have instant access to all areas of its
business
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Here:
Ritec
has
re-designed its website in direct response to feedback
from both internal and external influences, which makes
it even easier to find out about the company's range
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Here:
Spectus
Window Systems has made it possible for customers
to order marketing literature online
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Here:
On
Sunday 9th July 2006 Mark Moxon, Managing Director at
Tradestyle, tested
his endurance in a gruelling Triathlon in aid of the Baby
Care Unit at Barnsley District General Hospital
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Here:
Portal
Products has nominated the Severn Sound Money
Mountain to benefit from the company’s fundraising
campaign
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Here:
Safestyle
UK,
part of The Style Group, has agreed to support Bradford
Cancer Support Group's latest £1.1m Daisy Appeal,
which was launched recently to raise funds to finance
the purchase of new, larger premises
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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:
Clayton
Glass Ltd
is the first sealed unit manufacturer in the North
to pass BS EN 1279 Part 2 with Super Spacer®.
'It's great to be leading the market in the north,'
says Ryan Green, Managing Director of Clayton Glass.
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Here:
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.
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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.
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Here:
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Welcome
Back!
It's a week of warnings and
reminders.
with a welcome piece of positive forecasting in the conservatory sector
for good measure.
The latest report on the UK Conservatory sector from Rigby Research finds that in 2005 market penetration was still as low as 18%, suggesting that there is quite a bit of life in the old dog yet. More on this below.
A warning, meanwhile, that September 1st is the date when the new regulations governing toughened glass come into force. By this date, all manufacturers should have had their glass tested to EN 12600 Pendulum Impact test and EN 12150 and be operating a system of Factory Production Control. More on this below.
Finally, a reminder that tables are selling fast for the G06 Awards, being held in Birmingham on September 15th. The finalists have been announced, which you can see here. Pilkington has made the shortlist for two of the awards - Glass Company of the Year and Promotional Campaign of the Year, so one can expect a good turnout from St Helens on the night. Bohle, who has coincided its Glass Student Award with G06, has announced its 12 finalists, which we publish below.
Businesses Wanted
Large, established, privately owned UK Window Company is looking for strategic acquisitions primarily in the South to expand its Operation.
[More Here]
Sales
and Marketing Director VEKA plc
Our client is seeking an exceptional candidate to lead
and direct the company’s sales and marketing operations. Responsible
for developing and implementing plans that enable VEKA to reach its
strategic goals the role involves full operational control of a dedicated
and experienced business development team.
[More
Here]
Account
Manager/ Specification Executive
Scotland
Our
client is the UK subsidiary of a major European PVCu Extrusion company,
with subsidiaries in Europe, China, USA and the Far East. They are a
recognised market leader, with a significant UK presence.
[More
Here]
Technical
Area Sales Executives
Our client, a global plc company specialising in architectural
glass security containment and solar-control products for both retrofit
and new construction. Their clients are predominantly blue-chip corporations
compelled to meet both physical security and energy efficient standards
and regulations.
[More
Here]
General
Manager Glass Production – North West
An
experienced General Manager is required for an expanding Glass Company
manufacturing sealed glazed units. Candidates should have a number of
years’ experience of volume manufacturing in a state of the art
glass production facility and have a sound technical knowledge of specialist
glass.
[More
Here]
Debut
for Jedson Composite Doors at CIH
Composite
door specialist Jedson Composite Doors Ltd attracted interest from
local authorities and social housing providers throughout the UK following
its debut at the 2006 CIH Exhibition in Harrogate.
[More
on this Event]
Reflex
Backs Glassex
The
specialist branded conservatory roof glass Reflex
has re-booked for next years Glassex with a stand over four times
the size of this year's event. At nearly 120m2 the bigger stand is
testament to the success of Reflex as a specialist in this field.
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on this Event]
Yale
OEM at CIH
Yale
OEM,
the new name for Yale Door and Window Solutions, set out its stall
as the leading supplier of Door Hardware to the social housing market
at this year's CIH Show.
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on this Event]
‘Open
And Shut Case’ for PVC-U Seminar
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 Event]
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]
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.
Exhibition
Calendar
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for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world.
!!JUST UPDATED!!
SWC Trade Frames Ltd
in Scarborough has achieved a hat trick of British Fenestration
Rating Council (BFRC) energy ratings for its PVCu window ranges,
with BM TRADA Certification Ltd.
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here:
A health centre in Belfast incorporating architectural aluminium
glazing systems from Technal,
has won a major award for architecture.
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here:
Plastmo
fabricator, Carlisle Window Systems went to the shops to help
generate leads for its windows, doors and conservatories and
judging by the results it was a great shopping experience.
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Here:
To
celebrate its diversification into garage conversions, internal
doors and PVC flat roofing, Preston-based MPH
Windows has put its name to a rather different product,
that of 125cc motorbike rider and racer Simon Griffith.
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Here:
Alumet
Systems (UK) Ltd has sponsored Project Manager Dino
Brady as he competes in the Supersport 400 series of Motorcycle
Road Races.
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Here:
The definitive guide to Approved Document M of the
Building Regulations for the door and hardware industry has just
been published by the Door & Hardware
Federation (DHF).
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Here:
Specialist sliding sash manufacturer Masterframe
Windows Ltd has a new sales tool to help its customers
to convert as many leads as possible. The 'Twin Pack' is a double
brochure, with a glossary of terms to explain each component.
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Here:
Orders
in the twelve months to May 2006
rose by nine per cent compared with the previous twelve months,
and orders in the three months to May 2006 rose by four per cent
compared to the same period a year earlier.
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here:
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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Here:
Conservatory
Outlet
recently held its first seminar for dealers to enable them to come
together to discuss business plans and how to make the most of the
comprehensive support package offered by the bolt on brand.
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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
The first annual Glazing Executives Forum
is to be held in Las Vegas in conjunction with the annual trade show,
GlassBuild America: The Glass,
Window & Door Expo.
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on this Event]
Glasstech
India will now be co-located with ET GlassCon 2006 in Mumbai
on 23 - 26 November.
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on this Event]
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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on this Event]
ISAAG
2006 will be held in Munich (Germany) on October 30-31,
2006.
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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.
[More
on this Event]
Reed
Exhibitions plans to hold the next Interplas
on 15-18 May 2007.
[More
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.
[More
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.
[More
on this Event]
Exhibition
Calendar
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for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world.
UPDATED!!
PILKINGTON FANTASY FOOTBALL
It’s
All
Kicking
Off
In The
Pilkington
Fantasy
Football
League
2006/07
There
are
just
five
days
to go
until
the
Premiership
season
2006/07
kicks
off,
so make
sure
you
submit
your
team
in the
Pilkington
Fantasy
Football
League
by 5
pm this
Friday
18th
August
to be
in with
the
best
chance
of winning
a great
final
prize.
[Kick
Off
Here]
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
A
First
with Totally
Non-Invasive
Testing
of Gas
Filled
Units
The Inagas
Gasglass
Handheld
test unit
is the
world's
first
truly
non-invasive
method
for measuring
the volume
of Krypton
or Argon
gas fills
in completed
sealed
units.
It is
totally
portable
so the
amount
of gas
within
the cavity
can be
quickly
and accurately
measured
no matter
where
the unit
is.
[More
on this
Product]
Product
of
the Week
Archive
here
PROJECT OF THE WEEK
Antwerp's
New Law
Courts by
Richard
Rogers and
Glaverbel
The Law
Courts,
located
on the southern
edge of
Antwerp,
cover a
surface
area of
78,000 m2
and features
six levels:
one underground
and five
above ground,
the highest
of which
is just
15.75 m
off the
ground.
The pointed
glass roofs
over the
six large
courtrooms
stunningly
reproduce
the port
and sailboats
on the Scheldt
river.
[More
on this
Project]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Room
for
Home
Improvement:
Latest
UK
Conservatory
Market
Report
Finds
Huge
Potential
For
Growth
The
latest
comprehensive
study
of
the
UK
Conservatory
Market
in
2005
by
Rigby
Research,
the
research
division
of
Michael
Rigby
Associates,
has
found
that
market
penetration
remains
relatively
low
in
this
important
sector,
and
the
potential
remains
for
huge
growth
in
the
market.
[More
on
this
Story]
A
Reminder
To
all
Manufacturers
of
Toughened
Glass
September
1st
is
the
date
when
the
new
regulations
governing
toughened
glass
come
into
force.
By
this
date,
all
manufacturers
should
have
had
their
glass
tested
to
EN
12600
Pendulum
Impact
test
and
EN
12150
and
be
operating
a
system
of
Factory
Production
Control.
[More
on
this
Story]
Bennett
Glass And
Frames Makes
The Move To
Veka
Bennett
Glass and
Frames of
Hull has joined
the VEKA team
and is in
the process
of adapting
its operations
to cater for
the new profiles.
The company
originally
dates back
to the 1860s
and is one
of the oldest
established
glazing businesses
in the Yorkshire
and Humber
area.
[More
on this Story]
Avocet
Tackles A
Flood Of Trouble
Collapsed
ceilings,
flooded rooms
and fallen
debris was
the scene
that greeted
horrified
employees
at Avocet
Hardware’s
headquarters
in Brighouse,
West Yorkshire.
[More
on this Story]
Pilkington
Makes The
Shortlist
For The G06
Awards
After receiving
a consistently
high level
of quality
entries for
the G06 Awards,
beating the
numbers received
on previous
years hands
down, Pilkington
Glass has
managed to
fight off
stiff competition
to win two
places in
the 12 categories
on the Awards
shortlist.
[More
on this Story]
Bohle
Announces
its Final
12 Art Glass
Students
After
much deliberation
Bohle has
announced
the 12 students
who have made
it onto its
Glass Student
of the Year
Award shortlist,
an award that
will be presented
at this years
G06 Awards
ceremony in
September.
[More
on this Story]
Glassex
Issues Its
First Ever
Customer Charter
For
the first
time in its
27 year history
the organisers
of Glassex
have defined
precisely
what exhibitors
may expect
in terms of
conduct and
service levels
from the team
that organises
the event,
by issuing
a Customer
Charter.
[More
on this Story]
Barset
Goes Bespoke
There
are over 200
satisfied
tenants and
home owners
on the recently
refurbished
Barset Estate
in the London
Borough of
Southwark.
Part of a
growing number
of Councils,
it has again
specified
the use of
an aluminium
and timber
composite
window system
for its housing
stock.
[More
on this Story]
Q-Mark
Client Supplying
Kit Homes
Contracts
A
member of
BM TRADA's
widely respected
Q-Mark scheme
for enhanced
security doors
has been involved
as a supply
chain partner
for a high
profile series
of contracts,
featuring
the use of
an advanced
timber frame
construction
method.
[More
on this Story]
Esprit
Now Available
with Celutex
Woodgrain
Effect
Esprit,
the roofline
range from
Celuform,
is now available
with the Celutex
woodgrain
effect, which
complements
the company's
shiplap cladding
introduced
last year.
[More
on this Story]
Everwhite Always Gets it Right
Derby based Building Plastics Supply Group Ltd has switched to Everwhite Plastics for its roofline products. ‘After experiencing problems with our previous roofline supplier we looked at the alternatives,’ explains Jennie Chisholm.
Glazerite
Conservatories
are as Easy
as 1-2-3
Network
Veka trade
fabricator,
Glazerite
Windows, is
offering installers
even greater
choice with
the introduction
of the company’s
complete conservatory
package.
[More
on this Story]
