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11th January 2005
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House
builders and fabricators can take the hassle out of sourcing their
cavity closer requirements with Plaslyne's
straightforward and cost-effective Winfit ReadyMade service
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Architectural
aluminium systems company Metal Technology,
has launched a new curtain wall system, Latitude
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Here:
UK
window hardware manufacturer, Securistyle,
has launched the Vision offset espagnolette handle
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Here:
HansenGlass
offers FortPlus™ for high-risk areas such as roofs, atria,
commercial entrances, balustrading and squash courts
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A
new, sleek, rounded balustrade clamp shape, specifically designed
to support laminated glass is being marketed by Prefit
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Here:
Bystronic
- Lenhardt Technology has introduced an automatic desiccant
filling station to its product range
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Elumatec
has introduced a new bead saw that the company says is not only
the fastest and most accurate of its type currently on the market
but also includes a patented glass simulation system
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Here:
The
latest version of the EV470 CNC Corner & Transom Cleaner from
GTI has three phase motors fitted
as standard for all motorised machine moves including drilling &
routing motors
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Here:
Hodgson
Sealants waterproof and weather resistant adhesive tapes
are designed to give confidence in the most exacting bonding situations
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Here:
The
MGG range of high quality fittings for glass panels are now available
from Häfele UK
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Here:
Windowlink
has teamed up with Quantal Conservatory Roofing Systems
to develop VectorQ, a specially customised edition of its popular
Vector conservatory sales presentation package for Quantal’s
retail network
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West
Yorkshire Windows
has appointed John Olkiewicz as Production Manager of its Conservatory
Village division
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Here:
The
Laird Group PLC
announced that Mr. Martin L. Rapp was appointed to the Board as an
Executive Director with effect from 1st January 2005
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Here:
Hermann
Frey is the new Sales Director Europe North for Bystronic
within the field of architectural glass
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Here:
The
Heywood Williams Group has announced the appointment of
Paul Neilson as Managing Director of HW Plastics Ltd
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Here:
Steel
Window Association member, West Leigh
Ltd, has supplied and installed more than 250 windows
at the former Harrods Depository building in Knightsbridge
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Here:
Jet
fuel from aircraft using Luton Airport has added to the usual
residue from trains making the glass at Thameslink’s Luton
Airport Parkway station extremely dirty. A solution has been found
with the ClearShield system from Ritec
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Heritage
Glass Group
has completed a large commercial project for a prestigious Shropshire
school, a project that took the month of August to complete
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Fabricators
Insight Architectural Glazing
called upon the expertise of Senior Aluminium
Systems for a new office development at Stone Hill
Park
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Here:
Sheerframe
sash windows have been used for a technically demanding window
replacement project on a Grade II listed school building
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Here:
Black
aluminium windows from Beaufort Secure
Design have replaced timber frames as part of an upgrade
programme at Orpington Hospital in Kent
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Here:
The
exacting specification of a prestigious riverside development
near Kew Gardens includes high performance PVCu doors and windows
from the Duraflex Diamond
Suite
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Here:
Tailormade
Windows and Conservatories
of Stoke-On-Trent recently came to the aid of an elderly disabled
grandmother in the local town of Crewe
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Here:
GM
Fundraising’s
bid to raise £120,000 for the Hope House Hospice for children
has received a massive financial boost following the recent GMF
Gala Dinner, held at the Palace Hotel, Manchester
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Here:
Bohle
has recently redesigned its on-line shop to incorporate the
new design concepts currently being rolled out in the company's
catalogues and advertisments
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Here:
Home
improvement specialist, eBuilders,
has launched a comprehensive online guide to specialist air
conditioning suppliers across the UK
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Here:
UK
solar company solarcentury and Lambeth
Council recently celebrated the launch of the first local authority-housing
scheme in the UK to benefit from a fully integrated solar tiled roof generating
clean electricity
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'Too
many different schemes could be diluting the overall waste and recycling
effort in the UK.' This was the European perspective on waste and recycling
in the UK given at the fifth Waste Action Forum
held in Barnsley
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Here:
A
UK-led consortium is developing a process to extract brominated flame
retardants (BFRs) from waste plastics to leave an 'acceptable' level in
the plastic for recycling
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Alcoa
announced on September 10th the start of an environmental impact
assessment under terms of reference established by the Trinidad
and Tobago Environmental Authority (EMA) for a potential aluminum
smelter at LaBrea, located in southwest Trinidad
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TruSeal
Technologies’
warm-edge flexible spacer system DuraSeal™, dual sealed with
polysulphide, has passed the requirements outlined by European testing
standards EN1279-2, 3 and 6 according to the final report by Dutch
test institute TNO-TPD
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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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Here:
RegaLead
has teamed up with CEN Solutions
to help guide its customers through the EN 1279 accreditation
process
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Here:
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.
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The
construction industry adopts a consistent approach to calculating
the U-values of curtain walling according to Derek Hodgson,
technical manager for Senior Aluminium Systems, chairman of
the technical committee for the Council for Aluminium in Building
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here:
The
consultation period for amendments to Building Regulations
part L is now closed, so what are the likely outcomes for
future legislation? The BFRC Window Energy Rating system is
now unlikely to be included in its proposed form
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here:
Features
now archived include:
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
Banking
on the USA
Better
news for Ultraframe this week, with indications that the US based retail
business is beginning to bear fruit (no wonder K2 has followed suit,
which we also cover below). However, the US has been a rocky road -
with a court appeal on the cards and a terrible dollar rate to contend
with. And there still remains the thorny problem of UK profitability:
while Ultraframe's overall sales were only down
15%, profitability was down a whopping 87%, although the firm stuck
by its proposed dividend.
Operations/Contracts
Manager
As
a leading manufacturer and installer of windows and doors to the social
housing sector, KEB Fabrications
is seeking a dynamic and experienced individual to develop new strategies,
secure additional business and coordinate existing contracts.
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Group
Operations Director Designate
PBM-DQS
is one of the largest independent distributors of low-maintenance building
products in the UK. Since 1988, PBM-DQS has grown to incorporate over
30 branches nationwide and now requires a Group Operations Director
Designate.
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Business
Development Manager
Founded
6 years ago in Rotherham, County Systems
has grown its reputation as a premier trade fabricator of the market
leading Ultraframe roofing system.
To
capitalise on its expansion and to drive sales forward a Business Development
Manager is now needed.
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Total Glass has received
the 'Best Business of the year award for 2004' from Knowsley Metropolitan
Borough Enterprise Awards.
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PR and marketing specialist Michael
Rigby Associates (MRA) was announced Agency of the
Year in The Construction Marketing Awards 2004.
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Here:
The importance of promoting sound business practice for the future
is recognised by Ritec International
through the sponsorship of an annual student award.
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Here:
For
the launch of Elite 63 HW Plastics
has designed a range of promotional items that are 'interesting,
relevant, practical and entertaining'.
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Here:
Solaglas MSN
has announced that sixty-three of the companies participating
in the Solaglas MSN Challenge 2004 qualified to win prizes
by achieving their targets for glass purchases.
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'There's
no such thing as a free lunch', so the saying goes. Oh yes
there is, according to Portal Products
which is inviting customers and prospects to drop in for a
factory tour and a bite to eat.
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Here:
Howarth
Timber and Building Supplies
has run a national Ultraframe Conservatory Roadshow at each
of its 23 branches.
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Here:
The
British Plastics Federation Windows Group (BPFWG) has
recently launched updated versions of two of its most popular
publications.
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here:
Pilkington
has designed a new brochure, which highlights its complete architectural
product offering and specifically the recent additions to the
new solar control Pilkington Suncool™ HP range.
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here:
Freefoam
has introduced a range of new Product Information Sheets which
are available for customers and others with specific product enquiries.
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here:
The
total volume of construction output in the year to the third quarter
of 2004 rose by four per cent compared to the previous year. Overall
new work rose over the same period, despite a decrease in the
infrastructure sector.
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here:
The
joint DTI/ONS review of construction
output statistics was published 1st December 2004. This review
was established in October 2003 in response to a revision to construction
output that led to a large revision to the estimate of GDP growth
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here:
Thirty
team Leaders from L.B. Plastics Ltd have
shown just how valuable their years of vocational experience is after
successfully passing the renowned lnstitute of Learning and Management's
qualification.
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Here:
The
Ultraframe technical support
team offers all Ultraframe fabricators, suppliers and installers specialist
training at its School of Excellence.
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Here:
Partnership,
professionalism and passion were the themes underlying the fourth
Masterframe Bygone Preferred Installers
(BPI) network conference.
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Here:
The
award for Best Safety Initiative at the Glass Charter Health &
Safety Awards 2004 was won by Darby Glass,
in recognition of the introduction of emergency flipcharts around
its factories that explain quickly what should be done in the case
of most emergencies.
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Here:
A
European Construction Safety Summit
took place on 22nd November 2004 at Euskalduna Conference Centre in
Bilbao, Spain, marking the closing of this year's European Week on
Safety and Health at Work.
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The
2004 Ideal Homes Exhibition held at Bournemouth International Centre
in early September was the second year that Dorset based installer
Orchard Roofing has exhibited
the benefits of SRA.
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Here:
Eurocell
Building Plastics
has recently held two golf days. Firstly the company’s southeast
division staff competed at the prestigious Lingfield Park Course in
Surrey. Hawkstone Park was the setting for the Annual Marshall-Tufflex,
Eurocell Building Plastics Midlands Golf Day.
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Now
in its 10th year, one of the industry’s premier sporting events,
the Unitec Hardware Ltd Charity
Golf Challenge, was held once again at the De Vere Carden Park in
Cheshire.
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Masterframe
Latest to Back the Glassex Challenge
The growing list of big industry names that have signed up to sponsor
the Glassex Challenge now includes the sash window fabricator Masterframe
Windows Ltd.
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on this Story]
Interbuild
2006: New Owners, New Show
Major changes have taken place since Interbuild 2004 as control of the
event switches entirely into the hands of Emap Construct.
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on this Story]
GlassBuild
America Announces Autumn Dates
The National Glass Association (NGA) has announced that its trade show,
GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo, will now be permanently
moving to the autumn beginning in 2005.
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on this Story]
Locks
& Fittings get Separate Area at BAU 2005
Locks and fittings nowadays do much more than just their original function.
They have become multi-functional high-tech products that fulfil a wide
range of requirements. With these developments in mind, a separate section
is now going to be devoted to these products at BAU 2005 in Munich 17-22
January 2005.
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on this Story]
25
Years of Glassex
Glassex celebrates its Silver Anniversary by offering an array of events,
competitions, business seminars and of course, more than 150 of the
glazing industry’s top suppliers, in the most comprehensive programme
ever seen at the event.
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on this Story]
'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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Exhibition
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Fabricator Finestral Windows
and Conservatories says that it has built a credible
reputation for quality over the last 23 years. It recently experienced
an exceptionally high number of orders and had to make a decision
to invest heavily in expanding its manufacturing capacity or to
outsource.
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Here:
Earlier this year North East company - Regency
Windows Ltd of Sunderland, opened a new showroom which
displays a wide range of conservatory styles with all of the conservatories
featuring roof systems from Newdawn & Sun Ltd.
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The outlook for Ultraframe shareholders may be bleaker in 2005 as the company returns to its stated policy to pay a full year dividend that is around twice covered by earnings before goodwill amortisation and exceptional items. To cap it all, the hugely expensive court case with the Burnden Group/K2 is now in full flow and haemhorraging money at a frightening rate.
All
this pales into insignificance of course in the light of the terrible
disaster which has devastated huge areas of Indonesia, Thailand and
Sri Lanka. We feature below a way in which you can recycle old mobiles
and used printer cartridges in a way which will directly assist the
tsunami relief effort. See here
or below.
Finally, apologies for featuring a Project of the Week which is over
150 years old, but the pictures of The Crystal Palace - only recently
in the public domain - are surely worth making an exception for. See
here
or below.
Happy
New Year from The B2BZine Team:
Richard and Debbie Schwarz
news@the-glazine.com
New
Window System with Style and Performance
A
new high performance window system, Samson,
has been launched by specialist building component
supplier Octaveward. Using a pultruded glass/polyester
composite, the company says 'the windows offer
more choice of colours than PVCu and the freedom
from maintenance of architectural aluminium.'
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on this Product]
Rare
Photographs of Crystal Palace Taken in 1859 made Available
A
set of 47 rare photographs of Crystal Palace taken in
1859 have been made available online by English Heritage
and the London Development Agency to mark the 150th
anniversary of the Palace’s re-opening in Sydenham
in 1854. The pictures display the grandeur and beauty
of Crystal Palace almost 70 years after it was burnt
down.
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on this Project]
Insolvencies,
Winding up Orders, Petitions and Creditors' Meetings
Some
familiar names from the glass, window and conservatory
markets turn up in this week’s look at recent Notices
from the Company Courts: Abbseal Limited, Sapphire Windows
& Conservatories Limited, Garden View Conservatories
Limited, E C Windows Limited, Sapphire Glazing (UK)
Limited, Inter Curves Limited, Towercove Windows Limited,
Tailormade (PVCu) Limited, Majestic Conservatories and
Windows Limited, Universal North West Limited, to name
but a few.
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U.S.
Begins to Pay Dividends for Ultraframe
Ultraframe
Plc, the specialist designer of conservatory systems
in Europe and North America, recently announced
preliminary results for the 53 weeks ended 1st
October 2004 (2003: 52 weeks). Results include
prudent provision for an exceptional item of £5.3m,
charged in respect of the US litigation announced
on 3rd September.
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on this Story]
Help
the Tsunami Victims with your Old Mobile!
Victims in tsunami-stricken areas are set to receive
a helping hand through the recycling of old mobile
phones and printer cartridges. The recent earthquake
off the coast of Sumatra has led to an estimated
150,000 deaths, with thousands more injured or
forced to flee their homes - and leading recycling
company Eurosource has launched a nationwide appeal
to help.
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on this Story]
Laird
Trading Update points to Positive 2004
The Laird Group PLC recently issued a Trading
Update prior to the end of its financial year
on 31st December 2004. Results for the year
are expected to be in line with market estimates,
giving another year of strong earnings growth
despite the adverse translation effects of exchange
rate movements and the impact of higher commodity
prices.
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on this Story]
End
of an Era for Silver End Site
as Laird Shifts Production
Laird
Security Hardware has announced
that it is undergoing a process
of restructuring its manufacturing
facilities by switching the
majority of the remaining
production processes for window
products from Essex to other
factories in the UK and overseas.
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on this Story]
The
Writing’s in the Sand ...and it Wins £12,000
Dream Wedding
Proposing
to his girlfriend in 20-foot-high letters on a sandy
beach was not just a truly romantic gesture by Kömmerling
fabricator Alexander Windows’ commercial and
trade sales manager Russell Palmer - it won the
happy couple a £12,000 dream wedding.
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on this Story]
Sunroom
Partnership Sheds Light on Bright Future for K2 USA
K2
USA has completed a private label distribution deal
that the company is heralding as ‘one of the
biggest breakthroughs for conservatory products in
the American market.’ The deal involves a partnership
with one of America’s largest sunroom manufacturers,
Patio Enclosures Inc
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on this Story]
Carlyle
Group and Advent to Acquire HT Troplast
from Ruetgers
Global
private equity groups The Carlyle
Group and Advent International recently
announced an agreement to acquire
HT Troplast AG, a diversified plastics
manufacturer, from Ruetgers AG.
Financial details were not disclosed.
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on this Story]
Specifiers
Want More Product than Price
After
a slow start compared with some
industries, the internet is
being used more and more in
the window industry. More window
companies are surfing the web
to find the product they want,
before approaching suppliers.
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on this Story]
Solaglas
Portsmouth Expands for the Total
Future
Solaglas Portsmouth has recognised
that the demand for soft coat
glasses in double glazed units
is rapidly increasing. A 13000
sq ft extension to the existing
factory has significantly increased,
the glass processing, toughening,
and glass distribution activities
on the site.
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on this Story]
Burles
Group plc Acquires Masterglaze
Trade Centres
Masterglaze,
the chain of Trade Centres with
branches at Swansea, Cardiff and
Yeovil has been acquired by the
Burles Group. This move is part
of the Burles Group’s strategic
development of its Trade Counter
business and builds on the success
of its Abercarn ‘Factory
Outlet’ operation.
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on this Story]
Recycling
DVD Hits the Mark with Local Authorities
Over
one third of all English local
authorities have requested free
copies of a glass recycling and
reprocessing film, produced by
Bankit, since its launch in October
2004.
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on this Story]
Glass
UK Goes Down Under for the Perfect
Colour Solution
Glass
UK, a manufacturer of toughened,
oversized laminated double-glazed
engineered glass solutions, has
secured sole UK rights to an Australian
glass colouring process which the
company says redefines choice, price
and durability.
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on this Story]
Glass
and Windows Alliance (GWA) Formed
at glasstec
The
Glass and Windows Alliance (GWA)
was introduced to the public at
glasstec 2004. The four founders
have long been established on the
market. All of them are global players
who have been cooperating in varying
constellations for some time:
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Ensure
Door Closers are CE Marked Advises
DHF
The
Door & Hardware Federation (DHF)
is urging architects, specifiers
and contractors to insist that all
door closing devices they specify
carry the CE mark.
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on this Story]
Abloy
Security Updates on 2004 Achievements
Abloy
Security launched new products in
2004, including the DIN electric lock
range and the high performance effeff®
351. In addition, some internal restructuring
took place, and December saw the appointment
of Neil Tilsley, Director of Sales
and Marketing.
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on this Story]
Alcan
Proposes Restructuring at Nine European
Sites
Alcan
Inc. recentlyannounced that it has
begun consultations with employee
representatives on a proposed restructuring
involving nine of its European sites.
This intended measure is a result
of changing market conditions and
business realities.
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on this Story]
Dorma
Reports Rise of over 65% in Earnings
before Tax
Door
closer technology specialist, Dorma,
succeeded in increasing earnings before
taxes (EBT) for fiscal 2003/04 (June
30th) by 65.3 % to €45.8 million
(previous year: €27.7 million).
This was announced in Düsseldorf
by Dorma CEO Dr. Michael Schädlich.
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on this Story]
New
Commercial Flyscreens Line for 2005
Windowscreens
UK of Upminster, Essex has announced
the introduction of a new proprietary
Commercial Flyscreens line for windows
and doors. This new line complements
the company's Residential Flyscreens
line.
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on this Story]
Assa
Abloy Acquires Leading Lock
Company in South Korea
Lock
group, Assa Abloy, has signed
an agreement to acquire BEST
Metaline, one of South Korea's
leading companies in commercial
architectural hardware. Through
this acquisition Assa Abloy
makes its market entry into
South Korea.
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on this Story]
Groupco
and Fuhr: A Secure Partnership
The
hardware industry can claim
few partnerships as long and
successful as the one between
independent UK distributor Groupco
and German manufacturer, Carl
Fuhr. Groupco is Fuhr's biggest
customer worldwide and the two
companies have worked together
for over 40 years.
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on this Story]
Alcoa
Receives Approvals from Russia
to Acquire Fabricating Facilities
from Rusal
Alcoa
announced on December 31st that
it has received final approvals
from the Government of the Russian
Federation to proceed with its
purchase of Rusal's controlling
interests in two fabricating
facilities in Samara and Belaya
Kalitva in the Russian Federation.
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on this Story]
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