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7th January
2003
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How
to combine the attractive appearance of two of the most successful
new patterned glass products with the performance of fire resistant
glass; that was the task set for CGI International by a number of
its fire glass users in the UK and overseas.
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Maco's
introduction of the 100mm Inline Espagnolette enables fabricators
to put the strength of espagnolette locking onto window sizes previously
impossible.
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Here:
Profile
22 has launched a dedicated range of large platform cills to complement
its 70mm Fully Integrated window and door Systems and simplify installation
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Here:
Product
Archive
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For a directory of products sorted by company in alphabetical order
Construction
Orders in the twelve months to October 2002 rose by five per cent compared
to orders in the previous twelve months and orders in the three months
to October rose by three per cent compared to the same period a year earlier.
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here:
In
October 2002, it is estimated that 15,300 dwellings were started in Great
Britain and 15,500 completed.
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here:
The
world's largest architectural and automotive glass conference, Glass
Processing Days, will be held from June 15-18, 2003 in Tampere, Finland.
For more information visit glassprocessingdays.com
The transformation of the former Royal Exchange building
in London into a prestigious shopping mall featuring outlets
for fashion houses such as Prada and Gucci has been enhanced
with the use of Pilkington Optiwhite low iron float glass
for special design features.
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The
United Reform Church in Wallasey, Merseyside has benefited
from a window makeover courtesy of Stockport based Veka
fabricator Force 8 Windows and local installer Picton
Windows
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Here:
Vetrotech
Saint-Gobain, the manufacturer of fire resisting glass,
has supplied one of its specialist products for a new
flagship restaurant in Cardiff
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Here:
With
the deadline now looming for the final publication and subsequent
enforcement of the EN 1279 UKae Ltd is launching a new CD-ROM
package that will act as a simple, fast track route to compliance
and CE Marking.
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Here:
The
up-to-date position as regards publication and enforcement
of the forthcoming European Standard for insulating glass
units (EN 1279) is as follows:
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Here:
The
LMC Group, a UK glass façade and fenestration specialist,
has confirmed the appointments of a new Financial Director
and a Director to run its Skillbroker training and recruitment
initiative.
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Here:
Aluminium
Roofline Products (ARP) Group has appointed a new sales management
team for its sectional guttering and building products division
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Here:
Industry-specific
technical IT support is now available to fabricators of the
Aztec conservatory roof system following the appointment of
Andy Lang.
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Synseal
has produced a sixty page hardback book full of product information
and illustrations of conservatories
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here:
Natur-Al
Conservatories has produced a new brochure for its conservatory
system
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here:
Sales
of the Hurst Sterling polymer door have increased following a
decision by the company to launch a composite door training Master
Class for resellers.
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Recognised
training in surveying and installation techniques is vital if
the industry is to meet proposed legislative changes and present
a more professional image, says Profile 22
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Alcoa's
2002 Corporate Environment, Health and Safety (EHS)
report has been published online here
This is the tenth consecutive year that Alcoa has
published such a report that this year appears exclusively
online to take advantage of the speed, flexibility,
and reach of the Internet.
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Factory
finished, high performance timber windows have been
supplied by a member of the British Woodworking Federation
(BWF) during a refurbishment project that is to serve
as a test bed for environmentally friendly building
practices for Guildford Borough Council.
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Staff from the Centre for Environmental Studies in the Hospitality
Industry at Oxford Brookes University are picking through the
contents of rubbish bins at licensed premises across the district
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Delegates
from the British Plastics Federation Windows Group recently travelled
to Behringen, Germany to visit the Veka recycling plant as part
of the organisation's bid to formulate policy for dealing with
end-of-life PVCu windows
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Designers
must now comply with regulations to limit solar overheating in
buildings, as Paul Littlefair of BRE explains.
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Features
now archived include:
Dave Frost on the implications of CE Marking to the sealed unit
manufacturer:
Phil Mundell on what Part M means to the Door Manufacturer;
Mike Fawcett on the 'Dilution' of Fire Glazing Standards;
Gary Dean on glass fusing;
Glass Production Software from Hanic.
Full
list here
I hope this first issue of The Gl@zine in 2003 finds you relaxed and raring to go after your Christmas break, and that you haven't reneged on all of your New Year's Resolutions quite yet. Our final Editorial comment of 2002 ('OH NO it's that time of year again') attracted a number of comments, mostly along the lines of the need for better early warning systems for companies about to go bust.
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Exhibition
List UPDATED!
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for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world.
Alcoa
Europe at BAU 2003 and BouwBeurs 2003
Alcoa Europe Building and Construction systems will exhibit its systems
and products at BAU 2003 in Munich from January 13 – 18, 2003 and
BouwBeurs 2003 in Utrecht from February 3 – 8.
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Glaverbel
at Approfal 2003
For the first time, Glaverbel is to take part in Approfal –
the furnishing suppliers fair to be held at the heart of the Salon du
Meuble in Paris (Paris Expo - Porte de Versailles) - from 9 to 13 January
2003.
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Established in 1986, Cladwinds Ltd. are based in the Woburn Rd. Industrial Estate in Bedford and fabricate Eurocell’s Ultimate 70mm Window System. Currently the company makes around 150-200 windows a week but recent investment in a new factory has allowed capacity to be increased to 400 per week.
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Aztec Conservatory Roof Systems has launched a new website aimed at helping
fabricators, installers and consumers through the process of specifying,
designing and building a conservatory.
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As
well as informing customers and the market on all aspects of Shepley business,
the main focus of the website is to keep customers 'in the know' by offering
over 100 pages of relevant information.
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Seac,
manufacturer and supplier of specialist fasteners to the construction
and manufacturing industries, has re-launched its web site.
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Synseal
Extrusions Ltd has been awarded the British Standard Institution certificate
of registration for its conservatory department.
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Adding
to the company's 20th Birthday celebrations Arrow Glazing, based in Louth,
Lincolnshire has just achieved BBA approval for its Window System.
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The
following BBA certificates were awarded in the last month:
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Northampton
based S&J Marketing - an Ultraframe BBA accredited fabricator - has
enhanced local marketing support for its customers with the publication
of 25,000 copies of a retail brochure.
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David
Brunksill Windows has received a boost to its order book, after exhibiting
at an event based close to the company's facilities, the Keighley and
District Agricultural Show.
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Guardian
Industries' Michigan, float glass manufacturing plant recently achieved
a safety milestone: Three million hours without a lost time accident
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On
10th December 2002 the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) issued its first
ever progress report on the Government's 10-year health and safety targets
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Companies
needing to comply with the revised Building Regulations (Part L) can now
receive UKAS accredited air leakage testing via Taylor Woodrow's Technology
Centre, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
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Here:
Duraflex
has produced a Part L pack aimed at fabricators and installers. The new
'Exceeding Standards' CD-ROM and supporting information provide companies
with the tools they need to assure householders of the products' compliance
with the revised Building Regulations.
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Bolton
based, industrial company The Burnden Group plc, provided its support
at two recent fund raising events
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Synseal
Extrusions Ltd along with its customers across the UK have raised £15,000
for this year's the Children in Need appeal.
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It was announced on 27th November that 19 schemes across the UK will be powered by solar energy as a result of new Government cash. The projects which represent 435 KW have each won a share of a £2.2 million Government grant. They are the second set of proposals to be approved under the DTI's £20 million Major Photovoltaic (PV) Demonstration Programme.
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The point we were making was amply borne out by the decision to pull the plug on a large Yorkshire based fabricator over the Christmas break, although we appreciate that company liquidations have their own inevitable timeframe and are not always deliberately engineered to happen when everyone's attention is on something else. More on this story as and when it develops further.
The
fact remains that there are few, if any, affordable early warning systems
to protect against this type of scenario. Any ideas anyone? Should we
do something in The Gl@zine?
This week we also start our wind up to Glassex with news of Online Registration (Do it before you forget!).
We also flag up an important proposed change to Building Regs on Weatherproofing which will affect door manufacturers and installers.
Finally,
how could we bring in the New Year without introducing a new Channel to
The Gl@zine - Environment.
Like it or loathe it, it's going to be a major influence on how European
businesses are run in the early Twenty Hundreds.
I hope you enjoy this week's Gl@zine and it makes coming back to work
more bearable!.
Please email me at tony@theglazine.com
Tony Higgin, Publisher
EM@IL TO THE EDITOR
Looking
for Excuses to Break Contracts
'We too have experienced an extraordinary degree of
harassment from a small bunch of clients. There are two common factors:-
they have all found somebody cheaper after they have signed us up to
do the job, and they have all spoken to the same trading standards officer,
looking for an excuse to break the contract.'
[Read
the rest of this Mail here]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Saint-Gobain
Sekurit to Sign Joint-Venture with Central Glass for Sale of Automotive
Glass in Japan
Following the successful marketing alliance established
in April 2002 by Saint-Gobain Sekurit and Central Glass in the automotive
glass business, both companies have concluded an agreement to establish
a joint company to market and sell automotive glass on the Japanese
market.
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on this Story]
NB Many weekend papers ran stories about Nippon Sheet Glass bidding for Pilkington Glass in order to keep up with its main rival in the automotive glass business Asahi. Some reports cited the above news as a catalyst in this. More on Nippon/Pilkington next week.
Glassex
Online Manual Cuts out the Hassle
Stand
managers for companies attending Glassex 2003 should find their organising
tasks simpler, quicker and more convenient following improvements made
to the show's online exhibitor manual.
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on this Story]
Thoughts
for 2003 from the GGF's Chief Exec Nigel Rees
It
would be wonderful to begin with a statement along the lines of, 'there
will be no further changes and initiatives for the Industry in 2003'.
Unfortunately I do not think we are even going to get close to such
a statement.
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on this Story]
Getting
Totally Bigger by the Day
Total Glass, the Merseyside based window fabricating
operation, has announced further expansion plans. Total Glass has seen
major growth over the last 18 months and it's a trend that is set to
continue according to Managing Director Frank Deary.
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on this Story]
Alcoa
Sheet Operations Swansea Opens a New Production Line
The Alcoa aluminium rolling operations based in Waunarlwydd,
Swansea announced on Friday 13th December 2002 the opening of a new
production line which is part of a several years' investment program
to upgrade the company's ingot, hot rolling, cold rolling and finishing
lines at this facility.
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on this Story]
Government
Proposes more Weather Proof Building Standards
Tougher
regulations that will provide better protection for new buildings from
extreme weather, moisture and natural land contaminants were published
for consultation on 10th December 2002 by the Government.
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on this Story]
First
CE-mark Declarations by European Window Manufacturers
The
Italian company Finstral is the first company in the European window
industry to declare conformity of its PVC window system 500 with the
European product standard.
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on this Story]
A
Leading Force in Innovation Meets the Market Leader in Quality
As of 1st January 2003, Siegenia and Aubi - two of
Europe's major hardware companies - became one. Siegenia Aubi Ltd will
supply hardware and ventilation solutions to the UK market through the
two companies' existing distribution networks.
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on this Story]
Hallmark
Group is One in a Million
Hull-based door panel, GRP and laminated products
manufacturer Hallmark Group achieved its first 'Million Month' in October
2002, selling over £1 Million across all its divisions - and then
topped this performance with yet another record-breaking month in November.
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on this Story]
Dupont
Benedictus Awards Names Distinguished International Judging Panel for
2003 Competition
A
prominent international jury has been named to judge the 2003 DuPont
Benedictus Awards, an international architectural competition that recognises
the innovative and significant use of laminated glass.
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on this Story]
Deceuninck
Group Shuts Down Uniplast
The Deceuninck Group announced on December 5th 2002
that it is closing down the production activities of its Uniplast subsidiary.
The machines and customer database have been sold and the site and buildings
are up for sale. A restructuring programme has been arranged for the
14 staff.
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on this Story]
The
Laird Group plc Issues Trading Update
The Laird Group has issued for the first time what
will be a regular Trading Update close to the end of its Financial Year
on 31 December.
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on this Story]
IMI
Trading Update
In accordance with its normal practice, IMI plc -
Polypipe/Premier Profiles parent company - issued a trading update on
18th December 2002 in advance of its preliminary results announcement
for the twelve months ending 31st December 2002, due to be published
on 10th March 2003.
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on this Story]
Global
Market Leader in Polysulphides: Akzo Nobel Thioplast Chemicals
With an annual production capacity of more than 12,000
t (2002), Akzo Nobel Thioplast Chemicals (Greiz, Thuringia/Germany),
a business of Akzo Nobel (Netherlands), claims to be the global market
leader in polysulphides.
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on this Story]
Masco
Corporation Announces Common Stock Repurchase Programme and Agreement
in Class Action Lawsuit
Masco Corporation announced on 13th December 2002
that its Board of Directors has authorised the purchase of up to 50
million shares of its Common Stock in open market purchases, privately
negotiated transactions or otherwise.
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on this Story]
Pilkington
T Glass - The New Name in a Tough World
From February 2003, the Pilkington Toughened Safety
Glass range will be given the new specifier-friendly name of Pilkington
T glass.
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on this Story]
Stockable
- Clear and Wired Laminated Fire Resistant Glass
J.
Preedy & Sons has provided London and the Home Counties with a range
of constantly developing glass and glazing products and services since
1913, when Joseph Preedy established the company in Marylebone in the
West End of London.
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on this Story]
Carlton
Plastics Opens the Door to Further Growth with New Factory Premises
Long-standing
Hallmark Door Panels customer Carlton Plastics has moved to new factory
premises, allowing the tripling of its production capacity overnight
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on this Story]
Assuring
the Future of Wood Windows
Wood
windows have now stabilised at a 30% share of the European market after
a decline in market shares. How to maintain this position and which
measures are necessary to improve the competitivity of wood windows
were one of the items discussed at the annual meeting of FEMIB, the
federation of the European joinery industry, which took place in Barcelona.
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on this Story]
Results
of the Squeeze-Out Offer for Glaverbel
The squeeze-out offer of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd (J.AHG) for the remaining
Glaverbel shares closed on 16th December.
Asahi Glass now fully holds 100% of the capital of Glaverbel.
[More
on this Story]
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