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15th June 2004
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Deceuninck
has introduced two new hollow soffit boards to its Deeplas range
of building product solutions. The 300mm and 400mm boards are
manufactured directly by Deceuninck and offer a quality finish
with an overall depth dimension of 10mm, some 2mm thicker than
standard boards
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Eurocell
Building Plastics has recently launched
a new extension to its product range: the 18mm Ogee Euroboard
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Sentinel
Doors
has introduced a second generation Thermoguard Series 900 Fire
Door that the company says significantly improves on the fire
and security performance of the previous model
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Essex
based Windowscreens UK has
introduced a new Flyscreen Doors line. All doors have 40mm (1-5/8")
wide aluminium framing. Hinged flyscreens for entry and French
doors include hidden, interior steel 'L' corners
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Pilkington
Building Products-UK
says it has extended the boundaries of glass technology with the
23mm addition to its specialist fire-resistant glass range
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Elumatec's
engineers have again listened to their British customers and produced
a top specification cutting and machining centre specifically
for the UK market. The Elumatec SBZ615
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Groupco
has added the fully upgraded PN UNI Side Swing system to its range
of hardware
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A
turn of the century Fen Cottage in Norfolk has been given
a face-lift with an installation of Sheerframe
PVC sliding sash windows to replace old timber sashes
without losing any of its traditional charm
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Sash
UK Ltd
has fitted Pilkington Activ™
in a conservatory installed as part of a refurbished sheltered
housing project
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Here:
Raines
Court in London is one of the largest schemes to incorporate
Technal’s new
GXi aluminium sliding balcony door
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Here:
The
supply of this Victorian conservatory at the Grand XIV
Hamanako hotel, Shizuoka, Japan, is one of the latest
of BDG’s many
overseas projects
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Here:
Providing
additional consulting and procedural facilities at a hospital
in Kent has involved constructing a complete new wing,
with HansenGroup member company, MagHansen
being involved in supplying both curtain walling and individual
high performance windows
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Croome
Conservatories and Windows
recently installed an L-shaped K2
conservatory at the Green Dragon public house
in Malvern, providing panoramic views of the Malvern Hills
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One
of the most prestigious office buildings in the West End
of London, Princess House in Eastcastle Street now has
new automatic doors from Kaba
Door Systems
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Here:
Steve
Stewart has been appointed Commercial Director at Laird
Security Hardware. Steve has responsibility for
IT and internal sales operations and development
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Here:
Heritage
Glass Group
has recently taken on a new employee, Geoff Kay, as its company
surveyor. Geoff has been in the trade all of his working life,
and makes a valuable addition to the team
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Trade
fabricator John Fredericks
has appointed Martin Hall as its new sales director in a move
to further develop the business in line with the company's
ambitious objectives
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Simonswerk
UK Ltd
recently launched a new interactive website as part of a marketing
campaign promoting the company's hinge supply position in the
UK and recent name change from Hinges & Things
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If
you didn’t catch U-Fit’s
appearance on TV over Christmas you’ve probably read about
it in the trade press since, or perhaps you were one of the
20,000 people who logged onto their website
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Windowlink
has recently launched a new website. Now you can simply
log on to access all the news from Windowlink and its range
of conservatory and window and doors sales presentation and
manufacturing software
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Pamela
Bartlett, intrepid Office Administrator at hardware distributor
Wagner (GB) Ltd’s East
Kilbride depot, recently completed a 180-foot crane abseil to
raise funds for the MS Society
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GM
Fundraising Charity Golf Day is at Patshull Park
Hotel Golf & Country Club on 21st September
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Sash
UK employees, directors and suppliers raised £3000
for local children’s charity appeal Help A Hallam Child
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Here:
The
Glazing Industry Fun Charity Golf Day
will be at the West Midlands Golf Club on Thursday 29th July
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The
total volume of construction output in the year to the first
quarter of 2004 rose by seven per cent compared to the previous
year. Overall new work rose over the same period, despite a
decrease in the infrastructure and private commercial sectors
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The
delivery of promised Government investment will be key to sustaining
recent construction growth, according to the Construction Industry
Trade Surveys compiled jointly by the
Construction Confederation and the Construction
Products Association
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here:
The
highlights of the latest GTL
Newsletter include the news that The
Board of Glass Training Ltd will consider the proposal put forward
by the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) to form a Sector
Skills Council for the process and manufacturing industries
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Window
and Door System manufacturer HW Plastics
recently held a training day for the drivers of the company's
20+ delivery vehicles
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Pilkington's
waste mirror glass has been turned into a regular money-spinner
following an unexpected request from the Czech Republic
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Relationships
between industry and commerce and the public sector must strengthen
substantially before local authorities can achieve the high
recycling targets set by the government according to the Industry
and Public Sector Waste Action Forum
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Here:
Practical
guidance on recycling domestic window waste will be the result
of a new research project by
WRAP involving
the replacement window industry
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Edgetech
reports that various configurations of PVCu windows with
hard coat low E and aluminium spacer bars struggle to get
below the required 2.0 U value
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As
a part of glasstec 2004
in Düsseldorf, 9 - 13th November, the special glass
technology live show will focus, amongst other things, on
the potential of glass in the field of solar building components.
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January
9th, 2004 saw one of the world's largest solar power plants
in Neustadt, Germany join the grid. A total of 2 megawatts
of environmentally friendly electricity will be generated
over an area of some 70,000 m2 (7 hectares) – corresponding
to the size of seven soccer fields. This is enough to continuously
power 700 households.
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Standards
in the Field of Glass and Glazing
Well,
the less said about the 130 seconds of madness the better I guess. It
is perhaps apposite that this week we have several groundbreaking stories
about standards - including one where a UK firm is leading the field
in Europe. Fire
glass manufacturer CGI International has achieved a first with its 7mm
Pyroguard being tested successfully to stringent new European standards
in conjunction with partition system maker Maars API.
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Following
on from its success of being awarded ‘Business of the Year’
by the West Midlands Construction Forum, full façade specialist
Alumet Systems (UK) Ltd has now
been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for the company’s
approach to the building industry.
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In
2005 the Ernst Abbe Fund will be presenting the Otto
Schott Research Award for the eighth time. The prize will
be awarded for outstanding achievements in basic research, technology
and applications.
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Solarcentury
scored a 'double whammy' in the prestigious Interbuild 2004 New Product
Awards at the end of April scooping prizes in two categories.
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Expressions
has been awarded the BS 7412 certificate for its frames and BSEN 1279
certificate for its glass units.
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GPD
China 2004 Attracted almost 200 Chinese Glass Processors
The
first Glass Processing Days (GPD)
China seminar was held recently in Peking, China. The aim of this technical
seminar was to offer the latest technology and market information to the
Chinese glass industry. GPD China 2004 was organised by Kyro Group’s
Glaston Technologies. The event attracted almost 200 glass processors
from China and its neighbouring countries.
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Freefoam
Plastics has introduced
a dual purpose counter-top display / sample box to support sales
of the company’s range of fascias through plastics stockists,
distributors and installers.
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Planet
Leeds and Wakefield, had the company's first prize of an £8,000
Planet conservatory won on Yorkshire's, Real Radio's Inside Out
competition drawn live on Terry and Debbie's Breakfast Show recently.
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The
Yasumitsu-Schlapp cycling team is speeding off to a flying start
in its second season of sponsorship by Aztec
Conservatory Roof Systems, with success already achieved
internationally.
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Steve
Butler, Managing Director of Croston
Conservatory & Window Centre, is overseeing the
finishing touches to the company’s new premises based at
Stephen H. Smith's Garden Centre in Bolton.
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As
sales continue to increase for nationwide fabricator Modplan
Ltd, trade sales manager, Chris Reeks, is in no doubt
of the reasons why.
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Specialist
cavity closer company Surebuild Plastics
Ltd reports that it has seen sales soar since its
launch in January.
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Bohle’s
Glass and Glazier Catalogue 2004-05 has been released in the UK and
is packed with hundreds of new products in addition to the large existing
range. The ‘main’ catalogue, as it’s often referred to,
now has 618 pages and contains full colour pictures.
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here:
A
new feature in Groupco’s 2004
CD catalogue allows its customers to share product information quickly
and efficiently as individual pdfs can now be downloaded as required.
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here:
Synseal
Extrusions Ltd
has recently launched 5000 CD Roms as part of its latest marketing campaign
for the Global roof.
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here:
Eurocell
Building Plastics Ltd
has
launched a new Pocket Product Guide, to add to the current range of
literature.
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here:
Staff
at Barnsley based Sash UK were
thrilled to see that their efforts to be more environmentally friendly
had paid off, with the arrival of two swans to the company’s
site.
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British
Glass,
in partnership with web development company NetConstruct,
has revolutionised the way data from glass manufacturers is collected
and collated. This initiative supports industry action to further
increase energy efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions to combat
global warming.
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More
than 20 national and local environmental and regulatory groups recently
came together with Alcoa Power Generating
Inc. in an historic signing ceremony overlooking Calderwood
Lake, officially agreeing to a pact that will preserve more than 10,000
acres of land.
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Here
A
recent project has researched into the reasons why individuals take
risks when working at height. In
particular it has evaluated whether there is any difference between
people who have been involved in a fall from height at work and those
who have not.
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Six
different centres around the UK are now able to provide height safety,
environmental and occupational safety courses as licensees of The
Health & Safety Training Academy.
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The
GGF’s GLASS Charter Scheme
supports its members and the industry to meet the Government’s
Revitalising Industry Programme
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According to the final report of the independent Dutch test institute TNO-TPD, Edgetech´s Super Spacer® has passed the test according to EN1279-3. In addition, the Rosenheimer Institute ift confirms an outstanding psi-value for the Edgetech Super Spacer®.
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Dave Frost, managing director of CEN Solutions Ltd, has expressed concern at the recently announced delay, possibly to early next year, to the publication of EN 1279 Part 5. He says: ‘The delay itself is bad enough, but it seems that it may have been caused by a bureaucratic mistake and that is truly alarming.
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Glassex
25th
Glassex, the annual centre stage of the UK
glass and glazing industry,
is approaching its 25th consecutive year!
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'Visions
of Glass' at BAU
A
special display entitled 'Visions of Glass' is being put on at BAU 2005,
in a fully restyled exhibition hall, to present the material glass.
Also, the GlasKon Congress will be integrated into BAU.
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Focus
on Glass for Internal Finishing at Glasstec04
glass technology live is to be presented from 9-13th November 2004 at
glasstec in Düsseldorf.
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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
Public sector window contractor, Radway, meanwhile, has become one of the first companies in the UK to be awarded the BPF Code of Practice W3621/2 Kitemark, which monitors the survey and installation of replacement PVC-U windows and doorsets. Finally, Redcar-based H Jarvis & Son has joined the BM TRADA Certification third-party certification scheme for PVCU windows, replacing the Kitemark with Q-Mark.
This
being the last Gl@zine before the G 04 Awards this Friday, may I just
add a final note that I hope to see as many as possible of the 700 or
so industry players who will be attending the event, and a last 'Good
Luck!' to those companies who have been shortlisted.
The
shortlist of contenders for the G 04 Awards is still available here.
Another
reminder: GM Fundraising's Charity Golf Day is at Patshull Park Hotel
Golf & Country Club on 21st September. Details here.
Tony Higgin, Publisher
tony@the-glazine.com
Insolvencies,
Winding up Orders, Petitions and Creditors' Meetings
Some
familiar names from the glass and conservatory markets
turn up in this week’s look at recent Notices
from the Company Courts: Shrewsbury Glass, Lune Valley
Conservatories, Alliance Glass, Pyramid Conservatories,
Tropical Conservatories, Acorn Glass, MAS Joinery,
Orchid Conservatories, Retford Glass, Architectural
Glass, Chrystal Conservatories, Universal Conservatories,
IDL Windows, Clark Glass, Glass Living, Permaglaze
and Glass Agencies to name a few.
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HansenGlass
Glazes Award Winning Pier Project
British
seaside holidays may have changed
dramatically over the years, but
piers hold an enduring fascination
for the public and one which recently
scooped a coveted award makes extensive
use of the glazing products available
from HansenGlass.
Designed by Peter Emptage
Associates, Southend Pier’s
new entrance structure caught the
imagination of the panel judging
the RIBA eastern division’s
Architecture for Tourism Award,
supported by the East of England
Tourist Board.
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on this Story]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
502
Million Windows are Sold Annually
Worldwide - Focus moves from Europe
to Asia
While
Western Europe and North America are
experiencing a slight decline in the
window market, Asia records a market
growth of 2.4% and Eastern Europe
shows an increase in windows units
sold of 14.8%. A clear shift in the
market potential from the western
to the eastern hemisphere can be seen
- whereas the total worldwide volume
is relatively stable at approximately
500 million window units as the results
of a current study from InterConnection
Consulting Group show.
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on this Story]
Hunter
Douglas: First Quarter 2004 Results
- 11.2% Higher Sales and 14.6% Higher
Profits
Hunter
Douglas, the world market leader in
window coverings (Luxaflex®),
and a manufacturer of architectural
products (Luxalon®) reports its
results for the first quarter of 2004.
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on this Story]
Twin
Benefits Attract Gemini to Veka
Oldham
based trade fabricator Gemini UPVC
Ltd says that it has opted to switch
to Veka’s Matrix 70mm fully sculptured
system ‘due to two of the most
major benefits offered by the UK systems
supplier: superior product quality
and a forward-thinking approach.’
The decision to change supplier comes
at a time when Gemini is on the cusp
of significant growth following its
recent move to a new 9000 sq ft factory,
plus other major investments.
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on this Story]
SunPipes
Get Big on TV
A
great deal of interest was generated by SunPipes
being featured on the ITV programme 'Building
the Dream', hosted by Linda Barker, the television
personality. Four
SunPipes have also been installed in the new
Big Brother house on the new set built at Elstree,
where the TV Show is currently being broadcast.
SunPipes have already been featured on 'Grand
Designs' on an underground house built in Cumbria
and have also been featured on the Tommy Walsh
DIY TV programme.
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on this Story]
Ayreshire
Agencies goes Global
‘Changing
suppliers after 10 years is not something you
look to do,’ comments Cecil Wilson, Managing
Director of Ayrshire Agencies, the Scottish
roofing fabricator. ‘But some companies
change when they get bigger.
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on this Story]
Omega
Group Brochure Attracts Complaint
A
complaint, objecting to a brochure for glazing company
The Omega Group of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
was not upheld in three of the five objections according
to published details from the Advertising Standards
Authority.
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on this Story]
Duraflex
Aids R.I.G. Conversion
Duraflex
reports a rapid conversion of its customer base
to Rolled in Gasket (R.I.G.), which it says now
accounts for over 70% of all Duraflex extrusions.
This high performance gasket is standard on all
Diamond Suite main line profiles and is a natural
choice for new business.
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on this Story]
IsoSystems
Back in the Frame
Long-established Midlands-based trade fabricator,
IsoSystems has launched IsoFrames - a quality range
of 60mm and 70mm internally glazed window and door
frames offering among the widest choice of configurations
available on the market.
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on this Story]
H
Jarvis transfers from Kitemark to Q-Mark
Redcar-based H Jarvis & Son have joined the
BM TRADA Certification third-party certification
scheme for PVCU windows, replacing the Kitemark
with Q-Mark. The company - one of the first members
of the Q-Mark scheme for high security windows when
it was launched in 2001 - has also transferred its
quality management certification under ISO 9001:2000
to BM TRADA.
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on this Story]
UK
Kitemark First for Radway
Public sector window contractor, Radway, has become
one of the first companies in the UK to be awarded
the BPF Code of Practice W3621/2 Kitemark, which
monitors the survey and installation of replacement
PVC-U windows and doorsets
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on this Story]
Large
Sheets of CGI Fire Glass Pass Major European Fire
Test
Specialist
fire glass manufacturer CGI International achieved
a first when its Pyroguard fire-resistant glass,
which at only 7mm can be used in standard profiles
for partitioning, was tested successfully to stringent
new European standards. This important fire test,
using large sheets of the glass, was carried out
in conjunction with partition system maker Maars
API, and met the new EN 1364 standard which is accepted
across most of the EU, including the 10 new member
countries.
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on this Story]
Bohle
Expands Machinery Range in the UK
In
response to UK customer demand, Bohle
has expanded its standard range of glass
workshop machinery to include manual
glass cutting tables, glass breakout
tables, basic belt grinders and glass
classifiers.
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on this Story]
Windowquoter
Helps Man Cheated by Firm
Internet
firm WindowQuoter has stepped in to help a
customer cheated out of cash by a dodgy windows
and conservatories company, whose shady practices
were highlighted on consumer TV show Watchdog.
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on this Story]
Addison
Supplies First Mecal CNC in Ireland
Addison
Saws Ltd is supplying Architectural Aluminum
Ltd of Dublin with the first Mecal 4 axis
cnc machining centre in Ireland. Architectural
Aluminium Ltd is Irelands largest fabricator
of curtain walling and commercial windows,
doors and special glazing products
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on this Story]
Kestrel
Appoints New Distributor
The
distributor, Derby Building Plastics Ltd has
recently formed a new alliance with the UK
PVC- UE building products specialist, Kestrel.
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on this Story]
Late
Arrival Proves Worthwhile for Patiomaster
PatioMaster
reports that its last minute decision to exhibit at Interbuild 2004
resulted in positive inquiries from public sector prospects for its
range of PVCu sliding patio doors.
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on this Story]
Alfa
Signs Long-Term Deal with Profile 22
Alfa Windows Ltd, one of Profile 22's fastest-growing
trade fabricators, has signed a multi-million pound deal with its
profile supplier, reinforcing the successful working relationship
between them.
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on this Story]
Newstead
Trade Frames Wins NHS Contract
Newstead
Trade Frames has won a contract to manufacture 250 double glazed PVCu
units to replace the previous wooden-framed box sash windows at Leek
Memorial hospital, Bucknall Hospital and clinics at Cheadle, Chesterton,
Knutton and Werrington.
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on this Story]
Roplas
Agrees the Benefits of Everwhite at Head Office and Branch Level
Roofline
stockists need suppliers they can rely on. It’s not enough to
have high quality products for a good price – suppliers need
to go the extra mile to ensure consistent on time complete deliveries,
great marketing support and attentive customer care. According to
Roplas, the £12m turnover stockist, Everwhite does just this.
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on this Story]
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