HW
Plastics Brings New Material to the UK
On Tuesday 11 June 2002 at Interbuild, Mike Guerin, Chairman of HW Plastics,
signed a licensing agreement with Don Garofalo CEO and Jim Humphrey,
COO of the Andersen Corporation. USA for the rights to develop, manufacture
and supply FibrexTM material to the building products market in the
UK.
FibrexTM
is a composite material made up of PVCu and wood fibre. It therefore
combines the durability and low maintenance of PVCu with the strength
and rigidity of wood. It has been extruded for many years by the Andersen
Corporation in the USA and has a proven track record in a range of applications
including: windows, doors and decking etc.
Steve Sutherland. Managing Directar of HW Plastics is delighted with
the contract: 'The agreement provides exciting possibilities in terms
of product development for HW Plastics . As the largest supplier of
PVCu and PVC-UE products to the UK building industry we see it as our
role to lead the way in the application of real innovation and the FibrexTM
material gives us the opportunity to design a dramatically different
range of products across all our markets.'
This product development process has already begun at HW Plastics' manufacturing
facility in Macclesfield and the first products to utilise the technology
will be introduced later this year.
Tel: 01625 420400
Web: http://www.hwsystems.co.uk
HW
Plastics
(Stand 4G 151)
Four
familiar brand names are being exhibited under the collective name of
HW Plastics for the first time at lnterbuild 2002.
Kestrel,
BCE, HW Systems and Spectus Systems, all members of the same group,
are demonstrating the full range of PVCu products for the building industry
and using lnterbuild to emphasise the range of solutions offered under
the HW Plastics umbrella.
'lntegration with innovation is the name of the game: window systems
will be exhibited alongside the PVCue building products with which they
are so commonly used. Cladding and roofline products partner with interior
cill finishes to offer a broad ranging one stop shop for the specifier
and builder looking for durable and high quality PVCu products for new
or refurbished buildings.' the company says.
New products for the window market include the FrameFast Bay solution
as well as the new reversible window, vertical slider and the latest
in window cladding systems.
Building products share the innovation theme with the launch a number
of new finishes including a Rosewood appearance for the roofline products
as well as a new scratch resistant surface for window board. Also for
this market, a clever box end design to ease the corner detailing of
roofline installations.
The stand personnel will introduce the concept of integrated purchasing
and specification to the visitors at Interbuild, while also capitalising
on the heritage and currency of the individual brands.
Tel: 01625 420400
