Weekly Email News for the Glass,
Glazing & Fenestration Industries
30th October 2007
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Quickslide
has announced some positive design developments to the company’s
Vertical sliding window suite
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Here:
In
recent years Bayer Sheet Europe
contributed significantly to the reduction of CO2 emissions with
the energy-saving, multi-wall sheets of its i-line products. Especially
popular among energy-conserving building contractors are the Makrolon®
multi UV 6-wall sheets
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Here:
Timber
door manufacturer JELD-WEN has
expanded its tri-fold 'Wellington’ patio door range to enable
developers to make the most of natural light in their properties
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Here:
Social
housing specialist Swish Building Products
has added two new coloured product ranges to its extensive offer,
giving residents and the commercial sector new choice and flexibility
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Here:
A
double action swing door, with all its functional advantages is
often the preferred option and the sophisticated new VISUR double
action pivot system from DORMA
is a boon to interior architecture
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Here:
Fitrite
has developed a range of 6" x 8" skirting options to block
those unsightly gaps underneath any holiday and park home property
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Here:
Up
to now, high acquisition and assembly costs kept the comfort of
automatic doors out of private homes. With Samson from Rademacher
the company says that this will change
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Here:
Visitors
to SECURITY Live 07 saw the first major development in new mortice
lock technology for decades when high security locks and access
control systems supplier, Mul-T-Lock,
unveiled the latest generation cylinder mortice lock range from
Chubb Locks
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Here:
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Lock4Life is a new integrated door locking concept developed as part of Roto Frank's DoorSafe range of multi-point door locks
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The
new Test AR Kit from Thermoseal Group
is a simple lightweight solution to testing the concentration of
gas in your IG units
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Here:
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Thermoseal Group is encouraging sealed unit manufacturers to purchase its Eurosiv Delta-T Test Kit to test their current desiccant supply
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Groupco
has launched an exclusive new range of competitively priced flag
hinges for PVC-U doorsets. The Ensign range has been designed and
manufactured specifically for Groupco
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Here:
Securistyle,
whose product solutions are widely specified in the social housing
sector, has developed an anti-manipulation® door lock cylinder,
which prevents ‘bumping’ - the latest form of burglary
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Here:
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Jacques
Aschenbroich has been named President and CEO of Saint-Gobain
Corporation, the $8.5 billion Valley Forge, PA-based
manufacturer of packaging, construction products, and high-performance
materials
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Here:
Alcoa
has announced that Kevin M. Anton, vice president of Alcoa and
President of Alcoa Materials Management, has been elected chairman
of the board of The Aluminium Association
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Here:
Window
and PVC-U product specialist The Window
Store has awarded three members of staff with long-standing
service certificates
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Here:
Iain
Wright, Junior Housing and Planning Minister, has announced
seven new appointments to the Building
Regulations Advisory Committee
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Here:
Martindales,
the supplier of repairs and replacements doors and windows to
the insurance industry, has made a key senior appointment
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Here:
Rio
Tinto and Alcan have named the executive management team drawn
from leaders of both companies that will form the functional
and operating structure of Rio Tinto Alcan
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Here:
Chuck
Anderson has been named the codes and industry affairs manager
for the American Architectural Manufacturers
Association
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Here:
Plastmo
fabricator, Abbott Group
has moved to strengthen and enhance its senior management team
with the appointment of Kevin Reed as general manager and Tony
Earney as national sales manager
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Here:
Dave
Goggin has been appointed to the newly created role of 'commercial
sales manager' by Advantage Windows
and Conservatories Ltd, the Cheshire - based trade
fabricator
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Here:
With
the increase in the demand for Georgian style windows with full
and plant on glazing bars the joinery manufacturer T
J Ross (Joiners) Ltd of Fife has invested in a Stegherr
KSF2/4 Closed halving joint machine
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Here:
GAP
has invested more than £125,000 in streamlining its door panel
factory. The company has bought a purpose-built Cannon
Shelley vacuum forming line as well as cooling and water
pumps
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Here:
Makita
has further extended its already comprehensive mitre and table saw
range with the launch of an entry-level 255mm mitre saw
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Here:
A
local authority owned company has selected state of the art stretchwrapping
equipment from Herefordshire-based Orion
Packaging Systems (UK) Ltd for its Birmingham production
facility where it manufactures PVC-u windows and doors
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Here:
Solaglas
Coventry
has taken a further step in the right direction by investing in
a new Lisec automatic shape sealing robot
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Here:
A
belief in customer choice and quality of service has steered Midland
Window Mart, one of the Midland's most respected and longest
established fabricators, to switch to Plastmo Profiles
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Here:
Super-fabricator
Sierra Windows says that it is
helping fabricators and installers to stay at the forefront of the
industry by providing them with the very latest range of advanced
products
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Here:
Northern
Irish fabricator Dungannon Window Company
Ltd has recently invested in a new Wegoma WSA4VE vertical
quad welder to increase the speed and efficiency of its sliding sash
window production
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Here:
Coventry-based
fabricator Windseal Double Glazing
is the latest convert to the Advance 70 mm profile system from PVC-u
extrusion company, Selecta Systems Ltd
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Here:
Leicester-based
Kömmerling fabricator Austen Allen,
established in 1995, is now in its sixth month of fabricating Connoisseur
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Here:
When
the architects were tasked with achieving a very good BREEAM rating
for a new office block that required a striking glazed building façade
because of its location on a main arterial route into Plymouth, only
Kawneer's curtain walling and structural
glazing would do.
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Here:
With
architectural glazing from Metal Technology,
Fairgreen, a major new shopping complex in Carlow, is providing shoppers
in south east Ireland their first opportunity to purchase major brands
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Here:
The
Wicona unitised façade system
from Hydro Building Systems can now reduce time on site by up to 70
per cent
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Here:
A
new landmark on the Doha skyline in Qatar is the iconic Sports City
Tower makes extensive use of Reynaers'
curtain walling systems CW 50 and CW 86 in order to meet the complex
inclined design construction
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Here:
Façade
products from Hunter Douglas are
being used to complete Phase 3 of the hi-tech Malvern Hills Science
Park development
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Here:
Alfa
Windows has completed the installation of more than 400 windows
on a former fire station site in Sunderland
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Here:
AR
Manley won a contract to supply and fit windows in a unique,
eco-friendly three-stage office scheme at the Ludlow Eco Business Park
in Shropshire
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Here:
Management
of the Leonard Cheshire care home in Littleborough, near Rochdale initiated
work to ensure that residents’ bedroom doors automatically closed
when the fire alarm was operated
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Here:
System
10
curtain walling has been installed in two challenging 35-metre runs
at Melbourn Village College, as part of a 12-year partnership with Cambridge
City Council
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Here:
Alcan
has been selected by the renowned Scandinavian architect, Henning Larsen
to supply ALUCOBOND® composite panels as cladding material for the
new Copenhagen opera house
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Here:
ConstructionResale.co.uk
offers an industry spanning sales platform linking up all
building and civil engineering contractors and their sites
regardless of size of project or parent company
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Here:
A
unique Code of Practice on hardware for fire and escape doors
is being downloaded from the Door
and Hardware Federation (DHF) website in increasing
numbers
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Here:
The
Power of Aluminium
has launched a new website dedicated to offering free expert
advice
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Here:
October
15th marked the launch of www.Directoryof.co.uk,
a web site designed by someone who was ripped-off just once
too often
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Here:
Edgetech,
the warm edge technology supplier, has announced its new UK
website is now live
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Here:
Ten was the number for a bungee jump fund-raising team recruited
at Windowstyle UK, the South
Yorkshire-based manufacturing unit of the Style Group,
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Here:
Busy
Time of the Year
Quite a busy time of the year with one
thing and another. Interbuild is going on as we speak, up at the
NEC, while the massive K show draws to a close in Germany (last
day today, and someone won an extruder from exhibitor Cincinatti Extrusions).
We also have a report on Vitrum from Fenzi, which suggests
that visitor figures are slightly up on the show's last outing .
We also have some more stories from the G07 Awards, including the answer to the mystery of the night: 'What Happened to the Trophies?', as well as a report on the second time winners of Glass Company of the Year Darby Glass.
We also have reports from other shows which have happened in the last week or two, including Piscina (Italian Swimming Pool Show), Hortifair (Dutch Garden Centre show) and Security Live. We also have dates for Polyclose in January.
Last but not least, we now only have two days to wait for Synseal's new Global Composite Door and Synseal has announced that it will be available on an amazing three day turnaround, so you could have one by Monday next week! Get on that phone!
Financial
Director - North West
Our
client is the plastic
building products division
of a substantial £400m
turnover group of Companies
and based in the North
West. Successful and dynamic
operations include design,
manufacturing (principally
extrusion) and distribution
with customers nationwide.
[More
Here]
Internal
Sales Manager - South
Wales
A
South Wales based manufacturer
and supplier of PVCu products
servicing the trade and
new build market across
the UK requires an internal
sales manager.
[How
to Apply Here]
"Using a 40C wash cycle rather than 60C means you use a third less electricity. Reducing the temperature to 30C will save even more, and as modern detergents and washing powders work just as effectively at lower temperatures, there’s no reason not to"
[Visit energiKare Website]
Polyclose
The
European trade fair Polyclose will be held for the 13th time at
the Flanders Expo in Ghent on Thursday, January 17th to Saturday,
19th January 2008, covering an area of about 28,000 m2.
[More
on this Event]
Bayer
Sheet at Hortifair
For
the first time this year Bayer Sheet Europe presented at the Hortifair
in Amsterdam from October 9th to October 12th. The company displayed
its product palette of unbreakable, transparent Makrolon® multi-wall
sheets for the construction of greenhouses.
[More
on this Event]
Pool
Roofs at Piscina
Using
the theme, ‘This wouldn't have happened with Makrolon®,’
Bayer Sheet Europe presented its product range for unbreakable,
transparent swimming pool roofs in Barcelona at Piscina, from October
17th to October 20th, 2007.
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on this Event]
HOPPE
Launches Retail Division at Security Live
HOPPE
(UK) launched its Retail Division at the Security Live Exhibition
at the Royal Armouries, Leeds, which took place 21-23 September.
[More
on this Event]
Mighton
Woos Glassbuild
Companies
with combined turnover of over $1 billion sent representatives to
Mighton Products’ stand, at this year's Glassbuild. Mightons'
B energy rated timber sash window system, Ecotilt™, proved
a hit with visitors who, in a cautious market, are looking for new
ways to add value and differentiate.
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on this Event]
AAMA
Presents Hurricane Simulator
Showing
the real-world effects of hurricane force winds and wind-driven
rain, University of Florida's mobile windstorm simulator conducted
a full-scale demonstration for building code officials, manufacturers
of exterior building products, and others attending the American
Architectural Manufacturers Association's (AAMA's) National Fall
Conference.
[More
on this Event]
GM
Fundraising - 70s Gala Dinner
This
year's GM Fundraising Gala Dinner will be a 1970s extravaganza -
disco balls and flares permitting! A few tables still remain but
be quick...
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on this Event]
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Events
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upcoming events are listed below.
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Employers from across the UK came together to celebrate the
success of outstanding apprentices at the first award scheme held
by Proskills, the employer-led
Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the Process and Manufacturing sector
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here:
Alumet
Systems (UK) Ltd was recently named 'Specialist Contractor
of The Year' at the Contract Journal Construction Industry Awards
held at The Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane.
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here:
Refurb-a-Sash
has won a prestigious Green Guardian Award for its environmentally
friendly approach in helping to reduce the overall carbon footprint
of the Royal Borough of Richmond.
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here:
St-Helens based NCE Windows
has become the latest REHAU fabricator to achieve ISO9001 accreditation.
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here:
Sapa Building Systems' fabricator SRS
has become one of just a small handful of aluminium fabricators
in Scotland to be awarded the much coveted Secured by Design accreditation.
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here:
Insurance-Backed Guarantee and Deposit Indemnity providers the
Consumer Protection Association
(CPA) has presented two roofing specialists with its Customer Care
Award, the first to be proffered to CPA members operating in this
sector.
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here:
The
manufacturer of door and window control systems, GEZE
UK, is celebrating with the world's elite wheelchair
athletes, after becoming the first corporate sponsor of the
extreme Tunnel 2K International race.
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here:
Lister
Trade Frames, of Stoke on Trent, recently held two
trade open days and launched four new doors ranges, offering
greater sales opportunities for the company’s customers.
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here:
The
Network VEKA sponsored
expedition to cross the Gobi Desert in Mongolia entirely by
kite power has gained a place in the famous Guinness World Records
book.
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here:
PP 1990 is a user-friendly guide, published by BSI
British Standards, which introduces the principles
of Structural Eurocodes to students of civil engineering, structural
engineering and structural design.
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Here:
Chiltern
Dynamics has issued a revised version of its Secured
by Design DVD to reflect new. higher test standards and to enable
clients to understand the testing process necessary for products
to achieve the SBD seal of approval.
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Here:
Lamination specialist Foilex
has launched a new brochure showcasing its extensive and advanced
foiling service for windows, doors and roofline products.
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Here:
As consumer demand for multi-fold doors continues
to grow, REHAU has responded
by producing a new brochure for use by its fabricators and installers.
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Here:
TimberWindows.com
has revamped its consumer product brochure to help its Registered
Installers sell more effectively.
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Here:
Construction
Orders in the twelve months to August 2007 rose by
two per cent compared with the previous twelve months, but orders
in the three months to August 2007 fell by three per cent compared
to the same period a year earlier.
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here:
Two
glass sector workers have beaten off stiff competition from other
apprentices to be highly commended within the very first GQA Advanced
Apprentice of the Year awards by Proskills,
the sector skills council which represents the process and manufacturing
industries.
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Here
Alcoa has announced that it has
published new sustainability reports from its Australia and Jamaica
locations. Each report details the efforts the two regions have taken
to achieve all facets of sustainability.
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Here:
Proposals
to cut the 109m tonnes of waste produced annually on construction
sites in England and Wales have been broadly endorsed by the building
sector. Responses published on 1st October to a Government consultation
show that 75 per cent of respondents support the idea of legally binding
Site Waste Management Plans (SWMPs)
to reduce illegal waste disposal and improve efficiency.
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Here:
New building products made from recycled PVC-U help give manufacturers
an added competitive edge, particularly from the specification sector
where 'green' procurement is an issue, claims Recovinyl,
the PVC-U industry's recycling initiative.
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Here:
Another
four window fabricators have joined the CK
International Ltd recycling bandwagon. Lancashire Trade
Frames in Bolton, Perfect Glazing in Glasgow, GJB Developments in
Essex and Made to Measure Windows in Grimsby all take delivery this
week of their CK Compactors.
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Here:
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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on this Event]
Kestrel
will be at Batimat from the 5th
to 10th November in Paris.
[More
on this Event]
GlassTech
Asia has announced the exhibition's 6th presentation will
be held in Bangkok from 15-17 November 2007.
[More
on this Event]
The
5th Glass Technology India will
take place from 15th-18th November in 2007 in Mumbai.
[More
on this Event]
Fenestration
China 2007 will be held at a new location - Everbright
Convention & Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, from 14th - 17th November.
[More
on this Event]
Polyclose
will be held for the 13th time at the Flanders Expo in Ghent on Thursday,
January 17th to Saturday, 19th January 2008
[More
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]
Exhibition
Calendar
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for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world
Alcoa
has announced the start-up of a 588,000 Watt, roof-mounted photovoltaic
solar power system at its Alcoa Building and Construction Systems'
Kawneer manufacturing facility in Visalia, California.
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Here:
Construction inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stopped work on a number of construction sites in Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley and the Meadowhall shopping centre during July and August because significant health and safety risks on sites were not being controlled
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WE HAVE EMAIL...
No
Joking,
We're
Serious
About
EPDM!
Chris
Reeks,
General
Manager,
National
Roofing
Writes:
I
was
disappointed
to
read
the
comments
made
by
Mark
Harris
of
Sarnafil
Roof
Assured
in
response
to
a
recent
article
submitted
by
National
Roofing
about
our
range
of
EPDM
products
and
their
benefits
to
the
Fenestration
industry.
[Read
the
Rest
Here]
WE HAVE MORE EMAIL...
The
'Great
Debate'
Colin
Chamberlain
of
Hunter
Appointments
writes:
I
have
been
reading
recently
in
the
industry
mags
regarding
'the
great
leaders'
of
our
industry
meeting
to
discuss
the
way
forward
for
the
window
industry.
Are
these
the
same
people
who
have
been
leading
the
industry
into
terminal
decline
for
the
last
15-20
years.
[Read
the
Rest
Here]
Record
Breaking
'Waggle
Free'
Cleaner
is
Sold
Ahead
of
its
Own
Launch!
Not
only
is
the
new
EV475
the
fastest
and
most
efficient
weld
cleaner
Kombimatec
has
ever
produced,
but
it
has
proved
to
be
so
popular
it
has
been
sold
before
its
official
launch
this
month.
Driven
by
the
increasing
desire
to
improve
efficiency
and
productivity
in
factories,
the
EV475
has
been
expertly
designed
with
a
6
axis
control
to
clean
all
types
of
frames
and
joints
on
both
sides
of
the
unit
at
the
same
time.
[More
on
this
Product]
Product
of
the
Week
Archive
here
Blessing
for
Bible
College
It
may
not
be
of
biblical
proportions,
but
the
new
glazed
extension
at
Mattersey
Hall
College
in
Doncaster
from
Sash
UK
has
certainly
found
favour
with
the
religious
community
there!
The
luminatrium
was
required
by
the
college
-
one
of
Europe's
leading
Christian
training
centres
-
to
expand
the
existing
halls
of
residence
[More
on
this
Project]
Project of the Week Archive here
Who
Needs
Henry
When
You
Have
Fabregas?
There
was
no
change
to
the
top
of
the
Pilkington
Fantasy
Football
League
this
week
as
Who
Needs
Henry
stayed