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THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 237 26th September 2006

They Made it a Night to Remember
The industry's most sparkling event, the G06 Awards, paid tribute to its finest at a magnificent Presentation Gala Dinner hosted by celebrity impressionist, Alistair McGowan, at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on 15th September.
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Guests Bond with Bohle at G06 Awards - Literally!
When lavish functions like the recent G06 Awards take place, few are aware of the huge amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to prepare for such impressive events.
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Pilkington Activ™ Cleans Up At The G06 Awards
The national advertising and promotional campaign that has resulted in sales of Pilkington Activ(tm) multiplying ten-fold in just a year and boosting sales for thousands of installers, has been voted 'Promotional Campaign of the Year 2006' in the G06 Awards that took place recently.
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WHS Halo Scores a Top Treble at G06
An excellent showing from WHS Halo customers at the G06 awards last Friday (September 15th) saw three businesses emerging triumphant in some of the most keenly fought categories.
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G06 Success For Emplas And T&K
Emplas Window Systems celebrated its 21st birthday in style at the G06 Awards as the only trade fabricator to be chosen as a finalist in the prestigious 'Fabricator of the Year Award', while at the same time its retail subsidiary, T & K Home Improvements, triumphed as winner of the 'Conservatory Installer of the Year Award'.
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Glass UK Takes Title for G06 Glass Company of the Year
‘I see winning this year's G06 Award as Glass Company of the Year as a potential springboard to further success,’ said Rod Milicevic, the company's founder, on hearing news of the award on his return from taking part in this year's Cannonball 8000 rally between London and Budapest.
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Synseal takes Pole Position at Glassex 2007
Synseal, window and conservatory systems company, has announced it will take the pole position at Glassex 2007. Nick Dutton, Synseal's Sales and Marketing Director, comments: ‘We are delighted to take the pole position at Glassex in 2007 for a fourth year in a row.
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Tony Crutcher Rejoins Kestrel-BCE as Sales and Marketing Director
KESTREL-BCE, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of PVC-U and PVC-UE roofline, cladding, window board and trim products, has appointed Tony Crutcher as Sales and Marketing Director.
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Total Glass Supplies VELUX Windows
In a further enhancement to its comprehensive choice of windows, doors and ancillaries, Total Glass can now supply the full range of VELUX roof windows, blinds and accessories.
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Advantage Trades Up to Windowlink
Windowlink has developed a pricing program for PVC-U products sold through trade counters supplied by trade manufacturer Advantage Windows and Conservatories.
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Dow Corning to Launch Quality-Assurance Initiative
Dow Corning will be launching a quality-assurance initiative for the European structural glazing and insulating glass market at Glasstec 2006.
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Foilcraft Provides a Rockdoor Solution
When it came to transfer foiling expertise, Rockdoor, the UK composite door manufacturer approached Foilcraft for a specialist and quality-led solution.
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Venture Stocks new Aldridge Branch with Freefoam
Freefoam Plastics, one of the largest brands of roofline systems in the UK and Ireland, has announced that Venture Building Plastics has opened a new branch in the Aldridge area.
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Perspex Authorises Barkston as Sole Yorkshire Distributor
Barkston Plastics Ltd, one of the UK's largest and most comprehensive plastics companies, has become Yorkshire's only authorised Perspex sub-stockist as a result of an exclusive agreement with Perspex Ltd.
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Profile 22 Celebrates Commercial Victory
PVC-U systems company Profile 22 has won a multi-million pound contract to supply windows, composite doors and curtain walling to contractor ROK Group.
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Quickslide Re-launches the £195 Patio Door
Quickslide has re-launched the company’s in-line Patio doors with prices from £195 and delivery times as short as 5 days.
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Sash Scores Top Marks!
'They order, we deliver!’ Simple yet effective, this statement sums up the performance of the logistics department at Sash Windows (UK). In a recent customer survey, the department scored a whopping 92% rating overall of good or above.
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Long Term Partnership Secures Major Specification for Securistyle
The UK window hardware manufacturer, Securistyle, is continuing its long-term partnership with window fabrication company, Sharrow Industries, as part of a project to refurbish 48,000 homes managed by Sheffield Homes.
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WindowPlus First in Scotland to Achieve Energy Rating
WindowPlus Ltd in Glasgow is the first Scottish PVCu window manufacturer to achieve a British Fenestration Rating Council (BFRC) energy rating.
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Spray-Wel joins Karnaval Applicator Network
West Midlands-based Spray-Wel Finishing has joined Karnaval Group's expanding national network of specialist applicators providing in-house coating facilities to other window manufacturers and installers throughout the local area and beyond.
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SGG SWISSPACER® Used in WERS Rated Windows
Consort Limited, a Veka trade fabricator based in Nottinghamshire, now offers commercially viable Window Energy Rated windows.
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Spectus to the Rescue
When Town and Country Windows urgently needed to switch to a new window and door system, Spectus was first on the scene to ensure a smooth transition and ensure orders were satisfied and deadlines met.
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Heston Window Store Introduces....
There is a new team waiting to welcome tradesmen and DIY enthusiasts through the doors at Heston Window Store. Branch manager Aman Gauri and his team, Clive Webb and Hayat Ahmed, can supply a comprehensive range
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THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 236 19th September 2006

Edgetech Scoops Specialist and Energy Efficiency G 06 Awards
Edgetech UK celebrated on Friday 15th September after scooping two G 06 Awards: Specialist of the Year and Energy Efficiency Initiative of the Year. ‘It was an amazing night,’ says a beaming Andy Jones, Edgetech's Sales Director and General Manager.’
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Masterframe Wins G 06 Fabricator of the Year
Sliding sash specialist Masterframe Windows Ltd has won the glazing industry's most coveted award - the G 06 Fabricator of the Year. The awards were announced on Friday 15th September at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole.
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And The Winner Is...?
Bohle, the manufacturer and distributor of glass, tools, machinery and consumables, announced the winner of its first Glass Student of the year Awards at the Metropole Hotel, Birmingham as part of this years G Awards.
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Technoform Builds on Experience in UK
Technoform Glassinsulation, the European warm-edge spacer producer is now represented in Great Britain by Andrew Whitmore, Petra Sommer and Jörg Lenz, who have been developing the polyamide thermal break business for their sister company Technoform BAUTEC since 1995.
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Fascia Mania Group Appoints new Managing Director
Fascia Mania, the independent supplier of roofline systems which provides work for over 200 people in its head office in Hucknall and its branch and depot network, has recently announced a key appointment to the company’s team.
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Force 8's New Web Site Reflects Renewed Focus on Customer Satisfaction
'We have been working hard recently on making Force 8 an easy company to do business with, especially focusing on On-Time delivery and Quality,’ says Force 8's Managing Director Dennis Sumner. ‘I am pleased to report that our On-Time delivery performance is at an all time high of greater than 97%.'
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Lister Celebrates 30 Years with Energy Rated Windows
Stoke-on-Trent fabricator Lister Trade Frames Ltd is celebrating 30 years of trading this year, with A, B and C BFRC rated windows using Super Spacer®.
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Kolorseal Adds Synseal Synerjy
Specialist PVCu colour coater Kolorseal has added Synseal Synerjy to its window and door manufacturing division, this is in addition to the Sheild profile already being used.
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Follow Leeds to Win £5,000 Window and Door Make Over
Safestyle UK is determined to do their bit to get loyal Leeds United fans to support their team in bigger numbers and turn out in their thousands for this Saturday's crucial Championship tie against high flying Birmingham City.

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Abbseal Takes over at Norman & Underwood
Abbseal (UK) Ltd has announced that with immediate effect it has taken management control of the Glass Processing & Merchanting operations of Norman & Underwood (Eastern) Limited, based at Kings Lynn in Norfolk.

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West Yorkshire Conservatory Components Transferred to 3 D Laminates
‘Due to significant company restructure and refocus the management felt it appropriate to trade under a new company name, which is more in keeping with our current and future activities’ says Mark Lofthouse, Managing Director.

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Bay jacking Kits from Cap
Cap Designs Ltd has recently aquired the design rights from Micro Jacking Systems Ltd and the company shall be marketing these items under trade name of Microjack UK.
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Masterframe's BPI July Sales up 40%
Masterframe Bygone Preferred Installer's July sales of vertical sliders have increased 40% on last year, while the rest of the market still struggles.
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Quay Plastics is Bigger and Better in Newcastle
A move to bigger premises means that Quay Plastics' Newcastle depot can now offer an even greater range of specialist building products to roofline specialists, window fabricators and installers, builders and contractors, as well as local DIY enthusiasts.
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REHAU-Dimension Roofs Available from Yorkshire Trade
Yorkshire Trade Windows in Castleford, West Yorkshire is one of the first fabricators to begin manufacturing the new REHAU-Dimension conservatory roofs.
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Expert Speakers from FIRA and TRADA at W6
Visitors to this year's W6 (Working with Wood exhibition) at the NEC from 8th - 11th October will be in an unique position to hear from timber and furniture experts about significant issues affecting the trade.
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New Global Business Director at DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions
Effective September 1st, 2006, the Swede Torkel Rhenman (43) is the new global business director, DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions, responsible for continuing the business' growth and leadership in the laminated glass marketplace.
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Frametrade UK Chooses Haffner
New trade windows manufacturer, Frametrade UK Ltd has recently taken receipt of the popular Haffner SBA Cutting and Working centre and the company says that it is delighted with its purchase.
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Hurst Signs Exclusive Deal with Thermaglaze
Hurst Plastics, the manufacturer of PVC-U door infill panels and polymer doors, has signed an exclusive deal with window and door fabricator Thermaglaze.
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Olympus chooses Design-5
The new Design-5 aluminium timber composite system from AM Profiles has been selected by specialist Harrogate based bespoke timber window manufacturer Olympus.
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Extra Wide Masterdors Win Over Housebuilder
Looking for a wide door, solid in structure, housebuilder Kamac Ltd has installed Masterdor door-sets at two of its luxury homes in sought-after St Mary's Road, Ascot.
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TRICOAT puts Rust on the Run on the North Kent Coast
Maco has supplied the first hardware manufactured with the company’s new high performance finish - TRICOAT, working with Sash UK and profile manufacturer Veka.
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Ticket to Success for Carlisle Window Systems
Carlisle Window Systems has recently celebrated 10 years in business, seven of which have been as a Plastmo fabricator. The company has also recently invested in a new show site.
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Guarantee Success for Freefoam Installers
Freefoam has announced that Just Fascias from Wakefield Road in Barnsley has once again topped the Freefoam guarantee table of total registrations for the first half of 2006.
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Back Injury the Most Common Accident for UK Workers
Industrial injury statistics consistently reveal that back injury is the most common type of accident affecting workers in the UK. Back injury and other associated manual handling injuries result in high levels of absenteeism and unproductive working environments.
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Clearly Focused on Sealed Units
Ely based Holloseal is in a prominent position as a supplier of bespoke sealed units to a wide and varied customer base because of the company’s focus and versatility.
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'Linde' and 'The BOC Group' become 'The Linde Group'
Linde AG announced on 6th September its plans for the future, following the merger of Linde AG and The BOC Group plc. The merger, which took place on the 5th September 2006, will create a world-leading industrial gases and engineering company.
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THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 235 12th September 2006

Cooling-off Periods on Door-to-Door Sales
The OFT yesterday (11th September) welcomed the Government's announcement that it will legislate to provide cooling-off periods on goods and services sold to people in their homes, even when the sales representatives have been invited to visit.

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Synseal Customers Get a Website in Just Seven Days
Synseal customers can now have their own website in just seven days by using Synseal's massive library of online marketing materials including images, videos and downloadable brochures.

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Network VEKA's Back on TV with 'Trust' Campaign
Steve Davis is to spearhead a six-figure TV campaign that will see Network VEKA back on the screen for the first time in eight years.
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8 Months of 2006 Super Spacer® Sales Beat Total for 2005
Edgetech UK overtook its total 2005 sales of Super Spacer® by 31st August 2006, the end of month eight, and is 55% up on the same period last year.
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By George! First Timber 'A' Achieved with Super Spacer®
George Barnsdale & Sons Ltd used an alternative warm edge spacer in its timber casement windows, but couldn't achieve an 'A' rated window without Edgetech's Super Spacer®.
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Partnership Between Matrixx and VEKA Set for Success
A partnership deal with systems supplier VEKA, has been agreed by Matrixx Windows, Wigan's largest manufacturer of doors, windows conservatories and glass.
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Messe Düsseldorf Partners with Glasstechnology Show India
Messe Düsseldorf has announced the expansion of its activities in India, starting with the Glasstechnology Show 2007.
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2005? - Phew! Key points from the 2006 Palmer Report
‘Many in the Home Improvements industry are glad to see the back of 2005,’ says Palmer in his latest Report on the Home Improvement Market for Windows, Doors and Conservatories. ‘There were some very sad stories, but the decline in the market for glazed home improvement products in 2005 was not nearly as dreadful as expected.
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IC Market Tracking Windows in Western Europe 2006
According to a current study by the InterConnection Consulting Group, 76 million window units were sold in 2005 in the European Fenestration Market which corresponds to a growth rate of +0.6%.
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Hydro Building Systems Launches Wicona Projects
Hydro Building Systems, the world's largest supplier of aluminium building systems, has launched Wicona Projects - the first façade specialist in the UK to offer a complete turnkey service for the building envelope.
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Atspeed Now Part of MMC Alliance
Following its appointment as a Kingspan Off-Site approved installer, Atspeed Steels and Lintels has now become part of the MMC Alliance, the association of approved installers and members dedicated to the principles of modern methods of construction (MMC).
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Laird's Design Recognised by the Construction Products Association
The Euro-Secure Door Cylinder Clamp developed by Laird Security Hardware has been recognised for its innovative design in the Construction Products Association's 2006 edition of Construction Products Innovation and Achievement (CPIA).
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Luvipol Joins BM TRADA Q-Mark Scheme
Luvipol is Spain's leading door exporter, producing over 2,500 doors a day, and the company has been supplying doors to the UK since 1975. The company developed the Empire range of doors specifically for the UK market and has seen sales soar in recent years.
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Safestyle UK Scores Winner at Leeds United
With the new season just a few weeks old, Safestyle UK, the independent replacement window and door installer, has been signed up to give Leeds United's campaign for promotion and a return to Premiership soccer a head start.
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Conservatories Boom for Coalville
Sheerlite installer Coalville Glass and Glazing says that it has seen conservatory volumes go through the roof as its newbuild customers throughout the Midlands opt for high quality conservatories as part of their offering.
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Complaint Against Keystone Group Upheld by ASA
A complaint objecting to a brochure for Keystone Group t/a Keylite Roof Windows Ltd, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone was upheld according to information published by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
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Deceuninck signs Omega
Established sealed unit manufacturer, Omega Glass of Gwent has expanded its product range by manufacturing a complete range of windows, doors and conservatories utilising Deceuninck’s 2800 Decorative system.
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DHF Offers Hand of Protection to Suppliers of Domestic Security Gates
The Door & Hardware Federation (DHF), the voice of the UK door and hardware industry, has opened its doors to suppliers of domestic security gates in a bid to raise levels of safety.
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'Finally PFI Approved'
The Chalcots Estate, Camden, designed by Dennis Lennon and Partners and built in 1965-70 has recently been granted PFI approval after almost seven years of consultation with Government.
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Management Buys into John Fredericks
The senior management team at John Fredericks has acquired 30 per cent of the company's share capital.
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A Clear Option for K2 Glass
K2 Glass has extended its range to offer Celsius Clear, a neutral alternative to the core blue-tinted Celsius range, ensuring that thermal performance glazing can be installed throughout a conservatory installation.
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Lister Makes Energy Windows its Standard Product
Lister Trade Frames of Stoke on Trent has made 'C' Energy Rated windows the company’s standard frame. Now all Listers customers receive 28mm Argon filled Super Spacer units at no extra cost.
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Competitive Edge from Yale for Multipoint Customers
A new and very much improved Installer Scheme has been launched by the Multipoint Locking Division of Yale UK.
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frameXpress - One of the First to Produce FS70 Product
frameXpress based in Telford is one of the first fabricators to be selected to produce new FS70 windows. The FS70 profile from Profile 22 is fashioned to replicate the appearance of timber.
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Feedback from Fabricators for Wendland
Wendland Roof Solutions has introduced its new Fabricator Forum to customers to further open up the lines of communication between the company and its key clients.
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Transport Expansion for Cervoglass
Cervoglass, the conservatory roof glass specialist, has instigated a corporate expansion phase. This has involved a structured and ongoing recruitment and development programme.
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Strong growth for Launceston Window Store
As Ian Batten celebrates his first year as Branch Manager, Launceston Window Store, on Pennygillam Industrial Estate, is celebrating strong growth and a successful 12 months.
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New trade Centre Stocks 95% GAP Products
GAP customer, A. Holden's Ltd has recently opened a new trade centre in Cumbria. The centre is a £25,000 conversion and extension of the existing warehouse and primarily stocks GAP products.
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Masterwood's New Windowmaker System Does it All
Masterwood has announced an advance in the design and production of wooden windows with the launch of its Windowmaker system.
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RPS Provides End to End Systems for Baltic
In order to get the best out of the company's new conservatory system, Baltic Conservatories, the manufacturer of timber conservatories, turned to RPS to supply software capable of managing the entire process from beginning to end.
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MB Distribution Promotes Geo-panel
MB Distribution the maintenance free building product specialist has recently opened a new retail showroom at its premises in Middlesbrough.
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THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 234 5th September 2006

Stewart Dutton
Stewart Dutton, one of Synseal’s original directors, sadly lost his 12 month battle against illness on 21st August. In the late 1980s Stewart left Synseal to start his own fabrication business, Bettaprice Window Systems.
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Alcoa Sponsors Ferrari Panamerican 20,000
Alcoa is a sponsor of Ferrari's Panamerican 20,000, an 84-day test drive featuring the new, 12-cylinder 599 GTB Fiorano. The Panamerican 20,000 will cover 16 countries in South, Central and North America. Those wishing to keep pace with the progress of the race may do so through a special website.
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The Freefoam Roofline Report - More Installers and Builders Turn to Roofline
A net balance* of 27% of roofline stockists and installers reported better sales in May to July 2006 compared with February to April 2006.
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Deceuninck Signs Down
Down PVC has just become Northern Ireland’s premier stockist and distributor of Deceuninck’s successful Deeplas Building Products range.
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Anders Reflects on the Bomb Legacy as it Celebrates a Happier Anniversary
Ten years after the Manchester bomb, one local company which was heavily involved in the immediate clean-up after the bomb damage, Anders Glass, is celebrating a much happier anniversary - 75 years in business.
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Eric Davis, ex Plastmo Sales Director joins Synseal
Eric Davis, ex Sales Director of Plastmo, joins Synseal as Sales Manager. ‘Synseal is the biggest player in the market, and I am delighted to join the company. My new role will focus on winning new business. Since leaving Plastmo I have kept in touch with the industry through my consultancy business.
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Shepley Celebrates its 20th Anniversary
2006 is a landmark year for Shepley Window Systems as it celebrates its 20th year of trading. Shepley has come a long way since 1986 when the company operated out of a small unit in Manchester
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Expansion of Solaglas' National Distribution Centre
Solaglas Sittingbourne, which has supplied the UK market with laminated glass for over 30 years, has been re-structured to manufacture and/or supply a vastly extended range of laminated and also monolithic products in flexible quantities.
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Record Number of Window Companies For Sale
Purplex, the Window Industry Consultants, has recorded a rise in the number of Window Companies for sale in the second quarter of 2006.
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Bennett Glass and Frames Makes the Move to Veka
Bennett Glass and Frames of Hull has joined the Veka team and is in the process of adapting its operations to cater for the new profiles.
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Rockdoor goes Fully Computerised with SAP
Rockdoor has invested in a SAP computer programme to fully computerise the manufacturing process from order to delivery in a further drive to increase efficiencies.
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Total Glass Close to World Class Status
As part of its on-going commitment to a programme of continuous improvement, UK fabricator Total Glass is set to achieve World Class Manufacturing Status - a position held by an elite top few per cent of UK companies.
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Mighty Oakland as Strong as its Namesake after 20 Years in Sealed Units
Oakland Glass celebrated its 20th year of trading on 14th July – and 18 months of using Edgetech’s Super Spacer®. One of the UK’s leading independent glass processors, it manufactures argon gas filled, Kite Marked sealed units
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The First 'A' Energy Installation for Lister?
Lister Trade Frames of Stoke on Trent says that it seems that it is the first company to have an 'A' rated product installed into a domestic property by one of its customers.
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Change of Name for GTI Kombimatec
GTI Kombimatec Machines has changed its name to simply Kombimatec Machines Ltd from 1st August 2006. The change of name is to reflect the growing worldwide recognition of the Kombimatec brand name.

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Kestrel-BCE Boosts Customer Service with Improved Pricing System
With more than 1,300 PVC-U and PVC-UE roofline, cladding, window board and trim products in stock, Kestrel-BCE is laying firm foundations for high levels of customer service by launching a new easy-to-use pricing and quotations system.
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Precise Panel Solution from Hurst Plastics
Hurst Plastics - the UK manufacturer of PVC-U door infill panels and polymer doors - has signed an exclusive deal with Jacob Holdings Ltd
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Monno Accredited by Housing Executive
Monno, New World Development's new flush fit GRP composite doorset and sister to Apeer, has now been registered with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
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Freefoam Now Available from Newstead's Building Plastics Division
Newstead Trade Frames now stocks a wide range of Freefoam's PVC-UE cellular profiles at its Building Plastics Division. Products include high quality fascias, bargeboards, soffits and cladding.
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