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REHAU has unveiled a deep bottom rail as the latest addition to its Rio flush fit system.
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| Fabricator Focus |
Commercial PVCu and aluminium supplier UK Glazing Group says it has saved £350,000 and boosted output by 25% in its first year since ceasing manufacturing and choosing CUSTOMADE GROUP as its fabricator.
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| Projects |
CDW SYSTEMS has partnered with commercial installer Hazlemere Commercial to help transform Colchester’s historic Dutch Quarter with more 300 Smart VS 600 vertical sliding windows.
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Aluminium windows
and doors from Gloucestershire-based COTSWOLD WINDOWS have helped transform a derelict barn into Tower Barn, a visitor centre, retail area and bar alongside the Broadway Tower landmark.
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APEER found the opportunity to show its Lumi window and door system in both traditional and contemporary surroundings and in new-build and retrofit all on one site when it undertook a contemporary extension to a traditional Hertfordshire home.
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Frequent KAWNEER specifier Atkins has used the manufacturer’s architectural aluminium glazing systems again, on a unique building which forms a new £27 million gateway to Bournemouth University.
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More than 100 Optima Flush Casement windows, by PROFILE 22 were fitted in the first phase of 14 new town houses in the historic Houldsworth Conservation Area close to the 19th century Victoria and Elizabeth mills in Reddish, Greater Manchester.
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| Marketing |
PREFIX SYSTEMS has launched #100%Warm, a campaign aimed to ‘help communicate to the trade and consumers the fact that its Warmroof has been designed and engineered throughout to be a true ‘warm roof’.
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Fensa is turning to the radio to take its message to homeowners following the success of its ongoing TV campaign.
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| Contracts |
The total value of construction contract awards last month was £6.5 billion based on a three-month rolling average, according to the latest figures from Barbour ABI, up 16.9% on January and also 19.9% higher than February 2019.
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Meadowview Homes has chosen FRAME FAST UK for flush casement windows, bespoke composite doors and bifold doors for an exclusive development in Wessington, in Derbyshire’s Peak District.
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| Organisations |
WARREN SERVICES is the latest architectural powder coat applicator to join Qualicoat UK & Ireland.
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The Glass and Glazing Federation says it is lobbying the government on five key issues to support and protect the industry in the face of the current crisis.
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| Results |
DISTINCTION DOORS reports that glass volume sales have increased by a third during the year to date 2020.
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A long time…
It seems superfluous to quote Harold Wilson as it’s obvious to all that a week is a long time not only in politics but in every other avenue of life at the moment. No sooner had we invited your off-the-cuff thoughts in this present climate than the almost universal reply just seven days later was ‘we’re shutting down’ as, whether by choice or compulsion, the majority of the industry has now ground to a temporary halt.
Most players however are visualising light at the end of the tunnel even if they cannot literally see it yet so they are carrying on with their message of hope, whether it’s how to weather the storm or what to do when the crisis has finally passed.
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The exception to that, it seems, is the remains of Aperture Trading, which is not going anywhere in its present form, so it is now being offered for sale in its various bits. Elsewhere, LHC is urging those supplier partners that are still active to heed advice on maintaining the relationship through the troubled times, Customade’s David Leng warns installers to step up their online presence in the face of a very different future and in the shorter term, IT providers are giving their support to remote working during the crisis.
So, whatever the last seven days have brought you, we hope there is something in this week’s issue to help you to see it through at least until next week and we hope very far beyond.
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This Week's News
Aperture to be broken up
– more jobs go as no takers found for group
Aperture Trading, the collapsed former Synseal buyout vehicle, is to be broken up and offered for sale in parts after administrators announced that no buyer could be found for the group in its entirety.
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Technal – Sapa brand merger complete
Hydro, owner of the Technal and Sapa architectural aluminium systems has announced that the merger of the two brands is now complete and all the products in the UK will now come under the Technal brand.
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Talk to framework partners, says LHC
Framework provider LHC is urging door and window suppliers to talk to their regional framework partners as quickly as possible if they are struggling to deliver any public sector works, have seen projects cancelled or paused or are worried about payment during the current COVID-19 crisis.
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Home-working platform on 30-day trial
Insight Data has responded to the urgent need for home-working with the offer of a 30-day free trial of its Salestracker remote working platform.
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A contemporary extension to a traditional Hertfordshire home.
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From:
David Leng, Group chief executive,
Customade Group
No one could have predicted the speed and intensity with which Covid-19 would spread. The pandemic has forced every business to change how they operate, with home-working now a necessity for most people.
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| People |
Timber window and door manufacturer GOWERCROFT JOINERY has appointed Joe Grimley to head up its new commercial division as Commercial Sales Manager.
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Stephen Hillier has been appointed as Head of Customer Services at swing and slide door manufacturer PANORAMIC DOORS.
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The Institute of Architectural Ironmongers has appointed Deborah Cannon as its new national chair.
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| Machinery |
QUICKSLIDE is continuing its £2m staged investment programme with the installation of a Schirmer CNC cutting and prepping centre at its Brighouse, West Yorkshire factory.
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GARNALEX has invested in three Combilift multidirectional forklift trucks for its aluminium extrusion factory in Nether Heage, Derbyshire.
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| Exhibitions |
Bohle AG says it has cancelled its plans to take part in Glasstec as well as GlassBuild in Las Vegas in a decision that it says will also impact on any postponed Fnesterbau event.
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| Hardware |
The Door & Hardware Federation has launched a new technical briefing, ‘Guidance on CE Marking, Third Party Testing, Assessment and Certification’ in collaboration with The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers.
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ANGLO EUROPEAN has backed up its claims of economies for fabricators buying-in cut-to-size reinforcements, with new calculations indicating savings of up to £240,000 a year can be achieved.
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ENDURANCE DOORS is introducing a new range of forged Fab & Fix hardware from Era in the form of pewter and forged black door furniture.
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| Security |
CUSTOMADE GROUP has signed what it says is the widest ranging Secured by Design agreement ever, with now 31 of its aluminium and PVCu windows and door systems recently achieving an SBD licence.
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| Standards |
JACK ALUMINIUM announces that its TD68 thermal commercial door has passed the STS202 test.
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| Health & Safety |
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work has announced a new video ‘Napo in …work at height’.
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| Internet / I.T. |
The planned launch of a new double-glazing smartphone pricing app, Double Glazing App by VIRTAPE has been brought forward as a result of the current crisis and the company says it will waive the monthly licence fee for the app for the duration of the Covid-19 outbreak.
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THE CONSULTANCY
has produced its first
ever online 3D product configurator for garden rooms, for its client Composite Garden Buildings.
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Integral blinds manufacturer MORLEY GLASS & GLAZING has developed a new app with home integration company Loxone, allowing users to open and close their motorised integral blinds from a tablet or smartphone.
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