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1st March 2005
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Bohle
has developed its own portable drill station for diamond drills.
The highly versatile Pico Drill 100 can be used either on site or
in the workshop
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Stuga
has just launched a new version of the Ecoline prepping centre.
The Ecoline-S is based on the popular Ecoline-1 prepping centre
but has the addition of laser measuring to increase accuracy, reliability
and output
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Here:
Fabricators
using Schüco’s Corona
PVC-U window and door system can now offer their customers an even
wider choice of finishes thanks to the company’s introduction
of eight new laminated foil options
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Here:
Indigo
Products
has upgraded its range of hardware and door furniture in order to
offer its customers more choice and improved security
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Here:
Independent
hardware distributor, Wagner,
has added the 2GBA Door Defender door security device to its product
portfolio
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Here:
Yorkshire
based window, door and conservatory manufacturer Sash
UK Ltd has added PVCu decking and fencing to its Fitrite
stable of products
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The
latest addition to Mila’s
Evolution range of high specification products is the Evolution
Duo Cam espagnolette
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Here:
With
‘Europe’, Bohle is
introducing to the market the first series of shower door hinges
originating from Bohle's own development and production
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Here:
Everwhite
Plastics Ltd
has added a new 30mm D section to its product range which is 5mm
wider than the standard
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Here:
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Duraflex
employee, Rich Holder, has worked his way up through the
ranks to become the company’s new Warehouse and Distribution
Manager
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Here:
Social
housing fenestration specialist KEB Fabrications
has announced the appointment of Sarah Rudderham as National Sales
Manager
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Here:
Paul
Tranter has returned to Sierra Windows
as National Sales Manager
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Here:
M.
Shawn Puccio has been named Vice President-Finance by Saint-Gobain
Corporation, effective February 1st, 2005. She was previously
the company's Vice President, Internal Control Services
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Here:
Maco
announces the retirement of its Area Sales Manager for Scotland,
Bob Gallie
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Here:
Pilkington
Optitherm™ glass has been used to stunning effect at the
Royals Business Park, recently completed at the Royal Albert Dock,
London
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Here:
Pupils
and staff at a school in Keighley are feeling the benefit of replacement
windows fabricated from the Duraflex
Featured Suite by Bolton-based Pearl Window Systems
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Here:
Patio
doors from Beaufort’s
aluminium range are meeting the aesthetic and performance demands
of two prestigious inner city projects
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Here:
The
installation of the system on the Stena Seafarer in A & Ps’
yard at Birkenhead recently was the 80th vessel to be equipped
since the launch of the Kleentec
Bridge Window Safety System
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Here:
A
19.7 metre long Marvault RL
double skin clear polycarbonate barrel vault rooflight has been
installed in anew Education Centre in Shrewsbury
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Here:
Center
Parcs, Sherwood Forest, has chosen to install over 6,000 Titon
handles in its guest apartments and villas, in an initiative to
improve security for the village's accommodation
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Here:
Guests
at the Herriot Hotel in Skipton, North Yorkshire, can now enjoy
their tea and coffee in the hotel’s beautiful new conservatory
extension created by Ultraframe
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Here:
A
new hotel development currently being built at Butlins’ popular
Bognor Regis holiday resort will feature around 1500 square metres
of Pilkington Activ™
self-cleaning glass
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Here:
Woodstreet
Builders
has chosen Lister Trade Frames of Stoke on Trent as partners for
all the company's windows, doors, building plastics and conservatory
needs
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Here:
Birmingham
Children's Hospital is £635 better off, thanks to the Network
VEKA member the Goliath Group
and its MD Steve Hancox
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Here:
Michael
Fish, 38 year old production manager for Newlook
Windows in Rochdale, at 5.15am on the 31st January
2005 reached the summit of Kilimanjaro, Africas highest mountain
at over 19,300ft to raise money for Scope
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Here:
A
seriously disabled Camborne girl will get the vital extra living
space her family has been campaigning for - after Planet
Devon stepped in to end their ordeal
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Here:
Midlands
based KEB Fabrications
has launched a new website to provide information on the company
and the markets it serves
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Here:
GRP
composite door and PVC panel manufacturer New
World Developments is now recording over 50,000
hits per month for its on-line ordering service and product
catalogue
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Here:
SynergeBuild,
the e-commerce ordering system from Deceuninck, has updated
its image with a new look website
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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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Here:
Recycling
education, economics and sustainability will be the focus of the next
Waste Action Forum, being held on
16th and 17th March 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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Here:
The
environmental benefits that door company Lindman
has always claimed for its composite doors are confirmed
by a new report – the Green Guide to Composites – published
by the Building Research Establishment
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Here:
Kaba
has developed a Sustainability Charta to demonstrate the great importance
that the Group attaches to sustainability
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Here:
Edgetech's
new
Super Spacer® TriSeal™ with TrueWARM®
NO-Metal technology, triple sealed with polyisobutylene and silicone,
has passed the requirements outlined by European testing standards
EN1279-3
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Here:
Truseal's
Insuledge™, 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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Here:
Ray
Rabett, Technical Manager for Masterframe
Windows Ltd, comments on the predicament: ‘When
– not if - the government fails to deliver on its Kyoto
protocol commitments, a further tightening of the legislation
is inevitable
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here:
If
the government’s proposed new Part L2 regulations on
thermal performance are to be completely effective, it is
essential the construction industry adopts a consistent approach
to calculating the U-values of curtain walling
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here:
Countdown
to Glassex 2005
In
its 25th year, Glassex seems destined to carry on forever by continuing
to reinvent itself, or rather by matching - and sometimes pre-empting
- market trends. Over the years the focus of the show has changed many
times, in the early 80s it was dominated by sealant technology for the
emerging i.g. market; then it was the turn of the PVC-U profile and
conservatory roof sectors. In recent years, the focus has moved downstream
to represent the fabricating sector, while, as always, providing a launchpad
for new products from the glass, machinery and hardware markets.
Project
Manager
AB Glass is a fast growing Kawneer (Alcoa) dealer based in Swansea,
South Wales. Due to increased demand for the company’s products
an opportunity has emerged for a talented Projects Manager / Administrator
based at our Swansea office.
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Glass
Line Production Manager
Founded
in 1998 Futura Frames has grown a reputation as leading trade fabricator
of uPVC Windows and Doors. We are expanding our product portfolio
to include the manufacture of Double Glazed units from August 2005
and require a Production Manager and Cutting Operatives.
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Here:
Exhibition
Calendar
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for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world.
UPDATED!!
Nanogel® translucent aerogel, Cabot
Corporation's daylighting material that combines high
light transmission with energy efficiency and sound insulation,
was named ‘Best Innovative Product for Energy Savings’
at Bau 2005.
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In
this month's What's New section of the BBA
website there are details of the first company to be successfully
assessed by ELECSA under the Competent Persons arrangements as
outlined in the new Building Regulations Part P.
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Here:
Network
Veka members Colin and Liz Richmond knew they had to
miss the group’s annual awards ceremony to be at their son’s
wedding in London – but they didn’t know they were due
to win the top Customer Satisfaction trophy.
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Here:
Pilkington
Building Products - UK, has designed a special
range of sales support materials to support the Pilkington
Texture Glass range.
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here:
Homeowners
around Plymouth are left in no doubt who their local Network
Veka member is, thanks to this service bus commissioned
by Stormseal South West.
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here:
To
celebrate its success, Saint-Gobain
Glass UK will mark the occasion by offering a bottle
of Champagne to all its SGG PLANITHERM® customers
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here:
GAP,
roofline stockist and door panel manufacturer, has a new sharp
branded 3D image on its entire fleet of 31 delivery vehicles.
More
here:
Deceuninck
has introduced a new literature insert to support the company’s
popular 2800 decorative suite.
More
here:
Ebor
Equipment Ltd. has released its latest 56-page catalogue,
which has been created specifically for the glass industry.
More
here:
Following the launch earlier this year of the Pilkington
ProActiv™ on-line scheme, designed to help the
trade at all levels to market and sell the world’s first
self-cleaning glass, Pilkington has now introduced a free Welcome
Pack.
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here:
The Glass fittings section of the forthcoming 2005/06 Architectural
Ironmongery catalogue is now available free of charge on CD-ROM
from Hafele.
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here:
Persimmon
PLC,
the UK's largest housebuilder said it is seeing a marked upturn
in demand in 2005 after it reported results in line with expectations
for 2004.
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here:
Bovis
Homes Group PLC
issued the following update on trading ahead of reporting the
Group’s preliminary results for the year ended 31st December
2004, on Monday 14th March 2005.
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here:
L.B.
Plastics has ensured its key customer service staff have
up to the minute knowledge of the latest Sheerframe conservatory developments
by providing its team of area sales managers with a special technical
seminar.
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Here:
The
potentially complex process oflearning how to build a different conservatory
roof system is being simplified, following major investment by Aztec
Conservatory Roof Systems.
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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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Tampere,
Finland, is the destination, Friday June 17th – Monday 20th 2005
is the time, for the this year's biennial GPD
Conference & Glass Product Exhibition Workshops.
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Here:
Glass
Processing & Technology (GP&T) exhibition is set
to provide a further boost for the flat glass industry when it takes
place at the NEC Birmingham UK on 17th, 18th and 19th May 2005.
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Here:
The
second Frontal Window Exhibition,
the Russian exhibition organised by Fensterbau, Germany, was held
in the new exhibition complex in Moscow this January.
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Here:
The
choice of window system is absolutely crucial to a successful commercial
fabricating operation, according to Keighley-based Euro
Windows.
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Here:
As one of Status Systems'
longest serving accounts, D & G Windows
was the first customer to fully convert production over to zendow®
five months ago. Since then, the Lancashire based fabricator has seen
a significant increase in business, particularly installing zendow®
into older properties.
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Here:
G
05 Awards Announced
Following the reintroduction of the G-Awards to the industry calendar,
the date for the G 05 Awards Presentation Gala Dinner has been announced.
The event will take place at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole, NEC Complex
on June 10th 2005 and will be held once more in conjunction with the
GGF Annual Convention.
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GP&T
goes Live!
The Advance Visitor Registration Hotline has now gone live for The
Glass Processing & Technology Exhibition (GP&T), the successful
new exhibition and conference dedicated to UK flat glass professionals,
which is set to take place at the NEC this May (17th – 19th May
2005).
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on this Story]
Masterframe
Backs 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 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]
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]
Exhibition
Calendar
Go
Here:
for upcoming exhibitions in the UK and the rest of the world.
UPDATED!!
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
A more recent trend, however, suggests that Glassex is becoming more than just a collection of exhibition stands. Increasingly, visitors are expecting a more rounded event, with seminars offering useful information on the hot topics of the day and competitions which show products in action.
As
well as
our Glassex
Preview with a full exhibitors' list, together with stand numbers
and contact names and links to further information, this week we publish
details of all Seminars,
including an interesting new item on Social
Housing, and a Newsletter
detailing some of the new product launches at the show. Please feel
free to send in information if you are a late exhibitor (to news@the-glazine.com).
The Gl@zine, by the way, will be exhibiting on stand D90, so we hope
to see you there.
The
B2BZine Team:
Richard and Debbie Schwarz
news@the-glazine.com
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
G-span
- The New Frameless Structural Glass System
for Buildings
G-span
Limited, the structural glass division of
James Pricehas, following a 12 month design,
development and testing programme, introduced
a new frameless structural glazing system.
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on this Product]
Paul
Andreu’s Shanghai Oriental Art Centre uses DuPont
SentryGlas for 'Magical' Facades
In
the newly-opened Shanghai Oriental Art Centre, China
(completion: December 2004) architect Paul Andreu of
Paris has created a building that is 'bright and transparent
as if by magic' in the words of the architect. However,
like the best architectural magic, the building’s
foundations are rooted in meticulous engineering.
[More
on this Project]
Pilkington
Signs Up FGI
Float
Glass Industries (FGI) has been appointed as one of
the few independent stockists of the full range of
Pilkington Fire Resistant Glass in the UK. Already
a supplier of Pyroshield wired glass, FGI will stock
the complete suite of clear Pilkington Fire Resistant
Glass products from 1st March 05, which includes Pyrostop,
Pyrodur and Pyrodur Plus.
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on this Story]
New
Business Win for Deceuninck
New
fabricator, Elite Double Glazing Limited, has recently
signed up with Deceuninck to manufacture the company’s
3000 Series. During the start-up period, Deceuninck
management and technical teams have been providing
support and advice on the manufacturing process while
ensuring the new fabricating equipment is up and running.
[More
on this Story]
Pilkington
Co-operates With European Commission Inspection
Pilkington
plc confirms that European Commission officials visited
a number of Pilkington company locations in Europe
on 22nd and 23rd February, with authorisation to inspect
documents, under Article 20(4) of Council Regulation
1/2003, in connection with alleged infringements within
the European glass industry of Article 81 of the Treaty
of Rome.
[More
on this Story]
New
Direction for Alan Fielder as he Joins aluplast
aluplast (UK) Limited announces the appointment of
Alan Fielder to the role of Commercial Director. Alan
is a popular and well known industry face with over
20 years industry experience in many sectors at many
levels, including a recent stint at Wendland.
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on this Story]
Advantage
Experiencing Highest Ever Order Books
Advantage
Windows and Conservatories Ltd, the Cheshire based
trade fabricator is on the expansion trail. A new
26,000 ft2 factory unit is now fully operational and
is providing the extra capacity needed to take window
production to over 2,500 frames per week and roof
production to over 100 roofs per week.
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on this Story]
Synseal’s
Chairman is a Top Industry Entrepreneur
Management
Today’s Top 100 Entrepreneurs List includes Gary
Dutton, Chairman of Synseal, as a top Industry Entrepreneur.
The January edition of Management Today ranked Gary
23rd based turnover growth of 200% in five years.
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on this Story]
Abcell
Changes to Synseal’s Global Roof
Abcell
Ltd has just announced it has switched to Synseal Extrusion
Ltd’s Global conservatory roof. Abcell’s Sales
and Marketing Manager Mark Davies explains: ‘In
a short space of time the Global roof system has made
a dramatic impact on the conservatory roof market.
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on this Story]
Triple
K turns to Ultraframe
New
fabricator Triple K, based in Weston Super Mare,
has chosen to sign up with Ultraframe to fabricate
the company's roofing systems. Founded only nine
months ago, Triple K is proving to be an ambitious
conservatory roofing fabricator.
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on this Story]
Restructuring
Brings out the Best at Ebor
During
the past three years, Ebor Equipment has undertaken
major strategic and organisational changes,
which the company says have created a more dynamic
business proposition for its customers and its
suppliers.
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on this Story]
TruSeal
Technologies, Inc. Announces Relationship with
Tremco Ltd
TruSeal
Technologies, Inc., a specialist in warm edge
spacer systems for insulating glass (IG), recently
announced that it has entered into a distributor
relationship with Tremco Ltd.
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on this Story]
L.B.
Plastics Achieves Near Perfect Delivery Record
L.B.
Plastics, the UK-based manufacturer of the Sheerframe
window and door system, has achieved complete
on-time deliveries for its range of 9,000+ products
on 99% of occasions over the past 18 months.
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on this Story]
Everglade
Perfects Heritage Window -
but What Should it be Called?
Strict
heritage and conservation
requirements by the London
Borough of Brent have led
to the evolution of a PVC-U
window by Kömmerling
fabricator Everglade Windows.
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on this Story]
Everwhite
Invests £2m in New Plant,
Tooling and People over Last 18
Months
In
the last 18 months Everwhite Plastics
Ltd has invested £2 million
in a new plant, tooling, and new
people. ‘We have invested in
the space, infrastructure and capacity
to be precise – to deliver
what you order, on time, every time.
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on this Story]
Freefoam
Stocks Churchley's New Branch
Freefoam
Plastics, manufacturer of lead-free
PVC Roofline and Rainwater systems,
reports that Churchley Building
Plastics recently opened its
fourth branch in Burgess Hill,
Sussex.
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on this Story]
Listers
is First to Invest In Excellence
Lister
Trade Frames has enrolled on
the Investors in Excellence
Accreditation programme (IiE),
claiming that it has become
the first in the industry to
do so in the Midlands.
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on this Story]
BPF
Countdown to Chinaplas 2005
British
companies wanting to exhibit at
Chinaplas 2005 are urged to use
the BPF’s well recognised
Export Support Service as the
show is now virtually full.
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on this Story]
Hunter
Douglas Acquires Century Blinds,
U.S.A.
Hunter
Douglas, the window coverings
specialist has, through its Turnils'
affiliate, acquired Century Blinds,
a Southern California based fabricator
of window coverings and interior
shutter products.
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on this Story]
HEWI
Strengthens its Management Team
The
past few years have seen HEWI
concentrating its activities clearly
on cost cutting and restructuring.
HEWI has now brought this phase
to a close by appointing two new
directors.
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on this Story]
Schott
Expects Marked Increase in Profitability
for 2004/2005 Fiscal Year
International
technology group Schott returned
to profitability during the past
fiscal year 2003/2004 ending September
30th. The company is again expecting
a significant profit growth for
the 2004/2005 fiscal year.
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on this Story]
Good
End to a Strong Year for Assa Abloy
'2004
was a good year for Assa Abloy and
well in line with our long-term
plan,' says President and CEO Bo
Dankis. 'The fourth quarter shows
clear differences between local
lock markets. The important American
market is continuing to improve
while the markets in the United
Kingdom and Italy weakened sharply.'
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on this Story]
Alcoa
Named 'Most Admired' Metals Company
by FORTUNE Magazine
Alcoa
has been named one of FORTUNE magazine's
'Most Admired Companies in America'
in the leading business publication's
annual ranking.
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on this Story]
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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Here:
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