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15th May 2007
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Reflex is an improved egress friction hinge with an auto-easyclean solution for PVC and timber window
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Securistyle is applying its industry knowledge and technical expertise to the launch of a new range of door hardware
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New options in structured polycarbonate, offering the highest available thermal and acoustic insulation performance have been developed by Brett Martin Ltd
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In specialist circles the first'arris from Bystronic is recognised as fast and extremely economical
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Everlite Enduro is now being offered with a comprehensive 10-year warranty following a period of testing and the introduction of a new material specification
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The fast cure times and adhesion performance of the new Dow Corning 3362 IG Sealant from Geocel has allowed bespoke fabricator Specialist Glass Products to increase productivity
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Roto has introduced two new high performance DoorLine hinges to its range of door hardware
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WHS Halo and Lister Trade Frames of Stoke on Trent have developed, in partnership, a new low cost 'A+1' Energy Rated Window
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British homeowners are familiar with the concept of four seasons in one day, but now they can help off-set the effects of our weather all year round, with a new offering from Solaglas Ltd
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St. Johns Windows Centre (SJWC), one of Worcestershire's most esteemed home improvement companies, celebrates its 25th anniversary having served thousands of local households since it began trading in the early eighties
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Blair Neill's relationship with its profile supplier stems back 11 years but it is the company’s six year relationship with K2 that has best demonstrated the value of a true business partner
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In just two years of trading, Unique Window Systems of Leicester has managed to achieve an impressive turnaround of over 1000 PVCu and aluminium door and window frames a week
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LDG Contracts, the commercial arm of Synseal customer Lancashire Double Glazing, replaced 70 windows over Easter at Revoe School for Blackpool Borough Council
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Pupils from a school on the Wirral are learning in safer surroundings thanks to the most up to date fire-resistant and impact safety glazing from Pilkington
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One of the country's best known property agencies has moved into a new ‘City Office’, with glass systems specialist, D R Services involved in the creation of a stylish conference suite
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Securistyle Standard Defender hinges have been fitted by window fabricator Trojan Windows at The Ashcombe School in Dorking, Surrey
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A member of the Steel Window Association is supplying and fitting windows for the former Bryant and May Matchworks in Speke, Liverpool
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Oakglade Windows has not looked back since buying windows from TimberWindows. com. Recently a challenging project demanded 25 windows and doors for a large five bed-roomed property in Hampshire
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Rockdoor offers security and strength which is why One Vision Housing has selected the composite door for a housing improvement project in Sefton, Liverpool
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Ultraframe customer, Conservatories By Design UK has recently completed the installation of a unique conservatory
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Toughened safety glass and insulating glass unit manufacturer, TuffX Ltd was commissioned to supply all the feature structural glass balustrades in one of the main shopping malls in Liverpool
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Greater thermal efficiency, security and aesthetics provided by new PVC-U windows, manufactured by Total Glass, are contributing to a better environment for residents at a Manchester care home
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Thermoseal Group has taken on a new marketing manager, Samantha Hill, to support sales and marketing director Mark Hickox
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Kestrel, the manufacturer of PVC-U and PVC-UE roofline, cladding and window trim products, has appointed David Johnstone as International Sales Co-ordinator
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Conservatory Outlet has created the position of Design Manager to stay at the cutting edge of technical innovation and Jonathan Joy has stepped in to fill the role
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TimberWindows.com is extending the team with a new Quality Controller for Europe, Paulina Szolc, who is based at the Eastern European factory in Poland
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Two new recruits have just joined the Account Management team at Deceuninck. Neil Allport is the new Account Manager for the Midlands and Neil Stewart is the new Account Manager for the North
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Danny Hague, Group Commercial Director of Advantage Windows and Conservatories, proudly watched his son Sean take to the pitch as the mascot for Wolverhampton Wanderers at their recent home game against local rivals Birmingham City
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The Construction Centre has released its assessment of online search trends for building and construction according to its website statistics for the first quarter of 2007
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Using the online ordering service from GAP, the independent PVC-U stockist, not only can orders be placed around the clock but once account holders have logged in they can see their live net prices
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‘Taking our ‘10 Second Pricing’ guide a stage further we have just launched our new online quoting system, Pro-Quota. The system can be found on the Pro-Bend website
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A new website dedicated to the education sector has 'gone live', providing local education authorities, headteachers, bursars and window fabricators with the latest news and information on the specification of windows and doors for schools
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HOPPE window and door hardware has been supplied free to help build a new club house for a cricket club in Bolton
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The Synseal Three Peaks 24 hour Challenge - climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon within 24 hours and driving 435 miles between them is set to take place on Saturday 15th June
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Kingfisher Windows forged links with the NSPCC and the Anti-Bullying Alliance to launch the Hands Up If You're Against Bullying campaign
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Recent changes to Government guidance on fire safety, Approved Document B (AD B), do not include adequate provision for tall buildings, according to David Sugden of the Passive Fire Protection Federation (PFPF)
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Solarcentury, the UK solar energy company specialising in the innovation and supply of building integrated photovoltaics (PV) and solar thermal solutions, has opened its first overseas office, in Spain
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A new £59 million construction project known as AMPPS (Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics and Photon Sciences) at The University of Manchester includes the UK's largest solar shading array using thin film technology.
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We have published a number of articles on Part L of the Building Regulations which you can find here:
PART L ARCHIVES
We have published a number of articles on EN1279, which you can find here:
EN1279 ARCHIVES
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Warm Edge and Sustainability
Big news from Edgetech this week, as plans for a UK manufacturing facility finally come to fruition. With the UK market for warm edge growing an amazing 300% in the past three years, and set to grow more, the £2.5m plant in Coventry is planned to come on stream in the summer of this year. Better still, Edgetech has promised a launch party!
While forward looking companies such as Edgetech are getting the job done, it is no surprise to find the usual stagnation at government level. Even worse is the utter ineptitude announced this week by the UN junket on Sustainable Development in New York which UK and EU ministers have just returned from empty handed.
One dreads to think of the cost - not to mention the carbon footprint - of this useless shower being jetted out to New York for a two week jolly. But there is worse to come. Just to really rub taxpayers' noses in it they are now all looking forward to failing to reach agreement again in December - in the rather more agreeable surroundings of the Paradise Island of Bali at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The mind boggles...
Various Posts, Sash UK
With business booming, Sash UK is looking for three people who possess drive, enthusiasm, commitment and passion to help form an integral part of its overall operations: an Engineering Manager, a Health & Safety, Quality and Training Manager and a Commercial Contracts Manager.
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Business Development Manager, Deceuninck
Working from your home base, you will strategically target new customers who are distributors and stockists within the building products sector in the North West and Central Belt of Scotland.
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Finishing Section Manager, Essex
Our client is a fast growing and ambitious local trade fabricator of PVCu windows doors and conservatories. Already well established they are working towards a lean environment and intend to be a major player in the marketplace by providing customers with excellent service, and quality product.
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Edgetech on Global Stage at Shanghai and GPD
Energy efficiency is top of the agenda at the 2007 Glass Processing Days, the biannual conference held for the global glass industry to focus on advancements in the field, held in China on 14th and 15th May and Finland on 15th to 18th June.
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Glasstech Exhibits in China
New from Glasstech this year is a high-efficiency windshield system, the EPB-L™, and modifications to its cornerstone auto-glass processing system, the DB 4™. Glasstech is located at Hall 1 Stand 44, at the 18th China International Glass Industrial Technical Exhibition, May 16 – 19, Shanghai, China.
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AM Profiles to Attend Interbuild
UK systems company AM Profiles has signed up to attend interbuild in October 2007. The company's products will be displayed in the successful 'Aluminium Zone' which is now almost four times the size than seen at Interbuild 2006.
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Elumatec Opens Doors for Aluminium
Spurred on by the successful event it held back in November 2005, Elumatec is once again making preparations to host another in-house exhibition that is solely dedicated to aluminium fabrication, on Tuesday 18th, Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th of September 2007.
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Beaufort Heads for Interbuild 2007
Beaufort Secure Design is putting its full support behind Interbuild's concept of an annual autumn exhibition with the announcement that it has already signed-up for the show.
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Selecta to Show at CIH
After the successful launch of a commercial division in the last quarter of 2006, Selecta Systems Ltd, the PVC-u extrusion company based in Birmingham, will be attending the CIH exhibition in Harrogate.
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Fenestration China 2007
Fenestration China 2007 will be held at a new location - Everbright Convention & Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, from 14th - 17th November.
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Foam Technology Conference
AMI LLC has brought together international experts from top companies at Polymer Foam 2007 to talk about the latest news on foaming technology and applications. This international business conference takes place October 2-3, 2007 at the Doubletree Hotel in Newark, NJ, USA.
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GlazeKart 2007
Companies are now signing up to be on the grid when the starting flag falls at GlazeKart 2007 at Milton Keynes on Friday, 29th June. This great industry networking event has already attracted a bumper entry and we are looking for more teams to join in the fun.
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In co-operation with glasstec, the world's no 1 event for the glass industry, the 5th Glass Technology India will take place from 15th-18th November in 2007 in Mumbai.
GlassTech Asia 2007
With the increase in demand for glass products in Thailand and South East Asia, the organisers of GlassTech Asia have announced the exhibition's 6th presentation to be held in Bangkok from 15-17 November this year.
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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.
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Alumet Systems, based in Southam, Warwickshire, received the prestigeous WMCCE Constructing Excellence Innovation Award at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham recently.
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A strong advocate and supporter of the Secured By Design scheme, Avocet Hardware has achieved SBD accreditation for four more of its products.
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Synseal, the UK specialist in windows and conservatories, has changed the livery on its trucks as part of the national branding campaign.
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Advantage Windows and Conservatories Ltd, the Cheshire-based trade fabricator, was one of the first companies to use Insight Data's new industry database as part of its current marketing campaign.
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The Jones Tool Company has recently launched a new catalogue which lists around 5,000 items covering a huge range of products for fabricators of PVC and aluminium windows and doors.
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Jeld-Wen, one of the UK’s leading joinery manufacturers, has released three new catalogues for doors, windows and stairs.
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The mix-adjusted average House Price in the UK in February 2007 stood at £205,102, down from £205,399 in January 2007 (not seasonally adjusted). UK annual house price inflation in February 2007 was 12.1% up from 10.9% in January 2007. Annual house price inflation in London was 16.7% in February, up from 13.2% in January.
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Cornwall Glass & Glazing Ltd has received an accolade for embracing training at the South West Skills Awards ceremony which recently took place in Exeter.
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A Waste Directory that shows small businesses in the construction industry where to find licensed sites for recycling or disposing of their waste was launched on Monday 19th March by NetRegs, the government website that provides clear guidance on environmental regulations.
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Even the most careful manufacturers produce a lot of waste, much of it from packaging. Most is sent to landfill. But the cost of sending industrial waste to landfill is rising which is why GAP and Rockdoor are going green and recycling their waste materials. In 2006, GAP and Rockdoor together produced 2,277 tonnes of waste.
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New halls 4A and 7A in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg will be included in the structure of fensterbau/frontale for 2008 (2-5 April).
Polymer Foams 2007 will take place 2-3 October at the Doubletree Hotel in Newark, NJ, USA.
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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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Where's the Synseal Billboard?
Congratulations to Gl@zine reader Ian Bird who won Synseal's 'Where's the Billboard' competition by correctly answering St Paul's in Cheltenham. Gl@zine readers have got another chance to win this week. So if you know where this photo was taken of this billboard, please send your answer to billboard@synseal.com.
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PILKINGTON FANTASY FOOTBALL
Last Day Drama As Blades Are Cut Adrift
The Premiership season came to a close this weekend, at least in a football sense. With all eyes on the bottom of the table several teams were fighting against relegation. And with the controversy surrounding West Ham’s dodgy player dealings, it’s possible that the season will rumble on in court after the way the last Sunday of the league calendar panned out.
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PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
New Fittings make a Superior Georgian Window
Thermoseal Group has designed and manufactured a new range of duplex fittings for use with its Thermix TX.N warm edge spacer bar - available in 11.5 x 14mm for a 16mm airspace and 15.5 x 14mm for 20mm airspace.
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PROJECT OF THE WEEK
Master Appeal at Modular Pod
Masterdor door sets have been installed in prefabricated pods at the first phase of a revolutionary new housing development, recently completed by North West-based construction company G & J Seddon Ltd.
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Project of the Week Archive here
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Foilcraft is Still Tops
I feel compelled to write to you not just about the launch of a new entrant in the lamination sector, but one which has made several inaccurate and false statements in a recent press release. Foilcraft has long been accepted as the market leader in the UK as the foiler of PVC sheets, working with a number of global foil providers including CFC (part of ITW foils), Leonard Kurz and Renolit.
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THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Super Spacer to be made in Great Britain
Demand for Edgetech's Super Spacer® is so high the company is making a major commitment to the UK market by investing in a world class manufacturing facility. This will make it the only dedicated Warm Edge Technology (WET) extrusion facility in the UK.
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No Outcome Reached at UN Junket on Sustainable Development
No negotiated outcome has been reached at the meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, which was held in New York from 28th April until 11th May. The meeting was the culmination of two years work on the issues of energy for sustainable development, industrial development, climate change and air pollution and atmosphere.
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Nigel Rees Elected Vice President of CPA
Nigel Rees, Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) Chief Executive was recently elected Vice President of the Construction Products Association (CPA). The CPA acts as a single, influential voice for the manufacturers and suppliers of construction products.
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The Bohle Glass Student of the Year Award 2007
Following the success of the Bohle Glass Student of the Year Award, presented at the G06 ceremony last October, the event has been launched in its second incarnation with the goal of eliciting more examples of Britain's finest students of glass arts and crafts.
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Avocet Broadens Range Appeal with Exidor 500
Avocet Hardware has become the latest UK distributor of the Exidor 500 series for commercial door panic and emergency egress products.
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Aztec is Taking Stock!
Aztec Conservatory Roof Systems says that current industry practice is for many components to be on back order, and delivered orders to be missing parts.
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Eurocell meets ISO 14001 Environmental Standard
Eurocell Profiles Ltd, a supplier of window, door and conservatory systems, has recently achieved ISO 14001 accreditation the international standard for environmental performance.
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Redrow Rewards Rooms and Views
Spectus fabricator, Rooms and Views, based near Chester, has received Subcontractor of the Year award from Redrow Homes (Lancashire Ltd)
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Making an Entrance into Ireland
Entrance cds Ltd, supplier of the Capstone range of composite door slabs, has announced that the company has appointed Lurgan-based AMK Supply Company Ltd as its agent in Northern Ireland and Eire.
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HL Plastics Revolutionises 3D Prototyping
Derby based HL Plastics has recently made a considerable investment in a new Dimension 3D printer that will significantly reduce product development cycles for both the company's products and those of its sister company, Liniar.
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OMIS Opens Door to Japan for Durham Firm
A Durham company has signed up a new distributor and won its first order from Japan with the help of UK Trade & Investment's Overseas Market Introduction Service (OMIS).
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New World Apeers at St Neots
Fabricator St Neots Windows has signed a distribution deal with New World Developments for Apeer and Monno. Covering the A1 corridor and the South East, St Neots has two main showrooms at Letchworth, Herts and its Cambridge HQ.
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Tradestyle Grows with Profitmaker's Products
The five year business relationship between Tradestyle and Profitmaker has grown with Tradestyle's adoption of the new web-based 3D Conservatory Calculator.
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Continued Support from Securistyle
Window hardware manufacturer Securistyle Ltd is helping Wirral Partnership Homes complete a window replacement project, supported by its Partnership Pledge initiative.
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Merger Sees LA Elwell Steel a March
Two of the Midlands' leading manufacturers of cold rolled steel profiles for the fenestration industry have joined forces in a bid to become the premier player in their sector.
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Focus on New Buildings may Cost the Earth
The British Property Federation has raised the stakes in helping to meet the Government carbon emissions targets by developing and launching an energy efficiency measurement and benchmarking tool for existing commercial properties.
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Seven New Vehicles to help GAP's Customers Grow
GAP, the independent PVC-U stockist, has added two three-and-a-half tonne delivery vans and five seven-and-a-half tonne lorries to its delivery fleet in order to increase the number of deliveries made each day.
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New Management Team and Operating Structure for Glaston
Kyro Corporation (Glaston Corporation as of 1st June 2007) has formed a new management team and business areas. The company now fully focuses on developing Glaston now that the Energy business area is divested.
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Resurgence of Aluminium in Building
The Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB) has seen a resurgence in the interest and use of aluminium in building over the last few years, from windows and fenestration products to cladding and roofing systems, aluminium specification is on the increase.
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Growth and Cover for Businesses
Nick Egdell, Managing Director of HomePro, looks at the nature, and benefits, of Insurance Backed Guarantees: 'Offering home owners Insurance Backed Guarantees (IBGs) as part of a package of works is a superb means of enhancing their confidence - and a powerful marketing tool when it comes to increasing quote acceptances.
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Who said "History is Bunk"?
Probably the same person that thought that all cars would always be black, or maybe it was the person that estimated the potential market for computers as 'under a hundred'. It's easy to shame people in hindsight, but that is not the spirit I want to bring to this history of the UK glass and window (and door and conservatory and hardware and machinery etc etc) market.
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