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2002
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Builders
from all over the rural Heart of England apparently 'flocked' to learn
about the government backed Quality Mark scheme which is being introduced
to combat cowboy builders
The
windows in the Pentagon were built by a Cleveland based company and
helped to save the lives of countless individuals who had been inside
the Pentagon when the plane crashed into the building.
Reth
UK recently introduced its Vitawin range of espagnolette handles in
locking and non-locking versions for compliance with the new building
regulations
Plaslyne,
the building products distributor, has added new colours to its range
of hollow soffit board
A
major 65 million dollar investment in the USA has enabled Therma-Tru
to extend its fibreglass door range
GBW's
Discovery range of composite doors now includes Fire Doors in a choice
of designs
James
Harcourt, the new, national brand of PVCu windows, doors and conservatories
from Bowater Windows and WHS Halo, is offering its Approved Installers
an exclusive range of composite exterior doors
Evergreen
Door has launched an extensive range of finishing options for both steel
and fibreglass doors in response to rising demand from customers
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned the construction industry to improve in the key areas of its health, safety and welfare performance, before inspectors call
Alcoa has published its online 2001 Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) report on the company's website
In its continuing push to promote health & safety in the woodworking
industry, the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) has published
two more Machinery Safety Cards
Profile
22 has appointed two new Business Development Managers, Jerry
Brookes and Laurence Hughes
Premier
Profiles has appointed two new commercial sales representatives
Sealants
manufacturer Alfas has appointed Martin Eades as its new Sales
Director
Ultraframe
has appointed a new Midlands sales rep, Craig Daykin, while
Chris Kendall has been appointed North of England and Scotland
regional sales manager
Paul
Bateman has joined GBW
as Technical Sales Manager specifically for the Discovery
range of composite doors
A
number of managers at Kestrel Building Products have recently
been awarded NVQ certificates
Steel
Window Service & Supplies has been awarded the lnvestors
in People accreditation
A large glass Edwardian-style conservatory in Poole
is the first installation to use Wendland's recently
introduced Styal™ roofing system.
Kawneer and SIAC Construction (UK) Ltd (SIAC) have recently
completed a £1.8m facade as part of SIAC's £5m
complete external envelope contract for Liverpool John
Lennon Airport
For
a large part of the clientele using the Ace Cafe on
London's North Circular Road, style is everything, which
means they appreciate the restored building with its
steel fenestration
Vetrotech
Saint-Gobain, supplier of fire resisting glasses, has
completed a prestigious contract in Holland for the
Dutch Ministry of Justice
Annandale
Design, manufacturer and installer of architectural
metalwork, has completed the first part of a contract
worth over £200,000 with one of the UK's leading
department stores
Hurst Plastics, the UK manufacturer of PVCu door panels, has made
big cuts in the amount of PVC that goes to waste disposal by installing
a machine to recycle all white PVC waste from their manufacturing
process
WRAP
- the Waste and Resources Action Programme has announced a capital
grant competition .
BBA Certificates Added Between 24-Jun-2002 - 29-Jul-2002
GBW
Discovery doors have passed the industry's most stringent testing
procedure relating to performance and security.
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.
Brian
Wilson, Minister for Energy, has brought the reality of solar
power to eight new projects across the UK.
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2002
STAND GUIDE
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Glass
Processing Days has reserved an evening meeting place for players in the
glass industry. The pub carries the GPD name for the whole week of the
trade fair
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Exhibition List UPDATED!
for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world.
H&S
Conference
The
2002 Glass lndustry Annual Health & Safety Conference takes place
this year on 7th November, at The Earth Centre, near Doncaster
Coatings
Conference
All
about Coatings on Glass – and More Advanced Coatings on glass and
plastics are the focus of the 4th International Conference on Coatings
on Glass - ICCG from November 3 to 7, 2002
Evidence
of the conservatory boom continuing, as one of the North-West's domestic
conservatory retailers has just doubled the size of its showroom - and
is on course to double its tumover this year.
A
generous father put up his house as security so his son could found a
window company - and so Alfa Windows Ltd was born in January this year
fabricating the Profile 22 system
With
little over a year since the birth of Conservatory Solutions Ltd, the
company has announced record sales growth, made achievable since they
joined forces with K2 Conservatory Roof Systems
Shepley
has widened its marketing support package with the launch of a new range
of retail press advertisements available to retail customers.
When
Pilkington asked its advertising agency, Manchester-based Barrington Johnson
Lorains, to come up with a new trade advertising campaign to launch Pilkington
Activ™, its dual action self-cleaning glass, the creative team hit
on an idea that would make everything crystal clear for readers.
A
Fire-test Certification Summary is available from Vetrotech Saint-Gobain
for SGG Fivestar, its innovative, clear fire resisting safety glass
Wendland
has introduced two brochures aimed at the consumer designed in an orange
colour scheme. The new literature promotes the key features and benefits
of Wendland's BBA approved Styal™ conservatory roof system
Manse
Masterdor Ltd, the UK producer of bespoke external doors has published
a new, comprehensive guide to door specification
Plimsoll Publishing has launched a new website - whatcompany.
co.uk
- aimed
at owners/ managers in the UK Windows & Doors industry looking to
make an acquisition or to sell their own company.
In
the first case of its kind the OFT has stopped two companies from publishing
misleading advertisements for website domain names that are difficult
to view on the world wide web.
Manse
Masterdor Ltd has introduced an innovative database, with a comprehensive
and flexible range of applications
Deceuninck
staff did a 68 mile Birmingham to Oxford bike ride, collectively raising
approximately £6000 in aid of the British Heart Foundation.
Teresa
Colbourne-White and Anna Berwick joined forces in a mega parachute jump
to raise over £2,500 for HOPE HOUSE, a hospice for terminally ill
children
Andy
McIntyre, one of Shepley’s customer service managers, took part in
a charity skydive
Debbie
Lake jumped (or was she pushed) from a perfectly working plane in a tandem
skydive for charity
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.
Positive
Action from the Glass Trade
Although
nearly a couple of weeks ago now, and while not wishing to appear mawkish
by over-identification with the anniversary - which was essentially to
help those left behind to come to terms with their loss - the team at
The Gl@zine was especially struck by two stories to come out of the 9/11
commemoration.
Firstly, The Winter Garden, a 10-story vaulted
aluminum-and-glass atrium in New York, has reopened, becoming the first
major building destroyed in the September 11 attacks to come back to life.
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, because this is an opportunity where we can all help, Glass Creations has produced a stunning handcrafted glass memorial dedicated to the New York police and firefighters who lost their lives during last year's attack on the World Trade Centre, and is selling copies to raise money for the bereaved children.
Final
figures just released by the Glasstec organisers reveal that 1080 exhibitors
have taken a total of over 63,000 sqm at this years event which is a 5%
increase in exhibitor numbers from 2000 and 10% more exhibition space. To
book your places to visit click here.
Click here
for a comprehensive Stand Guide. Also worth mentioning two events next month: The 2002 Glass lndustry Annual Health & Safety Conference and the 4th International Conference on Coatings on Glass
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Tony Higgin, Publisher
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Glass
Tribute Offers Memorial for New York Police and Fire Department Victims
of September 11 and plans to raise $1m for Children
Glass Creations, a Dallas-based decorative glass company, has created
a special handcrafted glass memorial dedicated to the New York police
and firefighters who lost their lives during last year's Sept. 11 attack
on the World Trade Centre.
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on this Story]
The
Winter Garden, New York, Reopens among rubble of Ground Zero
The Winter Garden, a 10-story vaulted aluminum-and-glass atrium in New
York, has reopened, becoming the first major building destroyed in the
September 11 attacks to come back to life.
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on this Story]
OFT
Action on Doorstep Selling Complaint
Doorstep selling is the subject of the second super-complaint received
by the OFT. The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux has
asked the OFT to look at problems consumers experience with doorstep
sales in a wide variety of goods and services.
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on this Story]
Hegla
Invests in the UK
Hegla Group of Germany is opening a Sales and Service office in the
UK to support its range of glass cutting and handling machinery for
monolithic and laminated glass.
[More
on this Story]
Indigo
Products Professional Boxing Evening
Capital Promotions UK present an evening of professional boxing to be
held at the Menzies Leofric Hotel in Coventry on Saturday 16th November.This
is a black tie event which includes four contests plus dinner and entertainment.
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on this Story]
Intermac
Launches UK Subsidiary
Intermac, part of the quoted Italian group Biesse SpA, has established
Intermac UK in order to provide closer sales and service support to
the glass and stone markets in the UK and Ireland.
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on this Story]
Pilkington
Appoints Oscar Boronat to Head Primary Products Europe
Pilkington plc has appointed Oscar Boronat (left) to the position of
Managing Director of its European Primary Products division, the largest
operating unit within the Group.
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on this Story]
Wendland's
New Roof Comes Out on Top
Wendland's new Styal™ conservatory roofing system has proved a
clear winner in the bid to supply a new roof fabrication venture set
up by the highly successful Eynsham Group, founded by Gary McCartan
and Mike James.
[More
on this Story]
Window
Factory Works on Future PERCS
Deceuninck's PERC operation has started working with Status fabricator
The Window Factory in the development of an operation dedicated to PVCu
roofline and cladding products.
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on this Story]
Pilkington
has created a network of 'Product Launch Partners' to distribute Activ
In an effort to support Activ further down the sales chain, and limit
distribution in the early stages of the rollout, Pilkington has created
a network of 'Product
Launch Partners', currently standing at around 51 window manufacturing
companies.
[More
on this Story]
Design
Team Appointed for New Bridges at Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf Group has appointed design team Patel Taylor Architects/MG
Bennett Associates/Techniker to design two bridges for its eastern district.
[More
on this Story]
Top
Ten Most Profitable Window and Door Manufacturers
A new industry report that examines the financial performance of over
one hundred leading companies operating as window and door manufacturers
in Great Britain reveals the top ten most profitable companies by pre-tax
profit margin for the last complete financial year available, 2000/2001.
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on this Story]
Schott
to Build Europe’s Largest Float Plant for High-Quality Thin Glass
in Jena
The Schott Group will invest 49 million euros in a new production facility
for high-quality thin glass (TFT glass) for the display and electronics
industry at its Schott Jenaer Glas GmbH site, where more than 70 new
jobs will be created.
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on this Story]
Synseal
Invest Over £1 Million in Production Lines
Synseal has invested in its production capacity with the recent addition
of a second gasket extrusion line and the installation of a third foiling
line which has increased foiling capacity by 50%.
[More
on this Story]
UKae
Installs New Spacer Bar Production Lines
Following a period of extensive growth for the company, glazing consumables
manufacturer UKae Ltd has just completed installation of three new spacer
bar production lines
[More
on this Story]
Sheerframe
Delivers New Life to Clasp Schools
UK window and curtain walling systems company, L.B. Plastics Ltd., has
come up with a solution to revitalise deteriorating CLASP buildings.
[More
on this Story]
Mission
Impossible - NOT FOR INDIGO!
Few
fabricators possess the capacity, or production planning flexibility
to cater for the needs of all market sectors. But the team at Indigo
Products Limited have a mission to do just that!
[More
on this Story]
Sidey
Open New Showsite
A major capital development programme has seen the expansion of Perth-based
Sidey Ltd, by way of opening the doors to a newly developed show site.
[More
on this Story]
Status
Fabricator Triples Factory Space
A more than trebling of factory space is putting Status fabricator PLAS-tech
Windows & Conservatories firmly on the road to continuous expansion.
[More
on this Story]
ROTO
Rebuts Rumours
Roto has issued a statement rebutting various rumours circulating the
door and window industry that the company has gone into receivership.
[More
on this Story]
EC
Hopes to Unblock Delays to its PVC Strategy Report
The European Commission (EC) hopes to resolve the issues which are delaying
its promised communication on a future European Union (EU) strategy
on polyvinyl chloride (PVC), an EC representative said recently.
[More
on this Story]
Alcoa
Realigns Business to Better Serve Customers
Alcoa announced on September 16 that it has realigned its existing businesses
to provide a closer fit with customer needs in the automotive, aerospace,
and commercial transportation market sectors.
[More
on this Story]
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