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THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 329 27th August 2008
News
from Palmer Market Research
According to the latest annual report
from Palmer Market Research, the market in new build
for windows, doors and conservatories shows that a severe
contraction is occurring in 2008 and although the rate
of decline will ease in 2009, a general recovery will
only be likely in 2010.
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the Rest Here]
eBuilders
Joins Quotatis, Europe's Biggest Lead Generator
eBuilders
Ltd, publisher of leading home improvement advice
web sites including Conservatories Online.com, almost
impartial guide.co.uk and many others, has become
part of Quotatis, the market leader and most successful
sales lead generator for home improvement and maintenance,
financial and business services in Europe.
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the Rest Here]
New
Greenpeace Report to Help Construction Companies Avoid Illegal
Plywood
A
new report from the environmental group Greenpeace shows how
the UK construction industry can have a positive influence
on the management practices in forests around the world.
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the Rest Here]
Advanced
Moves to Grow with Spectus
Advanced Windows and Conservatories, based
in Glasgow, made the biggest move in the company's history
in March, changing window supplier to Spectus and conservatory
roof supplier to Ultraframe.
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the Rest Here]
RoofWright
Introduces the Ultimate Sales Tool
The market-leading conservatory design
software company today announced the immediate availability
of RoofWright Gold. Based on the experience of hundreds
of active users and over 10 years of development, Gold offers
the very best in conservatory design software.
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the Rest Here]
Re-invigorate
with the Swish Authorised Installer Scheme
Bradley Scott Windows, specialist supplier
of PVC-U windows, doors and conservatories to the new build
sector, has become the latest business to qualify for the
Swish Authorised Installer Scheme.
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the Rest Here]
Trend
Shows Importance of Colour Growing in Roofline Market
Freefoam Plastics says that it is the market
leader for providing customers with colour choice and colour
matching capabilities. The Roofline Quarterly Trends report
over the past three years has shown a substantial increase
in the importance stockists and installers place in providing
a colour range.
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the Rest Here]
Sternfenster
Invests in New Technology
Sternfenster has invested £700,000
in a revolutionary fully automated glass processing line for
its Lincoln factory. The bold move is a response to the slowdown
in the housing market and a growing awareness among customers
of the need to reduce carbon emissions and protect the environment.
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the Rest Here]
Total
Escape for One That Got Away!
Every angler has the story of the 'one that
got away'. But for employee Tony O'Brien competing in the
Total Glass sixth annual fishing competition, the crafty carp
even took his tackle as well!
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the Rest Here]
Windowbase
Industry Database Now Includes Installer Systems
As part of its ongoing product development
programme, Windowbase has researched and now includes the
window system used by installers. Windowbase's General Manager,
Neil Parsonson, says that the database now enables even more
effective prospect targeting.
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the Rest Here]
Foilex
Enjoys Rapid Growth
Lamination specialist Foilex has announced
a 70% increase in orders since launching its rapid delivery
foiling service Foilexpress to the fabricator market. With
more than 10 years of industry experience, Foilex says that
it has become the market leader in foiling solutions and has
experience in foiling virtually every PVC-U profile type available.
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the Rest Here]
New
ISO Standard for Safe, Long-lasting Building, Engineering
and Industrial Structures
ISO has published a new standard to help
engineers, builders and regulators to design structures that
are safe and resistant to failure due to environmental and
mechanical stresses, and to material degradation.
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the Rest Here]
REHAU
Shares Good News with Fabricators on Steel Costs
REHAU has acted decisively to help its customers
reduce their reliance on steel, in a bid to reduce the impact
of the 50% rise in prices which has taken place during 2008.
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the Rest Here]
SIG
R & BP is Favourite for Donaldson Timber Engineering
SIG Roofline and Building Products (SIG
R & BP), part of SIG Plc, has signed a solus agreement
with Donaldson Timber Engineering (DTE). SIG Roofline and
Building Products will now supply DTE's English branches with
soffits, fascias and bargeboards for all of their engineered
roofing requirements.
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the Rest Here]
Timber
Company Awards Masterframe's PVC-U Windows Highest Accolade
Masterframe's
PVC-U sliding sashes look so convincingly like wood that a
rival company used the publicity shots to sell its own timber
windows!
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the Rest Here]
New
World Flies with Giant Screens
New World’s steady advance to a paperless
ordering system has taken a sky-high jump. With the installation
of two giant airport-style screens, the manufacturing progress
of uPVC door panels and Apeer, Monno or Isolate composite
doorsets orders, are there for all in the company to see.
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the Rest Here]
Cynon
Customers Insist on Everwhite
Customers
of Cynon Valley Roofing and Industrial Supplies have demanded
to have Everwhite roofline products back on the shelves, after
the Welsh stockist trialled some other brands.
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the Rest Here]
'Ultimate'
Accolade for Everwhite
Gloucestershire-based
roofline stockist Ultimate Building Plastics is now using
Everwhite as its sole roofline supplier, because of its product
range, quality and customer service.
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OFT
Accepts Undertakings in Homebase's Acquisition of DIY Stores
from Focus
The
OFT has accepted the undertakings offered by Home Retail Group
plc (HRG), owner of the Homebase DIY chain, to address the
competition concerns arising from the completed acquisition
of 27 stores from Focus (DIY) Ltd (Focus).
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Corporate
Associate Membership of IoC Introduced for Allied Industries
The
prestigious Institute of Carpenters has announced the introduction
of a new membership initiative – the Corporate Associate
Scheme, to run alongside its new Corporate Membership Scheme
for those companies working with wood.
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Can
Modern Timber Windows Contribute to Reducing a Householder’s
Annual Energy Bills? You Bet they Can!
Roy
Wakeman, CEO, The Performance Window Group
Many people have a poor perception of timber windows based
on a bad reputation gained from the 60s and 70s building booms.
Then, softwood window frames were used in a primed state by
house builders as formers for the bricklayer to build the
external walls around.
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THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 328 20th August 2008
Laminated
Glass is Now Available from Synseal
Laminated
glass is now available from Synseal for conservatory
roofs. ‘We already supply a wide range
of glass options for conservatory roofs, and
now we're adding laminated glass,’ says
Andy Ball, Synseal's Sales and Marketing Director.
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the Rest Here]
Pilkington
Automotive to Expand Windshield Production
Capacity in Brazil
The
NSG Group has announced plans for a significant
expansion of its Automotive glazing capacity
in Brazil, with the construction of an additional
windshield production line adjacent to its
existing facilities at Cacapava, near Sao
Paulo.
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the Rest Here]
Spectus
Sponsors Sparkling Champagne Reception at G08 Awards
Spectus
Window Systems is co-sponsoring the champagne reception
at the G08 Awards. The event is being held in October
at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole where the winners
of the 12 award categories will be revealed.
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the Rest Here]
Ruby
Anniversary for Best in Class - Cheadle Glass
Installer,
Cheadle Glass of Stockport recently celebrated its
40th Anniversary in business with a gala weekend
of celebrations for staff, customers and suppliers.
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the Rest Here]
CDHT
Launches New Partnership Stores with Buildbase
Chester
& District Housing Trust (CDHT) has opened onsite
partnership stores at ‘TrustWorks’, its
repairs and maintenance site based at Octavian Centre,
off Sealand Road, Chester.
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the Rest Here]
RoofWright
Introduces the Ultimate Sales Tool
The market-leading conservatory
design software company today announced the immediate
availability of RoofWright Gold. Based on the
experience of hundreds of active users and over
10 years of development, Gold offers the very
best in conservatory design software.
[Read
the Rest Here]
WHS
Halo Joins the Gang of Door
WHS
Halo - one of the UK's leading PVC systems companies
- is the latest member of the Association of Composite
Door Manufacturers (ACDM), the organisation that
exists to promote high-performance composite doors.
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the Rest Here]
Pilkington
Cervoglass goes National as Glass Roof Sales Soar
Pilkington
Cervoglass, the highly successful specialist division
that manufactures high performance insulated glass
units for conservatories, is extending its manufacturing
capacity and localising distribution by opening
three new manufacturing operations in strategic
areas of the UK.
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the Rest Here]
Pilkington
energiKare™ Adverts Hit Top Ratings
An amazing 15.4million home owning
adults watched the Pilkington energiKare™ television
advert during its two month run on digital television
and Five - with most people viewing the advert more
than three times.
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the Rest Here]
Celsius
Glass on Top
When it comes to expertise in
specialist conservatory roof glass then K2 Glass
and its Celsius range of products have led the market
since 2003, as highlighted in K2's latest blog.
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the Rest Here]
Saint-Gobain
Opens New Frontier for R&D
Saint-Gobain has conducted a groundbreaking
ceremony recently to mark the start of work on the
expansion of its Research & Development Centre
in Northboro, Massachusetts. The $15 million expansion
is expected to be completed by the spring of 2009.
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the Rest Here]
Sales
of High Performance Orangeries Buck the Trend
The Orangery is undergoing a renaissance
in Britain and bringing a touch of excitement to
homeowners seeking the addition of traditional elegance
to their homes.
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the Rest Here]
Polo
Proves Team Spirit Works for Crystal and Customers
National trade fabricator Crystal
Direct put on a polo tournament event for friends,
family, customers, suppliers, and leading trade
media to enjoy on Sunday 20th July.
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the Rest Here]
BPF
President Calls for Housing Market Impetus
The
UK government has been urged to stoke momentum in
the slow housing market by the British Plastics
Federation. Calum Forsyth, group managing director
of Wavin UK and also president of the BPF, described
the housing industry as key to pulling through plastics
buildings products, electrical goods and furnishings.
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the Rest Here]
Wrightstyle
Announces US Partnership and Asia Pacific Appointment
Advanced
steel glazing systems from Wrightstyle, the Devizes-based
steel and fire-resistant glass specialist, have
been incorporated into a range of large span, fire
resistant and blast protection systems now being
launched in North America and Canada.
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the Rest Here]
Good
Sales and Earnings Trend for ASSA ABLOY
The sales trend was positive for
all divisions in the second quarter and sales increased
in local currencies by 8%. Sales growth in Western
Europe continued on a weak level, sales in North
America were stable at a good level, and growth
remained strong on the Asian, African and South
American markets.
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the Rest Here]
ASSA
ABLOY Acquires Leading Korean Door Automation Company
ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems has
acquired Cheil, a Korean leading company that offers
a broad range of products and services within door
automatics. The company has 50 employees and is
expected to reach a turnover of SEK 150 M in 2008.
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the Rest Here]
Breeze
House takes the Netherlands and Ireland by Storm
A
Staffordshire company is exporting high quality
gazebos to the Netherlands and Ireland, with help
from UK Trade & Investment.
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the Rest Here]
CR
Windows makes a Dynamic Switch
One
of the longest established PVC-U window, door and
conservatory manufacturers in the South West is
working with SFS intec to enhance the technical
performance and styling of its doors.
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the Rest Here]
New
Report Accuses Logging Company Danzer of Massive
Tax Fraud
The
logging company Danzer is depriving the governments
of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the
Republic of Congo of millions of euros in taxes
as well as driving rainforest destruction and climate
change, according to a new report from Greenpeace.
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the Rest Here]