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Production Manager. As a member of our senior management team answering directly to the board, the successful candidate will be experienced in all areas of production management within the fenestration industry.
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Dale Clements, who was the first ever fitter to join THE WINDOW COMPANY (CONTRACTS), has been promoted to its Installations Manager.
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Neil Livesey has joined ULTRAFRAME as area sales manager for the Northern region, further strengthening the sales team
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SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS is underlining its commitment to customer support with the creation of two new roles - Head of Sales and Customer Experience Manager.
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Mumford & Wood, the Essex-based manufacturer of timber windows and doors has appointed Frank Buckley as Managing Director.
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EPWIN GROUP Building Products Division has appointed Lorna Rose as National Sales Director of its trade arm of its Building Products Division, including CET Glass Processors, DB Glass, Indigo Products, Safedoors and Sierra Windows.
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Piotr Ostrowski has joined BUSINESS MICROS ALUMINIUM as a database programmer working exclusively on the LogiKal system.
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Alex Jones has joined Yale Door and Window Solutions as product manager.
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REHAU has appointed Malcolm Taylor as Product Manager working exclusively on the company’s specialist systems.
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Ashley Pearson has joined commercial aluminium systems company, Jack Aluminium to fill the newly created role of Sales Manager.
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Glazing vehicle specialist SUPERTRUCKS has appointed Mike Nicholson to the newly created role of Business Development Manager.
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| Trade Counters |
Vista customer, and recent competition winner, NOVASEAL is using XtremeDoor’s specialist colours to capitalise on opportunities at the higher end of the entrance door market.
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Trade customers at TRUEMANS’ new, bigger Sheffield trade counter are being invited to use it as their own showroom to let homeowners see the range of windows and doors for themselves.
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National Plastics, claimed to be the UK’s largest independent trade counter network, has declared an aim to expand from 31 to 50 outlets in the next 18 months after adding £10million turnover in the last five years.
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| G15 Awards |
SWISSPACER has been announced main sponsor for the G-15 Awards for the second year running.
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| Exhibitions |
ASSA ABLOY will be using its presence at this year’s IFSEC to promote its strong support for open communication platforms as the way to win business and create long term partnerships.
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The GGF is supporting The Build Show as part of UK Construction Week, with technical seminars and support plus a special offer for GGF Members exhibiting at the show.
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| Events |
Working with unitised façades when delivering a building envelope requires a very different approach compared to the conventional stick curtain walling.
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GLAZERITE WINDOWS LTD was rewarded with a record turnout of over 200 guests from as far away as Aberdeen and Cornwall when it swapped horses for greyhounds for its eighth annual Race Day at Towcester as well as celebrating 15 years in business.
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THE BRITISH SAFETY COUNCIL annual conference ‘Health and Safety – What’s Next?’ will be on Wednesday 23 September 2015 at Etc.venues Dexter House central London from 09:00 – 16:45.
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| FIT Show |
The GGF (Glass and Glazing Federation) Group has signed for a third FIT Show.
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PROMAT UK has responded to the increasing demand for its passive fire protection products by relocating one of its production plants from West Yorkshire into new 62,000 sq. ft.premises in Heywood, Lancashire.
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REGALEAD has committed to future growth plans with the purchase of 34,000 square feet of production, warehousing and office space in Manchester.
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FGI MERCHANTING has introduced a same day service on selected merchanting routes.
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| Awards/Standards |
DISTINCTION DOORS CEO Andrew Fowlds and Chairman Drew Wright have received the trophy to mark the company earning a place in the Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 league.
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CMS WINDOW SYSTEMS of Lanarkshire has been named Skills Development Scotland’s Youth Employer of the Month.
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| Training |
TREMCO ILLBRUCK has delivered on-site training in the use of its A-Rated window sealants for two dozen installers around the country.
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Yorkshire fabricator QUICKSLIDE is training its staff to be problem solvers with a series of performance and improvement courses via its Quickslide Academy training programme.
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CMS WINDOW SYSTEMS joined forces with Glassolutions Saint-Gobain to deliver the second in its series of Technical Masterclass Seminars to around 30 social housing specifiers and maintenance personnel from across Scotland.
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| Products |
Mila has unveiled five new profile-matched colours for its newly launched ProSecure door hinge – Anthracite, Silk, Cement grey, Chartwell Green and Cream.
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LB ROOF WINDOWS is now supplying the Atlas range of Roof Lanterns, said to bridge the gap between conservatory and orangery.
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HOWELLS PATENT GLAZING (HPG), has launched its latest slim roof light to trade.
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BARRIER-SABCO is a new frameless glass balustrade system for both Commercial and Residential projects.
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National trade supplier Total Hardware is now the exclusive distributor of Trojan’s new additions to the Elite range of products.
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Thirteen installers have already signed up to the proposition launched by fabricator Sternfenster to become an authorised retail partner for its StyleLine timber-look windows and doors.
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Hundreds of individuals have registered online to find out about Räum, a product range that is being kept under wraps until its launch in the months to come.
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CLAYTON GLASS has launched Smartglass-W, said to be the industry’s first glass specifically designed for conservatory doors and windows.
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ARK FLOOD DEFENCE NETWORK has developed a flood door system which has achieved the essential ‘Zero’ leakage score in the PAS1188:1 2014 test using Rehau Total70 outer frame profile.
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TITON has added the MACO M-SPAG telescopic shootbolt espagnolette to its range of window security products.
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When the Polyframe Group acquired the assets of a Norwich fabricator in, it had no customers, an empty order book, a few people and some ageing machinery.
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Peter Hansford, Chief Construction Adviser to the Government, has visited fenestration design and manufacturer Senior Architectural Systems as part of his ongoing fact finding tour of the UK construction industry.
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JELD-WEN, manufacturer of timber windows, doors and stairs, has extended its patio door offering with the new Darwin hardwood patio doorset.
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Barnsley based EUROGLAZE has added the Rehau Heritage vertical slider window system to its portfolio, strengthening its claim to offer the widest range of specialist Rehau products to the trade.
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| Projects |
CWG CHOICES customer Avon Bridge Conservatories & Windows has completed an installation in Chartwell Green on white using Kömmerling’s five -chambered O70 Gold system.
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A social housing project aimed at eliminating fuel poverty in a Walsall tower block is using A-rated PVCu windows and doors by CMS WINDOW SYSTEMS.
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Conservatory fabricator CRS has given a fresh look to a canalside home, replacing an ageing timber and plolycarbonate construction with light oak finish PVC-U and a glass roof made from the Aztec roofing system.
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It’s probably the UK’s – if not the world’s – most famous holiday cottage, featuring on TV, in national newspapers and magazines and said to be inspired by follies, shrines and fairy tales and described as a ceramic-clad gingerbread temple.
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Bespoke sliding doors from REYNAERS AT HOME feature in Casa Las Palmeras a luxurious Spanish villa designed by architect Valentín de Madariaga and his fabricator partner Grupo Moncada.
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SWISH BUILDING PRODUCTS and Swish Approved Installer JDP Contracting Service have been named roofline and rainwater suppliers for a rolling refurbishment programme by ALMO Your Homes Newcastle (YHN) involving around 500 homes per year.
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A south facing orangery provided a challenge for Coral Windows of Bradford to provide thermal control for all year use. The solution was TUFFX Ambience conservatory roof glass Ambi-Blue.
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| Doors |
Halo and the Veka UK Group have congratulated Humberside-based composite door manufacturer, HALLMARK PANELS on 20 years in business.
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| Marketing |
SWISSPACER has created sample cards to help installers to sell.
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The BFRC has launched its ‘A++’ thermal efficiency window label applications process, along with the emphatic rebuttal that high rated windows will not cause a house to overheat.
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| Brochures |
Multi-channel retailer, SCREWFIX, has partnered with Bosch to develop an exclusive new 18V combi drill for under £100, available in the latest edition of its renowned catalogue.
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JELD-WEN has launched its summer 2015 joinery catalogue, which will be available from 6th July.
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| Internet / I.T. |
The STERNFENSTER website has a new, responsive design, with information on the fabricator’s extensive range of uPVC and aluminium windows and doors.
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Solidor has launched its redeveloped and improved Door Designer App for, all Android devices through Google Play, as well as the existing version for Apple.
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Bi-folding door hardware specialist DEBAR LIMITED reports amazing acceptance of its new online ordering function since launching its website last year.
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The acquisition trail
Another major acquisition was announced today and it’s celebrations from all concerned as US giant Quantex reveals the purchase of HL Plastics, Wegoma Machinery Sales and Vintage Windows to become UK stablemates of its 2011 acquisition of Edgetech.
The statement from Quanex to US financial media speaks of synergy, not only in terms of Quanex gaining from HL’s expertise in PVC-U for its own extrusion business but also for ‘synergy opportunities’ with Edgetech. It adds that the deal: “Presents highly complementary product growth opportunities to existing HL customers in conservatory roofs, hardware, foam trim products and related categories.”
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The UK statement doesn’t go into figures but the US release speaks of the HL acquisition as “an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $145M.” Read story here
And speaking of figures, in a letter to The Glazine this week, Nick Dutton of Polyframe doesn’t quite go as far as Disraeli and Mark Twain in condemning statistics as ‘lies, damned lies…etc’ but he does make the point that you can crunch a number in different ways and you never have the whole picture until you read the footnote which, as he astutely points out, no one ever does. read email here
Whether or not the figures add up for you, we hope you enjoy this week’s issue.
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Please send all your news stories to news@the-glazine.com
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This Week's News
Quanex acquires HL Plastics, Wegoma Machinery Sales and Vintage Windows
– Hartshorn to remain
at the helm
Texas-based Quanex Building Products Corporation, best knows in the UK as owner of Edgetech, has announced the acquisition of Flamstead Holdings Ltd, including HL Plastics, Wegoma Machinery Sales and Vintage Windows.
The joint announcement came today from the two CEOs Roger Hartshorn and Bill Griffiths. The statement continues: “Quanex, a North American industry-leading supplier of cutting edge energy-efficient window and door systems and components with $600+ million in sales listed on the New York Stock Exchange, only acquires strong business partners that have a deep commitment to customers, are eager for growth and are considered technological leaders in the fenestration and related industries.
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Mini-crane Gill’s an OBE
Mini crane entrepreneur Gill Riley, co-founder and MD of the GGR Group, has been awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours – one of very few women in the industry to receive such an honour.
She is credited with transforming the Group from a small family run business to a £22million global success with range of compact cranes and lifting equipment that are familiar to many in commercial glazing and construction. Founded in 1995 with a £5,000 budget, GGR now employs more than 100 staff at depots in Oldham, Thame and Glasgow.
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UK out of deflation
The UK emerged from its brief period of deflation in May, according to figures released today.
The Office for National Statistics said the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 0.1% in the year to May 2015, compared with a 0.1% fall in the year to April.
Transport services provided the largest upward contribution to the figures, notably air fares with the timing of Easter in April a likely factor in the movement. There were also significant upward effects from food and motor fuels.
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Scots shame Westminster on energy efficient refurbs – FMB
The Scottish Government has shamed the UK government by prioritising the energy efficiency of existing buildings, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Following the Scottish Government’s announcement that improving the energy efficiency of buildings in Scotland will be designated a national infrastructure priority, the FMB applauded Scotland’s trail blazing attitude to this important policy area.
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We Have Email
From:
Nick Dutton
CEO, Polyframe Group
Life is too short to get carried away by company listings or small errors. But many of your readers, including our customers and suppliers, will have been surprised that Polyframe didn’t figure in the Top 10 in Insight Data’s recent report. We appeared 11th in the Top 30 with a turnover of £20.3m for Polyframe (Trade) Ltd.
Insight explained that to create consistency between companies they’d “elected to operate a single company model where we listed a single trading PVCU fabricator”.
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From:
Steve Cross
Director,
Mercury Glazing Supplies Ltd, Gloucester
The latest Fabricator & Installer Market Report by Insight Data makes for positive reading for us as a Spectus Vertical Slider fabricator, as the report names the vertical sliding sash window ‘the stand-out PVC-U product of 2014 …with 7,495 installers now actively offering this product, an increase of 600 firms compared to 2013.’
It confirms what we have long believed, that consumers are becoming more discerning when it comes to their choice of window.
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CEO of newly formed DW3 Products Group Gareth Mobley explains to The Glazine publisher Tony Higgin how the company came about, and what their future plans are.
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