| Products |
Deceuninck has upgraded its Slider24 sliding patio door with the launch of Slider24+ which is now Part Q security and Part M mobility compliant as standard.
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| Fabricator Focus |
CAMDEN GROUP is celebrating 35 years of trading this year, from a small business founded by Patrick Lavery in 1983 in Co Antrim to a 40-acre site supplying all of the UK and Ireland.
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Inwido Group partners Allan Brothers and CWG Choices have joined forces to form a single source buying mechanism for both timber and PVC-U, aluminium and composite products.
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CDW SYSTEMS has added the Smarts VS 600 vertical sliding window to its range.
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DUDLEY’S ALUMINIUM has invested over £200,000 on a new storage and offtake facility.
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ALUPLAST has agreed a new supply deal with RoI fabricator Weatherglaze for its Ideal 4000 system and its new Lift-an-Slide door.
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PATIOMASTER EAST MIDLANDS has been launched by former Epwin Group employee Neil Dattanito, catering for installers in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire.
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Stoke-based fabricator LISTERS CENTRAL has added the Räum collection to its aluminium offering.
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| Projects |
TECHNAL, Working with BAM Construction North East and Glasshus, supplied its MX Visible Grid curtain walling, PY 55 doors and FY 65 windows for the £19m construction of the Sarah Swift Building.
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Aluminium windows, doors and curtain walling by CMS WINDOW SYSTEMS has helped to create the £52m, 2,000-student Largs Campus in North Ayrshire.
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Fabricator DEMPSEY DYER, working with the Berkeley Group, installed 1,100 Deceuninck 2500 Tilt and Turn window frames in the Woodward Buildings complex for Imperial College London in a project that had originally specified aluminium frames.
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| Doors |
Kawneer is claiming ‘the strongest aluminium door construction available’ with the launch of its corner-welded AA190 TB commercial entrance door.
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The Decadence range of contemporary composite doors from FORCE 8 is now PAS 24 and document Q compliant.
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DISTINCTION DOORS announces that it now offers any colour across its entire composite door ranges, both internally and externally.
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| Hardware |
ERA has boosted the Fab&Fix Heritage range with the addition a number of new pulls and escutcheons.
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| Charities |
Clowns, mime artists, strongmen and even bearded and tattooed ladies helped make
GM Fundraising’s 20th gala dinner the biggest ever.
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| Organisations |
Jon Vanstone, chair of Certass as well as the newly launched Certass Trade Association, has explained the reasoning behind the formation of the new body.
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Family-owned MPN uPVC Windows, Doors & Conservatories - with three showrooms across South Wales - has gone back to Veka and the Independent Network, after trialling another PVC-U system for just six months.
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| Brochures/Videos |
SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS is launching the Signature swatch book – a sales tool for installers to help domestic customers to choose colour shades and powder-coated paint finishes.
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CONSERVATORY OUTLET has launched a new suite of retail brochures, offering unique artwork bespoke for each of its Network members.
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Stability abounds
There may seem little in common with the two appointments announced by the GGF this week: one from outside the industry, the other a director of an established commercial installer. The one thing that unites them however is their pledges to bring stability to the organisation, even to the extent of one aiming to ‘steer through less choppy waters.' The recent history of the GGF is amply documented so needs no further airing here; instead perhaps to heed the words of the other and concentrate on looking to the future. Read Story
Meanwhile, amid tales of cowboy cold-callers caught out disturbing hundreds of thousands of households, it is very well worth noting that a mere 104-plus dubious calls have not escaped the eye of the Information Commissioner’s Office, proving that there is no such thing as slipping in under the radar. Read Story
Speaking of rogue traders, The Federation of Master Builders tells us that four fifths of us would like to see a mandatory licensing system for all in the construction trades. Good luck on that one. Read Story
And finally, AGC is watching the World Cup with interest, being responsible for over 100,000sq metres of glass used in at least 30 of its venues. Read Story
We hope you enjoy this week’s issue.
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This Week's News
GGF names ‘interim
Chief Executive’
The GGF Group this week announced the appointment of Kevin Buckley as interim Chief Executive following the departure of former CEO Phil Pluck in April.
At the same time, the organisation confirmed the appointment of Mark Austin to the role of Vice President as reported in The Glazine four weeks ago.
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Enforcement Notice served on repeat TPS cold-caller
A Swansea installation company went on cold-calling TPS-registered consumers even after being warned by the Information Commissioner’s Office and had not even downloaded a recent copy of the TPS Register, the ICO said this week.
Issuing an Enforcement Notice against Horizon Windows Ltd of Pontardawe, the Commissioner said the company made 104 unsolicited calls to TPS numbers in the year to January 2017. But the notice added that additional enquiries revealed that complaints have continued since that time.
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McIlwee stands down
at BWF – Helen Hewitt steps up
Iain McIlwee is to stand down as Chief Executive of the British Woodworking Federation after almost seven years, to be succeeded by Helen Hewitt as Acting CEO with immediate effect, the organisation announced today.
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Four fifths call for mandatory construction licensing – survey
Almost 80% of builders and home owners are calling on the Government to introduce a licensing scheme for the UK construction industry to stamp out rogue traders once and for all, according to the Federation of Master Builders in a report launched in the House of Lords yesterday.
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Over 100,000sqm of glass go to World Cup
AGC is boasting a major role in the 2018 World Cup, having supplied glass for over 30 sites built or remodelled for the event, including 11 or the 12 stadia.
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The Sarah Swift Building, now home to the Schools of Health and Social Care and Psychology at the University of Lincoln.
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| People |
THE GLAZERITE UK GROUP has appointed former Consort Sales Director Jeff Dunn as Group Sales & Marketing Director.
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Neil Parton joins ELUMATEC as Sales Director after a long career in the cleaning machinery sector.
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Conservatory Outlet this week announced the appointment of well-known business development consultant and industry speaker Paul Clifton as Sales Director at its Pennine Home Improvements retail division.
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Jade Greenhow general manager at INSIGHT DATA has been promoted to the newly created role of Operations Director following a year of rapid growth for the business.
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Rob Saunders is announced as the new Business Development Manager the GGF Borough IT division.
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Roger Hartshorn has announced he is to step down as CEO of the Flamstead Group, owner of HL Plastics with its Liniar brand, as well as Avantek Machinery, after 41 years with HL and the group.
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Stephen Hillier joins Peterborough-based integral blinds manufacturer HITECH BLINDS as Customer Service & Office Manager.
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| Events |
Emplas MD Ryan Johnson has warned of the impact of consolidation on the IGU industry, explaining that the company’s recent acquisition of Padiham Glass was aimed to shield itself from its effect.
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Visiting media saw for themselves recently how Morley Glass & Glazing has doubled manufacturing capacity as a result of investing £700,000 in a second IGU production line.
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| Awards |
Origin has been ranked 58th on this year’s Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 list, which recognises Britain’s mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales.
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Thermoseal Group has been ranked no.41 in in the ninth annual Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table of businesses with fastest-growing international sales.
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The Simon Sainsbury Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School has been voted overall winner in the fifth annual Schueco Excellence Awards for Design and Innovation.
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| Standards |
CORGI Fenestration is claiming its first end-to-end glazing supply chain following the registration of installer Heathfield Windows.
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| Fire Safety |
The Fire-Resistant Glazing Group of the GGF has released a revised version of its best practice guide on fire-resistant glazing, to coincide with the GGF’s presence at the Firex International exhibition last week at ExCel London.
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| Training |
BOHLE has given its support to the Building Our Skills campaign, also signing up as sponsor of the Best New Glass Processing Operative category in the associated Recognising New Talents Awards.
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| Trade Counters |
STEVENSWOOD is introducing Yale security products at ten of its trade counters throughout the UK.
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| Internet / I.T. |
Listers Central has unveiled its new bespoke online ordering portal – Easy Connect, after guests were given a preview at the fabricator’s recent Customer Day at its Stoke-on-Trent base.
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