- Products
Revolving door additions
Dormakaba has upgraded its KTV Revolving Door system to include improved installation times and a new automatic Night Shield option. With Direct Drive, the doors...Ultraframe unveils ‘ready to sell’ modular Garden Rooms
Ultraframe has released further details of its imminent launch of a range of modular Garden Rooms, first revealed earlier this year http://www.the-glazine.com/?p=2289 , which it says...Slimline addition to Kawneer window range
Kawneer has launched the AA720 SL (Slimline) casement window as the latest addition to its AA720 range of windows and doors, and suites with...Blink gains easier access
Blink Blinds + Glass encapsulated blinds from ODL Europe have been made available with multi-positioning magnet choices. Business development manager Andy Meakin explained: “Our new...Swisspacer expands La Defender balustrade range in UK
Swisspacer UK is extending its La Defender balustrade system offering following the introduction of the Pico residential system earlier this year. The La Defender range...
- Projects
Offsite assembly helps hospital open early to tackle Covid
Off-site assembly of architectural glazing systems by Kawneer have helped elements of a £350 million new hospital to finish almost a year ahead of...Hybrid orangery from Ultraframe and SEHBAC
Mr & Mrs Forrester had wanted to extend their home to create a large, light filled lounge based on an orangery design but when...Retaining the traditional look of wood
More than 30 Residence 9 windows, French doors and a Solidor stable door helped to retain the traditional look of a period property in...Beech and glass
A staircase featuring open risers and 17.5mm toughened and laminated glass supplied by TuffX forms a centrepiece to the entrance hall ofa home renovation...Steel windows at Hackney Church Brew Co
W20 Arched, headed external screens, along with interior doors and screens from Steel Window Service & Supplies have helped to transform the site of...
- Fabricator Focus
Abcell speeds up online ordering
Abcell has introduced a new online ordering system aimed at speeding up ordering of its WarmCore, bi-fold doors including specifying colours, configurations, additional hardware...Victorian boosts workforce for bumper growth
Victorian Sliders has taken on 24 more manufacturing staff to cope with continuing high demand for its Ecoslide sash window following the most successful...Cairngorm reassures post lockdown homeowners with on-site ‘welfare unit’
Customers of fabricator-installer Cairngorm Windows can be more at ease about having fitters in their homes post-lockdown since the company invested in a mobile...Four more on the road for Sternfenster
Lincoln-based Sternfenster has extended its nationwide delivery fleet with the addition of four new 18-tonne DAF XF 450 FA boxed vehicles at a cost...Spectral signs for Decalu too
Spectral, the start-up fabricator that launched on Deceuninck’s PVC-U systems, has now added its Decalu aluminium systems. The manufacturer, which last year invested £1m in...
- People
Michael St Ledger joins Glazerite in the North West
The Glazerite UK Group today (April 6) welcomes Michael St Ledger as Production Manager for its North West Division in Bolton, overseeing the site’s...Steel Window Association names Stuart Judge as new President
Stuart Judge, Managing Director of the West Leigh Group has been named as the new President of the Steel Window Association. He takes the role in...Davy Chada is ODL Finance Manager
ODL Europe has appointed Davy Chada as Finance Manager in succession to Steve Ellison. Davy, who has worked with a umber of businesses ranging from...Tom Howard joins Euramax
Euramax Solutions, a manufacturer of fenestration products to the construction, modular and leisure markets, has appointed Tom Howard as the new Continuous Improvement and...Clearview HI names O’Malley as Ops Director
Conservatory Outlet Group retailer Clearview Home Improvements has appointed Phil O’Malley as Operations Director. He will use more than 20 years of experience in the industry...
- Glass
Pilkington to close Birmingham merchanting site
NSG Group has announced it is to close its Pilkington merchanting site in Birmingham. The site, one of 11 in the UK run by the...Pilkington launches bird-friendly Avisafe to UK
A coated glass designed specifically to stop birds flying into windows and façades, has been launched onto the UK market by Pilkington following successful...£54m sustainable glass excellence centre goes to planners
A proposed £54million Global Centre of Excellence for glass research has taken a step nearer to becoming reality with the submission of a formal...Cornwall goes large with £6million investment plan
Cornwall Glass Manufacturing aims to more than triple the size of its Highbridge IGU and glass processing operation to £55,000sqft as part of a...Further shipping increases ahead, glass processors warned
Glass processors and IGU manufacturers have been warned to prepare now for increased prices and lower availability of product caused by the global shortage...
- You Say
‘Choosing to Challenge’ for International Women’s Day
Veka has marked International Women’s Day and its chosen theme for the year ‘Choose to Challenge’ by sharing the thoughts of these women leaders on...‘Much for fenestration in Budget’
From: Martin Nettleton, Managing Director, Euroglaze A £100bn savings mountain and a three-month extension to the stamp duty holiday are the clearest signals yet that...No jab, no job?
From: David Thornton, Chairman, The Window Company (Contracts) Charlie Mullins from Pimlico Plumbers might just have been chasing publicity again when he announced that he...Avoid ‘feast or famine’ with looser lead times
Giovanni Laporta, Inventor and Innovator at Smart Ready The fenestration industry has seen an enormous increase in sales over the last 9 months and I...The end of the one-stop shop
Andy Jones, Group Managing Director, Victorian Sliders Even when everyone in Britain has been vaccinated, and the worst of the coronavirus crisis is behind us,...
- Awards
Family joinery scoops Fensa top install trophy
A ‘truly outstanding’ installation by timber window specialist Nathan McCarter Joinery has been named Fensa Installation of the Year 2020. The job by the Tavistock-based...Wheeldon rates Frame Fast
Frame Fast UK has gained a Seal of Excellence award from developers Wheeldon Brothers for its work on The Dial new build development in...Thermoseal joins top 200 Sunday Times Fast Trackers
Thermoseal Group has been placed in the twelfth annual Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table with a No96 ranking in recognition of...Schüco Excellence Awards open for entries
Applications are now being invited for the eighth annual Schüco Excellence Awards for Design and Innovation, with the event, again hosted by architectural designer...‘Stand-out’ Stafford scores with Endurance
The Door Company Stafford is the latest installation company to be crowned Installer of the Month by Endurance Doors. Endurance head of sales and marketing...
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- Hardware
Suited 316 Marine steel bifold hardware from Coastal
Coastal Group has responded to customer feedback and included bi-fold hardware options in its Blu range of 316 Marine Grade Stainless Steel hardware, enabling...New matt black glass door fittings
Dormakaba has launched a range of installation sets, locks and handles in its new Night Edition #304 finish. These include the Muto M 60 Wall and Ceiling...Rapierstar and Quickslide sign exclusivity deal
Fastener supplier Rapierstar has become exclusive supply partner for window and door fasteners to Quickslide, meaning its products are now used in the assembly...AT scales up for more manufacturing and stock
Bi-fold hardware supplier AT Precision is scaling up production of its Everglide hardware range with the opening of a new 18,000 sqft factory at...New quad locks and flush sash option
Total Hardware has launched two new Quad Locks for PVC-U windows featuring bi-directional locking cams for improved security, and with a new flush sash...
- Internet / I.T
Epwin helps customers Connect
Epwin Window Systems has launched Connect, an integrated digital resource centre designed to help its customers access all of its online business support resources. This...AdminBase adds more dash
AdminBase, the web-based business management software system from Ab Initio, has extended its Dashboard feature and enhanced its KPI reporting function. The dashboard-style format, currently...BM Touch adds website developer
Installers using the Business Micros Touch Vendor lead generation and quoting software can now get their website redeveloped as well with a new option...Pilks puts Planar on BIM
Pilkington UK has made its structural glazing technology Pilkington Planar available via building information modelling (BIM. Pilkington Planar models are now available through the widely-used...New site, more features for Kubu
Kubu, the smart-sensor door technology from Avantis International has a new website with a number of several added features and improved functionality. On it, the...
- Security
Heritage goes for Kubu
Shrewsbury-based Heritage Glass has become the latest installation company to become a Kubu installer, supported by its manufacturing partner CWG Choices. The company will look...Hörmann gains SBD for garage door range
Hörmann UK is claiming a first with the award of Secured by Design accreditation as standard on its LPU 42 and LPU 67 automated...Orion addition
VBH has added the new Orion 3 star barrel to its family of greenteQ profile cylinders. Orion is tested to TS007, meaning it offers full...Origin opts for Ultion and Sweet as standard
Origin, manufacturer of windows aluminium bi-folding, sliding and residential doors is now supplying Sweet and Ultion as standard flor its doors. Sales and marketing director...VBH adds Q-Smart for three-way access
VBH has added the Q-Smart electronic smart handle to its range of window and door hardware and furniture. The keyless handle gives three access methods:...
- Standards
Liniar adds PAS24 option to Modlok patio system
Innovation can take many forms. For Liniar, this means launching new, cutting-edge products and continually improving its existing product range to be more efficient...DHF hosts UKCA webinars
The Door & Hardware Federation has launched a series of bespoke webinars on UKCA marking, which replacing CE marking following Brexit.Specifically tailored for members...PAS24 gain for AT Precision
Aluminium bi-fold hardware supplier AT Precision has passed the PAS 24:2016 test for all the products it offers. The company sells to over 100 fabricators...Video shouts out noise reduction to the trade
The BFRC is shouting out to the trade with a new video explaining how systems houses, manufacturers and installers can gin competitive edge by...BFRC kick-starts the quiet revolution with first noise label signing
The BFRC is hoping to sign more big names very soon after welcoming Deceuninck as the first member of its new Noise Reduction Rating...
- Training
‘Talent scheme to remain free for at least a year’
The Construction Leadership Council has confirmed that the Construction Talent Retention Scheme is to remain free for all construction and associated businesses and candidates...More careers targeted in new skills partnership
Building Our Skills had broadened its range of career apprenticeship support by teaming up with the Learning Skills Partnership with the aim of attracting...£10,000prize in search for top apprentice
Prizes worth up to £10,000 are up for grabs in the seventh annual Screwfix Trade Apprentice competition, with entries invited until Feb 21. Top prize...More online training from Conservatory Outlet
Conservatory Outlet has launched a series of online sales training forums for sales staff across its retail network to explore and share best practice within...‘Daylight, health and well-being’ in new learning module
Natural daylight, and its role in promoting health, wellbeing and productivity, is the subject of a new RIBA-approved learning module from internal glass specialist...
- Environment
Govt scraps Green Homes scheme after less than 10% take-up – but skills funding unaffected
The Government has scrapped the Green Homes Grant voucher scheme for householders just six months after its launch and only days after Parliament’s Environmental...More pressure to extend Green Grant as Environmental Committee warns of Net Zero roadblock
Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has backed calls for the Green Homes Grant to be extended beyond the end of this month as well as...Kömmerling and Profine gain VinylPlus tag
partner companies can now use the VinylPlus product label to promote their green credentials to consumers since the group has undergone the organisation’s certification...Widgets hits zero landfill target
Window Widgets has achieved a zero-landfill mark as a result of a two-and-a-half-year waste management programme. The programme, led by QHSE manager Andrew Taylor, ensures...Low Carbon Homes focuses on Oxfordshire
Low Carbon Homes, the online regional retrofit conference series returns next week event, hosted by Cosy Homes Oxfordshire.Low Carbon Homes Oxfordshire, (Tuesday 9th –...
- Exhibitions / Events
Leka signs with Fenex 2021
Solid conservatory roof manufacturer Leka System shas joined the Fenex online exhibition. Managing director Rhys Hoddinott explained: “Although Leka have had significant success exhibiting at...Online talk on frameless glass balustrades
‘Enhance the vision and safety of frameless glass balustrades’ is the theme of a live online talk to be presented by Dow on March...Schüco unveils Innovation Now online event
Schüco UK is using an online event to introduce its new products and its plans for the future. The Schüco Innovation Now (i.NOW) launch event...Ali Day’s back at Senior
‘Invention and Innovation’ is the theme for the third annual Aluminium Day social media event held by Senior Architectural Systems. On Saturday 13th March, the manufacturer...FIT moves to autumn to stay ahead of pandemic doubt
FIT Show organisers have pushed back the proposed 2021 event from May to a September in the face of growing uncertainty over the advance...
- Marketing
Ultraframe unveils Proposal Generator – with lead response emails coming soon
Ultraframe is launching a series of online Proposal Generators to help its installers create proposals to present to homeowners and has also signalled plans...Deceuninck launches Brand It for bespoke marketing
Deceuninck customers can create a range of bespoke branded marketing materials with Brand It, a new online resource launched by the systems house. With the...Ultraroof hoofs it with animal themed marketing
Ultraframe has taken an animal theme for new marketing campaign urging customers to Stand Out with Ultraroof. Marketing director Alex Hewitt said: “The animals in...Deceuninck takes virtual showroom to Fenex
Deceuninck is using Fenex to launch its new virtual showroom tour, aimed at help customers adapt to remote selling. The virtual tour, designed to be...Freefoam’s back with Fireside #4
Freefoam is out to help customers grow their business with the fourth if its ‘Fireside Chat’ videos, out now. It sees the return of commercial...
- Trade Counters
NBP targets growth with BGF investment
North of England based trade distributor Northern Building Plastics has entered an investment agreement with growth capital investor BGF to support its ambitions to...Screwfix planning 40 new stores this year
Screwfix has revealed plans to open 30 new stores in the UK and 10 in the RoI this year. The trade retailer has opened at...
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