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7th September 2004
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K2
has announced the launch of an advanced
thermal performance glass with a 'u' value of 1.1
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Eurocell
has announced some new product enhancements for its Pinnacle Roof
System to allow the use of 32mm polycarbonate
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Smart
Poly
is a roofing polycarbonate with integral solar protection that
prevents up to 80% of the sun's solar energy from entering the
conservatory through the roof
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UAP, the supplier of decorative door furniture, has launched another doorknocker using the description of an animal
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Nico
Manufacturing,
UK manufacturer of friction hinges and locking devices for the
window industry, has introduced a new finish - Supercoat 500
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Following
the release of the Delo Glasbond
range of adhesives earlier this year, Inseto
(UK) Ltd, Delo’s UK agent, says that it has been
inundated with requests for further information and samples of
the products
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A
range of high capacity, automatic saws designed specifically for
the curtain walling contractor or high volume aluminium fabricator
is available from Promac Group
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Freefoam
Plastics has extended its range of cellular extruded
cladding boards with the introduction of the new Open V cladding
system, available in white, pale gold or woodgrain effect
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To
cope with the increasing demand for shaped windows GTI
has compiled a set of bending equipment at a price that makes
it accessible for many more fabricators to carryout this function
in-house
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Derbyshire
based Eurocell Profiles
has appointed Ken Allen as its South-West Area Manger
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Gordon
Hill has been appointed Southern Area Sales Manager
at FendorHansen,
the fire and security glazing system specialists
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HW
Plastics
has recently appointed Steve Malkin as Key Account
Manager to provide specialised support for its larger
customers
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Here:
Polyshapes,
a converter and supplier of Polycarbonate Sheet
and Roof Packs, has appointed Ron Giblin as UK Sales
Representative
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Here:
HW
Plastics has strengthened its Marketing
team through the appointment of Elaine Buck as Telemarketing
Executive
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Here:
Duraflex
is strengthening support for its commercial customers
with the appointment of Richard Morris as Technical
Specification Engineer
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Phillip
Millward has been appointed Sales and Marketing
Director of CGI International,
the UK manufacturer of specialist fire glasses
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Ultraframe
has launched a new interactive website containing useful tips and design
ideas for homeowners who are considering buying a conservatory
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Here:
Emplas
Window Systems Ltd has introduced a new solution
to stream-line order processing and speed up deliveries. The
company is now offering fast, easy online ordering with the
Remote Pro software package
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Here:
GRP
composite door and PVC panel manufacturer New
World Developments says that it is receiving over
30,000 hits per month for its on-line ordering service and product
catalogue
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Here:
A
Race for Life by Coventry-based hardware and ventilation
systems manufacturer Siegenia-Aubi
Ltd has raised over £1,000 for a national
cancer charity
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In
September 2004, Roto Frank’s
operations director, Adrian Vicker, will be undertaking
a mammoth motorcycle ride across Canada and the USA in aid
of Children in Need
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In response to ODPM's release on 21st July of the consultation document on Part L (energy efficiency)
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On
a bustling industrial estate in Crosshills,
West Yorkshire, a new development of factory
units has been installed with a glazing
package from Senior
Aluminium Systems, the aluminium
system supplier
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A
children’s day care nursery founded
earlier this year as part of a pioneer Government
funding scheme has benefited from a specially
designed conservatory constructed by Sash
UK
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Here:
Architectural
glazing subcontractor CAP
Aluminium has helped regenerate
Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School in Barry
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Here:
The
original concept drawings and speciation
for Stella House on the banks of the Tyne
were undertaken by the Red
Box architectural practice
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The
deadline is looming for the end of current Government funding for solar
photovoltaic (PV) installations. £2million in funds is forecast
to be allocated in this final funding round. The closing date for applications
is October 31st 2004. Previous rounds have already seen £15 million
awarded to 134 different projects throughout the UK.
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Leicestershire County Council has launched a county-wide
publicity campaign to increase the amount of glass being
recycled. It is using Bankit's
'bring-a-bottle' campaign to create greater public awareness
in recycling and encourage more people to get involved
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The
Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB) is drawing
its members’ attention to recent aluminium recycling
rates, in particular those seen during the demolition of
Wembley Stadium
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Here:
British
Glass Foundation
has been shortlisted for the Sustainable Resource
Use/New Technology category of the Biffaward Awards
2004 - the prestigious national environmental awards
ceremony, which will be held this year on 19th October
at The Wetland Centre, Barnes, London
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DuPont
decreased its releases and transfers of chemicals
listed in the Toxics Release Inventory by 3 percent
in 2002 compared to 2001, according to data provided
to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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A
new tool to help save the construction industry £100
million a year, and reduce the amount of waste material
they produce, was announced by Construction
Minister, Nigel Griffiths, on July 8th.
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Allglass & Glazing Ltd an Insulating Glass Unit
(IGU) manufacturer based in Somerset, has officially
achieved BS EN1279-2 Kitemark scheme for insulating
glass units using sealants from Bostik
Findley
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RegaLead
has teamed up with CEN
Solutions to help guide its customers through
the EN 1279 accreditation process
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Chiltern
Dynamics will treble capacity to test Insulating
Glass Units (IGUs) to EN 1279: Glass In Building –
Insulating Glass Units, Part 2, when a new custom-built
chamber is installed in the autumn.
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Back
to Reality with a Bump
They
say be careful what you wish for. Well, last week's comment about expecting
an avalanche of hard news after the 'Good News Only Week' appears to
have been prescient. We have some fighting talk from Eurocell in the
light of its court victory over Ultraframe and some fighting talk from
Ultraframe about its intention to appeal over its Four Seasons court
shocker in the USA. It all seems to be happening in the conservatory
roof market doesn't it?
GGF
Technical Officer
The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) seeks a Technical
Officer whose job will involve managing technical meetings, providing
technical advice on Building Regulations and Product Standards to GGF
Member’s and to represent the GGF at meetings and seminars.
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Ten
Human Resources has a number of new opportunities on its books this week,
including a position of Sales Manager / Director Designate for a major
window manufacturer in the North.
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For
the twelfth successive year Unitec Hardware Ltd
is hosting its annual Charity Golf Day, which this year is again at the
DeVere Carden Park, Cheshire, on the 17th September 2004.
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Swish
Building Products
will be exhibiting at Housebuilding 2004 (Stand M25). This event, which
is dedicated to private and social housing newbuild professionals, takes
place on 7th and 8th September 2004 at the Business Design Centre, Islington,
London.
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Whether
you are building from scratch, converting or extending a property or renovating
your family home, you will find all the products and services you need
all under one roof at the London Homebuilding
& Renovating Show.
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A garden design student has used Ultralite 500, Ultraframe’s
‘roof in a box®’ that can achieve the lowest roof pitch
attainable in a practical on-site situation, in an unusual way at this
year’s Hampton Court Palace flower show. The garden design was
a huge success and was awarded a silver medal from the Royal Horticultural
Society.
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Alcoa announced in August that
Amari Metals Ltd, one of Europe's
leading distributors of stainless steel, aluminum, brass, copper and
high value metals, named Alcoa-Köfém
Kft in Székesfehérvár, Hungary as its
'Supplier of the Year' for the second consecutive year.
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760
students at 194 European architect schools representing 34 countries
have registered for the new, biannual International
Velux Award, backed by an international jury counting renowned
architects.
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A
new guide to the company's water-based acrylic sealant for building
applications is available from Tremco.
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here:
Thousands
of items for the picture framing industry are included in Bohle
UK’s new 454-page catalogue – the only one
of its type in the UK. The catalogue is based on Bohle’s full-colour,
fully-priced format recently introduced for other parts of the company’s
extensive product range.
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here:
Customers of specialist in-line patio door manufacturer
Sliders UK now have access to
a new full colour retail brochure.
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here:
The British arm-wrestling champion in the 70 kilogram weight
category is tying in the strength of his right arm with the strength
of PVCu windows.
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Windows, fabricated by the Corby Windows
Group have appeared ’On The Box’ in a television
programme called ‘Our House’.
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B
& P Windows says membership of Ultraframe's Registered
Conservatory Installers scheme (URCIS) approved by the Guild of
Master Craftsmen guarantees a good service to the company's customers
and builds on its long reputation of trust.
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Following on from last year’s successful season, where they
won two cups as well as promotion to the Unibond Division 1, Eurocell
Profiles and Eurocell Building
Plastics are looking forward
to sponsoring Eastwood Town for this coming campaign.
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Portal
Products
is demonstrating its confidence in the performance of its Thermasure
wood grain panel with an industry promotion.
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As sales soar of Pilkington
Activ™, the self-cleaning glass, Pilkington has launched
Pilkington ProActiv™, a scheme designed to provide a range
of marketing and technical support services and materials to help
the trade at all levels to market and sell the product.
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The
Construction Products Association greeted
July 20th's review of the Ten Year Transport Plan with dismay.
Michael Ankers, Chief Executive, commented:
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The
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has awarded British
Glass £93,000 funding to lead a health and safety
improvement programme within SMEs in the glass sector.
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K2,
UK conservatory manufacturer, has hosted a series of lectures at Queens
University Belfast as part of the European Masters Course in Polymer
Processing
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The
highlights of this GTL Newsletter
include the news that the HSE has launched a new safety blitz. Also,
GTL is calling for entries for its Industry Awards to be presented
at the GTL AGM
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HW
Plastics' installer, L&L Installations
of Tewkesbury, is now well underway to getting fully back on its feet
after a serious fire eighteen months ago.
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Walsall-based
fabricator, Rapid Frame Ltd, is
to offer its retail customers Windowlink’s
Focus Plus and Vector Plus presentation and pricing software as part
of a new added value sales initiative.
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All Aboard the Princess for Glasstec
2004
With Glasstec 2004 fast approaching, make sure you've booked your accommodation
for the world's largest glass exhibition. As in previous years, Ritec
has put together an unbeatable travel deal for visitors to the Show,
which includes a luxury cabin aboard the River Princess hotelship.
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Glass
Seminars and Exhibition at the Building Centre
Throughout September, the internationally renowned London Building Centre
will play host to a month long event, dedicated to architectural glass
and associated products entitled ‘Glass Products in Practice’.
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GPD
China
The first Glass Processing Days
(GPD) China seminar was held recently in Peking, China.The event attracted
almost 200 glass processors from China and its neighbouring countries.
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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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Exhibition
Calendar
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for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world
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
More fines, meanwhile, this time for IMI, which has been landed with a whopping 45m euro fine for being part of a a plumbing fittings cartel from 1998-2001. Good news from Heywood Williams though, which reports a positive profit for the first six months of this year, against a loss for the same period last year. The group thinks it has turned the corner. The City appears to think otherwise with HW shares down 5.5 on the announcement.
Mind
you, the drop in HW's share price may just reflect the City's continuing
jitters about building industry stocks. Just to add to the general confusion,
Bovis Homes has just reported extremely healthy interims, saying that
it thinks the housing market is back on track after a temporary downturn.
You can just imagine brokers madly trying to sell their Bovis shares...
Tony Higgin, Publisher
tony@the-glazine.com
Latest
Version of Pilkington Activ Suncool™ Boosts Performance
Options
Pilkington
has now launched the latest high performance solar
control version of Pilkington Activ™, the self-cleaning
glass. Pilkington Activ Suncool™ HP 70/40 may
be installed in a wide range of commercial glazing
applications, and others such as glazed roofs and
covered walkways.
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on this Story]
Veka
Products Contribute to Major Facelift
for Chartist House
PVCu
screens and tilt turn windows manufactured
by extruder Veka plc have
played a large part in the transformation
of a 1970s housing block in Hyde,
Cheshire. Chartist House, owned
and run by New Charter Housing Trust
Group, has been undergoing major
refurbishment since October 2003.
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on this Story]
WE HAVE EMAIL...
Companies
Advertising 1.1 U Value are Misleading
I
am becoming increasingly concerned
about the number of adverts in the
trade press boasting windows that
offer installers a 1.1 u-value.
It’s misleading and irresponsible
to say the least.
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on this Story]
Ultraframe
Makes an Announcement re Four Seasons
'Ultraframe Plc reports that its
wholly owned business Four Seasons
has been the subject of an adverse
jury verdict in the State of Ohio,
USA. The case concerned a relatively
junior employee of Four Seasons
employed between December 2001 and
May 2002, who had previously been
employed by Patio Enclosures, the
claimant in this case.
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on this Story]
Eurocell has taken advice from its lawyers and would like to point out the following with regard to Ultraframe’s recent press statement. 'When we launched our Pinnacle 500 roofing system, it was in fact a competitive lean-to system, Eurocell did not, as Ultraframe’s statement reads, infringe design rights in the entire roof.
Heywood
Williams Interim Results Shows Group
Back in Black
Robert
Barr, Chief Executive of Heywood Williams
Group PLC, said: ‘The first half
of 2004 saw the successful implementation
of a substantial programme of change
designed to streamline and strengthen
the group. The group is now profitable
on an ongoing basis and we continue
to work towards delivering full year
expectations.
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on this Story]
IMI
Reports Postive First Half, But Warns
of PVC Price Impact and Makes No Provision
for Cartel Fine
IMI has reported positive results
the the first half of 2004, but while
it awaits the possibility of appeal,
has made no provision to offset the
massive fine imposed upon it by the
European Court last week.
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on this Story]
Bovis
Homes Announces Housing Market Back
to Normal with 46% Pre-Tax Profit
Rise
Bovis Homes Group has delivered excellent
results during the first half of 2004.
A substantial increase in pre tax
profits has been achieved, continuing
the strong momentum of the second
half of 2003. The market is
now showing signs of returning to
a more normal level of activity following
interest rate increases in recent
months.
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on this Story]
Style
Group Trading Profits More Than Double
Style
Group, the UK independent manufacturer
and supplier of PVCu windows and doors
has reported Group trading profits
of £5.7m for 2003 – more
than double the £2.7m reported
for the previous financial year.
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on this Story]
Rooftec
Switches to Global
Conservatory
roof fabricator, Bolton based Rooftec
fabricated a well respected system
for five years, but has now switched
to global. And after just three
months of taking on the new system,
fabrication has increased from 35
to 55 roofs per week.
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on this Story]
Network
Veka Expedition Launched with Surprise
Blessing from Dalai Lama
The
Network Veka 2004 Gobi-Kites Expedition
was launched with a last-minute
surprise when the team was told
the Dalai Lama had sent his personal
blessing for the expedition.
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on this Story]
New
Window Factory for Eurocell
Due
to be completed in early 2005, Eurocell Profiles
is well on the way to constructing a second
window extrusion plant adjacent to the company’s
Alfreton HQ. Connected to the existing Clover
Nook building by a ‘sky walkway’ the
new building will house some of the most modern
and efficient window profile extrusion machinery
in Europe.
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2004
Sales endorse UK Fasteners' Decision to Expand
its Range
Despite
reports of a flatter market so far this year
for some in the window industry, UK Fasteners
reports that its sales are well ahead.
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on this Story]
GM
Fundraising Gala Dinner SOLD OUT!
The
Glazing Industry’s social event of the
year, the GM Fundraising Gala Dinner, has
had to put up the ‘Sold Out’ sign,
six weeks before the event takes place on
9th October at the Palace Hotel in Manchester.
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on this Story]
Workloads
Up Again - Helped by Drive for Home Improvement,
says FMB
The results of the FMB's latest State of Trade survey
of the workloads of small and medium sized builders
(SMEs) appear to confirm that an Englishman's home
really is his castle. Eight out ten builders (81%)
reported that workloads in the second quarter of
2004 increased or remained the same.
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Emplas
Commits to Further Market Growth with Complete 70mm
Suite of Products
As
part of the company’s aim to expand its presence
in the commercial and trade markets, Northampton-based
fabricator Emplas Window Systems Ltd is now offering
windows and doors manufactured with the acclaimed
Profile 22 70mm fully integrated system.
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on this Story]
Super
Showroom Sales Aid from Newstead
Newstead
Trade Frames trade showroom is proving popular with
its customers. One enthusiast is customer First
Glass in Dursley, Gloucestershire; another is Central
Windows.
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on this Story]
KEB’s
tale of Profitmaker Benefits is no Fabrication
Four
years ago, Smethwick-based KEB Fabrications Ltd
committed to Profitmaker, the sales, production
and estimating software package designed specifically
for the window, door and conservatory industry.
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on this Story]
Exceldee:
Helping Build Ireland’s Growth
While
the ‘Celtic Tiger’ does not perhaps roar
quite so loudly these days, business in certain
key industries in Ireland is still booming. Window
manufacturing in Ireland is still doing well, and
helping sealed unit manufacturers to keep up with
demand is Oxfordshire based glass machinery manufacturer
Exceldee.
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on this Story]
The
Customer’s Always Right - But how do you Know
what they Really Think?
UAP
the supplier of decorative door furniture says that
it takes customer servicing very seriously indeed,
and this is endorsed by the company’s BSI status.
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on this Story]
New
World’s Apeer Operation
Expands to Meet Orders
New
World Developments
says that the
25% increase in turnover,
compared to last year, is
a demonstration that the
launch of the composite
doorset, Apeer, has been
a success. To help cope
with the extra demand thedoor
manufacturer has increased
its factory operatives by
20%.
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on this Story]
Shepley
Window Systems Ahead of
new Working Time Directive
The
new Working Time Directive
(WTD) comes into force in
2005, and will affect businesses
big and small. The Directive
will restrict the weekly
working time of ‘mobile
workers’, so any company
with a delivery network
in place will need to review
the hours its drivers are
working.
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on this Story]
Crystal
Clear with Culligan
System
3 has selected Culligan
International (UK), the
Telford based water treatment
specialist, to supply two
reverse osmosis water treatment
units to rinse glazing panels
with demineralised water,
prior to the production
of hermetically sealed double
glazed units.
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on this Story]
Alcoa
to Re-Start Idle Capacity
at Massena, NY Smelters;
Long-Term Power Contract
Needed
Alcoa
announced on August 25th
that it plans to re-start
the partial production it
idled at its two Massena,
New York smelters in April
2003.
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on this Story]
Solaglas
MSN launches ‘The Solaglas MSN Challenge
2004’
Eleven 23” flat screen Philips televisions,
each worth £1,300, are on offer in ‘The
Solaglas MSN Challenge 2004’, as well
as over 170 12-bottle crates of quality wines.
Each customer of the 19 participating Solaglas
MSN businesses, that qualifies to take part,
will automatically win a crate of wine if
they reach the target that they have been
set for purchases during the promotional period
of September to November 2004.
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