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XT4,
the new glazing bar from Synseal Extrusions
Ltd, can span 4m without reinforcing or bolster bars
even with 800mm centres New
World Developments
says that its new GRP composite doorset, Apeer is as robust as it
looks: its security features are original engineering innovations 
Edgetech
can now offer an online solution to manufacturing Georgian bars
with the Lisec machine for high volume manufacturers Häfele
UK
has launched its new new contemporary range of lever handles: the
new Starlight range Ventilation
specialist Titon has launched
the Trimvent Select E18, a new clip fix variant of its trickle ventilator 
HW
Plastics
has introduced a Tilt 'n' Turn version of the company's Elite 70
window and door system Eurocell
Building Plastics
has recently launched a new double Internal corner joint trim to
its product range Synseal
Extrusions Ltd
has introduced a new T-Ridge cover moulding to its Shield and Global
conservatory roofs 
Product
Archive 
Linn
Spilsbury has been appointed by CEN Solutions
Ltd to run the company’s new EN 1279 test laboratory
which opened in Stafford last month The
customer service team at Foilex
is dedicated to ensuring complete customer satisfaction at all times Yale
Door & Window Solutions has strengthened its specification
support team with the three new appointments Sarnafil
Roof Assured,
the domestic single ply roofing systems company, has appointed Bob
Newall as UK Business Development Manager Eurocell
fabricator MW windows Ltd has recently completed a number of high
profile contracts for Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council in
Merseyside and NPS Northwest Ltd (Wigan Council) Countryside
Properties, has installed a large number of Sheerframe
windows in each of its new homes in the Reedlands development
in Wychwood Park, Crewe K2
architectural systems has local residents 'seeing double' after
the installation of adjoining conservatories for two members of
the same family in Waltham Abbey Tilt
and slide patio door hardware from UK manufacturer, Siegenia-Aubi
Ltd, has been installed as part of a £1/2 million
refurbishment project in Wandsworth
Home
improvement specialist, eBuilders,
has launched a comprehensive online guide to specialist air conditioning
suppliers across the UK Everwhite
Plastics Ltd has launched a new look website. Simon Reynolds,
Sales Manager at Everwhite, explains how easy it is to use: Specialist
laminating company Foilex has unveiled
its new-look, interactive website
Bygone
Preferred Installers
have just made a £575 donation to Baby Lifeline, a charity
offering care and support to pregnant mothers and newborn babies
throughout the UK Sierra
Windows
has raised £848 for charity. Brian Webb, General Manager,
presented a cheque to Cancer Research UK Manse
Masterdor Ltd,
the manufacturer of bespoke timber bladed door-sets, has donated
windows and made to measure doors to Harrogate and Knaresborough
District based charity, Paperworks Window
and conservatory manufacturer, Synseal
Extrusions Ltd is doing its bit to help boost urgently
needed blood supplies
A
UK-led consortium is developing a process to extract brominated flame
retardants (BFRs) from waste plastics to leave an 'acceptable' level in
the plastic for recycling Glass
is good news for the brick industry and the environment, according to
research carried out by CERAM Building Technology
(CBT)
Alcoa
announced on September 10th the start of an environmental impact
assessment under terms of reference established by the Trinidad
and Tobago Environmental Authority (EMA) for a potential aluminum
smelter at LaBrea, located in southwest Trinidad DuPont
and attorneys for local residents who filed a class action lawsuit
in 2001 over releases from DuPont's Washington Works plant of the
chemical C-8, also known as PFOA, have reached an agreement in principle
to settle the suit, officials from both parties announced on September
9th
Allglass
& Glazing Ltd an Insulating Glass Unit (IGU) manufacturer based
in Somerset, has officially achieved BS EN1279-2 Kitemark scheme for
insulating glass units using sealants from Bostik
Findley RegaLead
has teamed up with CEN Solutions
to help guide its customers through the EN 1279 accreditation
process Chiltern
Dynamics will treble capacity to test Insulating Glass
Units (IGUs) to EN 1279: Glass In Building – Insulating Glass
Units, Part 2, when a new custom-built chamber is installed.
The
construction industry adopts a consistent approach to calculating
the U-values of curtain walling according to Derek Hodgson,
technical manager for Senior Aluminium Systems, chairman of
the technical committee for the Council for Aluminium in Building The
consultation period for amendments to Building Regulations
part L is now closed, so what are the likely outcomes for
future legislation? The BFRC Window Energy Rating system is
now unlikely to be included in its proposed form The
Government’s Consultation Document on changes to Building
Regulations Part L has now been issued. It confirms that windows
that achieve the current Part L U values will continue to
satisfy requirements in the future. 
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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Price
Hikes Looming as Raw Material Prices Rocket |
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Coventry
Branch Sales/Administration Latest
Positions from TEN  Exhibition
Calendar 
Howarth
Timber and Building Supplies
has run a national Ultraframe Conservatory Roadshow at each
of its 23 branches. Aztec
Conservatory Roof Systems’
customers demonstrated their competitive edge when the company
hosted a day of motor racing. John
and Ann Armstrong, who run Holbrooks-based double glazing
company U-fit.co.uk,
hope to put potential new recruits on the spot and in front
of the BBC TV cameras in ‘The U-Factor’, a drive
to boost their workforce. Alcan
Inc. announced on
November 11th that it will continue its association with Olympic
and Paralympic champion Chantal Petitclerc through to the
year 2008. Alcan has been the Quebec athlete’s major
sponsor since 1998. Listers
has always been conscious that it needs to keep fighting off
the competition but one of the company's employees seems to
have taken it a little further than usual.
The
2004 Ideal Homes Exhibition held at Bournemouth International Centre in
early September was the second year that Dorset based installer Orchard
Roofing has exhibited the benefits of SRA. Eurocell
Building Plastics
has recently held two golf days. Firstly the company’s southeast
division staff competed at the prestigious Lingfield Park Course in Surrey.
Hawkstone Park was the setting for the Annual Marshall-Tufflex, Eurocell
Building Plastics Midlands Golf Day. Now
in its 10th year, one of the industry’s premier sporting events,
the Unitec Hardware Ltd Charity Golf
Challenge, was held once again at the De Vere Carden Park in Cheshire.
Raines Court, one of the largest schemes to incorporate Technal’s
new GXi aluminium sliding balcony door, has won an RIBA Award. Guardian
Japan Ltd.,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Guardian Industries Corp., recently became
the first overseas company in the 95-year history of Takenaka to receive
a 'Certificate of Appreciation'. St. Albans based secondary glazing specialist, Selectaglaze
Ltd has successfully achieved ISO9001 certification through
LPCB.
Freefoam
has introduced a range of new Product Information Sheets which
are available for customers and others with specific product enquiries. A new range of retail literature from Duraflex
- ‘The Natural Choice in PVC-U’ - is a colourful pack
containing an aspirational lifestyle brochure and loose-leaf specification
sheets, all enclosed within a matching folder. TRADA
Technology has published a new manual aimed at establishing
the principles of good practice in the design and specification
of wood windows.
House
construction costs will rise by an inflation busting 16% this
year and by 11.6% in 2005 with the upwards trend continuing, according
to Experian, the global economic
forecasting group. Construction
Orders in the year to September 2004 rose by two per
cent compared to orders in the previous twelve month period, and
orders in the third quarter of 2004 rose by one per cent compared
to the same period a year earlier.
Partnership,
professionalism and passion were the themes underlying the fourth
Masterframe Bygone Preferred Installers
(BPI) network conference. Total
Glass
has launched its own fabricator training facility. The company, one
of Profile 22's largest fabricators, established the Total Training
School in response to a growing skills shortage.
Fabricator
Finestral Windows and Conservatories
says that it has built a credible reputation for quality over the
last 23 years. It recently experienced an exceptionally high number
of orders and had to make a decision to invest heavily in expanding
its manufacturing capacity or to outsource. Earlier
this year North East company - Regency Windows
Ltd of Sunderland, opened a new showroom which displays
a wide range of conservatory styles with all of the conservatories
featuring roof systems from Newdawn & Sun Ltd.
On
October 28th, Saint-Gobain Corporation,
the holding company for the U.S.- and Canadian-based businesses of
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain of France, celebrated the first Saint-Gobain
International Day of Health and Safety. The
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has awarded British
Glass £93,000 funding to lead a health and safety
improvement programme within SMEs in the glass sector. Interbuild
2006: New Owners, New Show GlassBuild
America Announces Autumn Dates Locks
& Fittings get Separate Area at BAU 2005 25
Years of Glassex Alcoa
Presents UltrAlloy 6020 at Aluminium 2004 'Visions
of Glass' at BAU Exhibition
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Good news at Darby Glass, meanwhile, who has shrugged off lacklustre performances of former years to emerge as a major force in the glass processing and IGU market, with six sites across the UK. It has announced a £1m investment programme backed by a new management team, in order to create additional growth. |
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Another look at Glasstec 2004, which closed its doors having notched up in the region of 54,000 visitors from 81 countries. This week we have reports from Bystronic, Ashton Industrial, Edgetech (GasGlass), Bassra Machine Tools, ESC (Screenprinting Machinery), Fusion Glass Designs, Langendorf (Floatliner), Inagas, Grenzebach (stacking and loading), WITT (gas filling). Part 3 of our Review can be found here. |
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More
on the BWF's 'Interpretation' of BS6262 
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK Flexible
Curtain Walling Solution from Profile 22 
PROJECT
OF THE WEEK
Kömmerling
Ovolo for Sunderland Estate 
THIS WEEK'S NEWS Escalating
Raw Material Costs Cripple Early
Recovery of European Plastics Converting
Industry Bystronic
at glasstec 2004 - System Solutions
for Tomorrow’s Glass Processing 
Glasstec
2004 Review: Part 3 New
Team Drives Darby Glass Forward Darby
Glass Ltd has appointed a new
management team with plans to
achieve 50% growth over the
next three years. The new board
is part of a major restructuring
programme, which is backed by
over £1m investment in
new equipment, plus an ambitious
product development strategy
and aggressive sales and marketing
drive with focus on customer
service. 
Windowmaker
in £5m Workers' Buyout Speaking
our Language New
Group Finance Director and Strengthened
Management Team at HW Plastics Federation
Support for New Rules to make Builings
more Secure New
Investment Plans Spell Bright Future
for Therma-Tru Doors
Listers
Breaks Sales Record Again Ultraframe
Announces Major Presence at Glassex
2005 Everbrite
Comes Back to Duraflex ComfortableSoftware.com
Enjoys an Upsurge in Overseas Sales  Just
Fascias Top in Freefoam Guarantee
Registrations Sefton
Council uses New World’s Composite Doorset
Streamlined
Customer Services Keep Pace with Expansion
at James Price Tuffx Kaba
Opens Door to Quality Vans and Top Volkswagen
Service Everest
Commercial Division Provides 24/7 Emergency
Service for its Customers Disqualified
Director Sent to Prison Vitro
Cristalglass to Supply Glass for Europe's
Largest Urban Construction Project Alcoa/Alcan
Signs Protocol on 1.5m MTPY Alumina Refinery
in Guinea ProL–
The Most Versatile Flat Laminating Line
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Masterframe
Latest to Back the Glassex Challenge 
We
also have details of yet more restructuring at Heywood Williams plc, which
involves the appointment of a new finance director and a new MD, and an
interesting account of the sale of Windowmaker, the Gloucester window
firm which is now owned by its workforce.