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THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 233 29th August 2006
Network
Bucks the Trend with £400million Sales
Network
Veka says that it has bucked the industry slowdown
by reaching £400million accumulated sales in
record time. The organisation's 140 members took only
18 months to bring in the last £100m between
them, as against nearly two years for the previous
milestone.
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Advantage
Bucks the Trend as Well!
The
board of directors of Advantage Windows and Conservatories
Ltd, the Cheshire - based trade fabricator, has
reported a 30% growth in sales compared to the previous
year.
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Window profile group Profine, which includes KBE, Kömmerling and Trocal, reports 17% growth in turnover to €377.2m in its first half compared with the same period in 2005. Profits were €19m, described as 'well above budget', despite a 25% increase in material and energy costs.
Last
Chance for Tickets to Conservatory Outlet's Ball
Time
is running out for those of you wishing to purchase
tickets for Conservatory Outlet's charity ball.
The event, being held on September 30th at the Galpharm
Stadium in Huddersfield, will raise money for UK-based
charity Health and Education for All (HEAL).
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AG Glass is no stranger to the G06 awards having won Glass Company of the Year back in 2004, thanks to a business model designed to improve company-wide performance and this has ultimately enhanced its customer offering.
BPF
Launches www.plasticsacquisitions.com
The
British Plastics Federation (BPF) has officially launched www.plasticsacquisitions.com,
a website set up to support companies or individuals wishing
to buy and/or sell plastics businesses.
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Rolf Honegger, head of the Glass Processing Systems business unit (Bystronic glass) for the last six years, has decided to leave the Conzzeta Group to take up a new career challenge.
New
Stand Design Options Offer Glassex Opportunities for All
Companies
wishing to profit from the sales opportunities offered by Glassex,
but having a limited exhibition budget, can now have a range
of new stylish, yet reasonably priced, stand design options.
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For years now, trade customers have had to pay that little bit extra if they wanted the best products. Just a little bit more than standard for the better lock or handle in the range…. Just a little bit more than standard for the higher rated sealed unit. Now Listers says that for their customers that’s all over.
Cut-to-Size
global600 is Now Available
Following
the success of Synseal's low pitch roof system global600, a
new cut-to-size service is now available. global600 has been
available off-the-shelf since September 2005
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Pilkington
K Glass Sets the Part F Standard
Radical
changes to Part F of the Building Regulations for Northern Ireland,
which come into force in November, will mean for the first time
low-e glass will effectively be mandatory for all new and replacement
windows.
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on this Story]
Instabuild
Invests in Vector Plus
Instabuild,
the company behind an advanced steel base and wall system for
conservatories, has taken on Windowlink's Vector Plus conservatory
presentation and pricing package.
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'Finally
PFI Approved'
The Chalcots Estate, Camden, designed by Dennis Lennon and Partners
and built in 1965-70 has recently been granted PFI approval
after almost seven years of consultation with Government.
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Comar
Supplies Aluminium for The Garden House
Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems, with the company’s
approved fabricator MPS Glass Ltd, supplied aluminium for an
ultra-modern glass pavilion, which was recently the featured
project on Channel 4’s ‘Grand Designs’.
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Elumatec
SBZ122 Helping Hepworth
Hepworth Framework Ltd of Huddersfield took possession of an
Elumatec SBZ122 CNC profile machining centre last year and company
owner, Richard Steckles readily admits that it has been invaluable.
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Schüco
Smoke and Heat Ventilation System Extended
With the EN12101 standard for smoke and heat ventilation
systems due to come into force in September this year, building
envelope specialist Schüco International can now offer
its SHEVS system on the company‘s widely specified Royal
S window ranges.
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A
Punctual Start for High Wycombe Bus Station
The £5m first phase of the High Wycombe town centre regeneration
project has been completed on time by specialist contractor,
English Architectural Glazing Ltd (EAG).
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Trelleborg
Signs an Agreement in Principle to Acquire Danish
Roofing Operations
Trelleborg, through its
Building Systems business area, has signed an agreement
in principle to acquire the operations of Hetag Tagmaterialer
A/S, and 40 percent of the operations of Hetag Tagdaekning
A/S and its subsidiaries,
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Strong
Sales Lead Hazlemere Expansion
Sapa Building Systems’ customer Hazlemere Windows
has announced the strengthening of its commercial
operation with the recruitment of several key industry
figures.
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Hydro's
CEO and CFO Exercise
Options
Hydro President and
CEO Eivind Reiten has
recently exercised 40,000
options granted in 2003
at a value of NOK 4,407,200.
Hydro's Chief Financial
Officer John Ottestad
has exercised 32,620
options granted in 2002
at a value of NOK 3,531,833.
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Alcoa
Secures Five-Year Power
Supply for Intalco Smelter
in Pacific Northwest
Alcoa announced on 31st
July that it has secured
power in the open market
to operate one potline
at its Intalco Works
aluminium smelter in
Ferndale, Wash., with
the intention of operating
the plant for five years
by using benefits provided
in a recent agreement
with Bonneville Power
Administration (BPA).
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THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 232 22nd August 2006
CWG
Choice is 'Not a Phoenix' say Directors
New it might be but CWG Choices Ltd, the new trade
only supplier of frames to installers has started
with a pedigree that is beyond dispute. With a lineage
that goes back to 1992, directors Jason Wilder and
Philip de Clermont are both highly experienced and
known for their fabrication capabilities and business
ethics.
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Sash
Chooses Spectus Elite 70 as Second System
Yorkshire-based Sash UK Ltd is the latest fabricator
to switch on to the benefits of Spectus' Elite 70
system. Offering Elite 70 system will allow Sash
UK Ltd to fully exploit opportunities in all sectors,
but most critically the new build sector.
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G06
Awards Finalists include Mila, Masterframe, Lister and Rockdoor
'The
G-Awards are set to be the highlight of the year, as they celebrate
the success stories of our industry and emphasise the fact that
there are still opportunities for companies to shine despite
a difficult market', says finalist Lister Trade Frames, whose
comments we run alongside those of other finalists Masterframe,
Mila and Rockdoor.
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'Exceptional
Talent' Takes Four To The Final Of The Bohle Glass Student Awards
With such a high level of quality submissions entered into the
Bohle Glass Student of the Year Awards - with the Winner to
be announced at the G06 Awards ceremony on September 15th -
the judging panel has had its work cut out selecting four finalists
out of the 12 candidates who made it onto the much-coveted shortlist.
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AB
Glass Thanked by Prince of Wales for Supporting Reservists
AB Glass (Doors & Windows) Ltd of Swansea was recognised
for its support of members of the Reserve Forces at a reception
hosted by HRH the Prince of Wales at his Clarence House residence
on Wednesday 19th July 2006.
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Bohle
Moves Glasstec to Cheshire!
For those of you who are unable to go to Glasstec, Germany's
international glass trade fair, Bohle Ltd is opening up its
doors to showcase the very latest range of products it has to
offer as requested by it customers.
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Edgetech
Celebrates One Billion Feet of Super Spacer®
Edgetech
UK's global parent company, Edgetech IG Inc produced its billionth
foot of Super Spacer®, on July 24th. The company is one
of the world's largest manufacturers of warm edge spacer systems,
and the billionth foot was produced for Oregon-based Jeld-Wen
Windows & Doors.
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Chiltern
Dynamics Warns of Tough New PAS 24 Tests
The
new clauses added to PAS 24 have without doubt made testing
for doorsets more rigorous, to ensure they are fit for purpose
as enhanced security doorsets, said Chiltern Dynamics Engineer
Paul Andrews.
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Expansion
of Solaglas' National Distribution Centre
Solaglas Sittingbourne, which has supplied the UK market with
laminated glass for over 30 years, has been re-structured to
manufacture and/or supply a vastly extended range of laminated
and also monolithic products in flexible quantities.
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Norscot
Joinery Sizes Up with Veka Matrix 70
Having
used the Veka Matrix 58mm profile for a number of years, Scottish
based Norscot Joinery has switched production totally to Veka’s
Matrix 70mm system.
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Cooltemper
Worldwide Success
Cooltemper has received an order for the first continuous tempering
furnace in Europe from Saint Gobain. Though Cooltemper has continuous
plants in Asia, this will be the first to be installed in Europe
and will go into a purpose built factory in Poland.
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Edgetech
Lobbies Government with Letter to Ministers
The
following is a letter sent by Andy Jones of Edgetech to the
Prime Minister, to promote the Window Energy Ratings. It was
also sent to Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Ruth Kelly, and Environment Secretary David Miliband.
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Business
Slams New £37bn EU Goods Transport Plan
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) recently hit out at
a European Union draft Regulation on enhancing supply chain
security. The proposal, should it be approved, will cost small
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across all sectors 55 billion
Euros (£37 billion) without any clear benefits.
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HOPPE
(UK) and Synseal Join Forces
HOPPE
(UK) has announced a new partnership with Synseal. Stewart Lamb,
National Sales Manager says that window, door and conservatory
fabricators and installers can now combine cutting edge hardware
with one of the UK's most popular profile.
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SWC
Appointed Sub Stockist for Eurocell Building Plastics
SWC
Trade Frames Ltd in Scarborough has been awarded sub stockist
status from PVC-u manufacturer Eurocell Building Plastics (EBP).
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EuPC
Creates Trade Committee
The European Plastics Converters (EuPC) association has
created a Trade Committee to help processors deal with overseas
competition, decreasing sales prices, increasing costs and greater
customer demands.
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Everest
Commercial Division – Growth Business
Everest
says that it has long been recognised as the brand leader in
the domestic home improvement markets so whilst the Everest
Group’s venture into the commercial market is still relatively
young, the Company’s performance since its launch in 2000
is impressive.
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Freefoam
Invests in New Build/Public Sector
Freefoam
Plastics, a manufacturer of quality approved environmentally
friendly roofline and rainwater systems, has announced
two significant investments to further expand its
business in the new build, specification and public
sector markets.
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A
Quality Partnership for Pilkington and Banaglaze
Value
and quality are the ingredients to the successful
20-year partnership between Pilkington Building Products
- UK and Banaglaze Window Systems.
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Nippon
Sheet Glass buys Ashton's
FastTrak Arrissing Line
and HWPRO Washer
A
prestigious contract
indeed for Ashton Industrial.
World leading glass
manufacturer NSG has
specified Ashton Industrial's
FastTrak system for
its Tokyo plant, combined
with the HWPRO high
performance stainless
steel washer and automatic
corner dubbing units.
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KEB
Puts Glassex Team Through
its Paces
On
a day when high temperature
records were being broken
all over the UK, Social
Housing refurbishment
specialists KEB Fabrications
played host to the sales
team from Glassex.
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AG
Glass Supports Lister
with 'A', 'B' or 'C'
AG
Glass has been working
with Lister Trade Frames
to offer energy rated
windows that carry an
'A', 'B' or 'C' rating
and now the Stoke-based
fabricator is supplying
a 'C' rated window as
standard.
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EAG
Scoops Kilburn College
Contract
English Architectural
Glazing Ltd (EAG) has
clinched a contract
worth £736,000
from Mansell Construction
Services Ltd to carry
out external envelope
work at Kilburn College
of North West London.
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DHF
Opens its Doors to Door,
Shutter and Hardware
Visitors
The
first ever Conference
and Expo for the door,
shutter and hardware
sectors will take place
in Loughborough on Thursday,
September 28th.
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Drawn
Metal Purchases Elumatec
SBZ122
Elumatec has supplied
Drawn Metal Ltd with
its SBZ122 CNC profile
machining centre for
the company’s aluminium
product range. Drawn
Metal Ltd is one of
the country’s foremost
manufacturer of doors,
windows and bespoke
architectural metalwork
components.
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MyGlassClass.com
Serves Needs of Architectural
Glass Segment
The
National Glass Association
(NGA) announced recently
that member company
Tubelite Inc. has become
the first subscriber
to its new on-line training
programme, MyGlassClass.com.
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THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 231 15th August 2006
Room
for Home Improvement: Latest UK Conservatory Market
Report Finds Huge Potential For Growth
The latest comprehensive study of the UK Conservatory
Market in 2005 by Rigby Research, the research division
of Michael Rigby Associates, has found that market
penetration remains relatively low in this important
sector, and the potential remains for huge growth
in the market.
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A
Reminder To all Manufacturers of Toughened Glass
September 1st is the date when the new regulations
governing toughened glass come into force. By this
date, all manufacturers should have had their glass
tested to EN 12600 Pendulum Impact test and EN 12150
and be operating a system of Factory Production
Control.
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Bennett
Glass And Frames Makes The Move To Veka
Bennett Glass and Frames of Hull has joined the VEKA
team and is in the process of adapting its operations to cater
for the new profiles. The company originally dates back to the
1860s and is one of the oldest established glazing businesses
in the Yorkshire and Humber area.
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Avocet Tackles A Flood Of
Trouble
Collapsed ceilings, flooded rooms and fallen debris
was the scene that greeted horrified employees at Avocet Hardware’s
headquarters in Brighouse, West Yorkshire.
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Pilkington
Makes The Shortlist For The G06 Awards
After receiving a consistently high level of quality entries
for the G06 Awards, beating the numbers received on previous
years hands down, Pilkington Glass has managed to fight off
stiff competition to win two places in the 12 categories on
the Awards shortlist.
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Bohle
Announces its Final 12 Art Glass Students
After much deliberation Bohle has announced the 12
students who have made it onto its Glass Student of the Year
Award shortlist, an award that will be presented at this years
G06 Awards ceremony in September.
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Glassex
Issues Its First Ever Customer Charter
For the first time in its 27 year history the organisers
of Glassex have defined precisely what exhibitors may expect
in terms of conduct and service levels from the team that organises
the event, by issuing a Customer Charter.
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Barset
Goes Bespoke
There
are over 200 satisfied tenants and home owners on the recently
refurbished Barset Estate in the London Borough of Southwark.
Part of a growing number of Councils, it has again specified
the use of an aluminium and timber composite window system for
its housing stock.
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Q-Mark
Client Supplying Kit Homes Contracts
A
member of BM TRADA's widely respected Q-Mark scheme for enhanced
security doors has been involved as a supply chain partner for
a high profile series of contracts, featuring the use of an
advanced timber frame construction method.
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on this Story]
Esprit
Now Available with Celutex Woodgrain Effect
Esprit,
the roofline range from Celuform, is now available with the
Celutex woodgrain effect, which complements the company's shiplap
cladding introduced last year.
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Derby based Building Plastics Supply Group Ltd has switched to Everwhite Plastics for its roofline products. ‘After experiencing problems with our previous roofline supplier we looked at the alternatives,’ explains Jennie Chisholm.
Glazerite
Conservatories are as Easy as 1-2-3
Network
Veka trade fabricator, Glazerite Windows, is offering installers
even greater choice with the introduction of the company’s
complete conservatory package.
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Housebuilders can now benefit from a new supply and fit service for windows and doorsets. One of the UK’s leading PVC-U window manufacturers into the new build market Jeld-Wen, has launched this turnkey service that includes complete project management of developers’ requirements from specification to fit.
Padiham
Doubles Production in 2006 with Help from Super Spacer®
Sealed
unit manufacturer Padiham Glass Ltd has increased production
by 100% in the last five months, from 500 units per day to 1,000.
Sales Manager Anthony Clarkson puts this fantastic achievement
down to increased pressure on customers to use energy rated
windows, resulting in higher demand for thermally efficient
sealed units.
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Sash
Fitrite Installers Network Forum Approves Revised
Marketing Programme
At
the most recent Fitrite Decking & Fencing Installers'
Forum to be staged by Sash UK at its Yorkshire headquarters,
members of the Approved Installers Network had the
opportunity to discuss radical amendments to the marketing
programme and license terms, in addition to reviewing
new products added to the growing Fitrite portfolio.
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SG
Timber Windows Announces Southwest Launch
SG Timber Windows and Doors has specialised in manufacturing
high quality timber windows and doors since 1948.
With two factories based in Poland, SG prides itself
on designing and producing bespoke, engineered timber
windows, doors, conservatories and log cabins
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Siegenia-Aubi
- Bucking the Trend
Hardware
and ventilation systems manufacturer Siegenia-Aubi
is reporting a significant upturn in sales over the
first half of 2006. Says general manager Léann
Hearne: ‘Our sales are up 10% on the same period
in 2005, which in itself is encouraging in a market
where many manufacturers are still reporting a downturn.
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UKTC is a Finalist of Orange Best use of Technology
Award
The
UK Trades Confederation (UKTC) has been officially
announced as one of the finalists of the UK's National
Business Awards Regional Programme for the South East
for best use of technology. The award, sponsored by
Orange, is given to organisations that can best demonstrate
their effective use of technology.
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GTL
National Training Awards
2006
At
its AGM, Glass Training
Ltd made a number of
award presentations
to individuals and companies
in the glass sector.
These included ten individuals/organisations
associated with the
Glass Qualifications
Authority (GQA).
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