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Email News for the Glass, Glazing and Fenestration Industries
12th April 2005
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Darby
Glass has introduced Roof-Glas, a high performance
double glazed unit aimed at the premium rate conservatory
roof market launched in response to the expected extension
of energy efficiency legislation to conservatories
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Here:
Pilkington
has announced that the latest addition to its Pilkington Planar™
range is the most impressive yet, Pilkington Planar™
Triple
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Here:
As
part of its ongoing product development programme, K2
is planning the launch of three new products to enhance its
range
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Here:
Manufacturer
of PVCu doors and windows, Sash UK
Ltd, has introduced a new range of locks as standard
on all doors
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Here:
Glasstec
2004 was the venue for the successful launch of the
For.El fully automated Super Spacer® applicator
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Here:
GBW
Doors, specialist in composite doors, has announced
the company’s new addition to the Discovery door range
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Here:
Sunroom,
by Ultraframe gives installers
the flexibility to create contemporary conservatory styles
on almost any site while offering exemplary thermal performance
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Here:
Two
advanced roofing products, one glass, the other polycarbonate
based launched as CWG
CorbEglaze and CWG SmartPoly, provide installers with a range
of conservatory options
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Here:
The
new one-piece Multi-Keep from GU/Ferco
is living up to its promise of providing fast-fit multi-point
security
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Here:
Nico
Manufacturing,
the UK manufacturer of window products, has launched MultiLock
– a low cost, multi-point window lock that satisfies
BS 7950 Security Standard
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Here:
Titon's
commercial department is now offering a new handle for use
with its Sobinco Pentalock high security locking system for
sliding doors and windows
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Here:
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Status Systems has expanded
its sales team following the phenomenal success of its zendow
product. Joining Status as Regional Sales Manager for the South-East
is Gary Stafford. Supporting Status customers and the Sales
Team are new recruits Nicola Heyward and Karen Nichols
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Here:
Everest
Commercial Division has added a new sales team to
the company. Headed by Bob Johnson, the sales team is three
strong with experienced new business development managers who
will be based at the Norwich HQ
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Here:
Ebor
Equipment has
completed the final phase of the company’s restructuring
programme with the re-alignment of its sales areas and the appointment
of area managers
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Here:
Nico
Tack has been appointed Area Manager with Freefoam
Plastics, a manufacturer of environmentally-friendly
roofline and rainwater systems
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Here:
Wakefield’s
Conservatory Village has
appointed a Marketing Manager to its senior management team
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Here:
Armatec
Vierhaus GmbH,
a subsidiary of Bystronic
Glass, has a new president.
Bernd Bedner has succeeded Ulrich Vierhaus, who retired at the
end of last year
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Here:
Lister
Trade Frames
of Stoke has invested in its own in-house Information Technology
Department
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Here:
The
latest stage in the regeneration of historic Baxter Park
in the centre of Dundee has recently been completed. A stunning
glass walled pavilion has been built that uses the Pilkington
Planar Triple system
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Here:
A
spectacular glass partition in a Liverpool hotel has eliminated
the problem of finger marks and other forms of contamination
spoiling its pristine look through the use of Ritec’s
ClearShield Sandblast Protect treatment
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Here:
A
new extension at Christchurch High School, Ashford, Kent
has been completed with an unusual 'stepped' fascia and
soffit from Celuform
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Here:
Solar
control film manufactured by Anglian
Technical Window Films and fitted by MVM Films
of Fareham, Hampshire is helping to shield visitors from
exposure to UV rays and solar glare at the Millennium Seed
Bank building
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Here:
Churchgoers
in Standish, Lancashire, can enjoy their century-old stained
glass windows with all the warmth and comfort of modern
technology – thanks to a piece of teamwork by two Network
Veka members and a local stained glass specialist
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Here:
A
new installation of Sheerframe
windows on Blackpool's famous sea front is literally glowing
in the sun thanks to a special bronze foil
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Here:
Acorn
Aluminium have manufactured and installed a range of
Senior Aluminium Systems
(SAS) products in Manchester’s new MM2 apartment and
retail complex
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Here:
Dow
Corning
silicone sealants have met challenging requirements for
the glass façade of a new high-tech business centre
in Frankfurt
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Here:
Following
four months of development, Synseal
Extrusions Ltd has launched its new website
which consolidates the existing suite of websites into
one easy to navigate online presence at www.synseal.com
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Here:
A
new website produced by WRAP
(the Waste & Resources Action Programme) is providing
a one-stop information service on the current status
and opportunities in the glass recycling market
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Here:
The
online ordering system from composite door manufacturers
Manse Masterdor Ltd
has taken on a new dimension with the introduction of
a 3D image configuration technology
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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:
After months of speculation, the latest information
suggests that EN 1279: Glass In Building – Insulating
Glass Units has been accepted and will be formally
published in the Official
Journal in the near future
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Here:
Participants
in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating
system will not be penalised for using vinyl products, according
to a draft released in December by the U.S.
Green Building Council
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Here:
Accurately
measuring, reporting and validating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
and removals is to become easier for organisations, with three
parts of an International Standard on GHGs out now for consultation
by the British Standards Institution
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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:
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:
New
regulations on work at height will come into force on
6th April 2005, the Health and
Safety Commission (HSC) has announced.
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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:
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:
Market
Gets the Wobbles
I
have heard from several sources in the past few weeks that - despite
the momentary feelgood factor that was Glassex - the industry is having
a 'bit of a (down)turn'. Strangely, it appears to be across the board,
with systems companies such as Premier Profiles and HW clearly suffering,
alongside the big retailers such as Anglian, as we reported last week.
Word is that showrooms are being closed down in other big retail chains
as well, but even more surprising is that some of the supposed kings
of the food chain, the 'super-fabricators' are now also exhibiting some
wobbles.
Solaglas
Manchester
Solaglas MSN is part of the Saint-Gobain Group multinational organisation,
and is a £100 million glass processing and supply Business regionally
organised to provide comprehensive demographic coverage operating
from 23 locations throughout the UK. It is looking for a sales co-ordinator
for its Openshaw, Manchester branch.
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Here:
Archibald
Kenrick
Archibald Kenrick and Sons are manufacturers and distributors of high
quality door and window security fittings, and requires an experienced
dynamic Project Engineer with a track record of developing and delivering
new products in line with plans.
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Here:
Technical
Sales - SW
SFS
intec is the world’s largest fastener company and is acknowledged
as the market leader in the manufacture and supply of fasteners for
the UK window industry. We
are now looking to strengthen the team further with the appointment
of a technical sales adviser to nurture and grow our customer base
in the South West.
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Here:
Retail
Double Glazing Business For Sale
PVCu
Windows, Doors and Conservatories
The partners wish to retire and are offering this well
established and profitable business as a going concern. Situated on
the Hampshire/ Surrey borders for more than 25 years.
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Here:
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Calendar
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Trade and commercial fabricator, Warmshield
Windows recently received their latest accreditation
from the BSI. The Halifax-based, Status
Systems fabricator was awarded certificates for BS7412
for PVC-u windows and BS7950 for high security.
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Here:
In this month's What's New section of the BBA
website there are details of the continued growth of FENSA/ELECSA
schemes as well as the latest certificates.
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Here:
In addition to a comprehensive list of British Standard accreditations,
KEB Fabrications has now
added a Secured by Design licence to its professional credentials.
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Here:
After
selling his Trade Counter Business, Masterglaze Ltd, Andrew
Scott has launched Purplex Business
Solutions, a specialist Business, Marketing and
Peak-Performance Consultancy Firm.
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here:
At
just 14, young Rossi Ogilvie is aiming for stardom in his
all-consuming Motocross hobby. And helping him on the road
to success is significant sponsorship for the 2005 season
from Total Glass where
his dad David works as Production Manager.
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here:
A new marketing business - 'image'
- covers all aspects of marketing for external building product
manufacturers who wish to promote their products to specifiers,
contractors and clients.
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here:
The
Forum for Constructing Excellence (FORCE) held
its annual awards dinner in October and raised £3,800
for the Myton Hospice appeal in the process
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Here:
Alcoa
released highlights from its community giving
programmes that include a $28.8m investment in Alcoa communities
worldwide - a $2m increase from the previous year
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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:
Häfele
UK has launched its biggest Architectural Ironmongery
catalogue for 2005/06. Weighing in at over 1100 pages, and split
into 11 sections, it contains an extensive range of Architectural
hardware neatly bound in a hardback cover.
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here:
To celebrate the launch of the new Pilkington
Triple Planar, the world's first triple glazed frameless system,
Pilkington Building Products - UK has introduced a newly revised
version of its successful Pilkington Planar brochure.
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here:
The
Door and Hardware Federation (DHF) has published its
latest best practice guide designed to help specifiers and users
with the correct selection and use of hardware products.
More
here:
Chiltern
International Fire has issued a Technical Information
Sheet on insulating glass units.
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here:
A good practice guide to recycling window waste aimed at window
replacement, conservatory and building maintenance and renovation
companies has recently been launched by WRAP
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here:
DTI
Construction Minister Nigel Griffiths and Edwina Hart, the Welsh
Assembly Government Minister for Social Justice and Regeneration
launched a joint consultation on 22nd March on 'Improving Payment
Practices in the Construction Industry'.
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here:
Construction
Minister, Nigel Griffiths, acknowledged on 15th March the successes
of the Sustainability Forum
- the group charged by the DTI to investigate and make recommendations
on improving take up of sustainable development by the construction
and property sectors - one year on.
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here:
Rehau
has announced details of its 2005 Academy programme. The Academy,
based at Rehau’s Ross on Wye HQ, is a specialised training facility
providing high quality courses in various aspects of window manufacture.
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Here:
UK
Fasteners, supplier of quality screws to the window industry,
has been awarded the Investors in People Standard.
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Here:
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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Here:
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
Bedfordshire based PVCu windows company, Evolution
Manufacturing Ltd, reports excellent business growth since
its start-up early in 2004 as a fabricator of WHS
Halo's Eclipse range.
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Here:
Aspect
Windows (Western) Ltd, conveniently based on the Sowton
Industrial Estate close to Exeter, has enjoyed particular success
in recent months in the commercial sector.
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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:
Intelligent
Building Middle East 2005
From
hot and humid coastal climate in the summer to minus temperatures on
winter nights - the climatic conditions in the Middle East create difficulties
for both people and buildings in this region.
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on this Story]
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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on this Story]
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]
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]
Exhibition
Calendar
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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
While this may presage a major downturn, especially as the house market is now in decline and we are in the grip of election neurosis, I prefer to think of it as a measured contraction of a mature market. On the other hand, it may well be the beginning of an all out war to determine who has the deepest pockets, as our 'We Have Email' section suggests below. One thing is sure, the conservatory market is still flying, and both Synseal and Planet made it into the Sunday Times Profit Track 100 this year (at Nos 79 and 95 respectively).
Still
current: the next PIGS event will be in London on 28th April and the
GM
Fundraising ‘Top to Bottom’ Bike Ride starts rolling on June
9th from John O'Groats. This charity ride is supported by Status Systems
and hopes to raise at least £40,000 for Hope House.
Finally, your very last chance this week to get along to the Baron's
Court Theatre in West London to see our media colleague Mike Gannon's
production of Sean O'Casey's famously funny rant 'Cock-a-Doodle Dandy',
more about which here.
It runs until 17th April.
The
B2BZine Team:
Richard and Debbie Schwarz
news@the-glazine.com
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
DRI
Launches Spancoat Glass
Colour System
Following market research
at Glasstec in Düsseldorf
at the end of last year,
and extensive independent
testing in the UK, Decorative
Resins International
has launched a two part
glass colouring system
called Spancoat. The
Spancoat system comes
complete with its own
in-house mixing and
dispensing station,
which can offer an unlimited
range of RAL, BS, Pantone
and NCS colour mixes.
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on this Product]
Cornish
Style Houses get Celuform Treatment
An ongoing project to refurbish
Cornish style houses in south Wales
feature low maintenance fascia and
soffit from Celuform. Ninety dwellings
at Gorseinon, near Swansea have
had ageing timber rooflines replaced
with Celuform PVC-ue products.
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on this Project]
Market
Leader Playing Beggar-my-Neighbour
Sir, I was surprised to read
your news item praising Heywood
Williams’ recent results.
A welcome hardly seems appropriate
for a situation where profits
of £9.7 million in their
North American and Hardware
divisions were seriously eroded
by a £5.6 million loss
in the UK Plastics division.
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on this Story]
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
GGF
Addresses Members' Needs
The GGF has launched three new
services for industry recently:
Gl@ssNet, a new online information
service is designed to give subscribers
with a taster of what the GGF
is all about; the GGF Consultancy
Service from the GGF Technical
Department and IQ Business, which
provides business advice on health
and safety, employment law, debt
collection, credit management
and business planning.
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on this Story]
aluplast
UK the Latest to Sign up as G-05
Sponsor
aluplast (UK) has followed its
successful outing at Glassex last
month by joining the impressive
line-up of event sponsors for
the G 05 Awards.
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on this Story]
Pilkington
Activ Sponsors GP&T Architects
Forum
Pilkington has re-affirmed its
commitment to the Glass Processing
& Technology show (GP&T)
with the announcement that Pilkington
Activ(tm) will both sponsor and
participate in this year's Architects'
Forum, to take place at the event
from 17th - 19th May 2005 at the
NEC Birmingham.
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on this Story]
Making
an Impact in Safety Glass
After less than a year's trading,
Liverpool based Impact Safety
Glass has nearly doubled its staff
and has raised expectations of
its first annual turnover by some
20%. This is good news for directors
Tony Harford and John McDonough
who have both put their houses
(and marriages!) on the line to
achieve their ambitions.
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on this Story]
Quality
Guaranteed with Ultraframe’s
Certificate of Authenticity
Ultraframe
has stepped up its fight against
cowboy builders with the introduction
of the industry’s first Certificate
of Authenticity. The certificate
is designed to increase consumer
confidence and peace of mind.
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on this Story]
Edgetech
I.G. Inc. to Address GPD 2005
in both Finland and China
Gerhard
Reichert, Edgetech’s Vice
President of International Business
Development, is scheduled to present
‘Just in Time Online Automation
of Butyl Extrusion—Breaking
New Boundaries in Insulating Glass
Quality,’ at the upcoming
Glass Processing Days (GPD) 2005
in Tampere, Finland and Shanghai,
China.
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on this Story]
Chiltern
Dynamics Poised for prEN 14351-1
with New Test Rig
Chiltern
Dynamics is ahead of the field with
its new weather-testing rig which
can handle specimens up to 3500mm
wide x 4000mm high. The rig is also
designed to performance test window
vents, as well as assess smoke leakage
performance.
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on this Story]
Know
Your ALMO From Your HA
The first 2005 update of the Windowbase
Public Sector Housing Specifiers
Database was released on March 31st
2005 with 2050 contacts responsible
for specifying new build or refurbishment
work on 5.6 million public sector
housing stock.
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on this Story]
Structura
UK Forms New Automatic Doors Division
Adam
Wiggans, 39, has been appointed
Product Manager to head Structura
UK’s new Automatic Doors Division.
The division will advise, supply,
fit and maintain automatic door
systems from preferred suppliers
to meet current legislation and
BS standards for safety and performance.
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on this Story]
Restructuring
Brings out The Best at Ebor
Ebor Equipment has undertaken major
strategic and organisational changes,
which have created a more dynamic
business proposition for its customers
and its suppliers. The operation
is much more streamline and focussed.
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on this Story]
Edgetech
Pledges Support for Windows to Carry
Energy Efficiency Recommended Logo
During
a series of seminars, Robin Kent
of the BFRC made public that for
the first time energy efficient
windows will be allowed to carry
the Energy Efficiency Recommended
logo in the UK.
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on this Story]
OFT
Launches DSA Consumer Code of Practice
The Direct Selling Association's
consumer code of practice was launched
to consumers recently by the OFT.
Sherrie Hewson, popular TV actress
and star of Emmerdale and Loose
Women, has lent her support to the
code.
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on this Story]
Energy
Saving Trust Launches ‘Agenda
for Change – Action for a Low
Carbon Society’
The
Energy Saving Trust (EST), the UK
expert in home and transport energy
efficiency, has called on the Government
elected in the forthcoming election,
to introduce effective new climate
change targets and measures, without
which it believes the UK’s
climate change goals will not be
met.
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on this Story]
Newdawn
on Show in Bishop Auckland
Newdawn
customer Bishop Auckland Glazing
has just opened a new 2,500 sq.
ft. showroom dedicated to conservatories.
‘Bishop Auckland Glazing (BAG)
is a real success story and a tribute
to its managing director Steve Bowen.'
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on this Story]
What
a Difference a Schirmer Makes!
Masterframe Windows Ltd’s Technical
Manager, Ray Rabett, believes ‘you
can’t make vertical sliders
properly without a Schirmer (or
two!)’. Masterframe, the UK’s
leading manufacturer of PVC-U vertical
sliders, installed the £250,000
German machine last year.
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on this Story]
Huntingdon
MD’s Expertise Sought by New
York Advisory Council
The Managing Director of a Huntingdon-based
company has been appointed to the
global advisory network, The Councils
of Advisors.
Steve Thorogood, MD of Admiral Windows
& Conservatories, was approached
by New York-based company, the Gerson
Lehrman Group.
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on this Story]
Siegenia
Adds Finishing Touch To Persimmon
Homes
A leading UK housebuilder can now
provide allergen-free rooms in new
homes, thanks to ventilation technology
from Siegenia-Aubi Ltd. Persimmon
Homes (Yorkshire) has incorporated
the Siegenia home and conservatory
ventilation systems into its ‘Finishing
Touches’ range.
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on this Story]
Crystal
UPVC Expansion Creates Total Product
Offering
Ashton-under-Lyne based Sheerframe
approved window manufacturer and
installer Crystal uPVC has significantly
expanded its production facilities
with the creation of a new 11,000
sq. ft. factory in the town.
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on this Story]
WHS
Halo Secures Major Industry Coup
in Direct Trade
WHS
Halo
has announced a major new member
to its network of fabricators and
installers – Yorkshire-based
window, door and conservatory fabricator
Direct Trade. Direct Trade, based
in Doncaster, was established in
1998 and is now a thriving trade
and technical business.
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on this Story]
Ubbink
and Celuform
– A Winning
Alliance
Since
1999, Ubbink
(UK) Ltd,
a UK supplier
of roofing
and building
products,
and Celuform,
the UK manufacturer
of PVC-ue
building materials,
have together
been providing
a service.
The alliance
sees the supply
of specific
solutions
to meet the
customers’
needs.
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on this Story]
Limited
Edition Volkswagen
Transporter
Trendline
is Launched
Volkswagen
has launched
a limited
edition version
of the Transporter,
called the
Trendline.
Restricted
to just 500
vehicles,
the new model
features a
host of special
equipment
as standard,
offering the
customer an
attractive,
high-value
package at
a basic recommended
retail price
of £14,850
(excluding
VAT and on
the road costs).
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on this Story]
Alcoa
Announces
Q1-05 Revenues
of $6.3bn,
with Profits
Down 35% on
Q1-04 Due
to Russian
Investment
and Tax on
Elkem Sale
Alcoa
announced
income from
continuing
operations
for the first
quarter 2005
of $273m,
or $0.31 per
diluted share.
Net income
for the quarter
was $260m,
or $0.30.
Income from
continuing
operations
for the first
quarter 2004
was $0.41,
or $0.39,
in the fourth
quarter 2004.
For the first
quarter 2004
net income
was $0.41,
or $0.30,
in the fourth
quarter 2004.
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