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Jeld-Wen Announces Exclusive Partnerships With Pilkington UK And ERAJELD-WEN, manufacturer of timber doors, windows and stairs, has announced two new partnerships with premium glass and glazing brand Pilkington and hardware specialist ERA.
20 Years Of Assa Abloy UkASSA ABLOY UK is celebrating 20 years of shaping security, benefitting general installers and builders as the largest supplier of intelligent lock and security solutions. Over the years, ASSA ABLOY’s brands have developed quality products to reflect the changing way which end users open doors and enabling installers to work on a variety of new build and retrofit projects. The group’s innovative product portfolio has been led by convenience for both installation and the end user. Neil Vann, Market Regional Manager for the UK, said: “One in every 10 lock and security installations world wide now uses ASSA ABLOY products, this is a testament to all of our employees’ commitment to developing innovative solutions over the last 20 years.
A Brighter Future For The Construction IndustryThe construction industry is feeling good about the future, with more than 80% of respondents in a survey conducted by Construction Enquirer and the Build Show reporting a positive outlook for their business over the next 18 months. In an encouraging set of results for the industry, the overwhelming majority of respondents felt that business would pick up somewhat over the coming months, with a further 16% expecting conditions to remain the same. Only two per cent of the nearly 2,000 contractors, architects, housebuilders, developers, suppliers and plant hirers responding to the survey felt that business conditions are likely to worsen during this time period. Of the challenges they do envision facing, the availability of skilled workers was identified as the biggest threat, with 44% of respondents highlighting this as an issue. Just over 47% of the people surveyed thought that clearer routes into the construction industry were needed to tackle this challenge, with a greater emphasis on formal training and qualifications. A further 28% pointed to the need for increased financial support for businesses in order to provide apprenticeships, while 24% of respondents suggested that a greater focus on hands-on training and work experience was needed.
Golf Day number ‘fore’Edgetech UK, a Quanex company hosted its annual golf day at Staverton Park, Daventry as part of its 25 year anniversary celebrations. Over 100 guests from the industry joined Edgetech for a round of golf followed by dinner and trophy presentations. Each golfer was also given a silver jubilee golf bag tag. During the dinner, Edgetech ran a charity raffle raising over £5,200 for Myton Hospice. More than 25 businesses generously donated prizes including golf equipment, holiday vouchers, an iPad Mini and Rugby tickets. The Myton Hospice provides high quality, specialist care to terminally ill people and ensures families are supported both through and after this difficult time. They help almost 4,000 people each year in Coventry & Warwickshire through their work in hospices with patients and family support services and in the community. Managing director, Andy Jones says: “We’ve been hosting the golf day for four years now and it’s a great opportunity for us to say thank you to customers and raise some money for charity. This year marks our 25th anniversary, so thanks to everyone who came to the day and donated prizes for the charity raffle.
IGnoring the rules puts IG on ASA's naughty stepAfter intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) IG doors has had to withdraw its claim to be the UK’s largest manufacturer of composite doors. The ASA is the UK's independent watchdog responsible for ensuring ads are legal, decent, honest and truthful. Since 2011 its remit includes advertising on the internet. Martin Dickie, Door-Stop’s Business Unit Manager, challenged the claim this April in a letter to IG’s Managing Director Mark Pulman, who agreed to retract it. But the claim was repeated in advertising and on the website, so three months later Martin reported the case to the ASA. The ASA investigated, finding in favour of Door-Stop. IG agreed to ensure every reference was amended to ‘one of the largest manufacturers of composite doors’. IG has now complied without argument – thus escaping formal censure. However it has taken time to correct every instance of the claim in its print and online marketing.
National Associations Sign Up To ARGE EPD'sFollowing ARGE’s announcement to produce generic Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), ten national lock and hardware associations have now signed up to ARGE’s scheme. The programme, which was agreed at the 2013 ARGE Conference as part of its sustainability roadmap, will see the delivery to ARGE members of generic, Pan-European EPDs for hardware products by summer 2015. In addition to the UK’s Door and Hardware Federation, some of the key national associations in the lock and hardware industry have committed to the programme, including the Fachverband in Germany, UNIQ in France, as well as Spain’s AFACE, Austria’s FMMI and Netherland’s VHS. Italy is the latest nation that has committed to the EPDs, whilst Scandinavian associations are also represented by Finland’s Fin Committee and the SME in Sweden, with Switzerland’s VSSB making up the nine members signed up so far. Other national associations are also close to committing. EPDs are designed to offer a coherent expression of data throughout the life cycle of a product. Developed to provide environmental data from LCA studies in a common format based on rules known as Product Category Rules. Growth Plans On TrackBusiness is booming for Scottish based window, door and building envelope supplier CMS, which has increased turnover by £5 million and staff numbers by 30% in the last 12 months. Send The Glazine to a friend... Click Here |
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