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The
Stuga Flowline has been
constantly improved due to improving technology, improving knowledge
and feed-back from customers. Ultraframe
has introduced its 2004 Airflow Fan range which features contemporary
styling, quick and easy assembly and is available in three different
entry price points. The
LMC Group,
the UK designer, manufacturer and installer of metal and glass
engineered solutions, has launched a new triple glazed dual
colour door
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Fasteners
has added a new austenitic bi-metallic screw to its range of quality
fasteners for fabricators and specifiers. Shepley
Window Systems’
composite door range now features an improved glazing system as
well as new styles
An
externally-glazed security system is now available from Profile
22 to complement the Bubblex pre-applied gasket profiles Bohle
has launched three new sandblasting machines, ranging from manual
to fully automatic operating systems
Window
and door systems specialist Schüco
has extended its PVCu Corona range by adding a new generation of
sash with ovolo detailing Product Archive (300+ Listed Products) Go Here: For a directory of products sorted by product type Go Here: For a directory of products sorted by company in alphabetical order
The
purpose of nine spherical section glass elements suspended
from the roof of The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester may
have baffled many audiences, but in fact the precisely
formed sections of structural glazing from MagHansen
have continued to serve a crucial function at every performance Bournemouth
Library, which features large spans of Technal’s
specially adapted MC curtain walling, has won the Prime
Minister’s Better Public Building Award.
The
Burnden Group, parent company of conservatory roofing specialist
K2, has appointed a new
Group Finance Director, Stephen Beckett Recently
appointed as general manager for Modplan
Limited, Stuart Lewis Beaufort
Secure Design
has strengthened its customer services team with the promotion
of Richard Minor to Sales Support Manager HW
Plastics
has recently appointed Nick Woodall as Key Account Manager
to provide specialised support for its larger customers Industry
figure Ray Fraser has been appointed Chairman of the Council
for Aluminium in Building's Patent Glazing Group Conservatory
designer and manufacturer, Ultraframe
UK has appointed ex-Dyson Director Andrew Thomson
as its new Design and Development Director
A
new website for glassmakers, architects and designers has been
launched by Surface Specialties UCB.
It gives an insight into the latest developments in UV-curing
technology in today's laminated glass industry A
Carl F direct web site
has been launched to support Carl F Petersen's window tools
catalogue initiative
Omnico,
the plastic building product specialists has for the second
year running won the ‘Training Initiative of the Year Award’
at the Builders Merchants Awards for excellence 2003. The ceremony
was held on November 28th at the Savoy Hotel, London. As
part of Sarnafil’s
£300,000 training and development investment programme,
the company has recently installed a state of the art, interactive
Smart Wall in its Norwich HQ training centre The
first Bohle International
Glass Workshop in the UK has opened at Blackburn College. Hailed
as the best Art Glass facility in the country, the state-of-the-art
Workshop is housed in the College’s new Construction Technology
Centre
Construction
orders
in the twelve months to November 2003
rose by two per cent compared to orders in the previous twelve
months, and orders in the three months to November 2003 fell
by two per cent compared to the same three months a year earlier Growth
in Britain’s construction industry is set to slow rapidly
as the public sector construction funding boom runs out of steam
over the next two years, according to Experian
Shepley
Window System’s four directors
and chairman have completed a sponsored slim for charity. Conservatory
manufacturer K2 has sponsored
one of its employees, Ella Walsh, over £1000 to take part
in the Annual Benidorm Half Marathon
'The
(CIWM) Chartered Institute of Wastes Management should be careful
in accepting charging householders for the waste they produce.
Resource would more effectively be spent improving existing
voluntary systems to increase recycling,' said Michael Durr,
managing director of Bankit sponsor Glass
Recycling UK Ltd  Bostik
Findley,
worldwide manufacturer of sealants and adhesives has launched
a new support package which is being offered to IGU manufacturers
to aid compliance with EN 1279 The
new range of gas fill testing machines for IG units from Inagas
is an important step in supporting IG unit manufacturers who
are seeking accreditation to EN 1279 Part 3. CEN
Solutions Ltd provide consultancy, testing and auditing
facilities for insulating glass unit manufacturers seeking accreditation
to EN 1279.
'What
about the future when the calls for even greater thermal efficiency
grow ever louder, as no doubt they will?' asks Edgetech. 
Features
now archived include: Designers
must now comply with regulations to limit solar overheating
in buildings, as Paul Littlefair of BRE explains. Dave
Frost on the implications of CE Marking to the sealed unit manufacturer:
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CAB
Receives Health Treatment
Symposium
on PVCu Window Profile Laminating
Legal
Changes Inspire new Pavilion GP&T:
2005 Dates Announced Exhibition
Calendar
Click here or on the Logo to see the latest prime jobs from Ten Human Resources: 9 new positions this week!
Veka
plc,
the manufacturer of PVCu profile systems and building products, has
produced a new brochure detailing the extent of its commitment to the
protection of the environment. Eurocell
Profiles Ltd,
based in Alfreton Derbyshire has launched its new Specifier Guide, to
add to the current range of literature. Ultraframe
has redesigned, updated and reissued its Essential Guide to conservatories,
which will now be produced twice a year. Pilkington
has recently updated its 'This Is Pilkington' brochure which contains
revised information about the Pilkington Group and its two business
divisions. The
Reglit Glass Architecture Newsletter
is the first in a series of communications aiming to inform the company's
customers of some of the many projects that it has been involved with Selectaglaze,
the secondary glazing specialist, has produced a new and definitive
Product Guide incorporating details of the most recent developments
Lister
Trade Frames
(Stoke on Trent) has achieved the latest quality award from the British
Standards Institute BS EN ISO 9001 2000. A
21-year-long partnership between Alcoa World
Alumina Australia and Greening Australia is the National
Winner of a Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Community Business
Partnerships. Leading
studio glass artist and producer Peter Layton
was amongst leading figures from the worlds of arts, fundraising and
film to receive Honorary Graduates from the University of Bradford
recently.
Scottish
Evergreen Door fabricator Smith
and Frater is going from strength to strength, manufacturing
doors and delivering them all across Scotland. Tim
Goldson of Centurion PVCU Services,
Cambridge, installers of windows, doors and conservatories say’s
'Over the years the demand for value for money, maintenance free quality
PVCU products has grown steadily and innovation has been impressive. GTI-Kombimatec
machinery installed just 18 months ago in the factory of Glossop fabricator
Window Options has helped the
company to increase its turnover by 50% during the last year alone South
Wales fabricator Euroframe has
enjoyed 200% growth since becoming a Synseal
Extrusions customer three years ago
One
of the UK’s top cycling teams - Yasumitsu Schlapp - has achieved
major international and national success this season- thanks to sponsorship
from Aztec Conservatory Roofs
Chief
executive of the Burles Group,
David Burles, set off for the West Coast recently to watch the filming
of his latest masterpiece. Edgetech
I.G. Inc, the leader in TrueWarm edge technology, has launched
the ultimate sales and marketing package for Super Spacer
Plus
Plan,
a division of Aluplast UK Ltd., says that the company is benefiting
from increased operational efficiency and enhanced health and safety
practices following the purchase of 3 LPG-powered Combilift multi-directional
forklift trucks. Alcoa
announced on 20th November that Rick Williams, Alcoa's worldwide director
of safety, has joined the newly convened NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory
Panel to assist NASA in its ongoing review and improvement of safety
systems, operations and culture.
Each
year, the UK glass industry uses about £130m of energy. Action
Energy has a wide range of free tailored services to help
the glass industry benefit financially by improving energy efficiency.
The
BSI Group has announced that the
Drafts for Public Comment (DPCs) of the environmental management standards
BS EN ISO 14001 and BS ISO 14004 are now available..
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| Although we have not covered it as a news item - since no doubt everyone will have seen or heard about it in the national media - we feel obliged to mention the tragedy at the Transvaal Aquapark in Moscow, where so many deaths and injuries were caused by a collapsing glass roof. It is worth noting that this week we have advance notice of a BRE Report into the safety of roofs, as this country is also no stranger to deaths caused by falls through roofs, or falling pieces of roofing. | ||||||||||||
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 PROJECT OF THE WEEK Sheerframe
Turns up the Heat
THIS WEEK'S NEWS Glassex
Seminar Programme Hits the Nail on the Head
Dale
Joinery Collapses with £18m debts
Rochdale based Dale Joinery has gone into receivership with reported debts of £18.5m, threatening nearly 200 jobs. Managers broke the news to staff on Monday afternoon, hours after drivers were ordered not to deliver goods until cash on previous orders was collected.
Asahi
Group Back in Profit for 2003 
Masco
Reports Record Sales and Earnings for 2003, and Warns of European
Disposals
Shield
Roof Customers Grow 33.6% in Fourth Quarter of 2003 M1
Trade Frames Moving on Up! K2
Hosts Customers at Work and Play in Gleneagles and Launches Installer
Scheme
Status Fabricators Move up a Gear in Benefitting from On-Line Technology On-line ordering through Synergebuild increased to over 70 per cent of orders received as Status Systems completed its first month of trading in 2004. This is an increase of over 20 per cent since last autumn, putting Status well on track to reach its target of over 95 per cent of total orders to be received through Synergebuild by the end of 2004. BRE
Roof Study Examines Falls Huge
Increase in Bankruptcies Everwhite
Joins the British Plastic Federation Saint-Gobain
Expands its Presence in Romania in Glass Manufacturing for the Construction
Industry Saint-Gobain
Vitrage Acquires a New Float Line in China Trelleborg
Shows Favourable Trend in 2003 Financial Report CertainTeed
Celebrates a Century of Building America GL@ZINE SPECIAL FEATURES Give
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Elsewhere
we see signs of a return to growth in the worldwide glass market, as
the Asahi Group (which also owns Glaverbel and AFG) reverses its losses
of 2002 to report a handsome profit in 2003. The diverse US group Masco,
meanwhile, reports record sales and earnings from 2003 and a promising
forecast for 2004, although it warns of some European disposals to come
this year. Closer to home, we hear the sad news that Dale Joinery has
entered into receivership with a reported £18.5m debts. More on
these stories below.
