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A
simple new fixing system for glass, which gives architects
and interior designers the freedom to use frameless glass
in mainstream projects, has been launched by SFS
intec Hafele
UK
has launched its first range of fittings for frameless glass
shower doors, called the Rafael Range 
Roto
Frank
has introduced a new selection of profile cylinders to its
DoorSafe range of door hardware GU
has launched a new range of lift-slide fittings that provides
super light operation, smoother running and greater security The
Summit range of cellular
PVC building products is available from over 200 stockists
throughout the UK 
Advantage
Windows and Conservatories Ltd
– the Cheshire based fabricator, has launched a new pricing
software package The
Webbseal range of high performance, professional sealants
& adhesives from the Trade Division of illbruck
Sealant Systems UK has been expanded to include
a new small gap filler
Fastener specialist SEAC Ltd
has launched a new and improved range of glazing packers 
GTI
Kombimatec
has launched the AFV370 Automatic Electronic Arch End Milling
Machine to complement its new PBM1 Profile Bending System Duraflex
has launched a new Conservatory Sidewall and Bay Coupling
System to make fabricating and installing conservatories faster
and easier Aztec
Conservatory Roof Systems, the supplier of PVC/aluminium
conservatory roof systems, has designed and launched its new
ridge connector Following
on from the successful launch of SGG PLANITHERM® TOTAL
1.3 last summer, Solaglas
is now able to offer this exceedingly neutral and high performance,
toughenable soft coat low-E glass in SSS dimensions 
Product
Archive Ultra
Installer TradeMark Windows and Conservatories
Ltd, joined the celebrations to mark the opening of
Wokingham Community Hospital's brand new pavilion style conservatory
extension The
Brunswick Centre in Bloomsbury, London – a unique 1960s concrete
structure featuring hundreds of stepped winter gardens –
was recently deemed the most worthy candidate for a free upgrade
to Pilkington Activ™,
the self-cleaning glass, as part of the Activ in Architecture
competition Schüco’s
FW50 aluminium curtain walling system has been installed in Spinnaker
Tower, the futuristic centrepiece of Portsmouth City Council’s
£68 million redevelopment of the historic harbour area
Part
of New World Development’s
strategic plan is to strengthen its position in the UK and to
further this, Andrew Brady a new sales representative, has been
appointed Alcoa
announced recently that Alcoa Executive Vice President Ricardo
Belda, 60, will oversee the Company's Global Extruded and End
Products business The
Board of Directors of Trelleborg AB
has appointed Peter Nilsson, currently president of the Trelleborg
Engineered Systems business area, as the new president and CEO
of the Trelleborg Group Kenrick,
the UK window and door hardware manufacturer, has announced
that Mike Hill joins the firm as Sales Director from Basta Parsons Foilex,
the specialist laminating company, has announced the introduction
of a dedicated Sales and Service Manager Anders
Glass has strengthened its management team with the
appointment of Sharon Walker as manager of its Health and Safety
and HR departments
New
World Developments
is now providing one-to-one training of its on-line
ordering programme PanelSpec, at fabricator's premises Just
as EN 1279 has passed final voting and is soon to be
signed into law, CEN Solutions
Ltd, the glazing and fenestration consultancy,
is launching its new website Rehau
has launched a customer portal on its web site which
allows it to offer on-line ordering for the first time SUBSCRIBE FREE! If you do not already receive THE GL@ZINE on a weekly basis, subscribe FREE OF CHARGE please click Here
Sandblasted
glass specialist Go-Glass
has produced a spectacular full size engraved
glass representation of a famous racing motorbike
which will be auctioned online for a children’s
cancer charity The
Manchester Network Day,
on Friday 21st October 2005,
is the ideal charity event for those for whom extreme
physical exertion, dangerous pastimes, and personal
humiliation is as unattractive as kissing Malcolm
Glazer.
Alcoa
has announced that 15 employees and contractors from Alcoa
locations across the globe have been selected as Earthwatch
Institute fellows and will participate in scientific research
expeditions around the world as part of the company's overall
conservation and sustainability efforts The
Green Guide to Composites is
based upon the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of functional units
appropriate for composite manufacture, not construction and
therefore CANNOT be used as a supplement to the Green Guide
to Housing Specification.
The
OFT, the Office of Government
Commerce (OGC) and Defra
are looking at the effects of public procurement on competition
and capacity in the municipal waste management sector  Following a year of rapid expansion within the Building Integrated Solar market, PV Facades MD, Barry Marsh explains the logic of building a group company structure and launching The Solar Technologies Group. More Here:
MR
Windows,
a Duraflex fabricator
and installer in Luton, is growing. Set up less than three
years ago, the company has just completed an extensive factory
refurbishment, including the addition of a mezzanine floor
to double floor space. The investment is set to increase capacity
from 180 to 400 frames a week.
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Exhibition
Calendar
Obtaining
specific information on a particular glazing product or issue
has just got easier with the updated Gl@ss CD Rom from
Pilkington Building Products - UK. The
Trade Division of illbruck Sealant
Systems UK Ltd. has published a new guide to its
Webbseal family of professional sealants and adhesives. The
new Roof-Glas™ high performance unit from Darby
Glass now has a full-colour, user friendly brochure. Wendland
Roof Solutions
has produced a new series of contemporary marketing literature
that reflects the increasing popularity of its Styal system
amongst UK homeowners. New
World Developments has published a new 28-page
brochure on its double-skinned GRP doorset, Apeer. Showing
the diversity of entrances that can be achieved, it is packed
with illustrations of Apeer’s latest sidelight range
and glass designs. Cellular
PVC-ue specialist, Celuform,
has issued two documents that set out the company's strategy
for delivering Sustainability, Best Value, Partnering, and
Environmental Management. 
Sapa Building Systems has been
awarded a BS4873 Kitemark for its Dualframe dual-colour window system.
Edgetech
I.G. Inc. added another accolade to its growing list
of international awards when it was one of just two businesses to
receive the Eastern Ohio Development Alliance (EODA) Business Excellence
Award. Laird
Security Hardware has gained British Board of Agrément
accreditation, report number 2523, for its trade window hardware
package, which includes the Comet handle, Crusader friction hinge
and Laird’s Espagnolette bar. For the first time ever both window and conservatory awards have
been won by the same company… challenge winner Romsey
Conservatory Company Profile Wrappers Ltd has been
awarded Investors in People just eighteen months after the company
was bought by a management team headed by Graham Morrell. 
Glasslam
panels recently won a Silver Gilt award at the world famous
Chelsea flower show in London. Wunderplas
Windows in St Austell recently opened its doors to
the trade and general public to celebrate £400,000 worth
of investment in a new window manufacturing plant. The
K2 roofing system and K2's
Celsius glass became TV stars when they appeared on Channel
4's 'Room for Improvement' programme on 3rd May 2005. 
Orders
in the year to April 2005 rose by six per cent compared to orders
in the previous twelve month period, but orders in the three months
to April 2005 fell by six per cent compared to the same three
months a year earlier.
At
the recent series of half-day events held around the UK, over 95%
of attendees supported the formation of Proskills,
the prospective Sector Skills Council, which will work with Government
to develop the skills that UK business needs in five key industry
sectors. Classic
Rooflines and Claddings which has just been awarded PERC
status (Purveyors of Excellence in Roofline and Cladding) from Deeplas
by Deceuninck. The PERC installer scheme, offered by Deceuninck, is
an effective training programme. Merlin
UK has recently been commissioned by Pilkington, the UK
glass supplier, to deliver a five day installation training programme
for Matthew Scraton an apprentice working at the Pilkington Sheffield
branch.
Ray
Rabett, Technical Manager for Masterframe
Windows Ltd, comments on the predicament: ‘When –
not if - the government fails to deliver on its Kyoto protocol commitments,
a further tightening of the legislation is inevitable
Defra
Plans for RWM Glasstech
India 2006 MosBuild+
2006 Interplas
is Reduced to One Hall Saiedue
Living Corby
has Open Day with EVie Fenestration
China 2005 fensterbau/frontale
RUSSIA 2005 Intelligent
Building Middle East 2005 Interbuild
2006: New Owners, New Show GlassBuild
America Autumn Dates |
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We also hear that Roger Hartshorn's new company Flamstead has bought Ravenscroft
from the Receivers, while Eurocell announces the creation of 75 jobs in
an ambitious conservatory development programme. |
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PROJECT
OF THE WEEK
Solaglas
in Buoyant Mood as 'Floating'
Contract is Secured  PRODUCT
OF THE WEEK
CGI
Launches Fireswiss Foam 
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Williams puts 'Market Leader'
Up for Sale Flamstead
Buys Ravenscroft from Receivers 
Seventy
Five Jobs Created Through
Eurocell Conservatory Expansion More
Networking for Thirsty PIGS
Waste
Action Forum Focuses on Health
& Safety Australia's
Lend Lease Buys Crosby
from Berkeley Group for
£261m 
SynerJy
Blue Now Available from
Synseal Force
8 Adds SynerJy Profile to
Range 
Norvik
Puts a New Name on Success OFT
Wins Landmark Ruling in
Scottish Court 
Derek
Scott Buys Skotskil (Joinery)
Ltd Laird
Summarises Impact of IFRS 
Masterframe’s
BPIs Buck Downward Trend
of Market Graphite
Capital Sells Door Manufacturer
to SIG for £47m Guardian
Welcomes President
Fox to Launch
of Mexican Float
Glass Everwhite
Commits to Calcium
Zinc Plastic
Industry Leaders Go for Innovation
at Sevllle Meeting Correct
Fire Test Documentation is Vital,
Warns DHF 
Fastest
Glazier in the West New
CNC Investment Gives Anders the
Cutting Edge Deceuninck
Opens a New Subsidiary in Croatia Should
We All be ‘Competent’? Asahi
Glass to Enter into Business of
Glass Substrates for HDDs Alcoa
Provides Additional Details on Significant
Second Quarter 2005 Events 
NOTICES Insolvencies,
Winding up
Orders, Petitions
and Creditors'
Meetings
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