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THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 210 28th February 2006
NSG
to Proceed with £1.8bn Cash Acquisition of Pilkington plc
Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd (NSG) yesterday resolved to proceed with a recommended
cash acquisition of the entire issued share capital of British glass maker,
Pilkington plc to make it a wholly owned subsidiary of NSG. Pilkington
is a c.20% owned affiliated company and global business partner of NSG.
NSG has issued the following statement:
[More
on this Story]
Patio
Enclosures Litigation Concludes with £6m Hit for Ultraframe
Ultraframe
Plc has been advised that the Ohio Court of Appeal has refused its Four
Seasons business permission to appeal, in the Ohio Supreme Court, an adverse
jury verdict dating back to September 2004. This
litigation, relating to Patio Enclosures and announced on 3rd September
2004, is therefore now concluded.
[More
on this Story]
Shepley
Puts the Record Straight
Shepley Window Systems has had a busy start to 2006 with the introduction
of the 70mm Veka Matrix system. Whilst Shepley has been busy concentrating
efforts on ensuring a smooth transition for their customers, the market
has already been made aware of this change from Veka and Shepley’s
previous supplier, Rehau.
[More
on this Story]
Le
Mans Winner at Glassex!!
Three
times GT1 Class winner at Le Mans, Oliver Gavin, will be making an appearance
on the GlazeKart stand (A129) at Glassex on Tuesday, 7th March. Oliver
is a works GM driver and heads the driving line-up in the works Corvette
C6.R
[More
on this Story]
Sunday
PIGS Night at Glassex
Publicity
In Glazing Society (PIGS) is an informal networking event, open to anyone
connected to marketing in the glazing market. For Glassex 2006, there
is a special PIGS Event at the award winning Mechu Bar in Summerrow, off
Paradise Circus in Birmingham, on Sunday, the first night of Glassex.
[More
on this Story]
Mila's
5th Comedy Night at Glassex
Mila Hardware would like to invite customers and friends to join them
for a night of comedy on Tuesday 7th March. Now in its 5th successive
year, the Mila Comedy night during Glassex is an unmissable social event
for exhibitors and visitors alike.
[More
on this Story]
Unitec
Secures the Threshold of the Future
Unitec
Hardware Ltd has announced an exclusive partnership deal with one of Europe's
leading hardware manufacturers, BKV-Gluske, to distribute the company's
Eifel T Threshold system in the UK.
[More
on this Story]
Self-Cleaning
Glass - Market Leaders know Best!
The
growing acceptance of self-cleaning glass is great news for
the glazing industry but fabricators, installers and end users
should seek the reassurance of premium products from market-leading
producers - that's the message from glass manufacturer Saint-Gobain
Glass.
[More
on this Story]
BAC
Chooses Deeplas by Deceuninck
Romford-based
BAC Windows and Doors Ltd has recently signed up with Deceuninck
to offer its quality Deeplas range of cellular roofline products.
[More
on this Story]
AWJ
Customers Floating on Air with Edgetech Super Spacer
Scarborough
based sealed unit manufacturer, AWJ Glass Ltd, has recently invested £7,000
in an Ashton airfloat table to increase the manufacturing productivity
of its thermally efficient units.
[More
on this Story]
Sovereign
is LHC's Top Partner – Again
Window
and door manufacturer Sovereign Group has been chosen as Partner of
the Year for a second time by the UK's biggest public sector purchasing
group.
[More
on this Story]
Celuform's
New Roofline Network
Celuform,
the PVC-ue roofline and cladding specialist, has launched a new
scheme to get installers more work. The Celuform Roofline Network
for registered installers offers a nationwide service.
[More
on this Story]
Second
Spiror 400HP for Alcoa in Banbury
Aetna
UK has been awarded a second contract to supply a Spiror 400HP
to aluminium extruder, Alcoa at the company’s factory in
Banbury.
[More
on this Story]
HOPPE
Announces Fapim Partnership
Like
a car without seat belts, a public building can't be used unless
it has the appropriate emergency exits. Choosing the right brand
of emergency exit hardware has the potential to not only add peace
of mind but also style to an interior.
[More
on this Story]
Cornwall
Glass & Glazing Proud to be 'Made in Cornwall'
A
local family owned manufacturing business has become the latest
member of Cornwall County Council Trading Standard's 'Made in
Cornwall' scheme. Insulated glass units made by Cornwall Glass
& Glazing now carry the coveted 'Made in Cornwall' logo.
[More
on this Story]
Merlin
UK Opens Door to KAT UK
KAT UK has been selected to supply its patio doors to Merlin UK.
Merlin UK sells internal and external doors to both trade and retail
customers throughout the UK from its unique studio showroom in Macclesfield.
[More
on this Story]
Spectus
Moves to New Offices
Spectus
Systems is gathering its office team under one roof at a new
state-of-the-art premises close to its Macclesfield extrusion
plant. Spectus anticipates that the new offices will allow
administrative staff to cultivate close working relationships
in a professional environment.
[More
on this Story]
THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 209 21st February 2006
NSG
to Proceed with £1.8bn Cash Acquisition of Pilkington plc
Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd (NSG) yesterday resolved to proceed with a recommended
cash acquisition of the entire issued share capital of British glass maker,
Pilkington plc to make it a wholly owned subsidiary of NSG. Pilkington
is a c.20% owned affiliated company and global business partner of NSG.
NSG has issued the following statement:
[More
on this Story]
Patio
Enclosures Litigation Concludes with £6m Hit for Ultraframe
Ultraframe
Plc has been advised that the Ohio Court of Appeal has refused its Four
Seasons business permission to appeal, in the Ohio Supreme Court, an adverse
jury verdict dating back to September 2004. This
litigation, relating to Patio Enclosures and announced on 3rd September
2004, is therefore now concluded.
[More
on this Story]
Shepley
Puts the Record Straight
Shepley Window Systems has had a busy start to 2006 with the introduction
of the 70mm Veka Matrix system. Whilst Shepley has been busy concentrating
efforts on ensuring a smooth transition for their customers, the market
has already been made aware of this change from Veka and Shepley’s
previous supplier, Rehau.
[More
on this Story]
Le
Mans Winner at Glassex!!
Three
times GT1 Class winner at Le Mans, Oliver Gavin, will be making an appearance
on the GlazeKart stand (A129) at Glassex on Tuesday, 7th March. Oliver
is a works GM driver and heads the driving line-up in the works Corvette
C6.R
[More
on this Story]
Sunday
PIGS Night at Glassex
Publicity
In Glazing Society (PIGS) is an informal networking event, open to anyone
connected to marketing in the glazing market. For Glassex 2006, there
is a special PIGS Event at the award winning Mechu Bar in Summerrow, off
Paradise Circus in Birmingham, on Sunday, the first night of Glassex.
[More
on this Story]
Mila's
5th Comedy Night at Glassex
Mila Hardware would like to invite customers and friends to join them
for a night of comedy on Tuesday 7th March. Now in its 5th successive
year, the Mila Comedy night during Glassex is an unmissable social event
for exhibitors and visitors alike.
[More
on this Story]
Unitec
Secures the Threshold of the Future
Unitec
Hardware Ltd has announced an exclusive partnership deal with one of Europe's
leading hardware manufacturers, BKV-Gluske, to distribute the company's
Eifel T Threshold system in the UK.
[More
on this Story]
Self-Cleaning
Glass - Market Leaders know Best!
The
growing acceptance of self-cleaning glass is great news for
the glazing industry but fabricators, installers and end users
should seek the reassurance of premium products from market-leading
producers - that's the message from glass manufacturer Saint-Gobain
Glass.
[More
on this Story]
BAC
Chooses Deeplas by Deceuninck
Romford-based
BAC Windows and Doors Ltd has recently signed up with Deceuninck to offer
its quality Deeplas range of cellular roofline products.
[More
on this Story]
AWJ
Customers Floating on Air with Edgetech Super Spacer
Scarborough
based sealed unit manufacturer, AWJ Glass Ltd, has recently invested £7,000
in an Ashton airfloat table to increase the manufacturing productivity
of its thermally efficient units.
[More
on this Story]
Sovereign
is LHC's Top Partner – Again
Window
and door manufacturer Sovereign Group has been chosen as Partner of
the Year for a second time by the UK's biggest public sector purchasing
group.
[More
on this Story]
Celuform's
New Roofline Network
Celuform,
the PVC-ue roofline and cladding specialist, has launched a new
scheme to get installers more work. The Celuform Roofline Network
for registered installers offers a nationwide service.
[More
on this Story]
Second
Spiror 400HP for Alcoa in Banbury
Aetna
UK has been awarded a second contract to supply a Spiror 400HP
to aluminium extruder, Alcoa at the company’s factory in
Banbury.
[More
on this Story]
HOPPE
Announces Fapim Partnership
Like
a car without seat belts, a public building can't be used unless
it has the appropriate emergency exits. Choosing the right brand
of emergency exit hardware has the potential to not only add peace
of mind but also style to an interior.
[More
on this Story]
Cornwall
Glass & Glazing Proud to be 'Made in Cornwall'
A
local family owned manufacturing business has become the latest
member of Cornwall County Council Trading Standard's 'Made in
Cornwall' scheme. Insulated glass units made by Cornwall Glass
& Glazing now carry the coveted 'Made in Cornwall' logo.
[More
on this Story]
Merlin
UK Opens Door to KAT UK
KAT UK has been selected to supply its patio doors to Merlin UK.
Merlin UK sells internal and external doors to both trade and retail
customers throughout the UK from its unique studio showroom in Macclesfield.
[More
on this Story]
Spectus
Moves to New Offices
Spectus
Systems is gathering its office team under one roof at a new
state-of-the-art premises close to its Macclesfield extrusion
plant. Spectus anticipates that the new offices will allow
administrative staff to cultivate close working relationships
in a professional environment.
[More
on this Story]
THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 208 14th February 2006
The
Armstrongs: BBC2 Wednesday 10pm. Do Not Miss!
'I won't s**t on anyone's head unless I have to, but if I do, it will
be from a very great height', said John Armstrong of U-Fit, Coventry's
third-biggest double glazing company, who featured in the BBC programme
Office Christmas Parties in December 2003. As a follow up, BBC2 is screening
'The Armstrongs', an access-all-areas insight into the unorthodox and
sometimes ruthless business antics that are par for the course at U-Fit.
[More
on this Story]
Masterglaze
Acquires ABP, with Help from MBA
Masterglaze
Ltd the specialist window and door trade counter network part of Burles
Group plc has announced the acquisition of Advanced Building Plastics
Ltd's operation based on the South Coast.
[More
on this Story]
Whiteline
Scores on Acquisition Path
Kömmerling
fabricator, Whiteline Group, has acquired its largest unglazed frame customer,
Tunbridge Wells Home Improvements Ltd (TWHI), as a wholly owned subsidiary;
part of a three year strategic restructuring of the company.
[More
on this Story]
St
Helens Glass Ltd Gives Undertakings to the OFT
Window
and conservatory supplier St Helens Glass Ltd (SHG) has given undertakings
concerning the goods and services it will provide, following action by
the OFT.
[More
on this Story]
KS
Profiles Ends UK Fenestration Activities
'It
is with very great regret that KS Profiles Ltd announces the decision
of the company to terminate it's Fenestration activities in the UK,’
say Karl H Diekel and P Middleton-Smith, Joint Managing Directors.
[More
on this Story]
Whiteline's
Mexico 86' Footballing Hero at Glassex
Mexico
86' star, Gary Stevens, will be at Glassex this year under the Profine
Group umbrella. He will be talking about the use of sport for team building
at fabricator Whiteline.
[More
on this Story]
Edgetech
Supports Promac, NWD and Reflex at Glassex
Super
Spacer® manufacturer Edgetech I.G. Inc. will have a significant presence
at Glassex this year, on stands by Promac, New World Developments, Reflex
and the Energy Saving Trust (EST).
[More
on this Story]
Installers
to fit aluplast Ideal 70 in Glassex Challenge
aluplast
is sponsoring the Glassex Challenge competition this year in conjunction
with two aluplast fabricator customers. The daily competition will give
installers competing in the bay window and door sections a hands-on
experience with the aluplast Ideal 70 window and door system.
[More
on this Story]
Manhattan
- Wish you Were Here!
To
celebrate the launch of its new ‘Art Deco’ window handle range
'The Manhattan', Laird Security Hardware is offering the chance for
one lucky person to win a weekend for two in New York.
[More
on this Story]
Window, door and conservatory hardware giant Avocet has gone fully operational with its huge Distribution Centre, following extensive live proving trials.
Record
On-Time Deliveries from SFS intec
Fastener
and door hinge manufacturer SFS intec says that it has achieved
its best ever performance on customer deliveries during 2005,
with latest figures beating 2004’s already near perfect
record.
[More
on this Story]
Reflex™
is Finalist in Shell Springboard Awards
The
reflex™ heat reflective glass unit was short listed
in the finals by Shell for its central Springboard awards
which recognise small business achievements for innovative
carbon reducing products with business credibility.
[More
on this Story]
Softly
Does it with John Fredericks
WHS-Halo
fabricator John Fredericks is set to increase its offering with
the launch of a new soft coat Low-E glass option.
[More
on this Story]
JAM
Glass Aims for an (Optimised)
Cut of the Glass Processing Market
JAM
Glass Ltd is a new start-up in Bedfordshire aimed at the
float and laminated cut size and processing market. It
has been set up by Chand and Neil Modha who have invested
in a computer system from Clear Thinking Software, which
links to the Hegla laminated/float table and Remaster.
[More
on this Story]
Ready
to Cash in at Kash n Karry
In
readiness for the expected up turn in demand for sealed units
with the CE mark when it is implemented later this year, Kash
n Karry Sealed Units has invested in additional plant and
machinery.
[More
on this Story]
GAP
Takes the Last Piece of Commercial Land in Blackburn
The
last piece of commercial land in Blackburn has been bought
by roofline stockist GAP.
[More
on this Story]
Further
Investment and Growth at Lancashire Trade Frames
Continuing
strong sales growth has encouraged Spectus fabricator Lancashire
Trade Frames to move to larger manufacturing premises and invest
in new equipment.
[More
on this Story]
Multifab
Brings Automatic Benefits
R
& J Ince Ltd is the latest trade fabricator to invest in a
Multifab 3000 stand-alone automation system from Scott STB.
[More
on this Story]
Indigo Products Ltd, the Midlands-based trade fabricator has recently completed the first stage of a major upgrade of its internal computer systems.
Kleentec
Sales up 400%
Kleentec
says that it has seen sales, to the conservatory market, of the company's
‘non-stick, easy clean’ glass treatment increase 400% in the
last 12 months.
[More
on this Story]
Cardo
Acquires Combursa
Cardo
has entered into an agreement on the acquisition of the Spanish company
Combursa, which is one of the main Spanish manufacturers of docking
systems and industrial doors.
[More
on this Story]
Ertl
Glas Chooses Bavelloni Line
Ertl
Glas has chosen the latest top technology from the Glaston Technology
group which has supplied the two new integrated glass processing lines.
[More
on this Story]
Broadband
Biggest Factor in Online Sales Growth Claims Zendor
Recent
research undertaken by fulfilment and distance shopping expert, Zendor,
points to the takeup of broadband as having the biggest single influence
on growth of online shoppers in 2006.
[More
on this Story]
THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 207 14th February 2006
OFCOM
Investigates British Telecom's ‘Privacy at Home’ Service
British
Telecom's 'Privacy at Home' service was in the spotlight on February 7th
when the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) met with OFCOM. The GGF asked
the telecoms regulator to consider if BT's promotion and marketing of
the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) is a direct attempt to stifle competition
in the Telecoms market.
[More
on this Story]
Solaglas
Comes Clean (and Clear)!
Solaglas
has gone on the road again, this time to explain the benefits of SGG
BIOCLEAN®, which it claims is the most neutral of the true, dual
action self-cleaning glasses on the market. Solaglas Marketing Manager,
Kathryn Dalgleish, commented, ‘The coming months are sure to be
an exciting time for self-cleaning glass, with so much promotional activity
being carried out.
[More
on this Story]
First
Double Glazed A-rated Window Used SGG PLANITHERM®
Saint
Gobain Glass congratulates Tradelink for achieving the UK's first double
glazed 'A' rated window under the BFRC window energy rating scheme.
This new generation of commercially viable, energy efficient window
is only made possible through the use of high performance materials
such as SGG PLANITHERM®.
[More
on this Story]
Synseal
Customers Get Steel Cut for Free
'Six metre lengths of steel are difficult to manoeuvre and wastage is
high for many customers,' explains Nick Dutton. 'We asked how we could
make it easier for our customers. We thought about supplying shorter
lengths for easier handling but that just creates more waste.
[More
on this Story]
Abbseal
- New Image Hits the Road
As part of its ongoing improvement plan Abbseal UK Ltd has unveiled
new vehicles decked out in livery based on the company’s new corporate
identity.
[More
on this Story]
Westshore
Specifies Ashton for New Plant in Tampa
The
very latest FastTrack automatic seaming line will be feeding Westshore's
high speed continuous tempering furnace in the company's new Tampa facilty
due to come online this Spring. Co-owner Mike McHugh says that he has
first hand experience with Ashton high speed seamers and was so impressed
with reliability and performance over years of 24/7 operation that his
decision was quickly made.
[More
on this Story]
Avocet
Sharpens Focus with Sale of Non-Core Electronics Business
Avocet
Hardware Ltd has completed the sale of its electronic security division
as part of its established strategy to consolidate and develop its
position as a leading supplier of window and door hardware, fixings
and fastenings for the PVC-U market, DIY multiples and major builders
merchants.
[More
on this Story]
Glazerite
Increases Product Range
Network
VEKA trade fabricator, Glazerite Windows, has added the new
VEKA 70mm fully sculptured window and door system to the company’s
portfolio which complements its successful 58mm Matrix range.
[More
on this Story]
Back-to-Back
National Recognition for Direct Trade
Doncaster
fabricator Direct Trade has had its outstanding performance recognised
with a back-to-back success in the Sunday Times annual Fast Track 100;
published in December. Not only is the company recognised for the second
successive year, but it is also the only business in the sector to have
featured in either 2004 or 2005.
[More
on this Story]
Installers
to Fit Masterframe Vertical Sliders in Glassex Challenge 2006
Masterframe
Windows Ltd, specialist manufacturer of high-quality PVC-U sashes, is
sponsoring the Glassex Challenge competition again this year. The competition
will run daily, and installers from all over the UK will compete to
install a door, a bay-window, a conservatory roof and a Masterframe
vertical slider.
[More
on this Story]
Pilkington
Activ™ Now at Work Inside Classrooms
Pilkington
Activ™ self-cleaning glass has made the grade with an appearance
in a new range of educational resources to be published for the AQA
exam board in April 2006.
[More
on this Story]
Safestyle
UK Receives Trustmark Recognition
Safestyle
UK, the key consumer arm of Bradford-based Style Group UK - the
independent PVCu replacement windows and doors manufacturer and
retailer - has become one of the first organisations to receive
the newly formed and Government backed Trustmark accreditation.
[More
on this Story]
New
World Wins Major Project near Cork
Irish
composite door supplier, New World Developments has won the
contract to supply its double GRP skin Apeer doorsets to a Murnane
& O’Shea project near Cork, due for completion at end
of 2006.
[More
on this Story]
Guarantee
Success for Freefoam Installers
Freefoam has announced that Just Fascias from Wakefield
Road in Barnsley, has topped the Freefoam guarantee table
of total registrations in 2005. The South Yorkshire based
company also topped the poll in 2004.
[More
on this Story]
Open
for Even More Business
Carera
Windows Ltd has been trading for 18 years and has recently opened
a second showroom in the West Midlands, located in a prime high
street location in Halesowen.
[More
on this Story]
Uttlesford
Council takes Partnership Pledge
Essex-based
Uttlesford District Council has specified the complete
suite of austenitic stainless steel window hardware from
Securistyle. The council will also benefit from Securistyle's
Partnership Pledge scheme.
[More
on this Story]
Wadi
Glass Container Plant Opens in Egypt
Wadi
Glass Container Co will start production to both the local and export
markets from Egypt. The company, with its plant located in Sadat City,
Cairo, Egypt, will be one of the largest container glass manufactureres
in the Middle East and Africa.
[More
on this Story]
Trelleborg
Acquires EPG of the US
Through
its Building Systems business area, Trelleborg has acquired EPG Inc,
with about 140 employees and annual sales of approximately SEK 170 M.
The company is privately owned and has two production units in Aurora,
near Cleveland, Ohio, in the US.
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on this Story]
Conservatoriesonline.com
Conservatory of the Year for 2005
Conservatory
web site www.conservatoriesonline.com
has bestowed its annual honours on the most impressive conservatory
installations to appear on the site during 2005.
[More
on this Story]
Water
Industry Seminar Discusses Recycled Glass
Water
companies will hear the results of groundbreaking trials at a seminar
to be held in Leeds in February into recycled glass as a media for treating
drinking water and wastewater.
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on this Story]
THE GL@ZINE ISSUE 206 7th February 2006
Network
Hits the 100,000 - and Blooms for the Roses
Lucky
Roger and Ruth Rose are celebrating £4,600 of free windows after
becoming Network VEKA's 100,000th customers. The organisation's latest
milestone comes as Network VEKA is preparing to celebrate its tenth anniversary,
with accumulated sales now topping £370million.
[More
on this Story]
Essex
Fabricator 'Selects' Duraflex
Maldon-based Select Window and Door Systems is the latest trade fabricator
to switch to Duraflex, after seven years of manufacturing two different
PVC-U systems. Following the changeover, Select is now able to offer its
customers a choice of Featured or Bevelled 70mm Suite using just one system.
[More
on this Story]
Look
And Learn With New, Focused, Fast-Track Seminars At Glassex
‘An hour at one of this year’s Glassex seminars may be the most
valuable you have ever spent.’ That is the proposition from the organisers
of this year’s Glassex who say that the event’s revised seminar
programme is designed to allow delegates to take what they learn and put
it to work immediately.
[More
on this Story]
WHS
Halo gets Windows into the Wirral with Direct View
Birkenhead
business Direct View Windows has switched to WHS Halo’s Eclipse
PCE system as part of ambitious plans to double its output. Direct View
currently manufactures 300 frames per week (fpw) and is seeking to reach
600 fpw within the next two years, primarily through trade fabrication
with secondary business being driven through commercial contracts.
[More
on this Story]
Replacement
Windows & Doors in Social Sector Housing to 2009
Palmer's
2005 report on the Social Sector Housing market for replacement windows
and doors shows some interesting growth prospects. Based on 259 personal
interviews backed by comprehensive desk research, the report provides
detailed information on this specialist half-billion pound market.
Total market size was £469 million market in 2004, with the
installed value up 8% on 2003.
[More
on this Story]
Tradestyle
UK Looks to a Bright 2006
South-Yorkshire
based Tradestyle UK, the key trade arm of Style Group UK, the independent
manufacturer and retailer of PVCu windows and doors, says that it
is set yet again to buck market trends and produce another year of
significant growth.
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on this Story]
Hand
of the Rising Gun - Fabricator Sends UK Arm Wrestling Champ to Japan
Kömmerling
Fabricator, Affordable Window Systems was behind a journey to the 'land
of the rising sun' for three-times British Arm Wrestling Champion Steve
Kirlew and father Peter, proprietor of one of Affordable Windows' trade
customers, PMK Windows.
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on this Story]
REACH
Conference for European Plastics Industry
Alexandre Dangis, EuPC Managing Director, said in his welcome statement
at the recent Conference on REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation
and Restrictions of Chemicals) 'Reach is now becoming a reality that the
plastics industry will have to face in Europe.'
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on this Story]
Unique
Fire Resistant Door System First to Pass European Standard
An
advanced range of glazed doors and screens incorporating fire glass from
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain is being launched by Stewart Fraser Ltd, one of
the UK's leading firms of architectural metalworkers.
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on this Story]
Hart & Co (Windows and Doors) Ltd based in Skelmersdale in Lancashire has become one of the first UK fabricators to obtain the necessary global accreditations to produce 30 minute fire doors to BS476 Part:22 in a PVC-U frame.
Colourful
Windows Now Direct from Passivent
Responding
to the increasing use of colour in building design, Passivent
has introduced a new service to complement its already popular
tricklevent colouring service.
[More
on this Story]
New
Material Handling System at Freefoam Northampton
Freefoam
Plastics, manufacturer of roofline & rainwater systems, has
just completed the installation of a new state-of-the art silo material
handling system at the company’s 8,000 m2 facility in Northampton.
[More
on this Story]
Abbseal
Celebrates First Anniversary of MBO
Abbseal
(UK) Limited, the independent glass processor, has recently
celebrated the first anniversary of a management buyout. The
company says that it starts the New Year with a confident workforce
and management team having seen the completion of a number of
high profile and prestigious contracts in 2005, and a good forward
order book.
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on this Story]
Bystronic-Lenhardt
Technology Opens New Training Centre
After
only a six month construction phase Bystronic-Lenhardt Technology
has officially opened a new Training Centre in the southern German
town of Neuhausen-Hamberg. One of the key attractions of the Centre
is an insulating glass line reserved exclusively for training
purposes. The first students to use the facility were the employees
of glass producer Glass Systems from Wales, who have successfully
completed their seminar.
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on this Story]
Lennart
Evrell Takes Over as New CEO of Sapa, Kåre Wetterberg is Leaving
Kåre
Wetterberg is leaving Sapa after 32 years in the company. Wetterberg
has held several senior management positions, such as head of Sapa
in Germany, head of operations at the Vetlanda plant and, in the last
two years, as CEO of the entire Group. Lennart Evrell will succeed
him as CEO.
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on this Story]
Customer
Research shows West Yorkshire Windows hits 90% Satisfaction
A
recent customer satisfaction survey, undertaken by West
Yorkshire Windows, the founder member of Conservatory Outlet,
asked homeowners for their views, comments, and feedback
on the service they had received. ‘The results were
overwhelmingly positive,’ explains Matthew Glover,
Managing Director.
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on this Story]
Cervoglass™
Making a Hit with Vision
Vision Conservatories of Poole in Dorset is a thriving and
expanding windows and conservatories installer established
over three years ago by two partners Phil Todd and Barry
Hurst. Vision now installs its conservatories throughout
Dorset as well as Hampshire, Wiltshire and Devon.
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on this Story]
Support
and Capability is Crucial says Promac
When it comes to the supply of machinery and consumables for the PVC,
aluminium and glass sectors, the Promac Group says that it has few peers.
The company believes that is not just the vast array of machinery that
has made the group so successful, but its ability to provide an experienced
and capable support function.
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Gateshead
Businesswoman Slams Google's Censorship of China
Flamboyant
Chinese Gateshead businesswoman Ling Valentine has slammed internet giants
Google for censoring web content in her native country of China. She has
already pulled all her online advertising from Google in protest at what
she says is 'Google's support for a violation of human rights'. She is
urging others to do the same.
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