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20th September 2005
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Elumatec has established a partnership with Orgadata to bring its system logiKal® to aluminium frame producers in the UK
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Improved heat insulation, exceptionally high light transmittance and passive solar energy gain: Interpane 'iplus E' with standard argon filling achieves 1.1 W/m2K
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HeatGuard insulated glazed units from trade fabricator Tradelink set new low levels of conductivity and moisture transmission, together with prolonged life expectancy.
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This September sees the introduction of the new range from multitool experts Dremel - the 300 Series and 400 Series Digital
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KAT UK, the supplier of patio doors and sliding sash windows has announced the exclusive launch of the KAT Zendow patio door system
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LCD Glass (10.5mm laminate) from Pro Display™ is a new product which the company says will transform the world of visual display and advertising
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SGG CLIMAPLUS® COMFORT+ conservatory roof double glazed units are the first on the market to incorporate SGG BIOCLEAN® with advanced solar control performance (solar factor of 0.38) and advanced thermal insulation (centre-pane U-value of 1.1W/m2.K)
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After 14 years of benefiting from low maintenance glass windows and doors through the use of Ritec's ClearShield, a Basingstoke householder knows just how effective it is
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Senior Aluminium Systems (SAS) has recently supplied windows to two schools: Bridlewood Primary School in Swindon and Westerhope First School in Newcastle
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Kent based Sheerframe fabricator FineLine Windows has completed a window refurbishment project at a Victorian primary school located on the Greenwich Meridian Line
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Aluminium windows and doors from Beaufort Secure Design have been specified as part of a major three-phase refurbishment programme at Compton School in Finchley
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Norvik has fabricated and installed windows and doors from the Duraflex Featured Suite for The Dairy, a Noble development of 37 architect-designed apartments in Barnsley
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Hardware manufacturer Avocet has appointed Dave March as Technical Manager
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Louise Lai has joined Carl F Petersen as Marketing Assistant in a role that encompasses internal communications and external marketing
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Darren Massey has joined the WHS Halo Consumer/Trade sales team as Business Development Manager (North)
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Mike Matlin has moved from Vent-Axia to become National Sales Manager for Titon's ventilation division, and Alan Lott has joined Titon from Fläkt Woods as Technical Administrator
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‘Ten’ Human Resources employed the services of Whale Marketing to design an industry specific web-site
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Wendland Roof Solutions has launched a new consumer website aimed at supporting installers and providing homeowners with useful information
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FairTrades, the national multi trade association has launched a new website as a benefit to current members and as a 24 hour information point for trade professionals
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Everwhite Plastics Ltd has updated its website to include more product information, a photo gallery of its premises and products, and more news stories to keep stockists, installers and homeowners in the picture
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PVCu fabricator, Sash UK, was happy to lend its support to a local charity recently with the loan of a garden arbour for a 'Viva Las Vegas' themed event
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After 23 years' experience in the window fabrication business, Eurocell customer Ayrshire Shopfronts Ltd's Director Ken McKenzie is no stranger to mountainous tasks!
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KAT UK, supplier of patio doors and sash windows, has made a £1,822 donation to Care for the Wild International (CFTWI) to aid the charity’s work in protecting wild tigers
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The clock is now ticking for Insulating Glass Unit (IGU) manufacturers, following the publication of Part 5 of EN 1279 in May 2005, says Chiltern Dynamics Engineer Dawn Oxbrough
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The much-awaited ‘1279’ standard was finally published towards the end of May 2005. ‘But be careful, you still cannot claim that you comply with the standard until the beginning of 2006.’ says Two River Solutions
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Alcan Inc. announced recently that it is one of 17 large stock market listed companies to be recognised for its outstanding environmental performance by the United Kingdom’s Environment Agency’s (EA) annual publication Spotlight on Business - Environmental Performance 2004.
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Window companies can now cut the costs of disposing of old PVC window and door frames under Recovinyl, a new scheme aimed at promoting greater recycling of post-consumer PVC waste. It also covers ancillary PVC products such as roofline products, cladding, shutters and blinds
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Having recently completed installing 33kWp at the Spinal Injuries Association HQ in Milton Keynes, Solar Technologies Group has now exceeded 2 Megawatts of installed PV solar solutions - furthering its position as the UK's largest installer for commercially integrated systems with an estimated 75% share of all building Integrated Solar in the UK today.
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Birmingham based Mainstream Windows has been a customer of Advantage Windows and Conservatories Ltd for over two years. Founded in 1989 and taken over in 1999 by directors Richard Elson and Bob Dhillon
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Oldham based trade fabricator Gemini UPVC Ltd recently celebrated two important milestones with a factory Open Day event on 22nd July: Twenty years in business, and one year since the company opted to switch to Veka's Matrix 70mm fully sculptured system
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Window hardware manufacturer Securistyle has launched a campaign to ensure that fabricators and installers put safety at the top of their business agenda
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Granada Material Handling (Granada), one of the nation's leading material handling solutions specialists, is the sole UK distributor of Fezer VacuPowerlift handling units
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The launch of Speedy's Safety From The Ground Up initiative represents the UK's largest integrated safety, training and information campaign in the tool hire sector
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Downturn or Consolidation?
A couple of news stories this week make specific reference to what is not quite accepted as a market downturn but which looks more like the period of consolidation which industry pundits have been predicting for years. Retail spending is still depressed, the latest bad news is B&Q closing down a number of outlets, but big ticket items which add value to a house tend to be less affected than luxuries, so the conservatory and replacement window market may still have some life in them.

Transport Manager, Area Sales Manager and More...
Continued growth and expansion have led to further career opportunities at Float Glass Industries, the UK’s largest independent glass distributors and manufacturers of toughened and processed glass. We now have a number of exciting vacancies for experienced glass professionals looking for a new and rewarding challenge.
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Kawneer Unveils Product Range at 100% Detail
Kawneer will publicly unveil its new range of products – the AA®100 Curtain Wall, AA®201 Unitised Curtain Wall and AA®4001 Unitised Framing systems at this year’s 100% Detail exhibition, held between 22-25 September 2005 in Earls Court 1, London.
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OmniDecor at Glassbuild America and Vitrum
OmniDecor SpA, an Italian Company based in Erba (Como, Italy) and a producer of acid-etched glass for architecture and design, will participate at GlassBuild America in Atlanta from 13th to 15th September 2005. After that it will also participate, from 5th to 8th October, at the 14th edition of 'Vitrum' in Milan.
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Mighton Products Ltd, a sash window hardware specialist, has recently launched an A5 catalogue that works with its website to cater for as many customers as possible.
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Deceuninck has introduced its new specification guide, a comprehensive catalogue which gives specifiers and contractors detailed information on the complete zendow® product range and associated ancillaries.
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The smart conservatory roof glass reflex has a new updated colour brochure which explains all the benefits of using a true conservatory roof glass.
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Remploy Building Products, a fabricator of WHS Halo's System 10 PVCu windows and doors, has been named as 'Supplier of the Year' at the industry's prestigious '2005 Housing Excellence Awards'.
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Saint-Gobain’s Yorkshire float glass plant has been recognised as one of the UK’s top manufacturing plants, having reached the finals of the prestigious Best Factory Awards 2005.
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Historically in the United Kingdom the use of glass in shower enclosures has been covered by BS 6340-3: 19851. This standard lines up with BS 6262:19822 and BS 6262-4: 19943 as regards the use of glass in wet areas.
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Over 250 companies around the UK will receive a full-sized, glazed SynerJy blu window, Synseal's blue white fourth generation fully sculptured system that seamlessly integrates windows, doors, patios and conservatories.
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Conservatory Outlet sponsored an entire weekend in September on Real Radio to raise awareness for the indoor conservatory showrooms in Wakefield, Harrogate and York.
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138 councils in England have now had their options appraisals signed off, putting plans in place to bring their homes up to a decent standard by 2010. Another 41 have submitted plans and are awaiting sign-off, and most of the remaining 17 will submit their appraisals in the coming weeks.
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The total volume of Construction Output in the year to the second quarter of 2005 was unchanged compared to the previous year. Overall new work rose over the same period, despite decreases in the infrastructure and public non-housing sectors.
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The Glass Industry Training Board will next meet on the 2nd of November in the West Midlands at Pilkington, Kings Norton. The chairman Malcolm Berresford Dutton intends to discuss the strategy for GTL for the next three years.
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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
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PART L ARCHIVE

Kömmerling UK Takes a Stand at Vitrum 2005
Kömmerling UK will be present at this year's Vitrum exhibition, taking place in Milan, from October, 5th to 8th 2005.
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Active and Passive Fire Protection 'Explained Days'
Chiltern International Fire is staging a range of active and passive fire protection events to cater for the needs of the fire services, specifiers, manufacturers, regulators and managers or owners of buildings and residential properties.
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Beantown Beckons for Comfortable Software
This November the team from ComfortableSoftware.com is heading Stateside once more to take part in the InterGlassMetal/ Fenestration World 2005 show.
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GlassBuild America
Over 350 exhibiting companies and more than 200,000 net square feet of exhibit space provides an all-encompassing central showcase.
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fensterbau/frontale and HOLZ-HANDWERK 2006
Around 1,200 exhibitors and 92,000 trade visitors - the success of the combined fensterbau/frontale and HOLZ-HANDWERK 2004 exhibitions in Nürnberg even surprised insiders. Preparations are now underway for the next edition in Nuremberg from 22-25 March 2006.
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Timber Zone at Interbuild
More leading companies are following the example of Eleco and Akzo Nobel in backing a concerted push by TRADA, the Timber Research & Development Association, to raise the profile of timber at Interbuild 2006.
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Glasstech India 2006
Glasstech India 2006, The International Glass Products, Glass Manufacturing, Processing and Materials Exhibition, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India, 13 - 15th December 2006.
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MosBuild+ 2006
MosBuild+ 2005 Exhibition was the biggest Windows & Doors exhibition ever to be held in Russia. The event hosted over 300 Exhibitors and 40,000 visitors over the four day International Event. The 2006 show will be 4-7th April.
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Fenestration China 2005
Fenestration China 2005 takes place in Beijing from 16-19 November. Experts estimate the market for windows and doors for the coming five years at approximately 200 million window units per year.
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One barometer of market confidence are exhibitions: and we report below that advanced sales for Glassex 2006 are ahead of last year, in terms of signed contracts, which is encouraging. The Earls Court show later this week, 100% Detail (which co-locates with 100% Design) also looks to be in rude health. At the same time, the organiser of GP&T has announced a change of dates for the 2007 edition, putting it back from May to November, which will probably pitch it against Vitrum. The thinking, presumably, is that the market can accomodate Northern and Southern European glass exhibitions taking place at around the same time.

This week we are finally allowed to mention that well known industry veteran Peter Abbott, who spent many years as MD of Veka UK and who is widely credited as pioneering PVC windows in the USA has joined the board of the newly acquired HW Windows as Managing Director of Spectus Systems. More on this, with comments from Peter and his new boss Brian Kennedy in the next week or two.

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PROJECT OF THE WEEK

King’s College Hospital’s New Exterior Finally Revealed by EAG
As the wraps come off the eagerly awaited new King’s College University Hospital the full impact of English Architectural Glazing’s bespoke cladding work can finally be seen. The Suffolk based company was employed by main contractor Walter Lilly to provide complete envelope cladding to the new building on Denmark Hill in London.
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PRODUCT OF THE WEEK

Eurocell Launches Push-Fit Cavity Closer
Eurocell's newly launched Cavity Closer provides a quick, user-friendly and efficient method of closing cavities around openings in masonry walls and doors, preventing the occurrence of thermal bridging, and forms a damp-proof barrier preventing cold bridging, condensation and mould growth.
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THIS WEEK'S NEWS

GP&T Dates Revised Following Industry Consultation
Following the advice of the Steering Committee that was created to provide input from the glass industry, the dates for the next Glass Processing & Technology (GP&T) exhibition have been revised from May 2007 back to November 2007, thus restoring the timing of the event to that of the highly successful launch show.
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Stand Sales Well Ahead for Glassex '06
EMAP Maclaren, organiser of Glassex, has announced advanced sales for the 2006 event are well ahead of the previous event year-on-year. More than 50% of the floor space has been contracted by a total of 66 companies, 20 more than for the similar period last year.
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Inauguration of Glaverbel Klin, Russia
Glaverbel, a major player in the Russian flat glass market, has just inaugurated its new manufacturing complex at Klin, near Moscow. Glaverbel Klin produces float glass, coated superinsulating glass and mirrors.
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LMC Group Announces Major Investment and New HQ
LMC Group, the UK glass manufacturing and construction specialist, has announced a major investment programme, and a move to a state-of-the-art new headquarters.
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Stuga Flowline Sales Static in Current Slowdown
Stuga continues to build and deliver two Flowlines each month even though the industry is continuing to find the consolidating market hard to handle.
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More Buy in Frames Claims Total Glass
In the current difficult and competitive market, more and more window companies are recognising the benefits of ceasing manufacturing and buying in frames, according to trade fabricator, Total Glass.
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Edgetech Saves Local Authority Residents £300,000 a Year
‘Edgetech's Super Spacer® provides the energy efficiency benefits but actually saves homeowners money,’ explains Andy Jones, Sales Director
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Force 8 Launches Glazed Arch Service
PVC-U bending specialist Force 8 is offering a simple, cost effective solution for fabricators and installers buying arched frames: it has introduced a glazed service which supplies frames complete with glass in a similar timescale to unglazed frames and at competitive prices.
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Extended Guarantees mean Easier Sales for Installers
With the economy slowing, and the replacement casement window market virtually at a stand still, installers need all the help they can get to differentiate themselves. That's why Newstead Trade Frames is extending the guarantees offered on its glazing and hardware.
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Partnership Delivers Dynamic First for Profile 22 Doors
Profile 22 fabricators will be the first in the UK and Ireland to benefit from the new Dynamic 2D adjustable door hinge from SFS intec, thanks to the development of a special version of the hinge.
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Everwhite's Louvered Window Shutter System takes America by Storm
Everwhite Plastics Ltd has designed and manufactured its louvered window shutter system specifically for this huge American market. Not yet available in the UK, the louvered product was launched in the US at the International Window Coverings exhibition in Atlanta.
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China Approves Alcoa Aluminium Rolling Mill
Alcoa announced on 8th September that it has received approval from the Ministry of Commerce in China to establish a new joint venture with China International Trust & Investment (CITIC), its equity partner in Bohai Aluminum, to produce aluminium rolled products at the Bohai plant in Qinhuangdao, China.
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Tessenderlo Group: Results for the First Half of 2005
Tessenderlo Group's sales amounted to 1,076.5m EUR, compared with 1,051.0m EUR in the first six months of 2004, i.e. a rise of 2.4 %. This rise is mainly due to better sales in Plastics Converting, the business segment which includes Eurocell.
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Rhodia to Divest European Cartridge Silicone Sealants Business to Henkel
Rhodia recently announced the signing of a binding agreement for the sale of its European cartridge silicone sealants business to Henkel.
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Simona Hit by Rising Polymer Costs
German semi-finished plastics manufacturer Simona has grown its turnover by 3.1% in the first half of 2005, almost 2% less than its was forecasting after last year’s record-breaking 20% growth in turnover.
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Horizontal Wrapping in the Aluminium Market
Watkiss Thermal Break of Ashbourne, near Derby has been providing a thermal breaking service to architectural aluminium customers from all over the country since 1996 when the company was established by Brian Watkiss.
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Oldest Door in Britain Discovered at Westminster Abbey
The oldest door in Britain has been discovered at Westminster Abbey following a study by English Heritage with the support of the Dean & Chapter. The door to the Chapter House outer vestibule is now known to be the only surviving Anglo-Saxon door in this country.
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Andersen Corporation Buys Eagle Window & Door
Andersen Corporation announced recently that it has finalised its purchase of Eagle Window & Door, an Iowa-based manufacturer of aluminium clad wood windows and patio doors.
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£5 Million Order for Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has secured another major fleet success, having taken a £5 million order for 231 LT35 vans from Ryder plc, one of the UK’s leading commercial vehicle, fleet management and logistics companies.
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NOTICES

Insolvencies, Winding up Orders, Petitions and Creditors' Meetings
Some familiar names from the glass, window and conservatory markets turn up in this week’s look at recent Notices from the Company Courts: ATA Windows, Staffs Glass & Glazing Co, Imperial Windows Europe, JJ Glass, European Glass Sealed Units, Roofmaster, Regent Windows, The Original Leaded Light Co, Sapphire Conservatories, The Period Window Co, Granada Windows, Oldham Glass & Glazing, Starlight Windows, Beltway (Hitech Conservatories), Sigma Doors, Town & Country Conservatories, SF Structural Glazing, Clark Glass, Taylor Made Windows & Conservatories.
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