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THE PARKSIDE GROUP has announced a new management structure that will see Sales Director Richard Reeve exclusively looking after the group’s Axim Architectural Hardware division.
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Composite door manufacturer Phoenix Doors has promoted Anthony Bill to a new technical role as Technical Liaison Team Leader.
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FENSTER FABRICATIONS is celebrating the return of a senior member of staff after four years.
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Buckinghamshire-based ROSEVIEW has appointed Emma Gibbins as a Sales Administrator.
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Simon Clarke has been confirmed as the new General Manager of GLOBAL GLASS, part of the Synseal Group overseeing daily operations at its four UK based sites.
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| Machinery |
Eurotech is launching a suction plate cover said to eliminate marking by suction cups on glass handling machinery.
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Haffner Murat has announced the launch of its new AL-220/70 Aluminium Machining Centre.
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| FIT Show |
EDGETECH has become one of the first major brands to sign up to Visit Glass, the new section of FIT Show 2019.
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| Fire Safety |
ALUPROF and PYROGUARD, have unveiled a new, non-insulated, slimline fire-resistant glazing system, said to be a first for the UK market.
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PROMAT UK manufacturer of fire-resistant glazing and thermal and acoustic insulation, has moved up to the latest ‘2015’ editions of the ISO 9001 quality management and ISO 14001 environmental management system standards.
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| Glass |
PILKINGTON United Kingdom Limited, has passed 10 million square metres of its self-cleaning glass product Pilkington Activ.
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| Exhibitions |
Another innovation has been introduced to glasstec in this, its 25th outing with the launch of the Start-up Zone.
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SMART ARCHITECTURAL ALUMINIUM will be returning to Ecobuild, showcasing its new, high quality Designer Door and Orangery Roof systems.
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Designers and architects will be targeted at Ecobuild 2018 by foam tape producer
ISO-CHEMIE with its display of airtightness and sealing solutions (stand E30).
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| Fensterbau 2018 |
PROMAC GROUP will have four supply partners showcasing their products in PVC-U, aluminium and glass technologies at this year’s Fensterbau.
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KOMMERLING UK will be alongside its parent company, Kömmerling Chemische Fabrik GmbH, in Hall 7, Stand 7-118 at this year's Fensterbau, focusing on its products for the bonding of IGUs.
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Jackloc is celebrating its 15th year in business by making its debut at this year’s Fensterbau Frontale.
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Buckinghamshire-based sash window fabricator Roseview is taking its offerings to Europe for the first time this year.
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PROFINE GROUP, with its KBE Kömmerling and Trocal brands, says it will be the largest exhibitor at Fensterbau Frontale 2018 in Nuremburg, Germany from March 21st-24th.
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Independent
hardware distributor
WINDOW WARE will be exhibiting at Fensterbau 2018, joining other British brands in the UK Pavilion hosted by the GGF.
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VBH has added the Link Vent Mk2 trickle vent from Glazpart to its range of hardware.
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TREMCO ILLBRUCK has contributed to a new-build project that has been named RIBA’s House of the Year 2017.
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Steel-look windows by KAWNEER helped in a £17 million project to rescue a partly-derelict former technical college in Enfield, North London.
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Converted fishermen’s cottages on a series of remote islands off Jersey have been upgraded with REHAU PVC-U windows by local installer Alan Gicquel.
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The AA201 unitised or off-site manufactured curtain walling from KAWNEER with curved corners and feature bands clads the first to tenth floors of the Grade A office building.
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K2 ALUMINIUM SYSTEMS, has completed a redevelopment project involving 125 windows as part of a multi-million pound transformation programme on Piece Mill.
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Developers building a block of apartments in an exposed location on the Isle of Man chose Eurologik doors and windows from EUROCELL.
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‘The Opus’ in Dubai, designed by Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, said to ‘push physical and technological boundaries to achieve its extraordinary melting ice-cube shape’.
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| Awards |
SOLIDOR is aiming to ‘reward trade partners who have created an outstanding sales environment’ with a new Showroom of the Month initiative.
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Long-standing Halo fabricator MASTERFRAME was named ‘Timber Alternative Window Company 2017’ in the National Fenestration Awards.
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SCHUECO UK says innovations and improvements have been introduced for the 2018 Schueco Excellence Awards for Design and Innovation competition.
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| Charities |
Graeme Bailey, MD of Business Micros, has been welcomed back to the GM FUNDRAISING team as a volunteer fundraiser.
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| Results |
PROFINE UK and its Kömmerling brand have reported an increase in profile sales for 2017.
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Solid roof supplier
LEKA SYSTEMS has reported a doubling of order volume in 2017 and has announced that it is to add a third system to its portfolio in March this year.
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| Environment |
‘Meeting Societal Needs’ is the theme for the sixth VinylPlus Sustainability Forum, in Madrid, Spain on May 16th and 17th.
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| Brochure/Video |
MIGHTON has this year launched separate catalogues for its core ranges, including a main hardware catalogue and another for its Mighty Machines.
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| Secondary Glazing |
Secondary glazing company INCARNATION reports seeing growing interest in its top-end Deluxe product and says it has taken on several new employees in response to demand.
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| Marketing |
316 Marine Grade Stainless Steel door and window hardware supplier BLU has launched a range of showroom display boards.
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| Contracts |
GLASSOLUTIONS was commissioned to provide a mullion-only curtain wall system for the £80.11 million construction of the new V&A Museum of Design, Dundee.
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If 2017 was a vintage year for acquisitions, then 2018 is making a cracking good start at matching it with the news today of the fast-growing DW3 Group joining the globally-recognised Masonite International, best-known in the UK after it acquired Door-Stop just three years ago. DW3 has come from nothing to become one of the industry’s leading lights in the space of just a few years and it goes without saying that it is promising more great things as part of this major international player.
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Also, we hear this week how another pillar of the industry, the FIT Show is stepping up in its own industry’s global league by partnering with long-established events big-hitter Angus Montgomery. What more to add than ditto above, really.
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Finally, after the thought-proving comment some weeks ago from Ultraframe urging manufacturers to show the fire spec of their entire roofs rather than its components, we have a letter from West Port’s Sean Parnaby calling for the same consideration to be given to doors. Read Letter
We hope you enjoy this week’s issue.
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This Week's News
Door-Stop owner
acquires DW3 Group
Door-Stop and Premdoor owner Masonite International Corporation today announced it has completed the acquisition of DW3 Products Group Ltd and its subsidiaries for an undisclosed sum.
DW3 Products Group has grown rapidly in the past few years with brands including Solidor, Residor and Nicedor, The Residence Collection and Window Widgets.
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‘No change’ for FIT Show with Montgomery move
FIT Show organisers this week announced a partnership with global events organiser Angus Montgomery Ltd, adding that the day-to-day running of the event will not be affected by the move.
Fit Events Ltd co-founder Paul Godwin told The Glazine: “Angus Montgomery are a fine outfit and although they are a relatively large company we believe that they are sincere, approachable and that they will be happy for us to continue doing what is best for the show. In terms of day to day, nothing with change at least for the time being and we all continue as before.”
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Carillion projects worth
a total of £5.7 billion
Latest figures from the collapse of Carillion suggest that on the day of liquidation, the industry giant was the main contractor on 57 construction projects worth a total of £5.7 billion, according to industry analyst Barbour ABI.
Ten of the 57 projects were each individually worth more than £150 million, such as the Royal Liverpool hospital and an Army basing programme in Salisbury worth £450 million and £340 million respectively.
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Industry calls on Govt to abolish retentions
Build UK, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA), and the Construction Products Association (CPA), are calling on Government to abolish the practice of retention in the construction industry.
The joint call comes in response to the Government consultation on the Practice of Cash Retention under Construction Contracts.
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Converted fishermen’s cottages on a series of remote islands off Jersey.
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We Have Email
From: Sean Parnaby,
Managing Director,
West Port Windows & Doors
Fire safety is finally getting the attention it deserves. The tragedy is that it took a catastrophe on the scale of Grenfell Tower to make that happen.
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