Weekly Email News for the Glass, Glazing
and Fenestration Industries
3rd April 2007
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Plastmo
says that its Charisma vertical slider has won many fans
in the form of fabricators, installers and homeowners. Its popularity
is now set to be expanded with the launch of a range of foiled finishes
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Here:
Comar
Architectural Aluminium Systems
has announced the launch of its new system Comar 5P.i.VSW a polyamide
vertical sliding window
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Here:
Reflectiv
of France, a specialist in adhesive polyester films for glass, is
currently looking for local distributors of its expanded product
range in the UK and across Northern Europe
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Here:
Manufacturer
of aluminium hardware, Savio
has just launched ‘Sicuro’ a new face fixed door bolt
for aluminium doors
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Here:
Class-leading
Uf values and design flexibility are just two of the benefits of
the new Schüco Window AWS
system launched at this year's BAU exhibition in Munich
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Here:
Window
hardware manufacturer Securistyle
has just improved the Sterling hinge. The heavy-duty commercial
hinge has been enhanced and updated as part of Securistyle's £5m
investment in product development
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Here:
Window
Widgets
has just launched a new baypole for vertical sliding windows in
response to the increased market demand for these popular window
styles
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Here:
Window
and door manufacturers can now apply lead tape to create unique
cut-glass designs at the rate of 100+ lights per shift (depending
on pattern design) with GED's
Decorative Application System
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With
the ever growing demand for a one piece concrete fixing system the
old basic thread pattern has now been radically re designed
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Sash
UK Ltd has now entered the burgeoning Vertical Slider
market with the Sash VS, promising ‘market leading quality,
superior performance and highly competitive prices’
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Responding
to demand from public sector clients, WHS
Halo System 10 has introduced new Cherry and Rosewood
timber-effect foil finishes to its increasingly popular range of
Top Swing windows
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Here:
The
Merlin Network has launched its new range of high performance
'B' and 'C' Energy Rated windows, including an offering of 'C' rated
windows as standard
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Here:
The Stuga Microline is running well and selling well with machine number one having completed seven months of rigorous production in Eurocell Profile’s fabrication shop
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Marvin
Windows and Doors has expanded its Signature range by
introducing the company’s new Bi-Fold Doors
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Here:
Cervoglass
the glass roof manufacturing company based in Liverpool has launched
an addition to the existing range of 'new generation glass' products
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Freefoam
Plastics,
the manufacture of PVC-U and PVC-UE building products for the UK,
Ireland and mainland Europe has launched its next generation rainwater
system
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Here:
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The
collection of handmade Decra Fused Tiles from North
Western Lead Co (Hyde) Ltd is one of the largest ranges
of fused glass available
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Here:
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Family
run fabricator and construction company, Steve
Gilbert Building Services, based in south Lincolnshire
switched over to Plastmo back in October 2006 and says that it has
never looked back
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MJG
Installations' ten year relationship with Crystal, the
large Hertfordshire-based national PVC-U trade fabricator, has helped
it to confidently bid, and win, a large contract with Oxfordshire
Housing Association
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Well
established Kömmerling window
and door fabricator, Great Northern Windows,
is under the new management partnership of Emily Hutchinson and Richard
Allen
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Here:
Rathbone Hospital in Liverpool has improved the comfort and safety of
its residents and staff, with the installation of Pilkington
Optifloat™ T and Optilam™ K at a purpose-built new mental
health facility
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Here:
A
Part L compliant window system from Senior
Aluminium Systems has made a royal appearance at a new luxury
office complex in Kings Worthy, Hampshire
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Here:
Secondary
glazing specialist, Selectaglaze Ltd
was commissioned to produce units to match all existing primary window
sightlines of Barry Town Hall
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Here:
Community
Gateway has installed Rockdoor PVC
composite doors to give its tenants extra peace of mind
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Using
glass to lighten up an enclosed space, whilst combining it with a feel
of the surrounding countryside, was fundamental to a series of four
panels produced by Daedalian Glass
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Here:
There's peace of mind on many levels for the armed forces at Leuchars
army base in Fife, Scotland, where 144 houses on the MOD site have been
fitted with new doors and windows manufactured by Sash
UK Ltd
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Here:
Richard
Hill has joined Tremco illbruck Ltd
as Director and General Manager, with responsibility for sales in
the UK and Ireland
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Here:
Hardware
manufacturer Avocet has appointed
Mike Ward as Sales & Marketing Director for its window and door
hardware division
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Here:
Mike
Troubridge has joined Matrixx Windows
as Commercial Director to grow the social housing, new build, education
and main contractor business
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Here:
Everwhite,
manufacturer of a wide range of PVC-UE building products has appointed
a new Quality Control Manager, Keith Kidner
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Here:
Crystal,
the national PVC-U trade fabricator, is growing rapidly and has announced
a number of key promotions. Tim Davie has been promoted to General
Manager after serving as Crystal's Transport Manager since April 2001
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Here:
Hydro
Building Systems, Europe’s largest supplier
of aluminium building systems, has launched a website for
Wicona Projects and its
unitised façade system which is now available in the
UK
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Here:
The
online ordering service from GAP,
the independent stockist, is proving to be a huge success
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The
National Glass Association
(NGA) has announced that its online training Web site, www.MyGlassClass.com,
will soon host two educational programmes from the Insulating
Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA)
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Here:
One
of TV soap Coronation Street's most pivotal characters, male
nurse Martin Platt, played by actor Sean Wilson, married in
the series to the long-suffering Gail Tilsley, is to open the
first of five schools being built in Nepal by leading hardware
and decorative glass products supplier UAP
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Here:
Following
the prosecution of a Leeds-based roofer and a firm of
Cleckheaton property developers, the Health
and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning roofing
contractors
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Here:
Solarcentury,
the UK solar energy supplier specialising in building integrated
photovoltaics, has been awarded the EUROSOLAR European Solar
Prize for outstanding industrial and commercial company
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Here:
Saint-Gobain
Vitrage,
Saint-Gobain's Flat Glass Sector, and Shell (Shell Erneuerbare
Energien GmbH) have announced the foundation of a 50/50
joint-venture for the production and sale of next generation
photovoltaic panels.
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Changes
to Part L of the building regulations in the Republic of Ireland,
which came into force in July 2006, will have a dramatic affect on
the specification of new and replacement windows in non-housing. In
most cases Pilkington can help
achieve the new performance requirements with the application of Pilkington
K Glass.
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There's
Life in the Old Dog Yet!
Two major investment stories have surfaced this week, which
seem to go some way in confirming that niche products or services and
aggressive marketing are paying off in what some are describing as a
static or declining market.
Fabricator Tradelink has invested over £300,000 in new machinery at its Mildenhall plant to increase capacity at what used to be MPM Windows before the takeover. The company purchased top of the range equipment from manufacturers Stuga and Rotox.
Kolorseal, meanwhile, has moved its manufacturing and colour coating operation from 3500 sq ft to a purpose built 12,500 sq ft factory in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire due to the increased demand for colour coated products. The new premises have helped Kolorseal increase capacity to over 400 frames being colour coated per week.
Technical Sales Advisor: South East
Continued success and the forthcoming launch of a number of innovative products has created another sales career opportunity at Roto Frank, the world’s leading manufacturer of door and window hardware.
[How to Apply Here]
Open
House for Aluminium Fabricators
Hardware
distributor, Wagner, welcomed customers to its Architectural Aluminium
Division's new premises at Forge Mills Park, Coleshill, from 5th
- 7th March during its Open House week.
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on this Event]
Aluminium
Takes Centre Stage at Interbuild
The Aluminium Zone at Interbuild 2007, which is being headed up
by the Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB), has grown significantly
in allocated space this year. Over 50% of the 1100 square metres
allocation has already been booked by CAB members with an additional
20% reserved.
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Window
Industry Seminars Return
April
sees the return of a series of business seminars specifically for
the Window Industry. The two seminars, ‘Sales Masterclass’
and ‘Business Supergrowth’, are designed to help fabricators
and installers grow and improve their business, generate more leads,
and improve sales performance.
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on this Event]
Sustainable
London at the Building Centre
Sustainable
London: Addressing Climate Change in the Capital will be held at
the Building Centre, Store Street, London Friday 9th March - Saturday
28th April 2007.
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on this Event]
Architecture Week 15 - 24 June 2007
Architecture Week 2007 will be taking place across the UK from the 15 - 24 June 2007, with events spanning a wide range of contemporary arts and culture, coming together in celebration of the built environment.
Olympic Delivery Authority 'Plastics Industry Day'
The Olympic Delivery Authority will hold a 'Plastics Industry Day' with the British Plastics Federation and plastics industry, to discuss the role of plastics in the Games. The meeting, which will take place in the next 3-4 months, forms part of the ODA strategy to engage with stakeholders at an early stage.
Rockdoor
to Exhibit at CIH Exhibition
Rockdoor
will be showcasing its PVC-U composite door at this years Chartered
Institute of Housing exhibition. The exhibition, being held at Harrogate
International Centre from June 19-21, is the UK's most established
social housing and regeneration event
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on this Event]
Work
Wise Week 2007
The
smarter working campaign is gathering momentum as Work Wise Week
2007 is announced. Work Wise Week this year will run from Wednesday
May 16th to Tuesday May 22nd, and will include National Work from
Home Day on Friday May 18th.
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fensterbau/frontale
2008
New
halls 4A and 7A in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg will be included
in the structure of fensterbau/frontale for 2008 (2-5 April). Around
94,000 m2 of gross display area are now available – over 20
per cent more than 2006.
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on this Event]
PPG
Showcases Roof Glazing at NAIAS 2007
PPG
Industries showcased new Sungate fR infrared-reflective roof glass
at the 2007 North American International Auto Show.
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on this Event]
Polymer
Foams 2007 Conference
Applied
Market Information, LLC (AMI) is organising an international conference
with a clear focus on applications and applied technology. Polymer
Foams 2007 will take place 2-3 October at the Doubletree
Hotel in Newark, NJ, USA.
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Interbuild
2007
Interbuild,
the UK's most comprehensive building and construction trade show returns
to its traditional time slot in the autumn from 2007, show organisers
Emap Construct confirmed.
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Developed by Clement Steel Windows and now available
from members of the Steel Window Association,
the EB24 steel window has been awarded BS7950 through third party
independent testing.
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here:
In this month's What's New section of the BBA
website there is news on a new BBA inspection scheme run for Excel
Building Solutions for its BBA-approved Warmcel insulation product
and Eclipse Trade Frames BBA-verified BFRC A to E energy-rated range
of Profile 22 windows.
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here:
Kevin McClure and Martin Davidson of Rooms
& Views were asked by Phil Heaps, Redrow Homes' (Lancashire)
Commercial Director to attend the company's offices at 10.30am on
Friday 23rd February 2007.
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here:
Trade
customers using Cambrian Windows
have the chance of winning a brand new 32 inch LCD screen TV
in a competition being run by the Pembrokeshire-based fabricator.
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Long
term VEKA fabricator Manx Glass and
Glazing is commemorating 100 years of the famous
TT Races on the Isle of Man by sponsoring one of the high powered
bikes to be used in the races.
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A
local primary school has benefited from the generosity of Rochdale
company Anglian Building Products
after it stepped in to sponsor a new sports kit.
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One
hundred and fifty people defied the storms on Thursday 18th
January to visit the open day at Synseal's customer Northwich
Glass.
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Here:
A new brochure from Kawneer
architectural aluminium glazing systems marks the company's centenary
and new corporate global identity.
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Here:
Everwhite's
new professionally designed A4 booklet displays the full range
of products complete with easy to follow guidelines, dimensions
and price lists.
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Passivent is
aiming to help householders understand why ventilation is important,
and the legal requirements regarding its inclusion in replacement
windows by publishing an informative guide, ‘Ventilate Right’.
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Here:
Orders
in the twelve months to January 2007 rose by three per cent compared
with the previous twelve months, but orders in the three months
to January 2007 fell by six per cent compared to the same period
a year earlier.
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here:
Carl
F Petersen,
the specialist window and door hardware distributor, has achieved
the Investors in People standard.
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The
National Glass Association (NGA)
announced recently that one of the three largest glazing contractors
in the United States, Trainor Glass Co., has become the latest subscriber
to its on-line training programme, MyGlassClass.com.
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Here:
Purplex,
the window industry consultancy, is opening a new Training Academy
at its offices in Weston Super Mare on 12th March.
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In the context of CE Marking,
most flat glass products sold in the European Union must now conform
to European technical standards known as harmonised European Norms
(hEN), as dictated by the Comité Européen de Normalisation
(CEN).
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Climate
Change is the EU's top priority according to the European Commission
and Member States are committed to cutting down on CO2 emissions to
meet the Kyoto Protocol targets. Despite all the efforts, Member States
keep on wasting a significant part of their energy due to inefficiency
and buildings are responsible for 40% of Europe's total carbon-dioxide
emissions.
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The
European Lead Sheet Industry Association
(ELSIA) has invested in long-term research, which investigated the
comparative environmental performance of lead sheet and other building
materials
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Reed
Exhibitions plans to hold the next Interplas
on 15-18 May 2007.
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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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WE HAVE EMAIL...
Budget
Help
for
Training
The
increase
in
corporation
tax
for
small
businesses
has
been
met
with
some
concern
by
the
glass
industry,
which
has
a
large
number
of
SMEs.
More
than
ever
before,
it’s
critical
that
employees
have
the
right
skills
for
companies
to
be
competitive,
profitable
and
sustainable.
And
this
is
where
the
Budget
Report
can
be
welcomed.
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the
Rest
Here]
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
NWL
Leads
the
Way
in Coloured
Decorative
Lead
North
Western
Lead
Co (Hyde)
Ltd
has
launched
a new
range
of self
adhesive
coloured
decorative
leads.
The
Decra
Led
range
of coloured
leads
follows
hot
on the
heels
of the
launch
of the
collection
of handmade
Decra
Fused
Tiles
from
the
company,
which
is one
of the
largest
ranges
of fused
glass
available.
[More
on this
Product]
Product
of the
Week
Archive
here
PROJECT OF THE WEEK
8800
metres
of
Super
Spacer
Installed
in
Europe's
Largest
Car
Dealership
Greenberg
Glass
has
just
completed
a
three
month
project
to
create
the
largest
car
showroom
in
Europe,
supplying
and
fitting
in
excess
of
£376,000
worth
of
aluminium
curtain
walling,
automatic
doors
and
double
glazing.
8800
metres
of
Edgetech's
warm
edge
technology
Super
Spacer®
were
incorporated
in
the
highest
specification
double
glazed
units
manufactured
in-house
by
Greenberg's
Cumbernauld
branch.
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on
this
Project]
Project of the Week Archive here
PILKINGTON FANTASY FOOTBALL
Crouch
Returns
From
Broken
Nose
To Give
Arsenal
Three
Of The
Best
The
Premiership
returned
to action
with
a bang
this
weekend
as Peter
Crouch
showed
Steve
McClaren
exactly
what
England
were
missing
against
Israel
and
Andorra.
In the
battle
for
third
place,
Arsenal
went
to Anfield
full
of confidence,
having
knocked
Liverpool
out
of both
domestic
cups
on their
own
turf
but
Liverpool
had
other
ideas
- stopping
Peter
Crouch
was
too
tall
a task
for
the
Gunners
defence,
as he
scored
his
first
club
hat-trick,
helping
his
side
cruise
to a
4-1
victory.
[Latest
Results
Here]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Tradelink
Invests
In
Mildenhall
Site
Fabricator
Tradelink
has
invested
over
£300,000
in
new
machinery
at
its
Mildenhall
plant
to
further
increase
capacity
and
improve
output.
To
maintain
its
position
as
one
of
the
UK's
leading
trade
fabricators,
and
to
standardise
existing
machinery,
the
company
purchased
top
of
the
range
equipment
from
manufacturers
Stuga
and
Rotox.
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the
Rest
Here]
Kolorseal
Quadruples
Capacity
Kolorseal
has
moved
its
manufacturing
and
colour
coating
operation
from
3500
sq
ft
to
a
purpose
built
12,500
sq
ft
factory
in
Dewsbury,
West
Yorkshire
due
to
the
increased
demand
for
colour
coated
products.
The
new
premises
have
helped
Kolorseal
increase
capacity
to
over
400
frames
being
colour
coated
per
week.
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the
Rest
Here]
Glassex
and
GP&T
2008
Move
to
Three
Day
Midweek
Timetable
Following
the
announcement
last
year
detailing
the
co-location
of
Glassex
2008
and
GP&T
2008,
and
after
analysing
visitor
footfall
for
the
respective
shows,
the
organiser
EMAP
Maclaren
has
announced
revised
timescales
and
dates
for
both
exhibitions.
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the
Rest
Here]
Bostik
Launches
Freemelt
Format
Global
sealants
and
adhesives
firm
Bostik
has
announced
it
is
to
launch
'Freemelt',
a
new
production
format
for
its
Insulating
Glass
(IG)
Hot
Melt
Butyl
edge
sealants,
designed
to
help
manufacturers
maximise
efficiencies
in
their
manufacturing
processes.
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the
Rest
Here]