Weekly Email News for the Glass,
Glazing & Fenestration Industries
6th May 2008
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Senior
Aluminium Systems (SAS) has branched out and launched
a new concept in aluminium-timber façade supply
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Here]
A
high quality precision multitool at an affordable price, DREMEL's
new 300 Series tool-only kit is attractively packaged in a new design
and comes complete with a welcome poster inside
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Here]
Cavalok
Building Products Ltd has developed a new range of Cavity
Closers in response to upcoming CSH housing and Eco Homes requirements
[More
Here]
Yale
UK has launched a new range of anti-manipulation euro
profile 6 pin cylinders, tested to the latest security standards
to provide fabricators and installers with the ultimate in key security
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Here]
With
colour becoming an increasing choice for front doors, New
World Developments has added cream to its standard range
of blue, green, red, mahogany, black and light oak finish
[More
Here]
As
part of its doors range for 2008, JELD-WEN
has released a new Flock glass design in its ever popular Oakfield
2-light decorative moulded door
[More
Here]
AGC
Flat Glass Europe (formerly Glaverbel) has announced
another world first with the launch of Mirox 3G, the world's most
environmentally-friendly mirror.
[More
Here]
Window
and door systems specialist Profile 22
has unveiled two new dedicated composite door framing systems, designed
to give fabricators and installers easy access to the rapidly expanding
composite door market
[More
Here]
Door
installers and maintenance specialists can offer their retail and
commercial customers a simple, value security and aesthetic makeover
with the Dynamic 2D hinge from SFS intec
[More
Here]
Security
solutions provider, Adams
Rite has introduced a new range of door closers into
its product portfolio. The company has diversified and expanded
its product offering to fabricators in order to provide total door
solutions
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Here:
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Former Network VEKA
admin officer Karen Lund has rejoined the organisation
to work with existing and prospective members throughout
England and Wales
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Here:
Bob
Stocker, well known throughout the Industry for his work
with RegaLead and North Western Lead, has joined Double
R Glass & Roofing Systems Ltd of Wellingborough
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Here:
Specialist
door manufacturer Portal Products
has welcomed a new operations manager Kelvin Roberts to
the team to address changing customer needs
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Here:
The
recent death of Jonathan Hill (69), former Managing Director
of Glaverbel UK, was
a shock to all his friends and colleagues in the industry.
Jonathan retired from Glaverbel UK (now AGC Flat Glass
UK) in 2003 after 12 years with the company
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Here:
Glas
Sprinz in Ravensburg, German recently placed a new fully automatic
system from Bystronic
into operation
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Here:
Double
R Glass & Roofing Systems Ltd of Wellingborough
has implemented a new labelling system for its sealed unit
operation
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Here:
Pyramid
Windows in Norwich recently invested in an SBA Cutting and
Machining Centre from Haffner GB
Ltd
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Here:
Bohle
Ltd has included in the range are a highly versatile
multi-function bonding table, a variable light tunnel and
professional portable bonding unit.
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Here
Yorkshire
Windows, based in Rotherham, is the region’s largest
manufacturer and installer of PVC-u Windows, Doors and Conservatories.
Owned by MD Mike Yarlett, the company has recently installed
£500,000 of the latest Automated machinery supplied
by WINMAC UK Ltd
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Here:
Sheffield’s
leading manufacturer and installer of Kömmerling PVC-u
windows, doors and conservatories, Vision
Windows, has reached its ten year milestone as a
dedicated Kömmerling fabricator
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Here:
Wellingborough-based
trade fabricator, Glazerite Windows
has enjoyed an encouraging start to 2008 and sales has seen
an excellent year on year increase
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Here:
A
renewed partnership between window and door fabricator
Ad Hoc PVCu Installations Ltd and systems supplier
Kömmerling will signal the availability of Kömmerling
System 70 frames in North Wales
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Here:
Specialist
sash fabricator Mercury Glazing Supplies
has recently expanded, relocating to new 11,000 sq ft premises
and investing on new machinery and labour due to increased demand
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Here:
Bovey
Castle, a luxury hotel on the edge of Dartmoor National Park in
Devon and owned by Hilwood Resorts & Hotels, has recently
undergone extensive refurbishment of its restaurant and meeting
areas
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Here:
The
world's best golfers (including Tiger Woods and Paul Casey) will
soon be getting to grips with handles from hardware supplier
HOPPE (UK) at the Royal Birkdale
Golf Club in Merseyside
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Here:
LDG
Contracts, one of the North West's largest window system
design, fabrication and installation companies, and part of The
LDG Group, has just announced the completion of a challenging
aluminium glazing project for a prestigious new Business Enterprise
Centre in Blackpool
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Here:
A
music and science block at a secondary school in Harrogate is
now hitting all the right notes thanks to a £900,000 makeover
from Senior Aluminium Systems
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Here:
Liverpool-based
social housing specialist Total Glass
Commercial supplied and installed highly-specified
PVC-U windows and composite doors in the refurbishment of a sheltered
housing scheme in nearby Austin Close, Kirkby
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Here:
TimberWindows.com
now texts sales leads directly to Registered Installers'
mobiles. Within minutes of a homeowner making an enquiry
online at www.timberwindows.com a Registered Installer
will be passed an enquiry and will be in position to
call and set up a meeting
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Customers
looking for a simple and cost effective way of ordering
REHAU frames can
now log on to a new website at www.propertyplastics.co.uk
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Since
launching its online ‘Sash Window TV’ clips
in 2007, Mighton Products
has been adding practical advice to every stage of installing
vertical sliders
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A
hard hitting microsite published on the internet by
Tremco illbruck
- www.art-of-efficiency.co.uk - reveals some startling
figures which put the company's Duralite IG spacer system
at the top of the pile when it comes to thermal efficiency
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PVC-U
building product specialist The
Window Store has launched its new easy to
navigate website, giving customers instant access to
all the information they need online
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Here:
Manchester
fabricator Sureframe
has launched a new Web site - www.sureframe.com
- in order to better communicate the company's quality
and service philosophy to both installers and consumers
alike
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Just 18 months ago, even a stroll to the shops was a challenge
for Sue Bentley, Commercial Administrator at Kash
n Karry Sealed Units Ltd
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Here:
Eurocell
Building Plastics has joined forces with international
sports personalities to aid a young man’s charity
fund
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Here:
The
team at REHAU's Birmingham
office donated £3,000 to three charities close to
its heart last Christmas instead of sending corporate
cards and gifts
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Here:
GM
Fundraising's Ride 4 Hope team is now putting
the final preparations together for its 17 day cycle ride
across the USA in September, later this year
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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
A RoSPA conference featuring top speakers from across the construction industry will hear that it is time for clients, contractors and suppliers to raise their game if work-related deaths, injuries and ill-health are to be cut.
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Credit
Crunch May Yet Bite
It's becoming a little more difficult to ignore the effects
of the credit crunch. Persimmom Homes has announced it is to stop building
any more homes until the situation improves, and the latest Plimsoll report
into the construction industry suggests that 14% of firms in the sector
are vulnerable.
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There are still high spots in the glass and window sectors which may yet stave off the worse: composite doors and vertical sliders for example. According to Rigby's latest report, the vertical slider market has enjoyed over 30% growth in the past three years.
Price rises are a bit like buses and after Solutia raised its PVB prices last week, it was inevitable that others would follow in rapid succession. This week it's Dupont's turn, with an increase of 15% - to be applied from June 1st - on all grades of Butacite.
WE
HAVE EMAIL...
Working
Together on Warm Edge
I agree with Andy Jones (Glazine
22nd April). The market for warm edge products
is growing quickly as demand for energy efficient
windows increases, and we are committed to promoting
energy saving windows and raising awareness of
Window Energy Ratings (WER). We are keen to work
with other leading companies in the UK, like Edgetech,
as we have been doing in Europe for 10 years.
Matthias Meissner, Managing Director, Swisspacer
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full Email Here]
Leading
Role in Europe
I would like to reassure Joe
Hague (Investment debate heats up, 22nd April)
that Swisspacer is committed to help grow the
market for warm edge products and high performance
windows. We've taken a leading role in doing this
across Europe for the last 10 years.
Matthias Meissner, Managing Director, Swisspacer
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full Email Here]
CENSolutions Ltd & Mr Wayne Rogerson - an apology and clarification
On 26th February 2008 in an article entitled ‘The facts around EN 14351’, Giles Willson of the Glass and Glazing Federation wrote an article about BS EN 14351-1 with which window and door manufacturers must comply by 1st February 2009.
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Safestyle
Search for Installation
Managers .
Safestyle
UK, the nation’s leading
energy saving window and
door installers has announced
a further step up in their
recruitment drive to uncover
the very best in Industry
talent.
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Here]
energiKorner Tips
"There is financial help available if you're planning to make energy saving improvements to your home, for example, energy suppliers offer free energy saving light bulbs to replace old inefficient ones. They last 10 times longer than normal ones, so installing just one could save you £80 over its lifetime"
[Visit energiKare Website]
Masterframe
at Grand Designs
Masterframe
Windows will
be exhibiting at London
ExCEL on stand B260
from 3-11 May, under
its Bygone Preferred
Installer network
brand.
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on this Event]
Success
for Stegherr at Fensterbau
08
There
was unrelenting pressure
for the sales engineers
on the Stegherr stand
at Fensterbau/ Holz-Handwerk
2008, the interest
in the new KF-W was
amazing according
to the UK distributor
John Penny.
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on this Event]
Smart-Tint
at National Homebuilding
With
comments like ‘best
product I have seen
today’, and ‘this
is just simply amazing’,
heard from some of
the visitors to the
Smart-Tint stand at
the NEC, Reflex Glass
says that the National
Homebuilding &
Renovating show was
a massive success.
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on this Event]
Interbuild
Cements CAB's Support
of Show
The
Council for Aluminium
in Building (CAB)
is back at Interbuild
for the third year
running, with a focus
on highlighting the
metal's strong environmental
credentials.
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on this Event]
Conference on Coatings
on Glass and Plastics
The
7th International
Conference on Coatings
on Glass and Plastics
will take place in
Eindhoven / Veldhoven,
The Netherlands from
June 15th - 19th 2008.
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on this Event]
Fenestration
China Protects Exhibitors
Events
of world format are
currently boosting
the Chinese building
industry, which is
booming in any case.
The window and facade
construction industry
also profits from
this. Representatives
of this industry presented
their products at
the international
exhibition Fenestration
China 2007
from 14-17 November
2007.
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on this Event]
Glass
World Comes to The
Gulf
Timing,
they say, is everything
and what could be
a better moment? Plans
have just been announced
to set up a quasi-governmental
council in order to
boost foreign investment
and, ultimately, to
make it easier to
set up business in
the emirates.
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on this Event]
Glasstech
Asia 2008 Vietnam
Glasstech
Asia 2008 Vietnam,
is the 7th International
Glass Products, Glass
Manufacturing, Processing
& Materials Exhibition.
It will take place
in Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam from 20th
– 22nd November
2008.
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on this Event]
Profiles
2008
AMI’s
programme for Profiles
2008 has a range of
top speakers (June
3-4, Hilton, Charlotte
Center City, NC, USA),
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on this Event]
GlassBuild
America
Listed
as one of the Top
200 trade shows in
the U.S. by Tradeshow
Week magazine, GlassBuild
America is clearly
the place to be from
October 6-8th 2008.
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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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GQA
has recently achieved
the Investors in People
standard. The decision
was taken to undertake
the IIP assessment
as it was felt that
it would further demonstrate
the company's commitment
to its staff, associates
and the wider scope
of achieving a world
class workforce in
the Glass and related
industries.
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here:
Consumer
Protection Association
member, TWS
(Leeds) Ltd,
says that it has recently
received BSI Accreditation
for BS 8213-4:2007
- a code of practice
for the survey and
installation of windows,
external doorsets
and rooflights.
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here:
REHAU fabricator
Euroglaze
has achieved Constructionline
accreditation in a
move designed to support
its work in the commercial
and new build sectors.
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here:
When
Door-Stop
created a new
sample case for
its composite
door range, the
company wanted
to show all the
key benefits quickly
and easily. Customers
want to see the
cross section
so the Door-Stop
case shows the
corner sample
end on making
it immediately
visible.
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here:
Specialist
supplier of PVC-U
products The
Window Store
is celebrating
the news that
clay pigeon shooting
star Charlotte
Kerwood has been
selected as first
nomination for
the ladies Olympic
Trap event at
the 2008 Beijing
Olympics.
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here:
Window
manufacturer,
Alexander
Windows,
has announced
renowned voiceover
artist, Emma Clarke,
as the voice of
the Stockport
company's 2008
radio ad campaign.
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here:
Crystal
Direct
has designed a
new range of dynamic
showroom posters
and window stickers
to help its customers
win sales as part
of its support
campaign.
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here:
Safety
standards on site
are set to rise
following a major
initiative from
the Door
and Hardware Federation
(DHF), the voice
of the UK industrial
and commercial door
and shutter industry.
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REHAU
has produced a new
range of stylish,
contemporary consumer
brochures and showroom
material for use
by its customers
operating in the
retail market.
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Here:
L.B.
Plastics
has launched the
latest version of
its Specifiers Guide,
which gives guidance
on the design and
key performance
factors involved
in window and door
selection.
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Here:
Green
Construction Technique
The
Robert Gordon University
(RGU) is the first
organisation in
Scotland to adopt
an innovative, eco-friendly
construction technique
in one of its new
builds at its Garthdee
campus in Aberdeen.
The building, which
is the first phase
of the University's
£140 million
estates masterplan,
uses a system called
Cobiax
which employs recycled
material in prefabricated
concrete slabs.
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here:
In line with a commitment
to provide only the
best in terms of products
and support frameXpress
management has enrolled
staff on various NVQ
courses
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here:
How to Make Hardware
Products Responsibly...
by replanting
a forest in Thailand,
specifying re-cycled
plastic in China, and
brass content reduction
in India. These steps
have been taken by UAP,
a leading supplier of
door furniture products
in the UK.
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Here:
K-Seal
Glass is
reinforcing its commitment
to green policies with
the Green Apprenticeship
scheme. This concept
has been further developed
to ensure that all manufacturing
procedures are environmentally
friendly.
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It's
all green and go at
Sash
UK's factory
in Barnsley, where two
new baling machines
are not only saving
money, but complying
with the environmental
agenda to reduce the
impact of waste on landfill.
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Here:
Profile
manufacturer KBE
has joined forces with
Bristol-based Penfold
Plastics Ltd to
almost entirely eradicate
waste from its customers’
production lines.
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Here:
Dekura,
the PVC-U recycler has
unveiled its new post-consumer
waste processing machine
- 'Titan'.
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Here:
Linde Nippon Sanso (LNS), a company of The Linde Group, has signed an exclusive contract with Malibu GmbH & Co. KG in Bielefeld, Germany, to supply all of the gases needed to make photovoltaic modules.
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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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From
21st to 25th October
2008 the global glass
industry will convene
in Düsseldorf for
the 20th glasstec
to present the latest
developments in the
field.
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on this Event]