Weekly Email News for the Glass, Glazing
and Fenestration Industries
5th September 2006
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Bohle
UK has unveiled the biggest new line up of glass
machinery in its history, with a dozen new machines multiplying
the Bohle processing offer
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Window
Widgets and Cheltenham-based GT
Windows have developed a new range of fixing lugs
that can be used on any PVC or aluminium window frame
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Here:
Two
new options from Elumatec,
manufacturer of profile processing machinery, are designed
to facilitate the operation of the company’s range of
automatic saws
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Here:
Glass
UK has launched its Contempo range of sheer glass
conservatories that can be erected within two days
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Here:
HOPPE
(UK)'s diverse range of brass hardware is proving
to be a nice surprise for many customers
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Here:
New
from Schüco International
is Schüco e-drive, an electronic, fully concealed, motorised
drive system for large-format sliding and lift-and-slide units
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Here:
Elumatec
has introduced a new four head corner crimper - the VP 124
- to facilitate the crimping process of aluminium and steel
profiles for fabricators
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Here:
Everlite
Enduro has been further developed to offer ‘class leading
performance thanks to a new material specification’ says
Plastmo
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Here:
Jeld-Wen,
the UK manufacturer of doors, has released a new range of
internal glazed moulded doors
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Rugby-based
Chater Brothers Ltd are
finding out that when it comes to replacement windows, good
sales rely on good looks
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Here:
It's
not just the cricketers that are celebrating half centuries
this summer as 5 of Plastmo's
fabricators are celebrating 10 year anniversaries with the company
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Here:
Alternatively,
you could follow the example of Clivinar
Windows of Hoddesden and instead invest in a new
SBZ122 profile machining centre from Elumatec
and let it take on the extra work
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Solaglas
Contracting Midlands has recently completed a substantial
project to glaze the new Marriott Hotel in Grove Park Leicester,
a landmark building in a prime position close to the M1 motorway
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Here:
Civil
engineers Dean & Dyball stayed loyal to tried and tested curtain
walling from Kawneer when
it came to a precipitous project that had to meet a host of design,
construction and logistic criteria
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English
Architectural Glazing has completed a nine month, £1.8m
contract with GallifordTry to design, manufacture and install
specialist glazing to the new Travelodge in High Holborn, London
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At
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, in certain weather conditions,
the dogs were finding their daily dose of fresh air rather chillier
than their welcome, so the Home turned to Royal Warrant holder
Selectaglaze for a solution
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Here:
Conservatory
manufacturer Orchard Conservatories,
has pushed the boundaries of the Global conservatory roofing system
with the creation of a new design, based in Ashington
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Here:
A
coloured aluminium system from Beaufort
is providing a secure and stylish solution for a new business
unit in Worcestershire
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Here:
Edgetech
UK has recruited a new Technical Sales Engineer to
respond to increased orders and enquiries. John Hesketh will
cover the North of England
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Here:
Martyn
Wright has joined Euroglaze,
the Barnsley-based REHAU PVC-U fabricator, as New Build Manager
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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:
Nigel
Croft is the latest recruit to join the frameXpress
team as a Conservatory Specialist.
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New World Developments has appointed Tom Wade to lead the next phase of growth in the North of England
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Proactive Procurement has appointed Adrian Cooper as the new sales director of the company in a joint role with sister company Foilcraft (UK) Ltd
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A&A
Joinery & Woodworking in the West Midlands
has launched a new, user-friendly website
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Here:
Bostik
has launched a new, easy-to-navigate section of its
website specifically aimed at Insulating Glass (IG)
manufacturers
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Here:
Customers
buying a new glass shower enclosure with ClearShield
protection can now activate their warranty and buy Ritec
International's range of ClearShield After-Care products
on a new website
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Here:
Doncaster
fabricator Direct Trade
has launched a bright new Web site – www.directtradeltd.co.uk
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Here:
A
team from software specialists Business
Micros will be joining the GM Fundraising Tower
to Tower bike ride when it sets off on Sunday 10 September
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Here:
The
Council for Aluminium in Building
have donated proceeds from their recent AGM charity raffle
to the Slimbridge based Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
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Here:
In
an exhausting marathon, five members of the internal team
at Carl F Petersen Ltd
ran 5km in the Breast Cancer appeal’s race for life
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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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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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Fabricator
West Country Windows
has passed EN1279 Part 3 just a few months after
passing Part 2: no easy achievement
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Here:
Bystronic
Glass UK
will be holding a number of open days at its head
office in Telford, on 11th and 12th October 2006.
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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.
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Industry
experts will demystify waste legislation and uncover the latest
recycling solutions and technologies in the free seminar sessions
which run throughout the Recycling
& Waste Management Exhibition (RWM06) at the
Birmingham NEC from 12-14 September 2006
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G-06
Awards Set Fair to Impress
With over 700 tickets sold
for the industry's major Awards Event, and the shortlist of potential
winners whittled down from an impressive first round entry pile numbering
several hundred, this year's
G-06 promises to be the best ever. We shall naturally be covering
the event on The Gl@zine, for those who missed out, and we look forward
to seeing the rest of you on the night (Friday 15th).
An interesting spat is opening up between Edgetech and DEFRA, with Andy Jones weighing in to the inept department with a caustic letter to Tony Blair and other government officials. Having received a response to his original letter from Jennifer Offord at the 'Customer Contact Unit' Andy has replied with yet another literary tour de force. We publish both below.
glasstec runs from 24th-28th October. We shall be running an ongoing preview of the show, starting next week, so if you are exhibiting, and haven't already sent in editorial details of your stand presentation, please do so, to news@theglazine.com. Thank you.
A final reminders to get tickets for Conservatory Outlet's Charity Ball, which is taking place at Huddersfield's Galpharm Stadium on Saturday September 30th. Tickets are £49 each and it's for a good cause. More here.
Commercial
Sales Representative
Our Client is a successful manufacturer and installer
of Aluminium and PVCu windows doors and curtain walling. Growing fast
and ambitious they require an experienced Sales person to build on existing
client relationships and develop new ones.
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BPF
Leads UK Group to Middle East
The
British Plastics Federation (BPF) is co-ordinating a British
Group to the Middle East for the first time in its 73 year history.
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Daedalian's
Open House
It was Open House recently at Daedalian Glass's
workshop and studio in Poulton le Fylde as part of its support for
Architecture Week.
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Edgetech
IG Inc at GlassBuild
Edgetech UK's global parent company, Edgetech
IG Inc, will exhibit its growing line of insulating glass
products at GlassBuild, Las Vegas,
19-21 September.
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on this Event]
glasstec
2006: Practical Applications
The
glass technology live special show has been a key component of glasstec,
which runs from 24th - 28th October this year.
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on this Event]
Call
For Papers: GPD 2007
The next GPD Finland event will
be unique because it will be marking its 10th anniversary. It will
also be a historical event since it will bring together, for the first
time, four VIP visionaries and panellist as speakers.
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on this Event]
PDM06
Expands Due to Strong Exhibitor Demand
The floor space at Plastics Design &
Moulding 06 has been extended as a result of strong demand
for stands from exhibitors.
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DHF Opens its Doors
The first ever Conference and Expo for the door, shutter and hardware sectors will take place in Loughborough on Thursday, September 28th, reports organisers, the Door & Hardware Federation.
Glassex
2007
The
dates for Glassex 2007 have now
been confirmed and booked. Taking place at the National Exhibition
Centre (Birmingham) from the 4th to the 7th of March 2007, Glassex
will be changing its tack.
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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]
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Calendar
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!!JUST UPDATED!!
BBA Datafile
Online
Details of the new Agrément Certificates below are available
at BBA's website, with many
of the existing Certificates available in downloadable pdf format.
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Essex based GJB Developments PLC
has gained Secured by Design member status for its BS7950 secure
window system.
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here:
High-Tech Windows Ltd has become
the first Window company in Gloucestershire to be awarded the new
BSI Kitemark License for Survey and Installation.
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here:
The JELD-WEN PVC-U window factory
based in Darlington is celebrating its success in winning the ‘most
improved factory’ award.
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here:
RBD Glass Ltd of Great Yarmouth
has recently been awarded the European Standard for sealed units
- EN 1279 part 2.
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here:
Tradesmith Ltd in Hailsham,
East Sussex, has achieved a British Fenestration Rating Council
(BFRC) 'C' energy rating for one of its window designs with BM TRADA.
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here:
Aztec
Conservatory Roof Systems
recently held a Formula 3 race day with a prize of a test drive
in a Formula One car.
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CertainTeed
Corporation, one of North America's leading building
products manufacturers, announces a one-race, primary sponsorship
of the Haas CNC Racing #66 Chevrolet
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Thousands
of soccer crazy boys and girls enjoyed a huge family weekend
at Darfield Football Club, last weekend in one of the North’s
biggest junior soccer tournaments, sponsored this year by Windowstyle
UK
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Reflecting
what its new organising team sees as a fresh start for the 2007
event and beyond, Glassex
has unveiled a new logo and brand identity.
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According
to Peter Rea, UK Business Development Manager at HOPPE
(UK), the recent launch event of its revised Vision and Values
prove that HOPPE isn’t just paying lip service.
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As the importance in the commercial sector has risen,
Synseal has produced a new
product specification guide for the fully comprehensive Legend
window and door suite to support customers.
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Here:
TRADA Technology Ltd
has revised its Wood Information Sheet Preservative treatment
for timber: a guide to specification.
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Here:
Coventry's
Constructing Excellence Club
has a new Chairman. Dhiran Vagdia of local architectural practice
Kenneth Holmes Associates succeeds Bogdan Kuncewicz of BK Consultants
civil and structural engineers.
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here:
The
National Glass Association (NGA) is partnering with Diamond
Glass Companies to implement a fast-track training programme for the
company's technicians that incorporates existing NGA training material
and its new online training platform, MyGlassClass.com.
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Sapa
Building Systems’ specifiers and commercial customers
are set to benefit from an update to the company’s popular Part
L CPD presentation.
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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.
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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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UPDATED!!
WE HAVE EMAILS...
Edgetech
Takes
DEFRA
to Task
Dear
Mr Blair,
thank
you
for
your
comprehensive
reply.
But
perhaps
there
was
a mix
up in
the
letters?
My letter
was
about
windows,
and
their
high
importance
in saving
energy
and
CO2
while
yours
was
about
light
bulbs.
[Read
the
Rest
Here]
David
and
Goliath
at G-06
There
is an
interesting
combination
of entries
for
the
Health
&
Safety
initiative
Award
at G06
this
year:
two
young
companies
that
have
yet
to file
returns
and
another,
a 100
years
in the
making
and
in the
mega
firm
category!
[Read
the
Rest
Here]
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
Orion
Provides
‘Affordable’
Wrapping
Solution
for Window
Manufacturer
Damage
to products
during
transit
has become
a thing
of the
past for
one of
the UK’s
manufacturers
of windows,
doors
and conservatories
following
investment
in state
of the
art stretchwrapping
technology
from Herefordshire-based
Orion
Packaging
Systems
(UK) Ltd.
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on this
Product]
Product
of the
Week Archive
here
PROJECT OF THE WEEK
Interlayer
solutions
from DuPont
- a Global
Demand for
Laminated
Glass Balustrades
A
series of
new architectural
projects
from across
the globe
contain
laminated
glass balustrades
incorporating
either DuPont™
SentryGlas®
Plus structural
interlayer,
SentryGlas®
Expressions™
decorative
laminated
glass technology
or Butacite®
polyvinyl
butyral
(PVB) interlayer.
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on this
Project]
PILKINGTON FANTASY FOOTBALL
Transfer
Window
Shuts
And
The
Premier
League
Has
Seen
Some
Interesting
Visitors
Despite
it
being
international
weekend,
Pilkington
Fantasy
Football
League
managers
had
a
lot
to
keep
an
eye
on
last
week,
with
a
flurry
of
activity
in
the
transfer
market
before
the
window
closed
until
January.
Add
that
to
September
being
the
first
time
that
players
can
win
the
coveted
manager
of
the
month
award
-
now
is
definitely
the
time
to
join
in
the
fun
and
play
the
game.
[Latest
Results
Here]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Stewart
Dutton
Stewart
Dutton,
one
of
Synseal’s
original
directors,
sadly
lost
his
12
month
battle
against
illness
on
21st
August.
In
the
late
1980s
Stewart
left
Synseal
to
start
his
own
fabrication
business,
Bettaprice
Window
Systems.
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on
this
Story]
Alcoa
Sponsors
Ferrari
Panamerican
20,000
Alcoa
is
a
sponsor
of
Ferrari's
Panamerican
20,000,
an
84-day
test
drive
featuring
the
new,
12-cylinder
599
GTB
Fiorano.
The
Panamerican
20,000
will
cover
16
countries
in
South,
Central
and
North
America.
Those
wishing
to
keep
pace
with
the
progress
of
the
race
may
do
so
through
a
special
website.
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on
this
Story]
The
Freefoam
Roofline
Report
-
More
Installers
and
Builders
Turn
to
Roofline
A
net
balance*
of
27%
of
roofline
stockists
and
installers
reported
better
sales
in
May
to
July
2006
compared
with
February
to
April
2006.
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on
this
Story]
Deceuninck
Signs
Down
Down
PVC
has
just
become
Northern
Ireland’s
premier
stockist
and
distributor
of
Deceuninck’s
successful
Deeplas
Building
Products
range.
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on
this
Story]
Anders
Reflects on
the Bomb Legacy
as it Celebrates
a Happier
Anniversary
Ten
years after
the Manchester
bomb, one
local company
which was
heavily involved
in the immediate
clean-up after
the bomb damage,
Anders Glass,
is celebrating
a much happier
anniversary
- 75 years
in business.
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on this Story]
Eric
Davis, ex
Plastmo Sales
Director joins
Synseal
Eric
Davis, ex
Sales Director
of Plastmo,
joins Synseal
as Sales Manager.
‘Synseal
is the biggest
player in
the market,
and I am delighted
to join the
company. My
new role will
focus on winning
new business.
Since leaving
Plastmo I
have kept
in touch with
the industry
through my
consultancy
business.
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on this Story]
Shepley
Celebrates
its 20th Anniversary
2006
is a landmark
year for Shepley
Window Systems
as it celebrates
its 20th year
of trading.
Shepley has
come a long
way since
1986 when
the company
operated out
of a small
unit in Manchester
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on this Story]
Expansion of Solaglas'