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19th August 2003
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Veka
plc
has announced further improvements to its In Line Patio Door
to provide easier fitting for installers and a more robust product
to satisfy the most demanding customer
With
bead milling still a time-consuming and awkward task for many
window fabricators, GTI-Kombimatec
has introduced a number of solutions that aim to cut down on
bead preparation time whilst also producing more accurate end
results
After
SilverStar 1.0 E and SilverStar Combi Neutral 61/32, the Swiss company
Glas Trösch Holding AG
presents its third glass innovation in less than a year.
KAT
UK
has extended its range of composite doors to incorporate Classic
choices for the price conscious, and Elegance choices for the more
discerning customer
John
Fredericks
is now able to offer letterplates and knockers in three colours
to complement the design of its range of external doors
The
Italian Sculptors Collection is a new range of glass door panels
produced by residential door manufacturer Hallmark
UK
systems company L.B. Plastics
Ltd. has launched an all-new conservatory
roof system.
PVCu
fabricator the Whiteline
Group has launched a new 70mm Chamfered
window system.
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This
is the first in a new quarterly series of Housebuilding
Statistical Releases, presenting figures on
new starts and completions for England and its regions,
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It also provides
information for England up to the first quarter of the
2003/04 financial year (April to June)
The
boom in Britain’s construction industry is over according
to Experian® Business
Strategies in its latest forecasts for the
construction industry. After achieving 8 per cent growth
in 2002 - four times that of the whole UK economy last
year - growth in construction output is set to moderate
to 5 per cent this year and just 2 per cent in 2004
Jephson
Gardens, a haven of peace and tranquillity has recently
benefited from a multi million pound injection of lottery
funding to improve its facilities. Pilkington
Architectural has been involved
Advanced
steel window systems
have been successfully employed for an acclaimed new academic
building that has been constructed within one of the most
architecturally sensitive enclaves of Oxford University
The
first phase of a stunningly contemporary development in
Deptford, Southeast London, One SE8, has been completed
and features fenestration from Sapa
Building Systems including windows, doors and
curtain walling
When
Steve Twine, Managing Director of Twinbrook
Windows, received a call from the architects
in charge of the work on a Victorian property owned by
the Isabelle Blackman Foundation he knew he had to call
in the specialists
Anyone
visiting London’s Imperial
War Museum cannot fail to be impressed by the
recently opened extension: not least the new timber sliding
sash windows that add such an important period feel
Kevin
Harvey is joining Synseal
as National Sales Director following a successful 4 years
as Sales Director with Avocet, and 4 years prior to that with
Yale
Profile
22 has appointed two new Business Development Managers
– aptly named Smith and Jones – who hope to take
not the Wild West but the Midlands and South East by storm!
Fraser
Watt has recently been promoted to Pinnacle
Sales Development Manager
Central
Glass has recently promoted Graham Ward to the
newly created role of General Manager, helping to strengthen
the company's position as a provider of windows, doors and
conservatories
CRASH,
the construction and property industry charity for the homeless,
has been adopted as the official charity of Interbuild
2004
The
third annual Glazing Industry Fun Charity
Golf Day was held at Shirley Golf Club in the West
Midlands on July 29th. Twenty-five teams entered the competition,
the largest ever entry for this event.
Award-winning
industrialist and renowned construction industry veteran Sir
Michael Latham is lending his experience and expertise to a
comprehensive seminar programme hosted by commercial window
and door fabricator Sash UK
A
Training Day was recently held at Groupco's
headquarters in Peterborough to bring the company’s new
salesmen up to speed on the PN-UNI System Universal Hardware
for windows
K2
Conservatory Roof Systems
substantially expanded website has emerged from a period of
re-development, as part of K2’s on-going programme of marketing
activities to reinforce the company’s corporate brand and
market awareness.
The
Pilkington corporate web
site was ‘Highly Commended’ in the category ‘Best
Investor Relations Web Site’ for a non-FTSE 100 company,
at the IR Magazine 2003 Awards, held in London on 30th June
RMC
Surfacing
has signed a deal with do-it-yourself retailer B&Q
to supply its crushed glass product for the construction of
new carparks at B&Q warehouses and superstores.
A
£5.5m equity fund, the first in Europe to focus specifically
on the recycling sector, has opened for business 50% oversubscribed
by the private sector.
International
chemical companies are expected to send the European
Commission a resounding No to proposed environmental
regulations, in the latest salvo in a long battle over attempts
to regulate their products.
Glass
and glazing specialist Norman &
Underwood has achieved EN1279 - a coveted accreditation
which is soon to mark a universal quality standard for the whole
of Europe.
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:
'What
about the future when the calls for even greater thermal efficiency
grow ever louder, as no doubt they will?' asks Edgetech.
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Hirex
Finds Natural Home at Interbuild
The
UK's biggest and best attended biennial building and construction
exhibition will host Hirex, the
plant and tool hire show, alongside its traditional plant and tools
exhibition area at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham from
April 25-29, 2004
Glass
Processing & Technology Exhibition, NEC Birmingham 11-13th November
2003
Blood
on the Cracks at 100% Design
The last year has seen two major developments in
the work of George Papadopoulos, founder of Yorgos
Studio. He will show a new series of pieces at this year's
100% Design
Delivering
the Future at Interbuild 2004
Innovations set to have a major impact throughout the building and
construction industry will be given pride of place at Interbuild
2004
glasstec
2004
From 9th to 13th November 2004, top decision-makers from the glass
industry worldwide will once again converge on Düsseldorf
fensterbau/frontale
2004
The international trade fairs fensterbau/frontale and Holz-Handwerk
take place again together at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from
Wednesday to Saturday, 31 March to 3 April 2004
Exhibition
List
for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world
Pilkington
has launched a new Commercial Brochure supporting Pilkington
Activ™, containing all the information needed to specify
the glass, including information on its use in combination with other
Pilkington products
WHS
Halo
has introduced a new brochure for its Eclipse and Eclipse Esthetique range,
which its installers can customise to reflect the individual needs of
their customers
Everwhite,
manufacturer of PVC UE fascias, soffits and accessories for window and
roofline applications has published its new product catalogue and price
list
Architectural
aluminium systems specialist, Technal,
has published a new technical guide to specifying its recently expanded
FXi casement window suite
Jeff Granato, worldwide director of architectural glass for Glass
Laminating Products congratulated the winner of the 2003
DuPont Benedictus Awards® for innovation and excellence in architectural
laminated glass
North
Shields-based Spectus fabricator Gofor Trade
Windows has already been awarded BS:7412 acceditation, cementing
the first five-years' development of a business dedicated to high standards
of quality and service
A
life-threatening motorbike accident proved to be a turning point in
the business fortunes of Adam Higgs and his wife Carol, a Co-Director.
For the traumatic event only served to spur on the ambitions that created
Sheffield-based Loxley Conservatories,
a Profile 22 fabricator
Shropshire
fabricator Platinum Conservatories, Windows
and Doors has experienced a business boom, coinciding with
the company's move to Spectus Sightline 70 profile
Saint-Gobain
Glass UK
recently launched The SGG Planitherm Challenge 2003, a new initiative
designed to incentivise purchasers of SGG Planitherm
Ultraframe,
the international manufacturer and designer of conservatory systems,
is taking its new Uzone roof system on a three-month nationwide roadshow
in response to unprecedented levels of trade interest
UCATT
has expressed its horror at the news that there have been 26 deaths in
construction during the three months from 1st April to 30th June
Seventy-one
construction workers and five members of the public were killed in the
construction industry during 2002/03 - the second lowest annual figure
ever recorded. The statistics for the year to 31st March 2002 show a fall
from 85 and 113 deaths in 2001/02 and 2000/01 respectively
The
British Woodworking Federation has planned a series of informative
health and safety workshops as part of its programme of open Regional
Meetings to be held later this year across the country.
Wacker
meets
growing demand for solar cells by expanding polysilicon production at
its Burghausen plant in Germany. Solar-grade silicon capacity will rise
to 2,600 metric tons a year from mid-2004. Thanks to a specially modified
deposition process, Wacker will supply the photovoltaic industry with
exactly the right starting material for solar cells at low cost
A
facade that helps improve a building's interior environment and limits
its loss of energy is not enough: a building's skin should be a power
generator rather than an energy liability.
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.
Dennis
Sumner snr reflects on his German double-glazing experiences and outlines
his company's profile bending processes
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
So it's been a busy fortnight - and for those of you who have just returned
to the fray - Good Luck! - and to those of you who are just about to
jet off to the sun - Good Timing!
Tony Higgin, Publisher
tony@theglazine.com
Spectacular
Illuminating Staircase Lights up Sheffield's Newest Fashion Store
An
innovative illuminating staircase, made almost entirely from recycled
glass and designed by Sheffield Hallam student Tim Hubbard, is the centrepiece
of the new Brother 2 Brother flagship fashion store.
[More
Here]
IT
Centralisation in the Glass Industry is Back!
In
the 1970s and early 1980s centralized IT systems involved monolithic
IT organisations built around a large mainframe system that served
a complete enterprise and IT staff members had no contact with the
actual users. The constantly changing market, new technical infrastructures
such as high speed WAN networks, affordable and powerful servers
as well as educated system administrators bring IT centralization
back into consideration. By Horst Mertes, Lisec Software.
[More
Here]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
'Tailored
Roofing Systems Found Guilty of Breach of Contract in a Six-Figure
Payout to Ultraframe'
In a ruling recently, Tailored Roofing Systems (TRS),
fabricators of conservatory roofs, were found to be in breach of contract
and ordered to pay an initial £126,000, within 14 days, to the
conservatory manufacturer, Ultraframe.
[More
on this Story]
Ultraframe
sues Eurocell for Patent and Design Right lnfringements Relating to
Pinnacle 500
Legal
proceedings have been commenced by Ultraframe (UK) Limited against
Eurocell Building Plastics Ltd and Eurocell Profiles Ltd claiming
an injunction and damages concerning supplies of 'Pinnacle 500' roof
system components.
[More
on this Story]
Eurocell
Responds…
In
response to the above, Roger Hartshorn, Managing Director of Eurocell
said: 'This is not a new claim and we have been aware of this since
January
[More
on this Story]
Ian Stuart departs from Heywood Williams, and Group Trading Statement Predicts First Half Losses
In the light of a loss in the six month period ending 30th June 2003, an expected shortfall in full year profits against current expectations, and the resignation of the group's chief executive, Heywood Williams, following its board meeting recently, issues a trading update ahead of the formal announcement of the full interim results on 3rd September 2003.
Pilkington
Sells Aerospace Division to GKN for £42m
Pilkington
plc has entered into an Agreement for the sale of the whole of the issued
share capital of Pilkington Aerospace Limited and Pilkington Aerospace
Inc. to GKN plc at a price of £42 million. The consideration will
be paid in cash. Pilkington Group Chief Executive, Stuart Chambers,
said. 'This disposal is consistent with our strategy of concentrating
on our core Building Products and Automotive businesses and strengthens
further the Group's financial position.'
[More
on this Story]
Hunter
Douglas Acquires French Blindmakers Filtersun and Goeland
Hunter
Douglas has acquired Filtersun and Goeland from Arquati, an Italian
company listed on the Milan Stock Exchange. Terms were not disclosed.
In May Hunter Douglas acquired three blindmakers from Arquati in Sweden,
Switzerland and Spain, and last month acquired Timberblinds, a US manufacturer
of window coverings.
[More
on this Story]
Pilkington
AGM Statement Warns of Continuing Difficulties
At
the AGM of Pilkington plc, the Chairman, Sir Nigel Rudd, made the following
statement: 'As I said at the time of our results announcement in May,
last year we experienced some of the toughest trading conditions for
many years. However the improvement in our competitiveness following
the restructuring of recent years meant that we were still able to produce
respectable results. Operating profits fell by 9%, but our increased
emphasis on cash generation enabled Pilkington to deliver its strongest
cash performance for a decade
[More
on this Story]
Anticipated Acquisition by GKN plc of the Aerospace Division
of Pilkington plc
The
Office of Fair Trading is considering whether arrangements are in progress
or in contemplation which, if carried into effect, will result in the
creation of a relevant merger situation under the merger provisions
of the Enterprise Act 2002.
[More
on this Story]
illbruck
Acquires Alfas Group Share Capital
illbruck
Building Systems GmbH of Leverkusen, Germany, through a UK subsidiary
has acquired the entire issued share capital of Alfas Group Limited,
the Tyneside and Leicester based manufacturer of sealants, adhesives,
security glazing tapes and movement joints. The deal, which was signed
in London on 31st July, follows a long term and highly successful co-operation
between Alfas Group and illbruck in the UK through a joint venture company,
Compriband Limited.
[More
on this Story]
Saint
Gobain Group Slips in First Half due to Exchange Rate Losses
Saint-Gobain
Group consolidated net income for the first half of 2003 amounted to
EUR 470 million, a decrease of 5.6% on the same period of 2002. Net
income before profits and losses on sales of non-current assets came
to EUR 471 million, down 8.5% on the year-earlier period.
[More
on this Story]
Tender:
Supply of Window Ventilators and Door Infill Panels - Barnsley Metropolitan
Council
Barnsley
Metropolitan Borough Council Housing and Property Services Directorate
Tender for the Supply of Ventilators for PVCu Windows - Ref PC/03/13;
PVCu Door and Window Infill Panels - Ref PC/03/12.
[More
on this Story]
Visitor
Registration Hotline Now Open for GP&T 2003
The
Visitor Registration Hotline has now opened for The Glass Processing
& Technology Exhibition (GP&T), the new exhibition and conference
created for UK glass professionals, set to take place at the NEC this
November (11th – 13th November 2003 inclusive)
[More
on this Story]
Laird
Group Pre-Tax Profits up 24% for First Half
Laird
Group Chairman, Nigel Keen, commenting on the results, said: 'Laird
has continued to make good progress in the first half of 2003. Further
improvements in operating performance this year, together with the divestment
of loss making businesses in 2002, have resulted in profits before tax,
exceptional items and goodwill amortisation increasing by 24% to £16.9
million, or by 35% had exchange rates remained constant'.
[More
on this Story]
Rogerson
Teams up with DJ Glass Consultants
Wayne
Rogerson, formerly a business development manager at the BSI, has set
up his own company – Fenestration Consultancy Solutions - to work
with DJ Glass Consultants Ltd (DJGC). The demand for the EN 1279 consultancy
services of DJGC since Dave Frost established the business in September
2001 has become overwhelming and Wayne is taking on all business in
northern England and Scotland
[More
on this Story]
Eurocell
Launches New Off the Peg Conservatory Roof Offer
Last
year Eurocell, of Alfreton Derbyshire, launched its Pinnacle Conservatory
Roofing System as well as introducing the Pinnacle 500 Modular system;
complementing the company's range of window and door systems and array
of Building Plastics.
[More
on this Story]
A
Further £250,000 Extrusion Investment
A
quarter of a million pounds has recently been invested by PVCu profile
extruder Status to contribute towards the company's drive in quality
and efficiency. Three lines have been installed with a combined output
of 250 kgs of profile per hour..
[More
on this Story]
Business
is Booming for Boisse as it gets Trim
Business
is booming in Dorset for Veka installer Boisse Windows Ltd which has
decided to give sales a helping hand by opening up a trim shop. Boisse
Windows Ltd based in Weymouth is owned by Michael Boisse who has glazing
in his blood – his grandfather, father and brother were all in
the trade - so it was only fitting that he would follow in their footsteps.
[More
on this Story]
New
Dedicated Wood Grain Production Line
Production
of all Planets’ wood grain products got under way at the recently
extended 12,000 square foot Bamber Bridge factory earlier this year.
Two new 8 Series SOMACO computer controlled welders (one four head and
one three head) have been installed, together with a new URBAN SV 530
corner cleaner.
[More
on this Story]
CPA
to Advise on Building Regs
The
Construction Products Association (CPA) has been asked by the Office
of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) to select members for an advisory
group that will look at how Part L of the Building Regs can drive energy
efficiencies forward.
[More
on this Story]
UK
First for Metal Technology's New Machine
An
advanced thermal break machinery has been purchased by aluminium systems
company Metal Technology, as part of a £2.5M, three-year investment
plan. With contractors and fabricators demanding ever shorter lead times
and business growing rapidly Metal Technology decided to install the
Belgian Aluroller thermal break machine
[More
on this Story]
Kyro
Corporation - Clear Growth in January-June Net Sales and Operating Profit
-
Net sales grew with acquisitions by 53% to EUR 109.5 (71.6) million
- Operating profit before amortisation of goodwill grew by 38% to EUR
10.6 (7.7) million
- Profit before taxes grew by 19% to EUR 9.2 (7.8) million
[More
on this Story]
Jackie
Shiels
UK systems company L.B. Plastics is sad to announce
the untimely death of its Ireland area sales manager, Jackie Shiels,
aged 47. Jackie died of a heart attack on Tuesday 9th July whilst playing
tennis with friends.
[More]
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