Weekly Email News for the Glass,
Glazing & Fenestration Industries
4th December 2007
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Following the success of Pilkington
Activ™ Blue in becoming the number one high performance glass
for conservatory roofs, the choice for installers and homeowners
has been extended with the launch of Pilkington Activ™ Neutral
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Here:
Construction
Plastics Backpacker is a fast and economical packer with
a 'comb' system that prevents the packer from slipping which, crucially,
allows a person working alone to position and fix the packer quickly
and easily
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Here:
uvex's
new safety glove combines the ideals of climatec with recent advances
and innovation in manufacturing and materials to produce a comfortable
glove with level 5 cut protection
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Here:
Fenestration
Ltd has launched Chromatics® cuttable, coloured,
fully opaque glass panel for both exterior and interior use
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Here:
Automatic
entrance systems add sophistication and appeal to any building and
Hillaldam Coburn has introduced
a range of systems which combine functionality with good looks
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Here:
Sunfold
Systems' new high security aluminium front doors add
to the company’s already wide portfolio of aluminium folding
sliding doors and bespoke glazing solutions
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Here:
Eurocell
Building Plastics (EBP) is providing its customers with
an environmentally friendly solution to the rising cost of lead
by launching Ubiflex
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Here:
WHS
Halo has developed a dedicated frame angle product that
makes installation easier; and delivers a more practical and aesthetically
pleasing finish
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Here:
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LSH
UK
has launched an enhanced security solution for doors. The LSH Dog
bolt is designed to provide enhanced protection to doors fitted
with 'non' compliant hinges allowing the door system to achieve
hinge side PAS 024 security performance
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Here:
Profile
22 has launched its new bi-fold door, designed to generate
new high-value sales opportunities for fabricators and installers
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Here:
Its
ability to build an inspection history for every fork lift truck
on site while ensuring all equipment passes a pre-shift check are
two reasons why the Safe-Truck Inspection System from SG
World has been successful
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Here:
Available
in HOPPE’s ever popular
aluminium range, the Tôkyô hande now comes with a wider
external plate offering improved visual presence
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Here:
Product Archive
(300+ Listed Products)
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Spectus
Window Systems has appointed Chris Hughes as National
Specification Manager. Chris has many years' experience working
in the trade, domestic and commercial markets for a competitor
systems company
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Here:
Iain
Thomson has been promoted to the role of Financial Director
at Ultraframe, after four
years as Financial Controller at the conservatory roofing company
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Here:
After
six years in specification and commercial sales with VEKA rising
to Team Leader, Mike Trourbridge joined Matrixx Windows as Commercial
Director and has now joined The Welch
Glazing Company Ltd as National Commercial Manager,
with a view to taking on the role of Commercial Director
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Here:
As
part of GAP's ethos to promote
from within, the home improvement stockist has promoted Chris
Berry to Depot Manager at Blackburn
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Here:
Justin
Rigg has recently joined Thermoseal
Group's UK sales team
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Here:
Designed
and manufactured by Makita and exclusive to Screwfix,
the company says that the new SITE range features exceptional performance
with all the features and support associated with a world leading
manufacturer
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Here:
Glass
tools and consumables manufacturer and distributor Bohle
UK has introduced a new automated system for high volume
serial glass bonding
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Here:
Three
new Wegoma welders are speeding
up production efficiencies at Barnsley fabricator Euroglaze
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Here:
The
new range of hot melt machines from TGE
(part of Thermoseal Group Limited), is part of a succession of glass
equipment currently being built to a new specification
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Here:
Super-fabricator
Sierra Windows has seen
a significant increase in demand for its Astragal Bar glass design
which was launched eighteen months ago in response to a call for more
'heritage' style products
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Here:
Homecare
Home Improvements in Surrey says that it is impressing
customers with its new Windowlink sales presentation and pricing software
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Here:
Indigo,
the West Midland trade frame fabricator, says that it is setting out
to once again lead the field in terms of product, quality and service
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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:
Installing
Pilkington Activ™ Blue glass
on the roofs of two primary school main entrances in the London Borough
of Newham was intended to improve the quality of the buildings and to
ease the cost of future maintenance
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Here:
Sleek,
modern and stylish windows from Sheerframe fabricator and installer
Asset Manufacturing Ltd have played
a crucial role in delivering a state of the art student accommodation
complex on Birmingham's Bristol Road
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Here:
Vador’s
Russell Vasey specified Abloy door
operators at George House in York, and linked the Abloy DA400 external
door operator to a video and intercom door entry system for added security
at the entrance door
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Here:
Everglade
Windows,
based in Neath South Wales recently supplied and fitted Eurocell mock
sash horn windows on a prestigious development at Parc Penscynor
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Here:
Spectus
Window Systems
profile has recently been used to replace 215 ground floor windows for
Cardiff University student accommodation
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Here:
Albro
Windows Ltd installed Synseal's Legend windows at Stanburn
First and Middle School after a member of staff recommended the company
to the school's headteacher
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Here:
Fire
protection is being provided for tenants in new apartments on Jersey
by CGI's Pyroguard fire resistant
glass
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Here:
The
WHS Halo System 10 Conservation
Vertical Slider has been used as part of a renovation project to preserve
a listed building, providing sheltered accommodation for residents in
Cambridge
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Here:
Weston-super-Mare's
stately Victorian seafront terraces have been given a new lease of life
with Classic sliding sashes from South Western Windows with vertical
sliders supplied by Masterframe
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Here:
Crystal
Direct's
new website has all the latest news from the national trade
fabricator as well as details on its huge product range
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Here:
Although
Nuglas had its own website,
traffic to the site was not as prolific as the company wanted,
but linking up with eBuilders has created a volume of leads
that Sales Director, Kevin Holland is delighted with
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To
coincide with the launch of its new website, Lodestar
PR, the building materials marketing communications
agency, is asking visitors to its site to contribute favourite
quotations or words of wisdom online.
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Here:
Conservatory
roof fabricators are being given greater control over stock
and cashflow with the introduction of a new online ordering
facility from Aztec
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Here:
UAP,
the supplier of door furniture into the PVCU door and window
market has launched an enhanced corporate web portal
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Here:
Bob
Ainsworth, Armed Forces Minister, along with Jennifer Ellison,
star of Brookside and Chicago, recently sent off the last Christmas
Boxes, collected by the charity uk4u-Thanks! to all those serving
overseas or in hospital at Christmas
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Staff
at Carl F Petersen donned
'ghostbuster' boiler suits to raise money for children in need.
Everyone in the warehouse and offices, including senior management,
wore the all-in-one outfits with Pudsey inspired accessories
for the whole day
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PVCu
window and door manufacturer, Windowstyle
UK, struck a golden shot for tireless young fundraiser,
Adam Oates, recent winner of the Sheffield Star Superkids Fundraising
Award, by donating the proceeds from the company’s annual
corporate golf challenge to his favoured Charity the Sheffield
Children's Hospital
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Here:
We have published a number of articles on Part L of the Building Regulations which you can find here:
PART L ARCHIVES
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Vitrum
Proves a Bigger Hit!
Having just received the final report
from the organisers of Vitrum 2007, which was held in a brand new venue
outside Milan (Rho) for the first time this year, two things immediately
come to mind. The
first of these is that it proves the doubters wrong about the numbers
- all metrics are comfortably up on the last outing of the exhibition
in 2005 - visitors up nearly 7%, stand space up 10.5%, exhibitor numbers
up 32%. Visitor numbers were the highest since the show began in 1979
(just over 17,000)
Perhaps those commentators who thought numbers were down were confused by the larger scale of the new halls - or perhaps by the copious amounts of wine consumed! We also hear this week that numbers were up at the huge plastics show K in Düsseldorf at the end of October (visitors up nearly 5% on the last show in 2004 - and yes folks it's only every three years!!)
It also makes you wish that UK exhibition organisers were as transparent as the Germans and Italians about their data. Vitrum, for example, sends out a complete breakdown of visitor and exhibitor figures, in table form, from 1979 to the present With another European behemoth - Fensterbau - on the horizon, it is really time for UK organisers to take a leaf out of the continentals' books, and start putting on decent shows. People might turn up to them if they did.
WHAT'S
ON THE BLOG...
Industry
Debate Part 6
Topic 6 of The Industry Debate was 'EU legislation:
Muddle & Red Tape'.
[Read
it Here]
Sloppy
Journalism Gives Industry a Bad Name
They say any publicity is good publicity, but
while I support the exposure the national media
gives to con men and rogue traders I don’t
support sloppy journalism in the ‘red top’
tabloids or anywhere.
Tony Walsh, Managing Director, Freefoam Plastics
Ltd
[Read
the Rest Here]
Industry
Debate - New Comment
• I am surprised that those once removed
from the 'window market' do not seem to understand
how it works. Anyone who thinks that the solution
is to train Direct Salesmen lives on a different
planet to me! Inevitably we will have to compete
at a price level for some of our business but
we will be rewarded by the inevitable demise of
the 'kamikaze pilots' - it's just a question of
how long. I wish I knew the answer to that one!
- David Hurst, Divisional Managing Director,
Epwin Group
[Read
full Comment Here]
Sales
Executive (South)
K2
Glass Ltd is a market
leader in the manufacture
of specialist glass for
Conservatories.
Due to rapid and continued
expansion, an exciting
opportunity has arisen
for the position of: Sales
Executive (South of England).
[More
Here]
Business
Development Executive
(Midlands)
Established
in the 1990’s, and
employing over 300 people
in the U.K, K2 has established
itself as a market leading
company within the Conservatory
Industry. Recent company
expansion has resulted
in the need to recruit
a:
Business Development Executive
(Midlands).
[More
Here]
Various
Positions: SASH UK
Due
to unprecedented growth
within key sectors of
its business, SASH UK
is currently seeking applicants
of the highest calibre
to add to its exciting
and dynamic team.
[More
Here]
Product
Manager
Winkhaus
UK Ltd, part of a multi
national German company
are market leaders supplying
high security locking
systems and access control
to the window and door
industry and are seeking
to recruit a Product
Managerto
work with our Senior Product
Manager in a busy department.
[More
Here]
Commercial
Sales Manager
Southern Region
Our
client is a well established,
respected and successful
contractor, manufacturing
and installing quality
PCVu windows, composite
fire doors and curtain
walling to the public
refurbishment and commercial/
new build sectors.
[More
Here]
"You could save energy simply by fitting aluminium foil behind radiators on outside walls. The foil reflects heat back into the room, helping you save money on your heating bills."
[Visit energiKare Website]
Glass
Science in Art and Conservation Congress
The
GLASSAC-08 congress will be held at the Aula Magna of Valencia University
Historic Building, Valencia, March 5-7, 2008.
[More
on this Event]
Unilam
at Glassex-GP&T
Unilam
International will be exhibiting at Glassex-GP&T which runs
from 8-10 April 2008 at the NEC, Birmingham. The stand will be divided
into two areas - one dedicated to the Unilam laminating resins system
and the second to Cooltemper glass toughening furnaces.
[More
on this Event]
Freefoam
at Self Build Show
The recent Self Build & Renovation Show held
18th-21st October at the National Self Build and Renovation Centre
attracted over 240 exhibitors and more than 2000 visitors over the
four days.
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on this Event]
Head
Start for GlazeKart 2008
GlazeKart,
the endurance outdoor karting race for the glass and fenestration
industry, has announced the date for the 2008 event, Friday, 6th
June.
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on this Event]
Public
Sector Project Management Conference
Public Sector Project Management Conference. Tuesday
12th February 2008 - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.
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on this Event]
glasstec
2008
Exhibitor
invitations have been sent out thereby firing the official ‘starting
pistol’ for preparations for glasstec 2008. From 21st to 25th
October 2008 the global glass industry will convene in Düsseldorf
for the 20th time to present the latest developments in the field.
[More
on this Event]
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]
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Events
More
upcoming events are listed below.
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Events]
Conservatory specialist, Ultraframe
has received a hat trick of commendations at the Lancashire Business
Environment Association Environmental Awards, held on 15th November
2007.
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here:
Health and safety issues are of a prime concern for all manufacturers
and K2 Glass has just received
an award at the Glass Charter Awards in recognition of the company’s
processes and procedures within its factory.
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here:
Following an assessment by an independent body, Stockport windows
manufacturer, Alexander Windows
(Alexander), has been awarded ISO 14001 certification.
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here:
Plastmo fabricator, Unique Window Systems,
used Interbuild 2007 to announce the achievement of Secured By Design
(SBD) on its Charisma vertical slider.
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here:
In this month's What's New section of the BBA
website there is news on the latest Certificate presentation at
this year's Interbuild and the first ever Certificate presentation
for renewable energy technology.
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here:
UAP,
the supplier of door furniture and decorative glass products
has produced its first ever calendar.
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here:
When
it comes to marketing, Conservatory
Outlet says that it has reputation for doing things
a little different and the company’s latest video featuring
a Kill Bill femme fatale demonstrates the strength of its windows
in a ‘movie style’ manner on YouTube.
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here:
Ultraframe
has launched a new range of packaging for its range of conservatory
roofing systems which acts as a promotional message that reminds
and encourages installers to pass the Ultraframe Certificate
of Authenticity onto the homeowner.
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here:
Edgetech,
the supplier of Warm Edge Technology, has developed a range
of showroom support to help its installer customers communicate
the benefits of windows with Super Spacer® inside.
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here:
Celuform,
manufacturer of PVC-UE roofline, cladding and window finishing
products with particular expertise in the specification sector,
has launched its new Price List.
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Here:
Ultraframe
has recently launched issue 5 of its flagship retail brochure,
the Essential Guide to Conservatories.
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Here:
Construction
Orders
in the twelve months to September 2007 rose by two per cent compared
with the previous twelve months, but orders in the third quarter
2007 fell by two per cent compared to the same quarter a year
earlier.
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here:
Glass
businesses in the East Midlands are being urged to apply for management
and leadership training for their staff to help nurture leaders of
the future. Proskills, the Sector
Skills Council for the Process and Manufacturing Sector, is encouraging
any company with two to 4,999 employees to apply for the funding,
which provides up to 50% of the cost of the training.
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Here
With the Energy Savings Trust claiming that homes account for 27%
of the UK's carbon emissions the team at Selecta
is committed to an ongoing research and development programme that
will ensure the Advance 70 mm system offers optimum energy efficient
performance levels.
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Here:
With
the price of raw materials - especially metals - continuously rising,
the economic case for using valuable materials as efficiently as possible
is now overwhelming. In this context, product life cycle management
is of central importance.
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Here:
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).
[More
on this Event]
Exhibition
Calendar
Go
Here:
for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world
Kömmerling
Chemische Fabrik,
a supplier of sealants and adhesives for the glass and glazing
market, has introduced a new range of adhesives and sealants,
specifically designed for use in the production of photovoltaic
modules and solar thermal panels.
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Here:
DuPont
Photovoltaic Solutions
(DPVS) exhibited a broad and growing portfolio of films, resins
for encapsulants, encapsulant films, conductive pastes and more,
at the 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and
Exhibition - the world's largest PV event in Milan, Italy, September
3-7, 2007.
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Here:
The Health and safety Executive (HSE) has warned NHS trusts and other care providers of the importance of having an effective building management programme. The warning comes after an in-patient of Leigh Infirmary fell from a first floor window suffering a broken ankle.
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Conservapanel
-
What
a
s'U'ccess
The
first
installation
of
Ultraframe's
new
Conservapanel
glazing
material
has
now
been
completed
in
Northern
Ireland
by
Ultra
Installer,
David
Gibson
Conservatories.
[More
on
this
Product]
Product
of
the
Week
Archive
here
Sash
Enhances
Welsh
Village
The
beautiful
unspoilt
village
of
Deganwy
lies
on
the
coast
overlooking
Conwy
Castle
in
North
Wales,
an
idyllic
location
in
a
much
sought
after
area
and
with
the
help
of
Sash
UK,
new
residential
opportunities
are
now
available.
[More
on
this
Project]
Project
of
the
Week
Archive
here
Can
Rafas
Great
Goatie
Be
Stopped?
Saturday
was
the
start
of
a
new
month,
with
new
managers
in
charge
at
Birmingham,
Derby
and
Wigan,
but
it
was
the
same
old
story
at
the
top
of
the
Pilkington
Fantasy
Football
League.
Rafas
Great
Goatie
remain
in
first
place
for
yet
another
week,
on
651
points,
although
their
lead
has
been
cut
this
week,
with
Who
Needs
Henry
just
four
points
behind.
In
the
League
of
Leagues,
Isaacs
Leeds
The
Way
also
held
on
to
the
top
spot,
while
The
Firing
Line
are
still
second.
[Read
the
Rest
Here]
