Weekly Email News for the Glass,
Glazing & Fenestration Industries
20th May 2008
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Cova
Products has expanded its high-quality Cova XL exterior
product range with the announcement of a new Natural Oak added to
the Cova XL PREMIER range of exterior grade veneers
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Here]
LSH
UK has announced the launch of a push-fit slot vent for
windows and doors
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Here]
Rockdoor
says that it helps installers achieve an edge with its
unique and fully engineered composite PVC-U Stable Door
[More
Here]
Yale
UK has launched a new armoured security handle designed
to provide fabricators and installers with a complete solution against
euro cylinder attack, as part of a new range of suited door furniture
[More
Here]
Swisspacer's warm edge technology is available in a wide variety of colour options so the spacer bar perfectly matches the colour of the frame
[More Here]
Hardware
distributor VBH-Wagner has announced
the arrival of the esco Design-Line range of products for aluminium
doors
[More
Here]
New
to Schüco's expanding AWS
aluminium window range is the Schüco AWS 105 CC.HI, a specialist
window that delivers extremely high levels of sound reduction combined
with excellent thermal insulation
[More
Here]
Senior
Aluminium Systems (SAS) has branched out and launched
a new concept in aluminium-timber façade supply
[More
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
[More
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
[More
Here]
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Steven Massey has joined Regency
Glass as sales and marketing manager
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Here:
Following
the launch of Edgetech's
360 Business Support Package, the only dedicated warm
edge manufacturer in the UK has introduced the team dedicated
to supporting its customers, including a new addition
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Here:
Mercury
Glazing Supplies, the manufacturer of PVC Vertical
Sliding Windows, has announced the appointment of Sales
and Marketing Director, Steve Reynolds
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Here:
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:
So impressed was JMW (Aluminium) Ltd of Newcastle with
Elumatec's SBZ130 CNC
profile centre, that the company has now invested in a second
machine
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Here:
Kombimatec
has introduced a new economically priced corner cleaner with
the ability to clean 25 different shaped profiles
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Here:
According
to
David Lewis, Emplas Operations
Director. ‘The decision to purchase the ROTOX SMK 506-8K
eight head welder linked into a 12 axis CNC EKA 577 Transom
and Outer frame cleaner, was made easy due to having purchased
many machines from WINMAC
over the past years
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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:
Anchor Windows, based
in Ebbw Vale, has expanded its product range to now include
the full range of Deeplas by Deceuninck building products including
soffits, fascias and cladding
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Here:
Relocation
to new premises and a change of name have given KJN
Windows and Conservatories (previously Ryjack Windows)
a new burst of energy within the industry
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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:
Deceuninck fabricator, Rugby Windows
has a prestigious portfolio of window and door installation in
public sector building projects. A recent project demonstrated
why the company’s expertise is in such demand
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Here:
Hull-based
EYG Commercial (part of the
EYG group) fabricated and installed 1,400 Spectus grey foiled
windows to new student accommodation in Sheffield in November
last year
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Here:
Pilkington
glazing is helping a new office in Reading stay cool with its
cutting edge range of solar control glazing
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Here:
REHAU fabricator NCE Windows
has supplied casement and bespoke windows and doors for a picturesque
hotel conversion project in Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria
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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:
Senior
Aluminium Systems (SAS) has given a university building
a brand new look. Gateway House at DeMontfort University in Leicester
was given a £850,000 make over by the company with the help
of fabricator Insight Architectural
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Here:
K2
has just launched a web log at www.k2blog.co.uk, embracing
the latest trends in internet social media and making
what may be considered as yet another ‘industry
first.’
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the Rest Here]
A
new website has been launched in the UK by PVCu systems
supplier, Kömmerling
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Here:
KBE
fabricator Sunshine Windows
is flying high in the customer service ratings according
to a national trade regulation website
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Here:
Designed
to help increase customers' profits,
Edgetech's 360 business support has gone
live on www.superspacer.co.uk
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Here:
KAT
UK, the specialist sliding window and door
supplier, has recently developed and expanded its website.
The company wanted to add easy access technical information
for its customer base as well as updating the site with
two more new products that KAT recently launched
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Here:
'Visitors
to www.kbp.co.uk
can now get instant online access to one of the industry's
broadest and deepest ranges of next generation PVC-UE
and PVC-U products,’ explains Sales and Marketing
Director of the Kestrel brand, Tony Crutcher
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Here:
Staff at KBE Window Systems’ fabricator Distinction
Windows Ltd are aiming to conquer new heights
later this month and raise a record amount of money in
a demanding mountaineering event for charity
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The
majority of the Ride 4 Hope team have just returned from
Majorca in preparation for their September bike ride across
the USA in aid of Hope House Children's Hospices through
GM Fundraising
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Here:
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:
'Over one in three construction sites visited put the lives of workers at risk and operated so far below the acceptable standard that our inspectors served 395 enforcement notices and stopped work on 30% of the sites', Geoffrey Podger, HSE's Chief Executive said recently.
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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
Wooden
it Be Nice...
With differences between the timber and PVC-U window
industries over the relative sustainability and energy efficiency of their
products simmering to boiling point in recent months following the launch
of the 'Wood for Good' Campaign, two PVC-U systems companies have decided
it's time to put up or shut up.
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Going it alone may not best please the British Plastics Federation, but VEKA and Epwin group have deployed their own resources to launch PVCAware.org, which will go live following its official launch at the National Self Build & Renovation Centre on June 10th.
Coincidentally, we hear this week from Roy Wakeman, CEO of The Performance Window Group who makes a robust defence of timber and reckons 'it beggars belief that we read Upvc can get an A rated credential in the latest BRE Green Guide on the basis that more Upvc windows are being recycled'.
WE
HAVE EMAIL...
Showcase
Your Talents
In light of recent discussions
about investment into our industry I am writing
to you this week to urge companies to get on board
with this year's G08 Awards. Andy Jones, Managing
Director, Edgetech
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full Email Here]
Technical
Auditor
Chiltern International
Fire is one of Europe’s
leading authorities on fire,
providing a range of services
to clients in the construction
industry. These services
include consultancy, research,
training and testing to
British, European and International
standards.
[More
Here]
Guardian
Industries
Guardian Industries,
one of the world’s
largest manufacturers of
float glass and fabricated
glass products, have a wide
range of new and exciting
opportunities at all levels
within their Sales and Marketing
operations both office and
field based.
[More
Here]
energiKorner Tips
"Opening your oven door to check if your food is ready actually reduces its temperature by 25 degrees, making it take more time and energy to cook your food"
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Ask
the Experts
Hot
topics at this year’s
Homebuilding and Renovating
Show were legislation
and ‘how to’
questions and answers
about practical joinery
applications.
Property developers,
housebuilders, architects
and DIYers eagerly
approached the British
Woodworking Federation
(BWF) team with building
legislation and joinery
questions over the
course of the four-day
Show.
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on this Event]
Celuform
to Exhibit at CIH
Celuform,
manufacturer of PVC-UE
roofline, cladding
and window finishing
products with particular
expertise in the specification
sector, is exhibiting
at the Chartered Institute
of Housing Exhibition
with its Celutex product.
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on this Event]
Kestrel
Spreads Calcium Organic
Message at CIH
The
no lead, no tin, 100%
calcium organic brand
of PVC-UE building
products, Kestrel,
will be exhibiting
at this year's Chartered
Institute of Housing
Exhibition.
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on this Event]
Rockdoor
Returns to CIH Exhibition
Rockdoor
will be returning
to this year's Chartered
Institute of Housing
(CIH) exhibition at
the Harrogate International
Centre from June 17-19,
to showcase its fully
engineered PVC-U composite
door.
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on this Event]
Kombimatec
in India
Kombimatec
Machines recently
exhibited the company's
uPVC window machinery
at the window &
door exhibition in
Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
India and witnessed
a rush of local companies
starting up fabrication
plants.
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on this Event]
glasstec
2008 - ‘Glass
& Energy’
Modern
glass products offer
a great deal of potential
for the reduction
of the climate-damaging
greenhouse gas carbon
dioxide (CO2). The
latest developments
in the area of energy-efficient
building glazing and
solar technology will
be presented at glasstec
2008 in
Düsseldorf.
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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]
More
Events
More
upcoming events are
listed below.
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Events]
In this month's
What's New section
of the BBA
website, there
is news on Liquid
Plastics gaining yet
another BBA Agrément
Certificate, information
on the ELWA Technical
Committee and some
concerns on standards
for cladding.
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here:
Richard
Robinson, sales and
marketing director
at Stockport-based
Windows manufacturer,
Alexander
Windows,
presented Oscar Brogden
with the prestigious
'Green Award' at Imagine
FM's 'Pride of South
Manchester' Awards.
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here:
When
it comes to point
of sale materials,
Sarnafil
Roof Assured's
latest showroom
model is a perfect
and practical
demonstration
with running water.
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here:
Following
a live demonstration
on air recently,
telephone sales
order lines for
QVC - the London
based shopping
channel with an
audience across
Europe - were
busy with callers
wanting to buy
Pickbuster.
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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:
AAMA
1801-08, a voluntary
specification for
acoustical testing,
has been released
by the American
Architectural Manufacturers
Association (AAMA).
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here:
Ensuring
that windows and
curtain walling
deliver the best
value and aesthetic
solution during
the landmark Building
Schools for the
Future (BSF) programme
lies at the heart
of the development
of a new guide by
L.B.
Plastics.
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here:
REHAU
has produced a product
information CD Rom
for use by specifiers
of its REHAU Polytec
50 composite curtain
walling system.
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here:
Qualicoat
has announced a
new range of Guidance
Notes which are
being added to the
Qualicoat UK &
Ireland website.
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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:
GAP,
the home improvement
stockist, is working
in partnership with
Wigan and Leigh College
to provide the first
NVQ Level 2 in Special
Installation of Roofline
Systems in the UK.
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here:
Kestrel,
the no lead, no tin,
100% calcium organic
brand of PVC-UE building
products, has teamed
up with Wigan &
Leigh College to provide
a formal qualification
in roofline installation
for all Kestrel Registered
Installers.
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here:
Lister
Trade Frames,
the Stoke on Trent based
fabricator recently
took delivery of a CK
International Mini-Compactor
to ensure its recyclable
polythene packaging
waste doesn’t end
up in landfill.
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Here:
The
UK's leading PVC-U recycler
Dekura
has launched a new service
designed to support
fabricators and installers
address the new Site
Waste Management legislation
which came into force
on April 6th.
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Here:
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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on this Event]
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]