Weekly
Email News for the Glass, Glazing and Fenestration Industries
16th September 2003
http://www.theglazine.com
Titon
has a new spring catch and retaining stay which does not require
any machining or drilling to mount the catch, which saves costly
fitting time on commercial projects
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
The
latest sculptured sash profile for the Shield 70mm system has been
introduced by Corby Windows Group
Winlock
has made 150mm espag gear and a factory-finished handle with a short
grip to produce tiny windows with a 200mm sash size for use in downstairs
toilets
Duraflex has added Rosewood to the range of foiled options for its Diamond Suite Featured system with Rolled in Gasket.
Complementing
its Tudor style black and white window frames, Kolorplas,
the PVCu fabricator and colour coatings specialist,
offers a Black entrance door as part of its Rainbow
Collection
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
Product
Archive
(300+ Listed Products)
For a directory of products sorted by product type
For a directory of products sorted by company in alphabetical order
Taylor
Woodrow
catapulted itself up the ranking of UK housebuilders,
announcing that it was buying rival Wilson Connolly for
£480m
Housebuilder
Wilson Bowden has
reaped the benefits of the UK's robust housing market
with stronger profits
Bellway
Homes
has forecast a record year after seeing selling prices
of its homes rise by more than a fifth
The
European Commission
has proposed enshrining in European law the right to reduce
VAT on the construction and repair of houses to a minimum
of 5%,
The conversion of an old water tower into prestigious
new offices in the town of Hazerswoude-Rijndijk, Belgium
has included the installation of 250m2 of Pilkington
Activ™ self-cleaning glass
Pilkington
Pyrostop glass from Pilkington
Processing and Merchanting UK has been used
to give high performance fire resistance and aesthetic
appeal to the construction of Swindon's new £100
million Private Finance Initiative hospital
Eurocell
fabricator, Malbern Windows has
just completed a major installation at the Imphal Barracks
at Fulford in York
A
row of Victorian terraced houses in the Wheatley area
of Doncaster has been rejuvenated using PVCu windows supplied
and fitted by Doncaster-based fabricator, J.F.
Bodman & Sons using the Concept 60 system
from Premier Profiles
Float
Glass Industries
(FGI) has announced the appointments of Andy Williams and
Sarah Robinson, who join FGI with a wealth of knowledge representing
a combined total of 33 years experience in the glass industry
The
appointment of local girl, Kelly Beck has led to a considerable
development in Customer Care objectives at MPH
Windows
Millenco
Hardware Ltd
has appointed Julie Price as personal assistant to managing
director Mark Bromley, and as senior secretary to the board
Trade
fabricator, Highseal Windows,
is strengthening its sales team in Scotland with the appointment
of Walter Green as a new Business Development Manager for
the region
Alcoa
has announced that Rudolph (Rudi) P. Huber, 49, has been named
to the newly created position of vice president Alcoa Global
Business Services and Chief Information Officer
Glazpart
Group has recently announced the appointment of
Mark O'Mahoney to the board of Glazpart Ltd., as Operations
Director
K2
Glass Ltd took part in a charity ‘It’s
a Knock Out’ tournament to raise money for the charity,
Children Today
Steve
Judge, partner of Synseal
fabricator Shield Conservatories Ltd, won a car with three friends
and decided to give the prize away to the St Francis Hospice
in Manchester, which cares for terminally ill children
MPH
Windows,
manufacturer of Sheerframe windows, doors and conservatories,
recently awarded its staff with Modern Apprenticeships in window
fabrication
At
Versatile Ltd a progressive
approach to training and personal development is encouraged
and 2003 has seen the company launch an extensive training programme
for its employees
Sky-Vent
customers can now order conservatory roof vents online and paper
free. Instead of spending even more time at the fax machine,
orders can simply be placed by filling in the online order form
on the website
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:
A
'Super Fabricator' which has Earned its Name
It's
been some years since the term 'Super Fabricator' was first coined but
the predicted change in the hierarchy of the window business - where
manufacturers would dominate the market at the expense of plain extruders
- has, by and large, not come to pass. However, with the launch last
week of Speed Frame's proprietory Kömmerling system - Platinum
- it would appear that the debate is still very much alive.
BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITY
Invitation to Tender
WRAP
(the Waste & Resources Action Programme) wishes to invite suitably
qualified candidates to tender for ‘Increasing collection and
recycling of post consumer domestic window waste’.
Details
here
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
Click here or on the Logo to see this week's prime jobs from Ten Human Resources
SUBSCRIBE
FREE!
If you do not already receive THE GL@ZINE on a weekly basis, subscribe
FREE OF CHARGE by putting your email address here and clicking 'subscribe'
LIST YOUR C.V. HERE FREE
Our JobShop section is of interest to prospective employers. If you are thinking of taking on staff, why not take a look at the people we've got on offer? We currently have 22 high quality CVs on file. View them here.
Top
Award Entries on Show in Birmingham
Central
based architects and construction companies will have a chance to see
many of the entries to the 2003 Aluminium Imagination
Awards when they are put on show by the Council for Aluminium
in Building in Birmingham on the 25th September.
Eurocell
at Irish Building Show and Scotbuild
Eurocell
Building Plastics will be present at the Irish Building Exhibition from
the 18th –20th September in Dublin and will also be at the Scotbuild
Exhibition in Glasgow on the 28th and 29th October
Glass
Processing & Technology Exhibition, NEC Birmingham 11-13th November
2003
Interbuild
Helps to Shape the Future
Interbuild has teamed up with Manufacturing The Future to ensure that
the theme of off-site and modern construction methods is a prominent
feature of Interbuild
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.
Exhibition
Calendar
for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world
Pilkington
introduced the first RIBA approved self-learning CPD course, Glass for
Fire Resistance, on CD-ROM.
Wendland
has introduced a new suite of technical and product literature for its
Styal conservatory roof system
Safeware
hardware designed to meet the specific characteristics of the Profile
22 system, now comes with its own comprehensive suite of marketing support
literature
Spectus
Systems
says that the New Elite 70 system has undergone testing at The National
Physics Laboratory and has passing the required levels with flying colours
Window
and hardware manufacturer Securistyle,
has won the Zenith 'supplier of the year' award for the third time,
in the furniture and hardware category
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
In
a move to increase its product range and restore customer confidence,
Poole based, window manufacturer ldeal Trade
Frames has switched production to L.B. Plastics' Sheerframe
windows.
The
benefits of partnering arrangements between social housing providers
and their suppliers were illustrated in two recent refurbishment projects
carried out by Profile 22 fabricator, KEB Fabrications
Ltd
UAP,
the door furniture supplier to the PVCu industry, has launched a new
packaging design for all the company’s decorative hardware products
Sarnafil
Roof Assured,
the supplier of PVC flat roofing systems to the home improvement market,
has recently launched the company’s most comprehensive start-up
package yet. It includes advice and practical tools to help installers
get up and running with lead generation, sales and installation
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
'What
about the future when the calls for even greater thermal efficiency grow
ever louder, as no doubt they will?' asks Edgetech.
Coincidentally, we also have details of an interesting new report from Mike Rigby on - you guessed it - the rise of the Super Fabricator!
Since we have followed with some interest the Clash of the Titans which
was the takeover bid by Alcan for Pechiney, it is with some relief that
there appears to finally be some closure on this issue, after a third
offer which promised no more redundancies was agreed by the French firm.
Finally, we hear that Chris Owen from Wendland - who was pictured in
the newspages of The Gl@zine only last week,
in an item about Gary Morton's new business - has departed from Brian
Kennedy's Latium Group, to be replaced by one Graham Fisher, more about
whom we shall report in due course.
Tony Higgin, Publisher
tony@theglazine.com
Success
for AJS at ‘Flagship’ Housing Development
‘St
Crispin’, a major new-build project in Northampton by leading house
builder, Wilson Connolly, has landed West Midlands-based fabricator,
AJS a rolling contract to install
PVCu windows and doors on the new properties.
[More
Here]
Speed
Frame Launches 5-Chamber Sculptured System
Speed
Frame, which says it is now the largest window, door and conservatory
manufacturer in Europe, has unveiled its biggest ever development
to date. Platinum is a new five-chamber sculptured profile which has
been designed and developed by Speed Frame at its headquarters in
Goldthorpe, Rotherham in conjunction with the the company's extruder,
Kömmerling. It aims to satisfy the requirements of current and
future environmental legislation while also setting new benchmarks
in technical benefits and 'kerb appeal'.
[More
on this Story]
Does
Volume Pay? Does Size Matter? - The Rise and Rise of the Large Trade
Fabricator
The
dramatic growth of very large trade fabricators – super fabricators
as they have been dubbed – is arguably the most significant phenomenon
in the window industry during the last 10 years, says Mike Rigby in
his latest industry analysis.
[More
on this Story]
Epwin Buys HIS from Receivers
Epwin Group has acquired the assets and business of HIS Ltd, the Mid-Glamorgan PVCu systems company which went into receivership earlier this month. The move ensures uninterrupted supply to HIS customers across the UK, Epwin says.
Pechiney Accepts Alcan's Third Bid after Assurances on Redundancies
The Pechiney Board met last Friday (September 12th) to consider the latest offer from Alcan - a cash/share combo up to €48.5 which values the company at around €4bn. This falls far short of the €55 a share which Pechiney suggested in response to the first offer, but has nonetheless been accepted by the Board:
Profilglas
Takes Next Step to Complete Self-Sufficiency
Profilglass
recently installed two modern continuous-casting plants, which allow
for in-house production of the aluminum needed for its internal requirements.
According to the Thermoseal Group, which was awarded 'Biggest Profilglass
Customer in Europe 2002' at Vitrum recently:
[More
on this Story]
Corby
Focuses On Global Roof
Corby
Windows has been selling Ultraframe and Synseal conservatory roofs
alongside each other for 18 months. One of Ultraframe’s original
BBA fabricators, Corby has now announced it is to focus solely on
Synseal.
[More
on this Story]
Win
One of 20 ETEC Low 'E' Glass Coating Detectors Worth £40 Each!!
glassequipment.com
is offering the glass industry assistance with Part L. Low 'E' coating
detection for Pilkington 'K', 'Optitherm S' & 'T SN', St Gobain
'EKO Plus' & 'Planitherm', Glaverbel 'Planibel G' & 'Top N'
et.
[More
on this Story]
New
Managing Director at Premier Profiles
Premier
Profiles, PVCu profile extruder, has announced the appointment of
Paul Rice to the position of Managing Director. Former Managing Director
Paul Dickins has left Premier, a member of the Polypipe Group, after
six successful years to pursue other interests.
[More
on this Story]
Pilkington
Announces Joint Venture to Build Float Plant near Moscow
Pilkington
plc and Emerging Markets Partnership (EMP), principal adviser to the
AIG Emerging Europe Infrastructure Fund, have formed a 50:50 joint venture
to construct and operate a float glass plant in the Moscow region of
Russia. The investment will be financed by £21 million of equity
each from Pilkington and EMP, and from project loans..
[More
on this Story]
BWF
Launches New Fire Doors Campaign
The
British Woodworking Federation (BWF) is embarking on a campaign to highlight
the importance of using compatible components when installing fire doors.
[More
on this Story]
Masterdor
- Helping to Achieve Decent Homes
Ridgehill
Housing Association's forward thinking approach led to the specification
of Masterdor made-to-measure high-performance door-sets in order to
bring its homes in line with the Decent Homes Standard.
[More
on this Story]
Ultraframe
Hits Record Levels of Customer Service and Streamlines
Sales Office Structure
Ultraframe, the international designer and manufacturer of conservatory
roofing systems, has achieved record customer service levels - with
delivery schedule adherence and material availability close to 100%
for the first time. It has also restructured the organisation of its
sales office in order to provide enhanced customer service.
[More
on this Story]
Bright
Future for Premier Enhanced by Celsius Innovation
Bristol
based Premier Conservatory Roofs Ltd, a fabricator of the K2 roof system
for the past three years, now offers Celsius, a technologically advanced
glass, as an alternative to polycarbonate or standard glass units
[More
on this Story]
Gas
Fill Testing Pays Off for Strathclyde
The
first Gasglass-1002 non-invasive gas fill tester for insulating glass
units to be sold in Scotland is proving to be a valuable investment
for Strathclyde Insulating Glass. The recently-delivered testing unit
complements the RSGe gas filling machine bought last year from Inagas,
which has now supplied the Gasglass unit
[More
on this Story]
Piper
Home Improvements' Advert Attracts Complaint
A
complaint, objecting to a regional press advertisement for window, door
and conservatory fitting company Piper Home Improvements Ltd of Cliftonville,
Kent was upheld in only one of the three objections, according to published
details from the Advertising Standards Authority.
[More
on this Story]
Essex
Homes Benefit from Titon Trickle Ventilation
A
major housing development in Essex has utilised Titon Trimvent Select
trickle ventilators for all of its 159 new-build homes.
[More
on this Story]
KAT
Provides Minster with Hassle Free Product Diversification
With
a quote to conversion rate edging close to 100 per cent, Lincolnshire
based Minster Window Systems has increasingly turned to KAT UK in the
supply of the more specialised niche products such as vertical sliding
windows.
[More
on this Story]
Sale
Agreement for Saint-Gobain Terreal
Compagnie
de Saint-Gobain confirms that it has recently signed an agreement to
sell its subsidiary Saint-Gobain Terreal to a financial company controlled
by the Carlyle investment fund. Under the agreement, Terreal - a terracotta
tile and brick manufacturer - is valued at €514m.
[More
on this Story]
Production
Breaks all Brunner Mond's Records
Production records going back at least quarter of a century were smashed
at Brunner Mond's Northwich East (Lostock) plant in Cheshire in May
by a daily average make of 1195 tonnes of light ash.
[More
on this Story]
Kobe
Steel and Alcoa Expand Joint Development in Automotive Aluminium
Kobe
Steel, Ltd. and Alcoa Inc. announced on August 6th an agreement to expand
their aluminium alliance on the joint development of aluminium products
for the automotive market.
[More
on this Story]
Pella
Expanding Vinyl Business with New Line to be Sold through Lowe’s
Pella
Corp. is launching a new line of vinyl windows and doors in the USA
to be sold through Pella Design Centers at select Lowe’s Home Improvement
stores
[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]
MISSED LAST WEEK'S GL@ZINE? IT'S HERE
Using the search function below you have full Google powered search functionality to over 600 pages of The Glazine. Just type in your search term and hit the 'Search The Gl@zine' button.
You can view previous issues of THE GL@ZINE in our ARCHIVE NEWS SECTION There are also archives for the following sections:
Should you wish to advertise on THE GL@ZINE, please contact Tony Higgin at tony@theglazine.com or telephone 01923-461527, mobile 07977-981753.
A Ratecard is available as a PDF download (147K, less than 15 seconds with a 56K connection) on this link: www.theglazine.com/ratecard.pdf
Copyright
© 2003 The B2BZine Company.
Permission to use any of the material contained in this EZine should be
obtained from the The B2BZine Company
Email us: tony@theglazine.com
Write to us at:
The Gl@zine, PO Box 1488, Croydon, CR9 7WH
IF
YOU HAVE BEEN SENT THIS EMAIL BY A COLLEAGUE,
PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK TO SUBSCRIBE