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25th November 2003
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Pilkington
Activ™ has extended the benefits of the product
with the introduction of a solar control version for commercial
buildings
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Here:
Previously a problem area for satisfying Document B of the Building Regulations concerning emergency escape, narrow width applications have now been addressed by PVCu window and door fabricator, Sash UK
More Here:
Architectural
aluminium glazing specialist, Technal,
has expanded its range of door systems with the launch of PXi –
a thermally broken commercial door, which is its most advanced door
system to date.
More
Here:
Specifically
designed for IG unit manufacture, Tremco's
HM 100 is a single component, butyl based sealant that
provides a long-lasting barrier to moisture penetration
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Here:
Greenwood
Window Vents has completed its
window ventilation product portfolio
with the launch of new Over-frame
ventilation systems. One system has been
designed for use in refurbishment work,
another for new build projects.
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Here:
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Glasgow’s new Radisson SAS Hotel was the Grand
Prix winner in this year’s Scottish Design Awards,
while making expressive use of single glazed and doubled
glazed, coloured glass panels from HansenGlass
in presenting a striking and modern appearance to the
citizens of Scotland’s second city.
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Here:
Entertaining
has taken on a new dimension for a Scottish couple since
a conservatory with a Quantal
roof transformed their redundant patio into a lavish lounge
complete with bar.
More
Here:
Kelly
Builders needed blue, red and grey foiled window and door
profile and went to fabricators Wright
Window Systems Ltd. a stockist of Marshall-Tufflex
profile.
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Here:
A
Senior Aluminium Systems
glazing package, comprising of ground floor treatments,
patent glazing and doors, creates the striking façade
of the new build Mini showroom in Hull fabricated by Peak
Aluminium Systems
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Here:
Sash
UK has re-affirmed its commitment
to provide a wider customer support service with the internal
promotion of Nick Hibberd. Nick, PR and Marketing Manager
for Sash for more than seven years in all, has added Head
of Customer Services to his role, bringing the whole marketing
and customer service support under one banner.
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Here:
Exceldee
has established a new research and development department
by employing Harish Mandalia as its new design engineer.
More
Here:
Masco
Corporation,
announced on 3rd November that its Board of Directors has
appointed two new Directors
More Here:
Windowlink
has strengthened its programming team with the appointment
of Albert Chen as Software Developer
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Here:
Henry
Inglis has been promoted to UK Business Development Manager
for Quantal Conservatory Roofing
Systems
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Here:
Nigel
Sissons has been appointed Managing Director at Sapa
Building Systems, following the announcement of
David Boast’s retirement at the end of the year after
22 years with Sapa.
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Here:
Premier
Profiles,
extruder of PVCu window, door and cellular foam profile, has
donated the £5,750 proceeds from its annual corporate
golf day to Doncaster School and College for the Deaf.
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Here:
Customers,
staff and suppliers enjoyed beautiful blue skies and late summer
sunshine at Sierra Windows’
annual Golf Day recently, and raised money for charity at the
same time.
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Here:
The
average fine handed out by the Health
& Safety Executive (HSE) to construction firms
in the year to 31st March 2003 has fallen to £5,698. In
the year to 31st March 2002 the average fine was £7,450.
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here:
Construction
Minister, Nigel Griffiths, has launched a new tabloid newspaper
to let firms in the North West know more about the Government-backed
Quality Mark Scheme of approved
builders and associated trades
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here:
Jewson
has joined forces with The Daily Mirror and Vauxhall Commercial
Vehicles to search for Britain's best builders - or as Jewson
likes to call them, 'Builders from Heaven'.
More
here:
The new range of gas fill testing machines for IG
units from Inagas is an
important step in supporting IG unit manufacturers who are seeking
accreditation to EN 1279 Part 3.
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Here:
The
unveiling of CEN Solutions Ltd
at the GP&T exhibition marked a step forward in the provision
of consultancy, testing and auditing facilities for insulating
glass unit manufacturers seeking accreditation to EN 1279.
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Here:
BSI
Product Services, which is based in Hemel Hempstead
and provides product testing and awards the Kitemark is updating
the industry on the latest developments on BS EN 1279, the standard
for sealed units
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Here:
A
survey into the attitudes of owners of small businesses was
today published by the Scottish Executive. The message was generally
a positive one with the majority of businesses saying they were
doing well
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Here:
Llandrillo
College, based in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, is an active GQA
approved centre offering NVQ qualifications.
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Here:
The
first report on a project aimed at increasing the recycling
of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) has been published by WRAP
(the Waste & Resources Action Programme).
More
Here:
RMC
Surfacing
has signed a deal with do-it-yourself retailer B&Q
to supply its crushed glass product for the construction of
new carparks at B&Q warehouses and superstores.
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Here:
A
£5.5m equity fund, the first in Europe to focus specifically
on the recycling sector, has opened for business 50% oversubscribed
by the private sector.
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Here:
More than three years after launching the previous website the Schott website has recently been redesigned
More Here:
Lancashire
based Octaveward Ltd is
extending its composite door ambitions to the retail market
with the forthcoming launch of a dedicated retail website
and distribution company UK Doors Direct
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Here:
Sierra
Windows
has updated its website to coincide with the launch of a new
fully chamfered entrance door and the new range of high-security
Safeware locks,
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Here:
'What
about the future when the calls for even greater thermal efficiency
grow ever louder, as no doubt they will?' asks Edgetech.
More
here
Features
now archived include:
Horst Mertes discusses the role of IT centralisation
in todays glass business
Designers
must now comply with regulations to limit solar overheating
in buildings, as Paul Littlefair of BRE explains.
Dave
Frost on the implications of CE Marking to the sealed unit manufacturer:
Phil Mundell on what Part M means to the Door Manufacturer;
Full
list here
Welcome
to the 100th Edition of The Gl@zine
There
are Lies, Damned Lies and there are Statistics. Responding to our comments
about GP&T last week, the show organiser has stated that 'the number
of actual visitors is almost irrelevant' and who are we to disagree?
However, this is the 100th Edition of The Gl@zine, and we feel that
a few facts and figures (trying to avoid the word statistics here),
may be in order, and we regard our visitors as very relevant...
OPERATIONS
DIRECTOR - BARNSLEY
Sash,
one of the most advanced window, door and conservatory fabricators in
the UK, with an average order book about to exceed 2,500 windows and 50
conservatories per week, is looking for an Operations Director.
This is a 'rare and outstanding opportunity', the firm says, adding that
potential candidates should not delay as interviews are already taking
place (deadline for CVs December 5).
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Here:
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A
Good Walk !Updated!
We all love golf really, and we have great pleasure in rounding up no
fewer than 14!! of the summer's industry tournaments on one page.
Let's hope it doesn't tee anyone off that we feature Fred Wedlock (remember?
- the Oldest Swinger in Town, now swinging a golf club).
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Here:
Discover
the 'Off-Site' Solution at Interbuild
Interbuild
2004 has a key role to play in fulfilling the 'truly massive' potential
of off-site construction by offering a ready-made opportunity to discover
more about fast track methods and products.
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Here:
New
Manager for Light + Building and Lightstyle
Maria Hasselman-Börner has been
appointed event manager for Light+Building, the International Trade Fair
for Architecture and Technology (18 to 22 April 2004).
More
Here:
Legal
Changes Inspire new Pavilion
Interbuild
will unveil a new section at the 2004 show in response to sweeping changes
in building legislation designed to improve access for people with disabilities.
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Here:
A
Totally Successful Solution
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council,
along with hardware and profile supply partners Wagner (GB) Ltd and Rehau,
recently hosted a seminar, entitled ‘The Total Solution’
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Here:
Synseal
customer, Waterford Windows, recently put the Shield Conservatory to
the ultimate test when they fabricated and installed a 6x3.5m Edwardian
conservatory for the famous newspaper critic Gary Bushell
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Here:
Swish
Building Products
has a range of sales support literature and products designed exclusively
for the use of Swish Approved Installers, enabling them to differentiate
their offer in the market place.
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Here:
The
Whiteline Group, the South East specialist trade fabricator
of PVCu windows and doors, has introduced a series of new sales presentation
cases featuring samples of the Goldline range of products.
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Here:
'We
want to make sure all our customers are using the latest version 5.4
with its improved window editor, graphics, refinements and additional
features. £150 + VAT will upgrade your current Bronze version
to 5.4 and includes 12 months maintenance and support. £299 +
VAT will upgrade your Bronze 5.4 to Silver.’ says RoofWright.
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Here:
'Exceptional
design that offers a unique aesthetic appeal and outstanding ease of
installation.’ That’s the consensus from installers who have
been viewing the Versatile Roof System
while it’s been out on the road recently.
More
Here:
A large Chester-based windows firm, Diamond
Windows, aims to reap the benefits the Quality Mark Scheme
brings, including customer confidence, better business practice and
raising industry standards.
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Here:
This
month's What's New section of the BBA
website features the latest certificate withdrawals and awards, plus
news of BBA Certificate holder Space 4, who is a recent winner of
this year's national Construction Product Manufacturer Award for its
production of BBA-approved Space 4 Loadbearing Structurally-Integrated
Wall Panels
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Here:
The
leading glass publication in North America, US Glass Magazine, has
announced earlier this year, that ClearShield
achieved the number one position in the magazine's prestigious Product
of the Year Awards.
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Here:
Siegenia-Aubi
has received Secured By Design (SBD) accreditation for its window
and door hardware products.
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Here:
Cambrian
Conservatory World’s Salesman of the Year, Simon White, is enjoying
an all-expenses paid weekend for two in Paris, courtesy of Quantal
Conservatory Roofing Systems.
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Here:
Securistyle
Ltd,
manufacturer of architectural hardware, has achieved BS EN ISO 9001:2000
certification following the completion of the recent full reassessment
of its quality management system by BSI.
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Here:
In
May this year the 11th annual Daily Telegraph
Homebuilding & Renovating Awards to find the Best New
Home of 2003 were launched by Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine.
More
Here:
The
Jansen VISS curtain wall system, distributed exclusively by Schüco
International, has been successfully tested to CWCT Standard
Test Sequence B
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Here:
As
it celebrates its 17th year of trading, Status fabricator Maintenance
Free Homes reinforces the very definite and continuing
need for medium sized fabricators offering a good local service at
reasonable process.
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Here:
It’s
all change at Pearl Window Systems
in Bolton. The fast moving fabricator has just relocated to new premises
and has introduced Duraflex’s Featured Suite. A major investment
in new machinery, including a state-of-the-art saw centre, is also
underway
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Here:
Alternative
Windows
is based on the Cross Green Industrial Estate, just outside Leeds,
in two units, which are ideal to serve the company’s growing
customer base.
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Here:
Alcoa
announced on 20th November that Rick Williams, Alcoa's worldwide director
of safety, has joined the newly convened NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory
Panel to assist NASA in its ongoing review and improvement of safety
systems, operations and culture.
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Here:
Revolutionary
new health and safety laws that could see bosses face tough fines and
even prison terms come on stream, which means that for the first time
unions can directly enforce health and safety laws against employers
backed up with the force of legal penalties if they fail to comply.
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Here:
The
Health and Safety Executive has launched a new safety campaign
focusing on working safely at height. As an example of good practice,
inspectors visited the British Airways London Eye to look at the safe
working methods used by its technical team
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Here:
The
BSI Group has announced that the
Drafts for Public Comment (DPCs) of the environmental management standards
BS EN ISO 14001 and BS ISO 14004 are now available..
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Here:
Converting
a higher proportion of the sun's energy into a useful source of electricity
and heating would go a long way to reducing our dependence on the
fossil fuels being blamed for global warming. That is why the Pilkington
Energy Efficiency Trust (PEET) believes that support for
solar energy research is so important - and is why the Trust is now
aiding new research at Nottingham University's School of the Built
Environment.
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Here:
However, the story does not end there: many more readers simply log
on to The Gl@zine website, which now contains 1,370 pages of the very
latest information, from which there are a staggering 7,982 links to
relevant industry websites and email contacts. No wonder 32,431 Unique
Visitors have dropped by on the website since the beginning of this
year and in the process have looked at over 130,000 pages between them.
Anyway,
enough of blowing our own trumpet: we are but a humble conduit between
various parts of a business we are very proud to be a part of. However,
if you want more of this kind of number crunching, drop me a mail and
I will give you chapter and verse.
Finally, and without wanting to cause offence to any of the losing sides
in the sporting tournament of the decade which was the IRB Rugby World
Cup, I would like add our voice to the rising crescendo of congratulations
to the England team as they return home today. However, the real winner
of this tournament was the game of rugby itself, and respect is due
to Oz and the IRB
for putting on such a fantastic event.
Tony Higgin, Publisher
(Happy to give up my normal photographic spot in honour of Johnno and
the lads).
tony@the-glazine.com
FGI
Connects with Major Architecural Project
Float
Glass Industries (FGI) has supplied most of the interior processed glass
for Connect House, a multi-million pound development project in Manchester.
Artisan Holdings has recently completed conversion of the disused Daily
Express offices and printworks into a combination of luxury apartments
and high-tech office space.
[More
Here]
GL@ZINE
SPECIAL FEATURE
Potential
Problems with Entering the Commercial Market
Eric
Gale from Eurocell Profiles
discusses some of the problems fabricators may face when entering
into the commercial market.
[Read
The Feature Here]
THIS
WEEK'S NEWS
£35
Million Management Buy Out of Securistyle
The
directors of Securistyle announced on 19th November that they
have successfully completed the £35 million management buy
out of Cheltenham based Securistyle, a market leader in the UK
for the manufacture of window hinges, and a leading supplier to
the UK architectural hardware market.
[More
Here]
Ronnie
Rossall to Jump from 15,000ft at 125mph - but only if YOU pledge
Money to Kids Charity
They
say that madness comes in many forms. Throwing yourself out of a
plane at a height in excess of 15,000 feet is probably one of them.
Yet Systems Hardware managing director Ronnie Rossall intends to
do just that. However, he is not planning to just plummet towards
the earth in a 125mph tandem skydive… Oh no – he intends
to include a back somersault exit from the aircraft, straight into
high speed left and right spins, while his sons Stephen and Robert,
leaving the aircraft after Ronnie, reach speeds in a vertical dive
approaching 180mph to catch him up and link-up in freefall.
[More
on this Story]
In line with its continued growth, European specialist glass processor HansenGlass is undertaking an expansion programme at the company’s offices and manufacturing facility in Kirkby, Merseyside.
New
Palmer Report - The Market for Windows, Doors and Conservatories in
New Housing to 2007
Key
points from the 2003 edition
* £400 million market recorded in 2002 for the total installed
value of glazed products was 0.6% up on the previous year. PVC-U's
share of the market has stabilised at just over 60%.
* Although housing starts grew by 1.7%, the window market fell by
0.6% by volume; but grew in value by 1.9%. PVC-U's share was 76%.
* Entrance door markets fell 2.8% by volume, and 1.1% by installed
value. PVC-U's share was 11%
* Patio door market grew by 1.3% by volume, 3.5% by value.
* Conservatories installed in new housing (i.e. new houses sold with
conservatory) fell 16% by both volume and value. Only 2.6% of new
houses had a conservatory installed.
[More
on this Story]
Vitro/AFG JV Float Plant Starts
Operations in North America
Vitro AFG, North America's newest and most modern float glass plant
is now in production in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. Vitro AFG
is a 50/50 joint venture of Vitro Plan, a subsidiary of Vitro SA and
AFG lndustries Inc, a subsidiary of Asahi Glass Company in the United
States of America.
[More
on this Story]
Window
Customers Win a new Set of Wheels
When
John and Sue Scott bought new windows and doors from Crewe firm Nouveau
Windows they didn’t expect a brand new Renault Laguna too. That
ís exactly what they got thanks to a competition being run
by the trade organisation Network Veka, of which Nouveau is a member.
[More
on this Story]
Its
Official – Visage Ornate® is Exclusive to Shepley Installers
Shepley
Window Systems has just received confirmation from The Patent Office
that its Visage Ornate® brand has been authorised as a registered
trademark. ‘We not only recognise the importance of differentiation
and brand protection for ourselves, but for our customers too,’
says Gary Torr, managing director of Shepley.
[More
on this Story]
Sapa
lnterim report January-September 2003
Reporting a 38% increase on after tax profits for the 9 months to
September 30th 2003, Sapa's President and CEO Staffan Bohman said:
'Our positive volume development has been achieved in markets with
continued weak growth and with considerable pressure on margins. Sapa's
profile operation in the US shows good growth in volumes coming from
an increased market share. Profiles Europe has prioritised profitability
and has by this marginally decreased volumes.
[More
on this Story]
It's
Curtains for Sash Deliveries
Sash UK has boosted its national delivery fleet with the purchase
of a seventh heavy goods vehicle. Sash, whose colourful liveried trucks
have become a familiar sight to motorists throughout the UK, has also
ordered two additional curtain sided backs to cope with the increased
demand from the company’s conservatory division as well as handle
palleted consignments by plot number, for the new build market.
[More
on this Story]
Sentinel
Wins Major Public Sector Contracts
Sentinel Doors claims to be the first door manufacturer to sign one
of the latest Term Partnering Contracts, which are currently only
available in draft form. The contract, called 'Term Partnering Contract
2001' (TPC2001), was signed with Liverpool Housing Trust (LHT) and
will involve the supply and installation of Sentinel composite doors
and frames for 81 properties.
[More
on this Story]
Sierra’s
Seal of Approval
Oxfordshire-based
trade supplier Plastics Direct can now offer its customers the latest
high security locking system from Safeware.
Launched earlier this year, Safeware is a new brand of window and
door hardware that is claimed to be the most advanced product of its
type in the UK.
[More
on this Story]
Alcoa
Technology Improves New Audi A8 Sedan
Alcoa
announced on 30th October that it has provided automotive aluminum structural
technology to Audi AG, the German automaker, for its second-generation
A8 sedan. Alcoa's automotive structural technology in the A8 offers
drivers outstanding stability and sets new standards in safety performance,
while maintaining one of the automotive industry's lightest luxury sedan
body shells.
[More
on this Story]
WE HAVE EMAIL...
GPT
- Did the Organiser 'Fail to Deliver?'
Dear
Tony, I opened [last] weeks issue of The Glazine eagerly anticipating
your glowing review of the biggest exhibition launch at the NEC for
six years. An event at which some exhibitors made sales totalling six
figures by the end of the first morning; an event that proved so worthwhile
for those involved that by the end of the third day more exhibition
space had been sold for the next GP&T in 2005 than was sold for
this one. You can imagine my disappointment to see the words 'the organisers
failed to deliver' in your opening comments.
[More
Here]
GP&T:
Product Launches & Six Figure Sales
As we said last week, Glass Processing & Technology offered more
than the usual number of new product launches. This week we report on
a few more, including the launch of a new package for creating Georgian
Patterns from Thermoseal; new application
machinery for Ritec ClearShield;
'Whispering Windows' from Newlands Scientific;
third generation low-e coated glass from Interpane;
the DeeMak range of patterned glasses
from Thailand; radiant tempering furnaces from CNUD
and the Micropoint glass fixing system from LMC.
We also have some news of six figure sales being achieved at the show
from machinery firm Bohle, while
Edgetech warm edge technology forms
the basis of a £1m investment package at K-Seal..
[Read
About all of Them Here]
Lots
of Grins (Smug and Other Sorts) at GP&T
The
people from Hegla, in the search for a sales driver for its new UK arm,
wore smug grins as signed orders mounted to 'a nice six figure sum',
with the first taken within minutes of the doors opening on the first
day. 'We are on record for our support for GP&T, and one of the
first to book a stand. But we could never have predicted just how good
it would be,'said MD Steve Goble. Quotes and pictures from the show.
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Here:
Pilkington
Attracts Architects to GP&T
Pilkington,
a launch partner of GP&T, took a novel approach to the event with
great success. To demonstrate its commitment to the broader development
of glass in buildings, the company worked closely with the show organisers
and The Architects’ Journal to conceive the Architects’ Forum,
aimed at architects and other key specifiers of flat glass.
More
Here:
GL@ZINE SPECIAL FEATURES
The
A-Z of Specifying Window Hardware
Paul
Rainbird is Partnering Manager at Titon.
His role involves close co-operation with specifiers and window fabricators.
Here he explains how a more informed route can help in selecting the
correct window hardware, and how specifiers can overcome the most frequent
specification and purchasing problems.
[More
Here]
SentryGlas®
Plus: Engineered Glass for the 21st Century
Acclaimed
structural engineer Tim Macfarlane
compares the introduction of laminated glass incorporating SentryGlas®
Plus interlayer and Secure™ technology to the invention of reinforced
concrete at the beginning of the last century.
[More
Here]
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