Weekly Email News for the Glass,
Glazing & Fenestration Industries
18th December 2007
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Insurance-backed guarantee provider the Consumer
Protection Association (CPA) has extended its range of
benefits for members with discounts and concessions for a range
of commercial insurance products
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Here:
IQ
Glass Heating turns your windowpane into a radiator -
IQ heating glass replaces classic central heating system with no
more space-taking radiators or dusty convector grilles, no more
condensation or downdraughts
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Here:
TOTO
coating absorbs ultraviolet light from daylight leading to
changes in the chemical and physical characteristics making surfaces
self-cleaning and capable of breaking down pollutants, dirt and
even bacteria
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Here:
Difficulties of locking valuable items where space is at a premium
and the object must remain locked without power can now be quickly
and easily resolved following the launch of a new double latching
solenoid by Magnet Schultz Ltd
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Here:
Roof-Maker,
manufacturer of specialist energy-control Reflex glass units for
conservatories and skylights, says that it is the first in the UK
to offer a switchable glass unit at affordable prices
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Here:
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:
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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:
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Deceuninck
Ltd, the worldwide manufacturer of PVC window systems
and profiles, has announced the appointment of Operations Quality
Manager, Pete Rich
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Here:
Deceuninck
UK
has further strengthened its sales and marketing team with the
appointment of Karma Abourachid to the new position of Marketing
Assistant
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Here:
One
of VEKA's most important
assets is its team members and the recent promotion of Trevor
Ranns to National Commercial Sales Manager is testament to the
value that the company places upon a dedicated work ethic
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Here:
Sierra
Windows
has appointed a new general sales manager to help consolidate
new business and to provide customers with a dedicated point
of contact
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Here:
Specialist
distributor of PVC-U building products Quay
Plastics has appointed Tim Fawcett as the company's
new general manager
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Here:
Bekaert
has announced the appointment of Peter Andries as Market Manager
North America for the Bekaert Sputter Products division, effective
immediately
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Here:
After
leaving the cut and thrust of the PVCu extrusion industry, former
Status Deceuninck Sales
Director Kevin Warner has joined a national Home Information
Pack provider in readiness of the implementation of the well
publicised Home Information Packs
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Here:
Shepley
Window Systems says that it is about to embark on
one of its most exciting years ever and this will be headed
up by two new Pauls to help drive the sales team, launch a new
product range and continue to build customer relations
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Here:
Mumford
& Wood, the Tiptree, Essex-based manufacturer
of timber windows and doors, has announced with immediate effect
the promotion of three members of the senior management team
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Here:
Edinburgh-based
Jim Oliver has been appointed to further develop Metal
Technology’s service to architects, contractors
and fabricators in Scotland
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Here:
A
new design of easy-grip body shape makes the new Makita
BO4555 finishing palm sander a pleasure to use, the new slimline
body smaller for more comfortable handgrip
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Here:
Significant
investment in two new Dubus machining centres, supplied by Wegoma,
is making a dramatic difference for Liverpool-based fabricator Total
Glass in terms of efficiency, space and labour savings
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Here:
Melton
Mowbray-based Truframe has just
invested in a BJM machining
and cutting centre from Promac to help improve productivity at the
fast growing fabricator
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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:
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:
Astra
Windows, a supplier of PVC-U windows, doors and conservatories,
has been commissioned to help give a dated school building in Bolton
a much needed makeover by delivering a major window replacement project
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Here:
Kawneer
systems have helped the £36million Roland Levinsky building achieve
a ‘Very good’ BREEAM rating alongside the university's objective
of a ‘badge’ building for the campus that is easily accessible
to the public
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Here:
In
a contract worth over £308,000, Structura
UK Ltd, curtainwall engineering specialist, manufactured,
supplied and installed 36 sets of new Hueck windows to the Toshiba building
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Here:
One
of Cornwall's largest manufacturers of doors, windows and conservatories,
Wunderplas Windows Ltd has completed
work at a new all-year round luxury holiday development based in Cornwall
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Here:
The
£17million Liverpool terminal development owes its striking appearance
to the Pilkington Planar frameless
structural glazing system
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Here:
G07 Specialist of the Year, TimberWindows.com's
website warms up consumers by empowering them - they can discover
every last product detail, allowing 'self-specification'
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Here:
Systems
company Profile 22 has
launched a new online information service designed to give
customers access to the very latest technical information
and support at the click of a mouse
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Here:
A
website aimed at highlighting the ease with which businesses
can get into motor sport has been launched by one of the biggest
teams in the Uniroyal Fun Cup endurance race series.
www.startracing.co.uk
talks through how to get into the sport, and particularly
the Fun Cup, from the absolute basics - to achieving potential
podium positions
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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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Here:
Generous
workers and suppliers with system supplier VEKA
raised over £2,000 for their favourite charity from the
annual employees' Golf Day
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Here:
Time
certainly didn't 'drag' for employees at Phoenix
Door Panels on Children in Need day when two guys
dressed as gals to raise more than £500 for the national
charity
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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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Silly
Season now in December!
One thing becoming more apparent every
year is that the so-called silly season - a newspaper term to describe
the lack of sensible stories in the summer recess - is being steadily
matched by the craziness that is Christmas. Not that we are short of top
news stories, but there seems to be quite a bit of silliness about too.
One thing we found out this week is that police are now armed with detector kits ready to test the blacked out windows of your limo, to test whether they exceed the limits of glass tinting allowable in motor vehicles. Man Utd star Cristiano Ronaldo was given a spot fine of £30 when pulled over and found to have a tint problem in the windows of his Bentley convertible. In case you are wondering, the fine represented a whopping 0.02% of the value of his £140,000 car.
Another thing we learned this week was that total emissions of all the delegates travelling to Bali for the Climate Summit (hey, why have a climate summit anywhere other than a tropical paradise thouands of miles from anywhere?) was the equivalent of the annual emissions of 20,000 cars. It wouldn't have been so bad if they'd enjoyed their jolly, but from what I saw, many of them fled in tears!
WHAT'S
ON THE BLOG...
PVC-U
is Sustainable
Despite its critics PVC-U is one of the most sustainable
products and is a proven technology. As a leading
composite door manufacturer we have 12 years experience
of manufacturing the only fully engineered PVC-U
composite door. - Mark Simm, Sales Director,
Rockdoor
[Read
full Comment Here]
National
Trade Fabricator
As a large national trade fabricator, I was invited
to attend the recent Industry Debate but had to
pull out. However, I have followed it closely
on this site and would like to add my comments.
Some of Grahame Hall's (Ultraframe) comments are
sensible and some misguided:
- Martin Randall, Chairman, Crystal Direct
[Read
full Comment Here]
Training
part of the Service
I agree that training is needed across the industry.
It might go some way to changing the media and
public perception that ours is an industry which
is full of cowboys and rogue traders. - Charles
Greensmith, Joint Managing Director, GAP
[Read
full Comment Here]
WE
HAVE EMAIL...
Ending
the Year on a High Note for the VAT Campaign
Without wanting to throw caution
to the wind in a state of over enthusiasm, I think
our VAT campaign may be getting somewhere! In
one of Government's most positive personal replies
to date, Tim Yeo, Chairman of the Environmental
Audit Committee, has written to us with an invitation
to submit evidence on the issue to the next inquiry.
We've attached the letter , signed personally
by Tim Yeo for Gl@zine readers (download PDF here).
Andy
Jones, Edgetech
[Read
full Comment Here]
Consumer
Confidence: Let's Stop Talking Things Down
If you go by newspaper headlines
and economists' views on TV and Radio, the economy
is in trouble and we are in for a battering in
2008... But let's ease off the gloom and not talk
ourselves into a self induced, window recession.
The Bank of England has just cut interest rates,
and we can look forward to rates falling to 5%
or less by mid 2008: - Duncan Douglas, Sales
& Marketing Director, Spectus Window Systems
[Read
full Comment Here]
Christmas
Cheer for the Industry
The January 2008 edition of 'Which' landed on
my desk this week as I prepared for a final hectic
week of meetings with Members before the Christmas
break. Taking a few moments to scan through it,
I was heartened to read in an article about reputable
tradesmen that consumers said they were less likely
to have a problem with glaziers than other trades
such as kitchen and bathroom fitters or builders,
indeed 63% of consumers spoken to by the magazine
were very satisfied with services provided by
glaziers - Nigel Rees, GGF Chief Executive
IG
Supervisor
Float
Glass Industries Ltd is
to manufacture high performance
insulating glass for the
commercial glazing sector
under the brand name of
Everseal IG from February
2008.
As a result we are looking
to recruit a Supervisor
for our new fully automated
production line which
will manufacture the first
gas filled commercial
units in the UK in sizes
up to 5 metres using TPS.
[More
Here]
Marketing
Manager
Reflex
Glass is a Leicester based
company and a specialist
market leader in the manufacture
of high performance glass
for conservatories. This
fast track company is
now the first in the UK
to manufacture affordable
switchable glass technology
in unit form for the conservatory
market.
[More
Here]
"Tumble dryers use large amounts of electricity in a short space of time. Hanging your clothes on a line when possible can save money on electricity bills and help to cut down on carbon dioxide emissions."
[Visit energiKare Website]
BASF
and Swarovski at Germany Design Event
BASF, Sonae Indústria and CRYSTALLIZED™
- Swarovski Elements will host a unique display at the KAP Forum
in Cologne during the PASSAGEN 2008 exhibition, which will be held
from January 14 - 20, 2008, to coincide with the ‘imm cologne’
furniture fair.
[More
on this Event]
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]
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.
[More
on this Event]
Public
Sector Project Management Conference
Public Sector Project Management Conference. Tuesday
12th February 2008 - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.
[More
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]
More
Events
More
upcoming events are listed below.
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Events]
Spectus
fabricator EYG has won this
year’s HDM Business Award for Customer Service. The prestigious
regional business award recognises EYG’s longstanding commitment
to its customers.
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here:
Highseal
Windows Ltd achieved Secured by Design (SBD) on Spectus'
Elite 70 Residential PVC-U Door System in October.
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here:
Glass manufacturer, K Seal Glass Ltd
recently won the British Chamber of Commerce award for Business
of the Year 2007. With tough competition the Birkenhead based company
was recognised as the winner for the North West region.
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here:
The team behind the recent TV campaign for Pilkington
Activ™ (BJL) was recently awarded Bronze at this
years IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) Effectiveness
Awards
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here:
WHS
Halo has scored an important double with two ISO accreditations
that further demonstrate the high competency of its IT offer; and
serve to increase confidence in the company's systems and security.
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here:
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:
HOPPE
(UK),
the door and window hardware supplier, is making selling easy
for stockists and installers with new point of sale displays
promoting its Tokyo PAS24+ security handle.
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here:
At
Crystal Direct hard work
and dedication are rewarded. That's why it sponsors three different
sports teams - polo, netball and football. This Winter, it's
time to cheer on the girls' netball team in the Heritage Cup.
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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:
North
Western Lead Co (Hyde) Ltd has launched a new brochure,
dedicated to the collection of Decra Bevels.
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Here:
A free DVD is now available from Volkswagen
Commercial Vehicles demonstrating the features and
benefits of the award-winning Caddy, Transporter and Crafter van
ranges.
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Here:
Bodycote
warringtonfire has launched The Warrington Certification
Directory of Certified Products and Services, an invaluable new
technical source of fire protection products and installation
contractors, certified by Warringtonfire Certification, as well
as current fire protection legislation and related standards.
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Here:
New
Construction Orders: October 2007
Orders in the twelve months to October 2007
were unchanged compared with the previous twelve months, but orders
in the three months to October 2007 fell by three per cent compared
to the same period a year earlier.
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here:
Glass
Qualifications Authority
(GQA), now in its sixth year of trading as the nationally approved
Awarding Body for glass and related industry, has gone from strength
to strength.
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Here:
'We
can only avoid the re-introduction of statutory training levy if you
are a subscribing member of Glass Training
Ltd. It does not have to cost you a great deal and there
are many benefits from working together as a sector.'
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Here:
David
McLean Homes uses Kestrel, the
no lead, no tin brand of PVC-UE and PVC-U roofline, cladding and window
trim products, for its green credentials.
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Here:
CertainTeed,
North America's leading brand of exterior and interior building products,
understands and has developed the ‘Green Building Products’
reference guide and an educational booth
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Here:
Edgetech
UK,
the warm edge technology supplier, is now delivering all its Super
Spacer® products to customers in recycled boxes.
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Here:
As
part of its continued commitment to the environment, WHS
Halo has implemented a battery recycling scheme for all
its sites.
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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:
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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Good
Things
Come
in
Threes
at
JELD-WEN
JELD-WEN,
the
manufacturer
of
interior
and
exterior
doors,
has
released
a
new
range
of
doorsets
that
offer
value
and
performance.
Released
in
response
to
demand
from
developers
for
a
complete
entrance
door
solution,
these
doorsets
are
available
in
three
ranges
[More
on
this
Product]
Product
of
the
Week
Archive
here
PROJECT OF THE WEEK
Total
Glass
gives
Lessons
in
Glazing
Excellence
Pupils
and
staff
at
a
Cheshire
primary
school
have
a
much
better
learning
and
teaching
environment
following
extensive
replacement
glazing
work
by
local
authority
specialist
supplier
Total
Glass
Commercial.
[More
on
this
Project]
Project of the Week Archive here
United
at
Anfield
While
Chelsea
Don’t
Smile
at
The
Emirates
Rafa’s
top
of
the
league,
but
unfortunately
for
the
Liverpool
manager
it’s
not
actually
the
Premiership.
No
Rafa’s
Great
Goatie
is
number
one
in
the
Pilkington
Fantasy
Football
league,
with
the
Red
Devils
in
third.
In
the
League
of
Leagues
The
Firing
Line
are
pushing
ahead
of
the
rest
of
the
pack.
[Read
the
Rest
Here]
