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2002
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Orders
in the twelve months to June 2002 rose by three per cent compared to
orders in the previous twelve months and orders in the second quarter
of 2002 fell by two per cent compared to the same quarter a year earlier
Misunderstandings
on how Constructionline works have caused barriers and a slower uptake,
a Local Government Task Force report states
Smaller
firms are being given the chance to show their commitment to safety
with the launch of a new category in the construction industry's Working
Well Together (WWT) awards
The
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently launched the Small Firms
Assistance Scheme (SFAS), a pilot grant scheme designed to help small
firms improve their health and safety performance
Research
commissioned by the HSE has found a link between RSI and abnormalities
in the way sensory nerves work in the arm
New
HSE research on lanyard degradation highlights the importance for all
those involved in working at height to carry out appropriate pre-use
checks and inspections of their fall arrest equipment
KBE
Window Systems has introduced further profiles to its range giving clients
greater choice
Bystronic
AG has introduced a technically advanced glass cutting machines
MPM
has introduced a third suite of Rehau profiles - Tritec
PROFILE
22's 70mm Bay Saddle adaptor
Haffner GB single-head, two- head or multi-head welding machines
Ubbink's
SunPipe is an energy effiecient way to duct natural daylight from the
roof into the home or workplace
Siegenia-Frank's
new parallel tilt and slide door hardware for the UK patio door market
A
range of finishing options created through the partnership between Strandex
Europe and HMG Paint
NEW!!Product
Archive
For a directory of products sorted by product type
For a directory of products sorted by company in alphabetical order
The
new Operations Director and Production Manager for Aegis Conservatory
Roof Systems add more than 40 years of industry experience
GTI-Kombimatec
Machines Ltd has announced several internal promotions, with
two of its most experienced staff now appointed as Board Directors.
Will
Vidor, has become so popular with Indigo customers that a
new Nissan Cargo Van has recently been purchased to help him
get around the national customer base
Everwhite,
manufacturers of PVC UE building products has appointed Neil
Whitfield as Business Development Manager for North England
CGI
International's new guidance paper 'An overview of Fire
Rated Glasses' can be used as a training aid to help architects
and specifiers through the maze of different fire glasses
in the market place
Avonside Window Systems, manufacturer and installer of windows
for the UK's housebuilders, has placed training and skills
at the heart of its business and customer service development
programme.
BPF
President Brian Mann has voiced concerns that the shortage
of students on polymer courses and the shortfall of engineering
based apprenticeships could be catastrophic for the Plastics
Industry
A
new kind of museum exploring life in different cities
of the world has been built in Manchester and Geze UK
has provide the automatic entrance doors and other swinging
and sliding doorsets
Janex,
supplier of Scandinavian windows and doors, has just
completed the 3rd phase of a major contract worth nearly
£4 million, supplying external doors and screens
to Falkirk Council in central Scotland
Kawneer
and Glamalco have completed a £4m contract to
install curtain walling and structural silicone glazing
to three office buildings on Prudential's new GreenPark
business park in Reading
Tremco's
Proglaze II and SGT 920 tapes were selected for the
four-sided structural glazing on the prestigious Al
lttihad Tower in Shajah
The
weatherproofing qualities of Profile 22 windows were
chosen by the RNLI for their new lifeboat station at
Thurso
Composite
panels manufactured by Laminated Supplies, part of the
Hallmark Group, have brightened up a Hampshire housing
estate
The
GGF has issued an up-to-date position as regards publication and
enforcement of the forthcoming European Standard for insulating
glass units (EN 1279)
CE
Marking requires companies to have their units tested to EN 1279:
Dave Frost explains.
Elvis
spotted in Hull with pair of Glass Boobs
As
we are now at the peak of the holiday season in the UK and the rest of
Europe, I have found the temptation irresistable to run a few 'Silly Season'
stories: a warning to flamboyant gazebo designers is contained in our
first story, while the intriguing tale of a pair of glass boobs and its
connection with the 'Metric Martyrs' is the subject of another. And of
course, in the 25th anniversary of the King's death, we have a 'sighting'
of Elvis (in Hull)
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IGM
2003
Save
the dates of November 4-6, 2003 for the 14th biennial edition of USA's
premier event for the glass and fenestration industries.
GPD
2003
The
dates for the next Glass Processing Days conference have been published.
Glaskon/BAU 2003
GlasKon 2003 in Munich, the 10th Innovation Forum for Glass, Architecture
and Technology, which will run alongside BAU 2003
Fensterbau
2003
Following
the launch of Conservaglass™, Chris Richardson, technical director
of Ultraframe (UK) Ltd, considers some of the factors concerned in the
selection of IGUs for conservatories.
Kim
Rehfeld, Managing Director of HomePro, looks at the nature, and benefits,
of Insurance Backed Guarantees - now necessary for FENSA compliance
FENSA,
GGF and BBA have agreed on their understanding on fire escape provisions
and Part L.
Worcester
based Veka manufacturer Crown Conservatories proved a big hit at the recent
Spring Gardening Show set within the picturesque Malvern Hills, with Veka's
Little Rig display unit providing the stage.
A
new Building Products brochure is available from DP Plastics/Panels Plus
showing its range of maintenance free GRP fibre glass products.
GBW Discovery doors have passed the industry's most stringent testing
procedure relating to performance and security.
Nuglas
of Newhaven, East Sussex has won two top prizes in a competition to find
the best conservatories of 2002
Fersina
Dundee has become one of the most recent fabricators to take on board
the Spectus Sightline 70 range of profile
Ickenham
based LMC Group put down their hard hats and Wellington boots for a
day to raise £500 for the Charity Children with Leukaemia by staging
a five-a-side football tournament
Phil Mundell, sales and marketing director for Sentinel Doors, discusses
the practical application of Part M and its implications for the expanding
role of the door manufacturer in helping to assess the needs of the disabled
An industry barometer has been launched in the form of 'In Your Perspective,'
an on-line forum page from Cotswold Architectural Products, designed to
stimulate industry discussion.
Ambersil,
manufacturer of industrial consumables and maintenance chemicals has launched
its new web site
WRAP - the Waste and Resources Action Programme has announced a capital
grant competition .
Brian
Wilson, Minister for Energy, has brought the reality of solar power to
eight new projects across the UK.
Lest you think we have completely lost the plot, I would point out that this week's Gl@zine has been updated from top to bottom: with a completely new section on Safety, a new feature on Part M and its implication for the door industry, NINE new Products, FOUR new People stories, SIX new Projects and new information in the Construction, Literature, Marketing, Internet, Awards, Fabricator Focus and Charities channels. Phew!
Oh,
and of course we have got a fair bit of quite serious News as well.
We hope you enjoy this issue as much, if not more than usual. Please e-mail
on tony@theglazine.com
Tony Higgin, Publisher
(PS: Time for a swim I think...)
SILLY
SEASON NEWS
BBC's
Homefront comes a cropper with Lambeth Council
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is the man who has transformed hundreds of interiors
and back gardens on behalf of BBC's Homefront programme - and not always
to the liking of the inhabitants. But in an unusual case in the leafy
backstreets of Streatham in South West London, while the homeowners were
delighted with the rather eccentric exterior makeover, the neighbours
complained to the local Planning Officer - and won.
[More
on this Story]
Glass art goes t*ts up and becomes 'booby prize' of 'Metric Martyrs'
SUNDERLAND Page 3 girl Danni May first had her 'assets' immortalised at the National Glass Centre, when the glamour model's chest became one of celebrity body parts to join the National Glass Centre's tourist attraction's the 'Wall of Fame'. Then, the 'glass bust' was auctioned to Neil Herron of the Metric Martyrs and offered as a 'booby' prize every month to the politician – national or local – who drops the biggest clanger. Confused? You will be...
A real pane in the glass for telesales
Also from Sunderland comes the following story....
A DOUBLE-GLAZING saleswoman who tried to target Tony Blair’s East Durham home missed her window of opportunity. The eager sales rep got through to the Prime Minister’s constituency home, Myrobella, in Trimdon Station, which is listed as A.C.L. Blair in the Teesside phonebook.
English Heritage in race against time to save rare 500 year old glass
English Heritage, with a group of local archaeologists, is investigating a secret site on which Warwickshire rabbits have been busy over the summer. The rabbits' burrowing into a grass hump which was the platform on which a house stood, has dug up a large quantity of rare medieval glass thought to have been the remains of a very grand, highly decorated window of a substantial 14th century manor house.
Elvis
Spotted In Hull
Hurst Plastics and East Yorkshire Glazing have pulled out all the stops
to make a Hull woman's wedding anniversary present a big success. Marion
Smurthwaite is an avid Elvis fan, so her husband Peter asked EYG if they
could supply a door carrying an eye-catching image of 'The King'.
[More
on this Story]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Senator
Aims to Clean up with Pilkington Activ
Senator Windows, Ireland's largest replacement window company and the
first in the world to install Pilkington ActivTM self cleaning glass,
is about to launch an EUR80,000 advertising and sales incentive campaign
to raise sales of the product in its home market.
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on this Story]
Record-Breaking
Roofs from Wendland
With sales approaching £1 million from new business and a steady
rise in orders from existing customers, Wendland has achieved record sales
figures during the first half of 2002. The Gloucestershire-based conservatory
roof manufacturer is attributing much of its success to the efforts of
the company's restructured sales team headed by recently appointed Director
of Sales, Alan Fielder.
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on this Story]
Glasshouse:
Regional Winners Announced
The nine regional winners have been announced for the European Glasshouse
competition, created by Pilkington in association with professional journal
Architecture Today, with the event also now confirmed as one of the most
successful architectural competitions ever staged.
[More
on this Story]
Hallmark
Extends its Manufacturing Facilities
Hull-based door panel and GRP products manufacturer Hallmark Group has
increased its manufacturing facility by 25,000sq ft to allow for further
expansion and growth and to improve storage, handling and logistics.
[More
on this Story]
Thermoseal
invests in Transport Fleet and Trains Drivers
The Thermoseal Group, manufacturer and supplier of double glazing consumables,
has expanded its 14 strong vehicle fleet by taking delivery of its first
HGV lorry - a Mercedes Atego with a 12 tonne capacity, which is part of
a further multi-vehicle order. This has also meant training several members
of staff to drive to HGV standard.
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on this Story]
Duraflex
Future Assured by Investment
Following 4 months of negotiations, Masco Corporation of Taylor Michigan
acquired Duraflex from Latium Group on 26th April 2002.
Masco, a world leader within the building products sector, has a sales
turnover of $8.5Bn and has an impressive portfolio of brands in the US,
UK and Europe.
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on this Story]
Aztec
Improves Customer Service
Conservatory fabricators will receive an enhanced delivery of components
with investment by Aztec Conservatory Roof Systems in its vehicle fleet.
The company has increased its mainstream transport capability, with the
delivery of an 18-tonne wagon, with another on order and due within the
next quarter.
[More
on this Story]
Greens
Windows Shine for Social Housing
Housing Association and Local Authority decision-makers flocked to Kömmerling's
stand at Europe's biggest social housing event to get first-hand information
about the new environmentally-friendly PVCu 'GreenLine' windows.
[More
on this Story]
New
Owner, New Deal for Fersina North
When Gary Stewart took over sole ownwership of Aberdeen based Fersina
North in June 2002 he also entered into a new agreement with Spectus Systems
to fabricate the Sightline 70 range.
[More
on this Story]
New
Warehouse, New Fleet, New Design for HW Plastics
As part of its multi million pound investment in the huge warehouse &
distribution centre, HW Plastics has invested in a new fleet of Vehicles,
Drawbars, Trailers & Demountable bodies whose livery reflects the
new co-operation between the company's brands.
[More
on this Story]
TimbaPlus
Launches 'PolyTimba'
A new building material, produced from a combination of wood and thermoplastics,
has all the positive benefits of both wood and plastic without any of
the problems traditionally associated with each.PolyTimba can be produced
in up to an 80/20 wood/polymer mixture which 'requires zero maintenance',
the manufacturer claims.
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on this Story]
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