30th May 2017 VIEW ONLINE

Weekly Email News for the Glass, Glazing & Fenestration Industries

Obituary

Phil Turley
Kommerling UK
We regret to record the death of Phil Turley, Glass Products Business Manager, Kommerling UK, on May 18th, following a lengthy battle with cancer.
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People

Door and Window hardware supplier Coastal has appointed Neil Jones has been as Marketing Manager.
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SWISSPACER has announced the opening of its new UK HQ in Milton Keynes, along with the appointment of Agnieszka Wronska, Branch and Operations Manager and Geoff Davies, Sales Manager.
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Machinery

Essex-based independent glass manufacturer VILLAGE GLASS has invested £4million in new automation and toughening systems from Hegla
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Exhibitions

Glasstech Asia 2017, the 15th International Glass Products, Glass Manufacturing, Processing & Materials Exhibition, will take place from 22 – 24 November 2017 at Marina Bay Sands Singapore.
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Events

The CONSERVATORY OUTLET Network met again for its annual Golf Open, this year at The Oxfordshire Golf and Spa Resort.
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Charities

Stockport-based
ALEX TRADE FRAMES has sent windows half way round the world to support a project for orphaned or abandoned children in Kenya.
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Organisations

The GGF has announced the retirement of Brian Baker, most recently its interim Chief Executive but with connections to the Federation since 1983.
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Trade Counters

COMPOSITE WOOD COMPANY is claiming its biggest ever distribution deal with an agreement for Eurocell to put its timber alternative decking, fencing and balustrade into all of its 170 trade counters.
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Training

Door & Hardware Federation has appointed Mike Lee as a full-time trainer in a new post created as a result of the unprecedented uptake of the federation’s training courses, with more than 1200 individuals having now completed its Safety Diploma scheme.
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Standards

Liniar has become the first systems house to achieve formal registration on the CORGI FENESTRATION.
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MIGHTON PRODUCTS has achieved PAS24 and Secured by Design accreditation for a range of its vertical sliding sash hardware products for timber windows.
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Recycling

The PVC industry is making real progress towards sustainability and a positive contribution to the circular economy through a united industry approach.
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Results

Swansea-based aluminium fabricator/installer
AB Glass, has reported a record financial year, with profit margin up by 112% on sales up 10%.
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Results

Swansea-based aluminium fabricator/installer
AB Glass, has reported a record financial year, with profit margin up by 112% on sales up 10%.
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Products

Roof window manufacturer VELUX has added three more sizes to its claimed world’s first curved glass rooflight range.
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Hueck UK has added a new aluminium system, Lambda SA (silent air), a modular soundproofing system based on its Lambda 090 window system that is said can reduce noise pollution by up to 39dB, even when a window sash is open in the tilted position.
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Fleetwood-based EXPRESS TRADE FRAMES has added a run-through horn option for its Veka top-swung casement windows.
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Fabricator Focus

Buckinghamshire-based HAZLEMERE COMMERCIAL has expanded its aluminium offering to include the complete AluK range.
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Quickslide says its new Trade Partners support scheme has ‘comfortably exceeded all expectations’ with more than 40 customers signing up in its first 30 days.
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TRUFRAME has assembled an expanded Board of Directors following the fabricator’s announcement of a £3.2million capital expenditure programme.
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Projects

The newly refurbished Yonge Eglinton Centre in Toronto, Canada includes a four-storey structurally glazed cubic atrium space based on double-glazed units of PILKINGTON Optiwhite low-iron glass.
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EXPRESS TRADE FRAMES the first fabricator of Exlabesa’s new Xlafold aluminium bifold door system, has completed its first installation, for EFL League One football team Fleetwood Town FC.
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A conservatory refurbishment in Houghton on the Hill, Leicester, has become he first ever installation of Smartglass Dynamic wireless, self-tinting glass technology from CLAYTON GLASS.
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The commercial department at FRAMEXPRESS was contracted to supply white windows and doors with astragal bars in the Optima S system.
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Architectural aluminium glazing systems by KAWNEER were specified for a landmark office building in the Edinburgh New Town Conservation Area.
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The £27.5m Oastler Building, opened by The Duke of York last month as part of University of Huddersfield, incorporates SGG Cool-Lite SKN 165 II solar control glass in its curved frontage and a 3.5m cantilever, helping it to gain a BREEAM Outstanding rating.
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The creation of a new corporate headquarters and customer interface facility for York based insurance company Hiscox has seen systems from WICONA used to help achieve a BREEAM Very Good rating.
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Internet / I.T.

Trade Window and Door Manufacturer, Lister Trade Frames of Stoke on has launched a fully customised financial and business management system as part of its ongoing programme of developing its IT systems.
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Health & Safety

The GGF has published an updated version of its health & safety guide, including, for the first time, advice to installers as well as the flat glass manufacturing sector.
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Awards

Cardiff-based fabricator, Dudley’s Aluminium is celebrating two wins after judges for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors RICS announced the construction projects they believed embodied the very best of Welsh construction and architectural design in 2017.
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A residential project in London has been crowned the global ‘winner of winners’ in the biennial Architectural Ironmongery Specification Awards.
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RENOLIT has been named Supplier of the Year by The Veka UK Group.
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How was it for you?

There are no prizes for guessing the one topic dominating the industry this week, as nearly 10,000 people can verify. The FIT Show has again proved itself to be the axis of the industry calendar and, as many of the early reports testify, the response from all has been overwhelmingly positive.

Here below are the first reports to come out of the show and we expect many more to follow.

Stop Press: Universal Arches: It was announced as of 3pm today that Universal Arches has been acquired by the Kaliber Group, which includes KAT, Spitfire Doors and Ayrshire Aluminium. The firm will continue to operate from its St Helen’s base but Managing Director Leon Day will step down while remaining a consultant to the business.

Chris Church
Editor

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This Week's News

Nearly 10,000 make
biggest FIT by far

Just a handful short of 10,000 ‘unique’ visitors ensured the FIT Show lived up to expectations as the biggest by far, with a footfall that was nearly 17% up on last year – and more than 60% more than the previous year.

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Over 100 sign up for installer scheme

More than 100 installers have signed up to Epwin’s Excellence as Standard installer programme in the first week since its launch at the FIT Show.

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‘Will you be next?’

Trade Centre network Stevenswood was focussing on further acquisition at its FIT Show debut, where it posed the question to trade counter owners: ‘will you be next to join?’

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Growing influence of
rental market – Palmer

A booming private rental market was highlighted by Robert Palmer of Palmer Market Research as one of the major factors driving long-term change in the window and door industry.

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New 90mm system can achieve 0.5 W/m²K

LINIAR used the FIT show to unveil EnergyPlus 90,
a nine-chamber, 90mm window system said to be capable
of 0.7 W/m²K.

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Time saving sill welder

Promac Group reports ‘exceptional demand’ for its new Graf Synergy SLS welder for bay and conservatory sills, unveiled at the FIT Show.

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£100million group

The £100million-plus Customade Group formally celebrated its merger with Polyframe at the FIT Show.

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‘Outstanding show’

The Trojan Group reports ‘an outstanding FIT Show’. Group Managing Director Tony Chadwick said: “Both existing and potential customers were extremely interested in our latest products.

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New Lift and Slide

Aluplast unveiled its new Lift-and-Slide Patio door at FIT 2017.
Capable of spanning openings of 6.5m X 2.8m, the modular 85mm system can accommodate glazing units of up to 51mm.

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New orangery roof kit

Leka Systems unveiled its Orangery Roof at this year’s FIT Show.

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Smart home trends

Smart home security was the focus for YALE at the FIT Show on the stand, which also scooped the award for ‘Best Stand Under 80m2’ at the FIT Show Awards.

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Big lifter is the star attraction

Bohle says the specification of larger IGUs and their onsite handling, prompted high levels of interest in its LiftMaster B1 manual lifting device at the FIT Show.

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Four launches

AluK stand, where the company unveiled the four new products at FIT, three in AluK’s Luminia range.

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