30% increase in cut-to-size demand
2nd April 2019

MACKENZIE GLASS reports a 30% jump in demand for cut to size laminate, driven by new regulatory requirements under PAS24, as well as the increased specification of larger IGUs, according to joint managing director Mark Herbert.

He said: “Taking standard domestic installations first, the requirements introduced under Part Q and through PAS24 in new build have increased demand for laminate in IGU manufacture.

“Increased end user awareness of SBD has done more or less the same in the replacement market. The net effect has been a very significant jump in demand for laminate product over the last year.”

Mackenzie Glass moved to meet this increase in demand in the summer with the installation of a second laminate cutting table. Its’ new Bottero 515LAMe laminated glass cutting table, delivered in July with an accompanying loading table, gives Mackenzie Glass the capacity to handle 4.5m X 3.2m laminated sheets.

Mark said that, running across two-shifts 24hours a day the investment has allowed Mackenzie Glass to cut delivery times to as little as three-days with ambitions to reduce turnaround times to 48hrs or less.
Mackenzie Glass was formed at the end of last year as stand-alone business and vehicle for the acquisition of Pilkington Bristol from NSG.

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