Weekly Email News for the Glass, Glazing
and Fenestration Industries
22nd May 2007
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Contracts for developers and individual homeowners are becoming
an increasingly important market sector for Lancashire-based glass
designer, Daedalian Glass
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Here:
Glass
manufacturers, processors, fabricators and artists can all reap
benefits by providing ClearShield protection
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Here:
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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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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Plastmo
fabricator, Victorian Sliders
was set up by Sarah Starkey in September 2005. In just less than two
years, it is now in the top ten, if not the top five, vertical slider
fabricators in the United Kingdom
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Here:
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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Here:
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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VEKA
fabricator Piper Windows has completed
a 1,200-window high-rise contract in extra-quick time using sophisticated
mast climbers to scale eight tower blocks for Luton Borough Council
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Here:
Striking
and practical - these are the key assets of the newly installed windows
at the Cardiff East Premier Travel Inn, where Pilkington
Activ™ self-cleaning glass was recently installed to
both the front and back elevations
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Here:
A
prestigious leisure complex in Athens has combined the qualities of
the Pilkington portfolio to produce
a visually stunning and practical venue
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Here:
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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Here:
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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Here:
Nigel
Rees, Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) Chief Executive was recently
elected Vice President of the Construction
Products Association (CPA)
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Here:
Topi
Saarenhovi, has been appointed director of the Heat Treatment business
area and Managing Director of Tamglass
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Here:
Kyro
Corporation (Glaston Corporation as of 1st June 2007) has formed a
new management team and business areas
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Here:
Thermoseal
Group
has taken on a new marketing manager, Samantha Hill, to support sales
and marketing director Mark Hickox
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Here:
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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Composite
door manufacturer Rockdoor
is helping installers take advantage of the growing domestic
retail market by providing leads from its website
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Here:
TimberWindows.com,
the timber windows system company, reports that a record £9.5
million of quotes were added to the company’s online
system by dealers in March
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Here:
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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Here:
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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Here:
Lister
Trade Frames has become the main sponsor for the
Douglas Macmillan Hospice 'Time to Care' initiative
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Here:
Windowstyle
UK, the largest single employer in the Wombwell,
near Barnsley area, is set to provide South Yorkshire children
with life threatening illnesses the chance to make their wishes
come true
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Here:
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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Here:
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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Swish
Announces Massive Investment
Behind the recent announcement from Swish that it
had severed relations with its existing system supplier was a massive
investment plan which has seen the company emerge as one of the biggest
extruders in the UK.
With production and warehousing covering almost 9,000 sq metres, and employing almost 100 people, the Rhymney operation includes 19 main extruders, capable of delivering outputs of between 100kg and 400kg per hour, plus a number of smaller extruders for applying gaskets. The Swish warehouse holds an average of 650 stillages at any one time.
Not sure what to expect from this programme, as I have not watched it before and I have no idea who Ruth Badger is, but tonight, on 'Badger or Bust' (Sky One, 10pm), she visits a Bradford double-glazing company whose trade is dwindling 'due to its lazy salesmen and incompetent managing directors.' Sounds a must!
Area
Sales Managers North London and West Midlands
Nationwide
Frame Services Ltd has been supplying PVCu windows and doors to
the UK’s house builders since 1997, and is currently looking
to strengthen its field sales team.
[How
to Apply Here]
Various
Posts, Sash UK
With
business booming, Sash UK is looking for four people who possess
drive, enthusiasm, commitment and passion to help form an integral
part of its overall operations: a PR & Marketing Assistant,
an Engineering Manager, a Health & Safety, Quality and Training
Manager and a Commercial Contracts Manager.
[How
to Apply Here]
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.
[How
to Apply Here]
Avocet
Open Day has Chinese Flavour
The
river that runs past the windows of Avocet's Brighouse, Yorkshire
headquarters will become the Yangtse for a day in June for a traditional
Ching-Chu (Chinese Festival).
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on this Event]
Balcony
at Grand Designs
Balcony
Systems Ltd makes its debut at the Grand Designs Live Exhibition
2007 (8th –10th June on Stand: 156) with a range of glazed
balustrading and curved glass patio doors.
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on this Event]
Henry
Glass Doors on Show
Henry Glass doors from Italy will be on display at the Clerkenwell
Showroom of John Planck Ltd (17-18 Haywards Place, London EC1R OEQ)
for a special exhibition for just one week from Monday 4th June
2007.
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on this Event]
Yale
at CIH 07
Following
success at last year's event, Yale, part of the ASSA ABLOY Group,
will return to the Harrogate exhibition (June 19-21) to showcase
its new ranges of multipoint locking solutions.
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on this Event]
Craftsman
Cladding fills the GAP at IHS Scotland
Ayrshire-based GAP customer Craftsman Cladding recently exhibited
at the Ideal Home Show Scotland and won 20 new jobs.
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on this Event]
Bekaert
at GPD China and China Glass
Bekaert
participated in GPD China (Shanghai, May 14-15, 2007) and China
Glass (Shanghai, May 16-19, 2007).
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on this Event]
Edgetech
on Global Stage at 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 Finland on 15th to
18th June.
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on this Event]
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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on this Event]
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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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.
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on this Event]
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More upcoming events are listed below.
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The patented Easi-Fit multi-point locking system from hardware
manufacturer Kenrick has been
granted Secured by Design approval.
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here:
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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here:
Spectus fabricator, Rooms and
Views, based near Chester, has received Subcontractor of the Year
award from Redrow Homes (Lancashire Ltd).
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here:
One
of the best ways to stay ahead of the competition is to focus
your energies towards making your marketing more effective and
that's just what Shepley
has done for its nationwide network of Visage® installers.
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here:
Cleveland-based
Sheerframe windowmaker H Jarvis Ltd
has provided an important lifeline to its local renowned brass
band thanks to its latest sponsorship deal.
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here:
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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here:
Freefoam
Plastics has launched its new Freeflow® brochure
which gives extensive details on Freefoam's range of PVC-U rainwater
systems.
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Here:
A recent publication from the 'Global Aluminium
Recycling Committee' (GARC) has been made available as a download
on the Council for Aluminium in Building
Website.
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Here:
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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Here:
Figures
have been released on new house building starts and completions
in England and its regions up to the quarter ending March 2007.
Over the long term since 2000/01 new build starts and completions
have increased in England (22 per cent and 26 per cent respectively).
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here:
Hillaldam
Coburn
has developed a new series of RIBA-approved CPD presentations looking
at how modern architectural systems can be used to engineer space
and movement into structures and improve the internal acoustic environment.
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Häfele
has announced that its second CPD seminar on Frameless Glass Fittings
for Doors, Screens and Canopies has now been approved by the RIBA.
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With a workload that is constantly increasing, Sash has put strict measures in place to ensure that its carbon emissions decreases seeing it achieve maximum reductions across the board, resulting in the company being commended by an independent energy efficiency body for its working ethics.
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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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GlassTech
Asia has announced the exhibition's 6th presentation will
be held in Bangkok from 15-17 November 2007.
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on this Event]
The
5th Glass Technology India will
take place from 15th-18th November in 2007 in Mumbai.
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on this Event]
Polymer
Foam 2007 takes place October 2-3, 2007 at the Doubletree
Hotel in Newark, NJ, USA.
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on this Event]
Fenestration
China 2007 will be held at a new location - Everbright
Convention & Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, from 14th - 17th November.
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on this Event]
New
halls 4A and 7A in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg will be included
in the structure of fensterbau/frontale
for 2008 (2-5 April).
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on this Event]
Polymer
Foams 2007 will take place 2-3 October at the Doubletree
Hotel in Newark, NJ, USA.
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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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WIN A FLAT SCREEN TV
Where's
the
Synseal
Billboard?
Congratulations
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Gl@zine
reader
Andy
Moore
who
won
Synseal’s
'Where’s
the
billboard?'
competition
last
week.
Andy
correctly
answered
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in
Salford,
Manchester.
Gl@zine
readers
have
got
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to
win
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week.
So
if
you
know
where
this
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send
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answer
to
billboard@synseal.com.
[See
this
Week's
Picture
Here]
GAP
and
Rockdoor
New
Heat
Shield
Woodgrain
Door
GAP
and
Rockdoor
say
that
although
homeowners
love
a
woodgrain
finish,
it
spells
trouble
for
installers
because
it
cracks,
warps
and
bubbles
as
temperatures
fluctuate.
Now,
GAP
and
Rockdoor
have
launched
Heat
Shield,
a
heat-protective
woodgrain
foil,
to
put
these
problems
in
the
past.
[More
on
this
Product]
Product
of
the
Week
Archive
here
Pilkington
Elevates
'The
Shires'
to
New
Heights
Pilkington
has
taken
a
leaf
out
of
children’s
favourite,
Charlie
and
the
Chocolate
Factory,
and
helped
to
create
two
glass
elevators.
The
lifts
in
The
Shires
shopping
centre
in
Leicester
have
been
created
using
400m2
of
Pilkington
Planar™
Sentry
Glas®
Plus
with
Pilkington
OptiWhite™.
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on
this
Project]
Project of the Week Archive here
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Swish
Announces
Rolling
Programme
of
Investment
Window
and
door
systems
company
Swish
has
unveiled
new
investment
in
its
South
Wales
extrusion
plant.
Swish
took
full
control
of
its
manufacture
and
supply
process
earlier
this
year,
ending
a
supply
contract
with
Aluplast.
[Read
the
Rest
Here]
Edgetech's Super Spacer® and Synseal's Shield profile provide the winning combination for Pioneer Trading Company's 'A' rated window. Pioneer is the first Synseal fabricator to achieve the top BFRC rating.
[Read the Rest Here]
Senator
Chooses
Stuga
ZX4 for
Factory
Modernisation
Senator
Windows
of Wexford
in the
Irish
Republic
is a supplier
of windows
throughout
the Republic
and Northern
Ireland
with a
successful
network
of over
twenty
five fabricators.
[Read
the Rest
Here]
GAP
Launches
Industry's
'First
Training
Centre'
GAP,
the
UK's
largest
independent
PVC-U
stockist,
has
claimed
another
industry
first
by
launching
its
own
Training
Centre.
This
scheme
will
give
installers
the
chance
to
extend
their
knowledge
and
skill
base
and
profit
from
installing
roofline.
[Read
the
Rest
Here]
UK
Building
Industry
now
Relies
on New
EU Workers
One
of the
UK's
leading
curtain
walling
and
cladding
companies,
English
Architectural
Glazing
(EAG),
has
issued
a stark
warning
that
without
new
migrant
EU workers
the
building
industry
could
collapse.
[Read
the
Rest
Here]
Free
Marketing
Health
Checks
from
Purplex
Consulting
Industry
leading
consultants
Purplex
are
offering
no
obligation
marketing
health
checks
for
Fabricators
throughout
June
and
July.
According
to
Purplex
MD
Andrew
Scott,
company
bosses
can
often
get
tied-down
with
the
day
to
day
running
of
the
business,
and
as
a
result
marketing
can
become
disjointed
or
poorly
managed.
[Read
the
Rest
Here]
Award
Winning
PVC-U
Fire
Door
From
Astraseal
Leading
trade
and
commercial
fabricator
Graham
Holmes
Astraseal
won
the
Innovation
of the
Year
Award
at the
recent
LHC
(London
Housing
Corporation)
annual
awards
ceremony.
[Read
the
Rest
Here]
Veka
Appoints
National
Commercial
Sales
Manager
With
over
20 years
experience
in the
specification
aren