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2nd September 2003
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Bohle's
new System Cleaner Kit and Protect Kits have been specifically
developed for the intensive cleaning and protection of glass
surfaces
Quantal Conservatory Roofing Systems is launching a new, economical 25° fixed pitch ridge and eaves beam
Winlock
is fighting back against low cost, Far Eastern imported window handles,
with the launch of its Firmguard espag handles
Birmingham based conservatory roof vent manufacturer Sky-Vent Ltd has launched the new full sculptured vent which features a slimline design with a chrome telescopic opener
Sharing information and streamlining its flow within and around an organisation saves time, energy and resources. With RoofWright Enterprise, information can be passed between different departments and suppliers electronically
Versatile, heavy-duty Ali-Precinct doors developed by PollardsFyrespan are suitable for shopping centres and other situations where either an anodised aluminium or powder-coated polyester finish is required.
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The
reported recent cooling in the property market is having
an impact on the country's more expensive properties,
with sales of prime country houses falling
in nearly every county in the south of England
Applications
for college construction courses for 16- to 18-year-olds
are up by 19% and for 19 year-olds up by a quarter, according
to a Construction Industry Training
Board (CITB) survey.
Firms
in the North West of England are to be targeted in the
latest drive for new members by Quality
Mark - the only Government-backed national
register of approved builders working in the home improvement
market
Specialist Glass from Pilkington
is set to make a contribution to a new public building
in Ireland. Phoenix House in Dublin is the new headquarters
of the Courts Service of Ireland
Daedalian
Glass
recently completed this sandblasted screen in the new
'Ebor' stand at York Racecourse. Measuring 14metres x
3.2 metres it is a stunning feature to the entrance lobby
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
Evergreen
Door,
the composite door component supplier, has appointed Andy
Grogan as Director of Sales
Sierra
Windows
has appointed Ian Davis as South East Area Manager
Sentinel
Doors has made fundamental changes to the structure
of its installation business to strengthen both operational
and administrative management
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!
A
three-year-old boy with a rare genetic condition that means
just minutes in the sunshine could leave him with skin cancer,
is enjoying a new lease of life thanks to WHS
Halo
When
one of the lots for auction at a recent charity event turned
out to be a 32m2 stand at industry exhibition Glassex, it was
too good an opportunity to miss for Mike Crewdson
CRASH,
the construction and property industry charity for the homeless,
has been adopted as the official charity of Interbuild
2004
Manufacturing
expertise from The Burnden Group plc
has been utilised as part of the European Masters Course in
Polymer Processing, run by the Queens University Belfast and
its Polymer Processing Research Centre
As
part of its package of ongoing marketing support for installers,
Sarnafil Roof Assured has
held a series of sales training workshops in conjunction with
the Profit Shop
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
In
October GlassOnWeb.com,
the on-line portal dedicated to the glass industry, will celebrate
two years of existence
The
Whiteline Group
has utilised a fully stand alone microsite in order to launch
a new product, in this case the new 70mm Chamfered window system
K2
Conservatory Roof Systems
substantially expanded website has emerged from a period of
re-development.
A report providing guideline feedstock specifications for 20
current and emerging recycled wood applications - including
animal bedding, soil conditioners and mulches, and surfacing
products - has been published by WRAP
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.
A
Tale of Two Conglomerates
I
guess the whole point of industrial conglomerates, or multinational
groups, has always been a mixture of strategies, from creating a diverse
spread of businesses to deliberately trying to confuse the stockmarket.
Certainly no two such businesses ever quite play to the beat of the
same drummer.
CAREER
OPPORTUNITY
INDIGO
PRODUCTS CONSERVATORY
ROOF SPECIALIST
Indigo
Products Ltd one of the UK's leading trade fabricators requires
a conservatory roof specialist. The ideal candidate will have experience
of using FDS software and be able to deal with technical roof enquiries
Details
here
CAREER
OPPORTUNITY
SPEEDFRAME
BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
- Sales and Marketing; Glass Products –
Competitive
salary and bonus package, plus benefits including company car. Home-based.
Speed
Frame PVCu Windows now has a turnover approaching £30m and
is projecting considerable year on year organic growth across all
four Divisions of the Group.
Details
here
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Glaverbel
at Glasstech Asia Pacific 2003
From
8th till 10th October, Glaverbel Asia-Pacific
will take part in Glasstech Asia 2003, the definitive industry event
in the region for glass
First
Specialised Building Trade Fair in the Middle East
'FRONT 2004', the first trade fair specialising in building
covers in the Middle East, will open its doors from 14 to 17 March
2004.
Glass
Processing & Technology Exhibition, NEC Birmingham 11-13th November
2003
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
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
Exhibition
List
for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world
Eurocell
Profiles Ltd,
based in Alfreton Derbyshire has launched its new Commercial Brochure
GBW
has produced set of new literature for its Shire door panels, Discovery
composite doors and complementary glass collections
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
Stockport-based
PVCu window and door specialist, Force 8
received the thumbs-up after a recent inspection by the British Board
of Agrèment (BBA) at a private residence in Poynton
Portal
Products,
UK door panel manufacturer, has achieved BPF 355/1 accreditation for
its PVCu panels. The company believes itself to be the first in the
UK to hold this revised standard.
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
HW
Plastics
fabricator and installer Contour Windows has successfully passed the
Quality Mark and become one of
the latest members of HW Plastics' Approved Installer Membership Scheme
Quantal
fabricator Regent RS Group stepped
into the breach when another company failed to deliver the goods during
the enterprising conversion of a Georgian House to luxury retirement
apartments
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
Spectus
Fabricator, Indigo Products provided
some weighty support for the launch of HW Plastics' new Elite 70 system
at this year's Glassex in the form of championship boxers Rob Norton
and Dean Pithie
Hot
on the wheels of last season, Titon,
the window fittings and trickle ventilation manufacturer, has continued
to sponsor motor racing champion Martin Byford
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
A
Kömmerling fabricator has become
the first company nationally to be given permission to utilise the contractors'
safety accreditation, CHAS
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
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
And then we have Hunter Douglas - which has spent the last six months
indulging in a quite remarkable shopping spree, only to inform us that
first half sales are down 6.1%, with profits even worse at 6.8% lower.
One can only hope that, having five more companies on the books may
contribute to second half earnings...
Tony Higgin, Publisher
tony@theglazine.com
PollardsFyrespan
Joins the Café Set
Central
to the capital's newest open space, located within Cadogan Estates'
redevelopment of the former Duke of York Barracks, is a stylish pavement
café manufactured and installed by PollardsFyrespan.
[More
Here]
Heywood
Williams Sells Coldseal but Retains an Interest
Heywood Williams has sold its Huddersfield-based
loss making Coldseal retail double glazing division. After the resignation
of chief executive Ian Stuart when the company warned that full year
profits would be substantially below expectations, it was clear that
something needed to be done about Coldseal.
[More
on this Story]
Cowboy Customers Leave Tradesmen in Debt
Many British tradesmen experience problems with customers that leave them out of pocket and in the red. Over half (59 per cent) of tradesmen across the UK have had a bad experience with a customer according to findings by Eagle Star Small Business Direct.
Pechiney Rejects Revised Alcan Offer
Alcan, the Canadian aluminium group, has raised its takeover bid for rival Pechiney by about 9 per cent to EUR 3.96bn ($4.35bn), but the French group's board of directors rejected the offer as still being too low
Diversity will be the Keyword for GP&T
With over 85 companies now signed up to appear at the UK glass industry’s first and only dedicated exhibition and conference showcase, the organisers of Glass Processing & Technology (GP&T) have announced a raft of new exhibitors representing every facet of the industry
Glazing
Problems will Delay Holyrood Further
The
new Scottish Parliament building will not be ready until July next
year, presiding officer George Reid confirmed last Thursday. He made
the admission in his latest progress report to members of Holyrood's
finance committee of a project which is now rumoured to have reached
the £400m mark
[More
on this Story]
Totally
Committed to Growth with Profile 22
Total
Glass, one of Profile 22’s largest trade fabricators, increased
its workforce by 35 in the first six months of the year to meet a
projected 42% rise in annual turnover by October.
[More
on this Story]
Network
Welcomes Back 'Prodigal Son' Andy
Scarborough-based
Andy Whitelaw Joinery has returned to Network Veka after a year of Andy
trying his luck with a new registered installer scheme
[More
on this Story]
Network Trumpets the Return of Elephant
Network
Veka is celebrating another major comeback with the return of Kent-based
Elephant Windows to its ranks.
[More
on this Story]
Innovative
Ventilation from K2
K2 has commissioned £150,000 capital expenditure into state of
the art machinery to enable the manufacture of the K2 roof vent to commence.
[More
on this Story]
Pyramid
Reaches Peak in US Conservatory Exports
Exporting
conservatories to the United States proved to be a lucrative contract
for Norwich-based Profile 22 fabricator, Pyramid Windows.
[More
on this Story]
Ultraframe's
Gable Support System does the Ton
Since
its launch in 2002, sales of Ultraframe's Gable Support Beam system
have rocketed with now over 100 gable support systems sold every month.
[More
on this Story]
Hunter
Douglas First Half 2003 Results - 6.1% Lower Sales and 6.8% Lower Profits
Hunter Douglas, a world market leader in window coverings
(Luxaflex®), and a major manufacturer of architectural products
(Luxalon®) reports results for the first half 2003
[More
on this Story]
Sentinel
Selected as Partner for 7-Year Fusion 21 Contract
Sentinel
Doors has won what it believes is the largest single contract ever awarded
for composite doors, covering the supply of an estimated 90,000 doors
valued at £18 million over seven years
[More
on this Story]
New
Factory – New Products – New Awards at Interframe
Interframe Ltd, the Paignton based fabricator of Rehau PVCu windows
and doors and distributor of Interframe conservatory roofs, has announced
the latest phase of its expansion plan
[More
on this Story]
Countryman
Improvements' Advert Attracts Complaint
A complaint, raised via a Trading Standards department, to a directory
advertisement for double glazing installer Countryman Improvements Ltd
of East Sussex was upheld in only one of the three objections, according
to published details from the Advertising Standards Authority.
[More
on this Story]
New
Face For Eurocell’s Weston Super Mare Branch
Eurocell
Building Plastics has refurbished another of it’s main sites. W.S.M
has now been brought into line with the other 51 branches, having had
a new updated trade counter installed.
[More
on this Story]
Fasteners
Warning – Not all Bi-Mets are the Same
The
growing move towards bi-metallic fasteners has caused European manufacturer
SFS Intec to urge caution when window fabricators select products and
suppliers.
[More
on this Story]
Better
Screws for Under £10 a House
'People
often think the price difference between quality and budget brands is
vast,' says Richard Clark, Technical Manager of UK Fasteners. 'But it
doesn’t cost as much as you might think to upgrade to the best
on the market.
[More
on this Story]
Pilkington
Chooses Eurotherm For Global Preferred Supplier Agreement
Pilkington
plc has signed a world-wide Preferred Supplier agreement with Eurotherm
Limited. The glass manufacturer will now standardise internationally
wherever possible on 'hot end' control solutions based on Eurotherm's
EurothermSuite.
[More
on this Story]
MagHansen
Opens New Scottish Office
Fenestration
engineers MagHansen has opened a new office in Scotland at 17 Willow
House, Newhouse Road, Newhouse Industrial Estate, Grangemouth, Falkirk
[More
on this Story]
New
Decking Out-Performs Timber
A
new decking system that claims it will eventually replace timber in
many access situations, has been introduced to the construction industry.
Uniq-Supadek, manufactured by Uniq Extrusions, is an extruded decking
manufactured from recycled plastics with glass fibre reinforcement
[More
on this Story]
IG
Plant to be Built in Oregon
Cardinal IG and its Oregon public partners recognised
the $17 million investment of plant and equipment underway at the company’s
future location on August 20th
[More
on this Story]
Alcoa
Completes Acquisition of Interests in South American Operations
Alcoa
announced on August 1st that it has concluded its previously announced
transaction with Camargo Correa Group ('Camargo Group') to acquire its
40.9% shareholding in Alcoa's South American operations
[More
on this Story]
Masco
and Black & Decker Announce Early Termination of Antitrust Review
Masco
Corporation and The Black & Decker Corporation announced on August
11th that they have received notification from the Federal Trade Commission
that the Commission has granted early termination of the waiting period
[More
on this Story]
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]
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