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24th June 2003
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Sky-Vent
is a new generation of conservatory roof vent, a hybrid design
consisting of a welded PVCu base frame custom made to fit between
the glazing bars with a powder coated aluminium lid for added
stiffness
'With
its unique design, simplicity of installation and inspired flexibility,
the Compass Roof Vent is opening
up opportunities for installers and fabricators', the company says
K2
has enhanced the design and performance specifications of its
conservatory roof system with the launch of a new wider box
gutter
K2
has launched its new Cascade Eaves/Valley
Cover and Jointing Trims
'Despite
the flexibility of styles and designs that can be provided
by French door sets, developers and householders often opt
for an alternative due to security considerations - but not
for much longer!' says Fullex
FineLine
is the flexible curtain wall system developed by specialist
glazing systems manufacturer, FendorHansen.
CWG
has introduced the new Windsor door handle supplied to trade customers
as a standard for residential doors fabricated by CWG using both
Rehau and the Shield systems
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Despite
the slowdown in the housing market, the UK Construction and
Housebuilding sector has been one of the best performers in
the FTSE All-Share so far this year. The sector is ranked third
out of the All-Share's sub-indices, with a total return of 28.08%
from the start of the year to 10th June.
The
annual Barbour Report research
programme, now in its eleventh year, seeks to investigate industry
issues pertinent to Manufacturers and derives the subject of
the study through focus groups with a cross-section of leading
building material suppliers
Coronation
Street star Jonathan Wrather, who plays the soap's latest villain,
Joe Carter, was guest of honour recently when he opened a new
street style showroom at MPH Windows
in Preston.
World
Masters and national championship-winning track cyclists will
be able to bid to retain their titles free from financial worries,
and bring on the cyclists of the future, through support from
Aztec Conservatory Roof Systems
Apple Computer Inc.’s new
store in SoHo, New York uses laminated glass with DuPont
SentryGlas® Plus ionoplast interlayer for a glass
staircase, bridge and mezzanine ensemble
Sealant
manufacturer, Adshead Ratcliffe
has recently been involved in the construction of two
new Harvey Nichol's stores in Edinburgh and Manchester
Sev
Holt, general manager of the national distribution network,
Connect 2 National Plastics,
is making sure that continued expansion doesn't mean losing
sight of customer needs or compromising on service
Jason
Emmett, an employee of The Burnden
Group plc has successfully gained a BA Hons Degree
in Business Studies
Plastics
Plus
appointed three new directors on the 1st May, the 12th anniversary
of the business
Although it originally began as a joke, the cheque handed over to charity by ladies working for systems manufacturer Veka for sales of their saucy calendar was very serious indeed! For following record sales of the 2003 edition of the charity calendar, the Veka girls have handed over nearly £3,000 to worthy cause Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Representing
the 127,000 employees who helped achieve the goal, Alcoa
Chairman and CEO, Alain Belda on 5th June planted the one-millionth
tree in ceremonies at the Company's Pocos de Caldas, Brazil
facility
The
Vinyl Institute
(VI) has named the top-performing member companies in the vinyl
(polyvinyl chloride or PVC) industry for their efforts to improve
worker safety and protect the environment at plant sites globally
'We
have now submitted our bid for a Licence to be the Sector
Skills Council for process and manufacturing. The Sector
Skills Development Agency (SSDA) has studied our bid carefully
and has asked for further information particularly related to
the commitment from employers to the new organisation
Llandrillo
College based in Colwyn Bay, North Wales has become a Glass
Qualifications Authority (GQA) approved centre to offer
NVQ qualifications
Work has begun on a new £1/2 million plant in Scotland to
process recycled glass into high value filtration media for the
treatment of drinking water
The
real challenge facing the UK PVCu window industry will be how
to cope with the increasingly stringent demands for the cyclic
use of society's waste products such as post-consumer windows,
claims Dekura, the UK PVC
recycling company
A
new research programme aims to develop innovative construction
products utilising papermill waste.
The
British Plastics Federation (BPF)
has published a Directory of UK plastics recyclers.
A
Busy Week, and it's Getting Busier
It's
Vitrum this week, so I expect I shall bump into a few glass and glass
machinery people over the next few days. If you are going, and would
like to contact me at the show, please make a note of my mobile number
at the bottom of this page. We publish details of a few of the relevant
stands here,
and a full Exhibitor List here.
Career
Opportunity
As one of the UK's flagship manufacturers and a leading partner in the
supply of PVCu windows, doors and conservatories for the Social Housing
Sector, Sash UK Ltd is looking for
regionally based Contract Supervisors and Quantity Surveyors.
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on these here
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Vitrum
2003 this week!
An updated exhibitor guide includes information on Promac (For.El),
Lisec and Thermoseal (Simec)
We
have also included a guide to the UK agents/stands plus a complete
Exhibitor List of over 400 companies
Exhibition
List
for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world.
The
sophistication of modern glazing, with its many uses in the retail market,
public spaces, and showers and bathrooms, is illustrated by D
R Services in a new Guide to its product range
Tremco's
new guide to its wide range of sealants for glazing and construction provides
a comprehensive table which links products to applications and includes
both key performance data and compatible substrates
Premier
Profiles
has unveiled a new 20 page conservatory brochure, the first in a suite
of new literature being introduced over the coming weeks
Adshead
Ratcliffe
has published a new technical data sheet for its Arbokol 682 balustrade
sealant, detailing a method for the external glazing of balustrades
The
British Blind & Shutter Association (BBSA) has recently
launched a new website.
Solutia
has developed a design tool at its website. Visitors to the site can experiment
with Vanceva design in the online interactive studio, where they will
be able to produce their own coloured and patterned laminated glass designs.
PVCu
fabricators and installers can now access specialist advice and information
on recycling through Dekura's new
website
Window
Ware
has recently been awarded the Heywood Williams Group Company of the
Year Award for outstanding commercial performance in the year 2002
Alumet
Systems (UK) Ltd
has scooped its second Business Of The Year award in the space of two
months
Shropshire
fabricator Platinum Conservatories, Windows
and Doors have experienced a business boom, coinciding with
their move to Spectus Sightline 70 profile
When
he took over his father's Lancashire based fabrication company Town
and Country, Mike Pearson was faced with the choice of which
profile to use for windows and conservatories. From the short list of
four, he quickly narrowed it down.
'Business
has never been better', according to Premier Profiles' fabricator, St
Neots Windows and Conservatories, which has just doubled
its manufacturing plant at Eaton Socon with a new 2,500 sq. ft. unit,
and opened a brand new conservatory showroom.
Since
April 1st this year, it has been a legal requirement that all emergency
exit and panic hardware is CE Marked. Hardware distributor Wagner
(GB) Ltd has confirmed that its Strand-Feb range of cross arm
devices complies with this directive.
Results
of the Health and Safety Executive
(HSE) designer initiative held during March 2003 in Scotland and the North
of England revealed that many designers are unaware of their duties under
Regulation 13 of the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations
1994 (CDM)
'What
about the future when the calls for even greater thermal efficiency
grow ever louder, as no doubt they will?' asks Edgetech.
More
here
Chiltern
Dynamics and BM TRADA Certification
have launched new services to help IG manufacturers. with EN1279.
The
up-to-date position on EN 1279 is as follows:
Within
the next few months, the roof of San Francisco's Moscone Convention
Centre will be covered with 65,000 sq ft of photovoltaic panels.
Over
80% of the window sector in the German-speaking countries shows interest
in the possible uses of modified solid wood for window manufacture,
the latest study by the consultants of InterConnection shows.
Features
now archived include:
Designers must now comply with regulations to limit solar
overheating in buildings, as Paul Littlefair of BRE explains.
Dave
Frost on the implications of CE Marking to the sealed unit manufacturer:
Phil Mundell on what Part M means to the Door Manufacturer;
Full
list here
Finally, on a personal note, we are sad to learn of the departure from
the window industry of Roy Shipley, who has been with Status Systems
for some 12 years.
However, we can only wish him well in his new venture - a restaurant
in Normandy - and trust that he will extend a warm welcome (and 10%
discount) to all his old mates in the window business.
Tony Higgin, Publisher
tony@theglazine.com
PROJECT OF THE WEEK
Pilkington
Activ™ Keeps the Fairway Clear for Dutch Golfers
The
new club house built overlooking the course at the Flevoland Golf Club
at Lelystad in the Netherlands was designed to enjoy a commanding view
over the course and surrounding countryside, a position that the architects
Zanger and Dane decided to take maximum advantage of with a large glass
fascia. However, maintaining the vista posed a problem - the view could
be spoilt unless the glass was kept sparklingly clean, a task that would
be difficult and expensive to carry out on a regular basis.
[More
Here]
Beware
of False Profits?
Our coverage of Epwin's end of year figures last
week, prompted a quizzical response from some quarters of the industry
as to why we had given undue prominence to the Group's operating profit.
There are several things to be said about this
[More
on this Story]
Heywood
Williams Timely US Disposal Opens Growth Options
Heywood Williams Group Plc, the UK producer of PVC
window systems, cellular foam and hardware has reached a definitive
agreement for the sale of the Creation Group to Dura Automotive Systems
Inc for a consideration of US$60m (£35.7m)
[More
on this Story]
Plus
Plan UK Joins Aluplast Group
The
future of Plus Plan (UK) is secured following acquisition by Europe's
fifth largest PVCu extruder, Aluplast GmbH. The new company, which will
be known as Aluplast (UK) Ltd, will continue to make full use of the
Plus Plan brand name, supplying the existing profile systems from the
Lutterworth manufacturing site.
[More
on this Story]
Deceuninck
Business Plan Aims at Sales 700m Euro in 2007 through Growth and Consolidation
Deceuninck, worldwide producer of PVCu window systems
and profiles for the construction industry, released its 2003-2007 Business
Plan on June 10th. This revised Business Plan underscores the importance
Deceuninck attaches to establishing a long-term vision for the group.
[More
on this Story]
Indigo
Poised to Make Inroads with Elite
'Indigo Products is on the threshold of significant
growth and will be pursuing an active and targeted sales campaign to
drive our business among current and potential new customers' said Danny
Hague, Indigo's Sales and Marketing Director
[More
on this Story]
Construction
of the UK First Magnetron Coating Plant Begins
Construction of the UK's first magnetron coating facility
began last week at Saint Gobain's float glass plant in Eggborough near
Selby in Yorkshire. The new £15-million coater will enable Saint-Gobain
Glass to produce its soft coat low emissivity (Low-E) glass 'Planitherm'
in the UK
[More
on this Story]
A
Fond Farewell to Roy
Status Systems sales and marketing director, Roy Shipley,
has announced his departure from the company. Roy has been with Status
for some 12 years, during which he has played a major role in firstly
turning the business around in the early nineties, and its profitable
growth thereafter.
[More
on this Story]
Pilkington
Plc - Final Dividend Scrip Price
The scrip dividend share value in respect of the final
dividend payable on 1st August 2003 has been calculated at 70p based
on the average of the middle market quotations of Pilkington plc shares
on the London Stock Exchange for the five dealing days 11th to 17th
June 2003 inclusive.
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on this Story]
Penalty
Shoot-Out Ends Mila's 5th Trinity Challenge with a Joint First Place
Victory
It's the sporting finish that has made for many a
nail-biting moment in England footballing history, and it was no different
at this year's Mila Trinity Challenge when Bryco Windows' triumph in
a penalty shoot-out placed the company in joint first place position
with Golf and Karting champions Hoppe.
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on this Story]
BWF
Strengthens Audit Testing for Fire Door Accreditation Scheme
The
British Woodworking Federation (BWF) has implemented a more rigorous
audit testing regime for its Fire Door & Doorset Scheme. This follows
Members' comments on a proposal drawn up by CERTIFIRE - the BWF's partner
in the Scheme - in response to a recent strategic review
[More
on this Story]
ACDM
Welcomes GBW to its Membership
GBW
Panels Ltd has joined the Association of Composite Door Manufacturers
(ACDM), increasing the number of members to eleven
[More
on this Story]
New
Body gives Network 'Installer-Power'
Network
Veka is giving installers a bigger say in the running of the organisation
with the launch of the Network Veka Installers' Committee.
[More
on this Story]
Shepley
is First to Manufacture the Latest in Integral Gaskets
Shepley customers are the first installers to receive
the new integral gasket for the Rehau 70mm PVCu window and door system
launched at Glassex 2003
[More
on this Story]
The
UKDPN Enters Export Market
The
UK Door Panel Network, the UK group of independent door panel producers
has started to look overseas for expansion, and is delighted to have
signed up its first contract in Dubai
[More
on this Story]
Versatile
Joints for Windows and Conservatories
The Hoffmann system of using special dovetail keys to create a variety
of joints is now in wide use throughout various sectors of industry.
But this system is also suitable for the modern window, door and conservatory
manufacturer
[More
on this Story]
Budding
Inventor Big Brother's Jon Tickle Blows his Chance, says Patent Office
Jon Tickle, the boffin from Channel Four's Big Brother
House, made a terrible mistake in discussing his would-be inventions
with his Housemates, and in front of millions of TV viewers. His disclosures
have cost him all hope of patent protection for his ideas.
[More
on this Story]
Alcan
Commits to Achieving ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Certification for all
Facilities
President
and Chief Executive Officer of Alcan Inc., Travis Engen, committed on
June 10th that the Company will work to ensure all its operations, including
its head office in Montreal, Quebec, achieve ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001
certification by 2004.
[More
on this Story]
Caring
Interseal Replaces Hospital Windows
Devon
based Profile 22 fabricator, Interseal, was praised by senior management
at a hospital in Plymouth for the professional, caring way that the
company worked on the wards while installing new windows
[More
on this Story]
Reduce
Shipping Costs of Glass Products with Container Dri II Moisture Control
System
Manufacturers of glass, and products incorporating glass, can significantly
reduce moisture damage and shipping costs with Container Dri® II
from Süd-Chemie Performance Packaging
[More
on this Story]
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