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David Strang bows out
1st August 2017

David Strang has retired after more than 30 years with the SHEERFRAME window system, the Synseal Group has announced.

David was instrumental in some of the key innovations in PVC-U manufacturing, including the first lead-free profile, co-extruded weather seals and the first UK designed reversible window system.

Starting his career at the BPF, David worked with raw material suppliers to campaign for window performance standards, leading to BS 6375 standards, and going to the Advertising Standards Agency to dispute false claims about PVC-U discolouration by aluminium suppliers.

In 1983 he moved to LB Plastics as Product Manager for Sheerframe. He continued to head up the Sheerframe division when it was acquired by Synseal Group in 2014.

David said: “It was like riding the crest of a wave in the 1980s and 90s. A lot of the time we were working it out as we went along, crystallising ideas in marketing meetings, working out what we wanted to achieve and putting them into action. These were times when there were no performance standards for weather tightness or thermal efficiency – steel and timber windows predominantly had no seals and glass was held in place with putty!

“With Sheerframe we made huge advancements, eschewing copycat products in 60mm - largely inward opening designs for German refurb and new build - and instead promoting British style multilights that opened outwards like casements and reversibles in replacement sizes of 70mm. We also pioneered whole window and door systems with pre-fused gaskets and seals which, despite scepticism from the wider industry, are now the norm.

“It was an exciting time to be non-conformist, and to lead the way in PVC-U innovation. It was a time when everything you touched turned to gold.”

www.synseal.com

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