| Fabricator Focus |
Approved Leka fabricator WINDOW WAREHOUSE now has 52 Leka Certified installation companies along the South Coast following a series of regular sales and installation training sessions including five free training days throughout 2017.
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Long-standing Veka fabricator MODPLAN has thanked the system supplier for helping it to get up and running with a new, fully functioning factory, supplying a new system, in less than 60 days.
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Sussex-based TRADESMITH is the latest fabricator to go over to Deceuninck.
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| Products |
VEKA has brought three more foils into its ex-stock colour offering.
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| Projects |
Barratt London’s Hendon Waterside development in Tyre Way, NW9, uses a selection of doors and windows from SAPA.
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Derek Warwick Developments chose PVC-U systems from EUROCELL for its Durlston Point, development of five detached houses on the Dorset coast.
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The 122 Waterloo Street development in the centre of Glasgow offers its occupants floor-to-ceiling glazing throughout, based on Schüco
curtain-walling.
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CROWN DOORS & SHUTTERS has installed curtain walling and a non-thermal shop front based on Exlabesa’s ECW50 curtain walling and KSF systems.
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CORNWALL GLASS has supplied more than 1,000 IGU’s for the refurbishment of Brighton’s iconic Grand Hotel.
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Architectural glazing systems by KAWNEER were specified for the most significant external change to the £3.6 million refurbishment of the Smythe Library at Tonbridge School.
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| Marketing |
LEKA SYSTEMS is putting its Warm Roof and Orangery on TV with ads to run on More 4, More 4+1, Home and Home +1 for weekends until
mid-June.
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| Doors |
South Wales Rehau authorised fabricator partner GRM is now giving customers the triple track option on its Rehau Agila sliding door.
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Yorkshire fabricator KINGFISHER WINDOWS has added the Reynaers CP 130 aluminium lift and slide door in response to demand for wide span glazed doors.
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Next Generation composite doors are the latest addition to the range of entrance doors from SIDEY.
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TRUFRAME has launched a promotion offering white two-pane Liniar Modlok patio doors for £299.
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| Trade Counters |
Derbyshire based trade counter PROTRADE UPVC, has opened a third branch, in Chesterfield.
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| Fire Safety |
Fire, thermal and acoustic solution manufacturer PROMAT UK has launched Systemglas Ligna offering fire protection for timber framed butt-jointed glazing.
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| Glass |
SWISSPACER has expanded its distribution network with Delta, a double-glazing parts supplier based in Romford serving sealed unit makers in the London and Essex area.
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| Security |
BRISANT SECURE today (June 5) unveiled Sweet, a suited range of door furniture.
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YALE has updated its Lockmaster Panic Exit hardware to be faster to fit and easier to operate.
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Hardware supplier WINDOW WARE is announced as the exclusive launch partner in England and Wales for Caldwell’s new Cotswold Sinidex window lock.
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Go for it
Yes, it’s that time again. Entries are about to open for the G18 Awards and with two new categories in the running, there’s more reason than ever to put forward the names of those people and organisations you know deserve the highest accolade in the industry. Read More Here
Elsewhere, any kind of co-operative structure in the industry can only be a good thing but especially so when it comes to the matter of fire doors and their certification, and even more so at this time when the integrity of fire resistance in so many product sectors is in the spotlight for the wrong reasons.
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And the very latest news, just out this afternoon, is the launch of the much-anticipated Sweet suite of door furniture from Brisant Secure. And, as the suite naturally has door numerals in the range, dare we ask if it includes Sweet sixteen ..or even Sweet nothings? Read More Here
On that note, we hope you enjoy this week’s issue.
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This Week's News
Get set for G18
We all know them, the champions who are making this industry what it is. And now, once again, it’s time to give the companies, organisations and individuals the recognition they deserve at the high-point of the industry’s calendar, the G18 Awards.
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Fire Door Alliance launched to bring certification schemes together
A new Fire Door Alliance has been launched to bring together companies certifying under both the Certifire and Q-Mark schemes, the British Woodworking Federation has announced.
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FSB calls time on
late payers
Big business has been warned by the Federation of Small Businesses that they must do more to end late payments, poor payment practice and ‘supply chain bullying’ that the organisation says is damaging the UK economy.
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Safestyle reveals Birmingham-Misra loan/share deal
The name of Safestyle founder and former owner Mitu Misra emerged again in the company’s affairs this week. It came in a formal statement telling shareholders that Steve Birmingham, Safestyle executive director and until recently its CEO, in 2014 borrowed £1,555,556 from Misra with over 1,555,556 Safestyle shares as security. It continues that Birmingham paid off the loan in full with cash raised by sale of his own shares in December 2017.
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We Have Email
An open letter to all FTSE 100 companies.
From: Mike Cherry, National Chairman,
Federation of Small Businesses
I am writing to you regarding the issue of late payments and poor supply chain practice that has seriously held back growth across the UK business community.
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From:
Chris Coxon,
Head of marketing, Eurocell
In the wake of recent cyber attacks on a well-known manufacturer in the industry, we at Eurocell are pleased to reassure customers and suppliers that the company already has measures in place to guard against hackers.
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Barratt London’s Hendon Waterside development.
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| People |
REHAU has welcomed Stephen Beresford to head up the marketing team, covering the Building Solutions, Windows and Furniture Solutions divisions for UK and South Africa and also support initiatives and colleagues in other countries.
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Steven May is appointed as the new Contracts Manager at award winning commercial installer
The Window Company (Contracts).
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The Glass and Glazing Federation has appointed Maruf Ahmad as the Group Project Manager for all commercial companies within the group.
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HOPPE (UK) has appointed Rob Thomas as business development manager for the Midlands.
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| Machinery |
EMPLAS has added seamless bay sill welds to its product range following investment in a new Graf SLS Seamless Sill Welder supplied by Promac Group.
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| Exhibitions |
Barnsley-based fabricator BISON FRAMES exhibited at the National Homebuilding and Renovating Show at the NEC.
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| Glazing Summit |
More than 400 industry players gathered to hear speakers and join panel discussions in the inaugural Glazing Summit organised by Insight Data and Purplex Marketing.
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| Events |
Listers Central will this week be hosting its 2018 customer conference at its Stoke HQ, with a programme including new product lines, seminars and a look at the company’s new marketing support package as well as the debut of its new showroom.
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The PIGS networking event has a new London venue for 2018 - The Warwick, in SoHo, just a stone’s throw from Piccadilly Circus on Thursday June 14.
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ALLAN BROTHERS will be holding two Summer Open Days at its Berwick upon Tweed factory on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 June.
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| Awards |
ALUFOLDDIRECT has been named Manufacturing Company of the Year 2018 (under £25m) at the Made in the North West awards.
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Essex-based Hainault Home Improvements is the latest company to win the Showroom of the Month Award from SOLIDOR.
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BAERLOCHER UK Ltd has come top in the Veka Group's third annual Supplier of the Year awards, both as overall winner and top in the ‘Raw Materials’ category.
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BROUHA MARKETING photography partner Mike Baker has won the PTO UK Press and PR Photographer of the Year award, presented at an event in Madeira.
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| Investments |
Composite door manufacturer APEER has invested significantly in its Ballymena factory with the addition of three new machines.
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| Internet / I.T. |
REHAU has launched Rehau Connect – a new platform for installers to order windows from quotation to completion - which is now running on a trial basis in Scotland.
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| Results |
Sales of the G-Award-winning Heritage Flush Sash from DECEUNINCK now account for over a fifth of all its sash sales, the company has announced.
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SLIDERS UK reports that sales grew by 34% year-on-year, with growth attributed to increased demand for aluminium as well as the launch of its own aluminium window.
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