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Glazerite
Triples Ouput with Veka Support
Wellingborough,
Northants based trade fabricator Glazerite
Windows has just
announced the tripling of its production capacity in three years with
the support of its PVCu profile supplier Veka plc.
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Dual
Colours Costs Tumble with Colorzone
Recent
investments in production and administrative systems have now established
Status fabricator Colorzone
PVCu Ltd as a key supplier of coloured PVCu window and door
products for commercial, local authority and social housing contracts.
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Spectus
Goes Platinum
Shropshire
fabricator Platinum Conservatories, Windows and Doors have experienced
a business boom, coinciding with their move to Spectus Sightline 70
profile.
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Synseal
Stands Out from the Crowd
When he took over his father's Lancashire based fabrication company
Town and Country, Mike Pearson was
faced with the choice of which profile to use for windows and conservatories.
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St
Neots Expansion comes Highly Recommended
'Business has never been better', according to Premier Profiles' fabricator,
St Neots Windows and Conservatories,
which has just doubled its manufacturing plant at Eaton Socon with a
new 2,500 sq. ft. unit, and opened a brand new conservatory showroom.
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York
Windows Doubles Production with Second Site
A Premier Profiles fabricator and installer of 8 years, Wigan-based
York Windows has recently developed
a second site in the town. The new 8,000 sq. ft. site will include both
a factory and a trade counter facility helping to double window production.
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Select
Windows and Doors: Aiming for Success
Spectus
Systems' customer Select Windows and Doors of Honiton, Devon, has recently
become a member of the HW Plastics' Approved Installer Membership Scheme.
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Central
Exceeds Standards for the Commercial Sector's Gain
Over
£100,000 of investment has culminated in the achievement of Kitemark
certificates for BS7950 and BS7412 for Status fabricator Central Express
Windows.
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Employer
Award for Nolan UPVC
Commitment
to the training and employment of staff under the Government's New Deal
initiative has earned Profile 22 fabricator Nolan UPVC a prestigious
Employer of the Year award.
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Seddon
Choose Veka and Windows Direct for Major Blackpool lnstallation
Veka
fabricator Windows Direct of Preston has secured a major contract through
construction giants J & S Seddon
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NBW
Builds on Success
NBW
Limited has recently expanded its operation with a move to a new purpose-built
factory, twice the size of its previous premises.
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Spectus
Customer in a Whirl over Window Installation
Spectus
customer Derek Tibbs Windows was flying high when it recently landed
its biggest ever job - to provide all of the windows at a new £1million
house complete with back yard helicopter pad.
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Direct
Start with Profile 22
Bradford-based
Direct Windows (Yorkshire) has started fabricating with Profile 22,
supplying both the 60mm and 70mm Fully Integrated System to its trade
customers.
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Gymnasium
Glass at the Window Depot
The
Window Depot, a Premier Profiles fabricator based in Nottingham, has
supplied Premier's Victorian 70mm system to Glapton School in Clifton
to give its gymnasium a makeover.
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Would
You Adam and Eve it? Garden of Eden Grows its Own Customer!
Swindon
based Hallmark fabricator and family-run company Garden of Eden gave
new meaning to the term 'family tree' when one of the sons of its owners
set up his own installation business, effectively creating a new customer
for his parents.
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Elumatec
Machinery Provides Vision for the Future
Vision Products a factory employing
people with disabiiities under the Workstep scheme, has specified Elumatec
machinery for its 'cost-effective, easy-to-use qualities'.
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New
Rehau Fabricator Opens in Cheshire
Cheshire has a new fabricator of Rehau's S706 70mm window system. Newbury
Trade Frames has been set up on Winsford lndustrial Estate
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The
Fastest Fabricator in the West
Wakefield based West Yorkshire Windows
has set up a 3500 square foot fabrication plant in just a couple of
weeks. Working with profile supplier Status, West Yorkshire Windows
was manufacturing 100 windows a week just a month after it had decided
to stop buying in from an outside source.
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Elumatec
chosen by 'Quality Obsessed' Pennine
If
confirmation that 'quality pays' were ever needed then Newcastle upon
Tyne based Pennine Home Improvements continues to provide the evidence.
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Cladwinds
Moves Onwards and Upwards
Established in 1986, Cladwinds Ltd. are based in the Woburn Rd. Industrial
Estate in Bedford and fabricate Eurocells Ultimate 70mm Window
System.
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Going
for Growth
Out of the shadows of the Malvern Hills
in Worcestershire, Trade Window Specialists is emerging as a thriving
and progressive Profile 22 fabricator.
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Leamore
Windows Building for the Future with Eurocell
Leamore Windows, a West Midlands window
company, is now planning for the future with further investment plans.
A fabricator of Eurocell's Ultimate 70mm window system for the past
five years, the company is currently experiencing signs of organic growth.
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Kingston
Windows and Conservatories Celebrate with Eurocell
Kingston Windows and Conservatories is currently celebrating its second
year with Eurocell. Barrie Francis one of the founders of the company
back in 1964, originally set up Kingston Windows to provide secondary
glazing for local residents of Bedford after seeing some in Kingston-upon-Hull,
hence Kingston Windows.
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Rub-A-Dub-Dub,
a Profitable Tub!
To
get over a thousand hits on your company website in just 12 hours takes
some achieving. But it helps if your PVCu 'gazebo' over a hot tub is
featured on Carol Vorderman's popular Better Homes TV programme. Profile
22 fabricator, Slaithwaite Developments Ltd, designed and installed
the garden shelter housing the spa pool, allowing it to be used comfortably
all year round.
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Veka
Fabricator Gives the Competition some Stick
The British double-glazing industry is awash with stories of competition
and rivalry. And whilst some of the stories - fortunately very few these
days have not always shown the industry in its best light, seldom is
the competition faced with large, curved sticks!
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Fabrication
Through Acquisition
After seven years spent building its Mr Glassman brand, the Prestwich
based installation company took its next logical step and went into
manufacturing. Through acquisition a separate fabrication unit trading
under the name The Frame People was established, and one year on is
producing over 250 Status windows a week.
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Trade
Supplier Turns to Second Fabricator
Business is growing so much for trade supplier PDQ, that it needed a
greater range of windows than its long-standing fabricator can let it
have. In order to meet a more diverse demand, PDQ has joined Kömmerling
fabricator Everglade Windows' growing network of trade and retail customers
in the South and South East.
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Double
Double for Cheshire's Conservatory Champion
Evidence of the conservatory boom continuing, as one of the North-West's
domestic conservatory retailers has just doubled the size of its showroom
- and is on course to double its tumover this year.
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My
Kingdom for a House!
A generous father put up his house as security so his son could found
a window company - and so Alfa Windows Ltd was born in January this
year fabricating the Profile 22 system.
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Achievable
Solutions for Yorkshire Company
With
little over a year since the birth of Conservatory Solutions Ltd, the
company has announced record sales growth, made achievable since they
joined forces with K2 Conservatory Roof Systems.
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Rainseal's
10th Anniversary: Less Work for More Pay!
Bury-based Plastmo fabricator Rainseal Trade Windows Limited celebrates
its 10th Anniversary and is poised for yet another record-breaking year.
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A
Family Concern for Spectus
Fersina Dundee has become one of
the most recent fabricators to take on board the Spectus Sightline 70
range of profile.
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Spectus
Fabricator in City Renewal Project
Spectus fabricator Framemaker is involved in a large urban renewal project
in the Bank Top Renewal Area of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.
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M.G.Windows
Cuts the competition Down to Size
M.G.Windows who have been established
for over 15 years now have just re-vamped their depot situated on the
Kingsditch Ind. Estate in Cheltenham.
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Sunrise
on Business Growth
Since joining forces with HW Systems last August,
Newark-based fabricator Sunrise Window Systems claims it has seen business
boom.
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Total
Signs up New Platinum Customers
An lsle of Man-based installer is the latest Platinum customer to be signed
up by Total Glass, one of Profile 22's biggest trade fabricators
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Mainstream
on the Move
Midlands-based Profile 22 fabricator,
Mainstream Windows, Conservatories and Doors Ltd, is swapping its rural
location for a bigger and busier city centre site.
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A
Double Anniversary for Rustington
Rustington Windows of West Sussex are celebrating their 20th year in business,
the same year as their system company Marshall-Tufflex celebrate their
diamond anniversary.
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MB
Marks 10th Anniversary with Generous Donation
Status Systems fabricator MB Frames is celebrating its 10th anniversary
of trading.
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Tudor
Fabrications
When looking at diversifying into new markets many fabricators think of
commercial work, or perhaps expanding their retail side. For Eurocell
customer Tudor Fabrications this was not the case.
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K2
Fabricator Enters the Premier League
The reputation of Bristol based, Premier Conservatory Roofs has moved
up a division since it joined forces with its conservatory roof system
supplier, K2.
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KMR
WINDOWS SETS OUT ITS STALL FOR 2002
Following continuous expansion and plant investment at its Newtownabbey,
Belfast headquarters, KBE's Northern Ireland fabricator, KMR Windows Limited
has set itself a target of manufacturing 800-1,000 windows and doors per
week by the summer of 2002.
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SHEER
CLASS OPENS ITS DOORS
Sheer Class Conservatories, Windows and Doors has spared no expense on
its new showroom, with special emphasis on residential doors exclusively
supplied by Hallmark Panels.
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VISION
INTO THE FUTURE WITH ELUMATEC
Following a review of its operations, Vision Aluminium has invested in
new Elumatec equipment that has helped provide a dramatic surge in orders.
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EXPANDING
TIMES FOR ATHERTON
Steady growth of its trade and commercial work has enabled long-established
Profile 22 fabricator, Atherton Windows, to expand from 2,000 to some
15,000 sq ft of manufacturing space within its industrial courtyard setting.
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ELUMATEC
& STATUS BACK UNITED
Tracey Yearn, Managing Director of Manchester based Status fabricator
United Trade Frames is proving that women can more than cut it in the
tough and competitive world of the double glazing sector.
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TV
EXPANSION PROGRAMME
Trent Valley Windows and Doors has moved into new purpose-built premises,
as part of a £1 million expansion programme.
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THE
CHANGING SHAPE OF ISOSYSTEMS
IsoSystems is undergoing a transformation with a major re-branding programme
and the launch of innovative products and services in 2002.
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SASH
UK AND NORTHERN COUNTIES IN PARTNERING AGREEMENT
With the revolution that has taken place in the public sector between
clients and suppliers, many of the partnering agreements that characterise
such working practices are increasingly complex, requiring levels of mutual
cooperation that were inconceivable just a few years ago.
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Express
hits the 500 mark
REHAU
fabricator Express Trade Frames Ltd, Preston is celebrating a significant
milestone in its growth by reaching a weekly output of 500 frames.
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ASHFORD
WINDOWS ADDS 10.000 sq ft
Ashford Windows Ltd, the North Walsham based VEKA fabricator, is undergoing
expansion to increase capacity within its Norfolk factory. A new extension,
due to be completed by the end of 2001, will add 10,000 sq feet to give
a 150% increase in manufacturing space. This will give Ashford an output
of 1,500 to 2,000 frames a week.
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SHOWROOM
INVESTMENT BY TM PROFILES
REHAU customer TM Profiles of Stoke on Trent marked its first anniversary
in business with the opening of a brand new 2,000 sq ft retail showroom
in the heart of Hanley.
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Nova
toughens up with Ashtons
This
year, Altrincham based Nova Group celebrated 30 years in the window industry
and today employ over 200 staff at its 120,00 sq. ft factory premises,
with a turnover in excess of £11 million.
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VEKA
STARTS UP WESTERN SUPERIOR
Carl Evans and his partners planned the launch of their new window and
door fabrication operation, based in Western-Super-Mare, for a year before
taking the leap - and chose PVC-U system company VEKA as its principle
supplier.
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SUPPORTING
THE SYSTEMS SWITCH
To help its new customer, Birmingham-based Window Spec make the change
to its HW 70 profile suite, HW Systems developed a programme of support
for the company, which included a sales training day for Window Spec customers.
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