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Plastmo
fabricator VIP Windows & Doors Ltd is now manufacturing PVCu inward-opening
French market windows at its St Albans factory. Avocet
offers a comprehensive range of Door Closers as part of an expanding
collection of architectural ironmongery. Profile
22 has introduced a new windowboard adaptor for internal cills - suitable
for replacement work and conservatory applications. Marian
Doors & Shutters has launched a new steel door range that claims
to eliminate the risk of fingers becoming trapped on the hinge side. Selecta
Systems Ltd, extruder of window and door profiles, has launched a range
of support materials for its Door Panel range. Yale
has introduced the longer 20mm bolt to the British Standard Insurance
Approved Yale Night Latch and Mortice Lock ranges. Balcas
Kildare has launched a patented windowboard fixing system.
Product
Archive
David
Higgs has joined Tremco as European Glazing Manager. Nick
Bastow has been appointed a Director of Northern Trade Windows. Door
Panels PLC has appointed Ricky Le-Grys as Sales & Marketing
Director.
Annandale
Design has completed a contract worth almost £250,000
for the Scottish Mutual Headquarters in Glasgow. Janex,
the UK supplier of Scandinavian windows and doors, has
won a contract from the North British Housing Association
Laminated
Supplies provided custom-made infill panels and window
canopies for the refurbishment of an East London school. The
Daily Record, Scotland's biggest selling daily newspaper,
has used ThermoCool™ double glazed units by HansenGlass
Hatfield's
Windows and Conservatories has completed an unusually
shaped conservatory on the owner's own home.
New
research shows that removing lead from cathode ray tubes (CRT
glass) may help deal with the growing pile of waste TVs and computer
monitors, of which an estimated 100,000 tonnes are currently being
sent to landfill each year in the UK
The
Steel Window Association has recently published a new edition
of its Specifier's Guide Hallmark
Panels has launched new literature to illustrate its range of
Architectural Moulding products Plastmo
Profiles has introduced its latest 24 page Specifiers Guide to
its PVCu profile systems Roto
Frank has launched a one hour RIBA and CPD accredited seminar
on how new technology in hardware can benefit the building industry
and its customers
CE
Marking requires companies to have their units tested
to EN 1279: Dave Frost explains.
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Time
for Europeans to stand up and be counted?
With the official figures through from Glasstec in Düsseldorf, which show attendance figures up to 54,000, one of the more remarkable statistics is that visitors from 76 countries made the journey to central Europe. As I walked the aisles and talked to people I saw these stats translate into solid business. |
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Glass (UK) Ltd has set up a new website: www.scratchremovers.co.uk containing
information on its distortion free polishing system, for the removal of
scratches and graffiti from glass National
hardware distributor, Wagner (GB) Ltd has announced that it is now a Secured
By Design licence holder Window
fitter turned salesman David Hamilton has been honoured by Network Veka
for gaining £1million of sales in record time.
Profile
22 fabricator, Slaithwaite Developments Ltd, designed and installed a
garden shelter housing the spa pool
Conservatory
samples in disarray? Spread all over the boot of the car in a complete
mess? Midlands-based conservatory roof manufacturer, Newdawn & Sun,
has found an answer
Combining
a charitable fund raising day for the local NSPCC branch with the presentation
of prizes to the winners of the recent Yale and IFI G2000 sales promotion
proved to be a resounding success
Kim
Rehfeld, Managing Director of HomePro, looks at the nature, and benefits,
of Insurance Backed Guarantees - now necessary for FENSA compliance FENSA,
GGF and BBA have agreed on their understanding on fire escape provisions
and Part L.
Construction
industry safety experts gathered recently at the first in a series of
hard-hitting seminars designed to get small contractors and self-employed
people in the construction industry to put health and safety at the top
of the agenda
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UK fire glass firm CGII, for example, secured leads from over 40 countries; Tamglass picked up orders for its toughening plants from around the world to the the value of 15 million euros. Other kinds of business get carried out under the auspices of this magnificent exhibition, and we report from a number of trade associations which reached landmark decisions at meetings around the show. |
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The members of eurowindoor for example, have issued a report which suggests that the European window market will be back in profit by 2003; at the same time they announced that German window producers have agreed to discontinue the use of SF6 gas in sealed units. Finally, they are all off for a beano in Barcelona to celebrate conformity with the CE Mark. Vive la Différence, as we say. |
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THIS WEEK'S NEWS glasstec
2002 Ends on a Positive Note
Polysulphide
or polurethane? the debate hots up Kömmerling
Chemie: Maintaining a Good Hold on a Difficult Market Record
Number of leads for Hot Melt on Bostik stand Glasshouse:
Overall Winners Announced Slight
Recovery Expected for the European Window Market First
European Window Producers Declare Conformity with CE-Marking Window
Producers Volunteer to Discontinue Using SF6 Gas Unitec
Hardware Under New Ownership New
ETA Guideline for Conservatory and Atrium Roofs Approved Ultraframe
moves up a gear in Ireland Rapid
success in 21st Century Windows John
Fredericks lncreases Capacity by 50 Per Cent Tests
Prove Calcium Zinc Outperforms Lead Fabricator
Bares all to stop Bypass It's
an Openworld with HomePro Sash
Makes a Huge Splash in the Big Apple Tradeplas'
American Connection Portal
Delivers 10,000th Paladin Door Spectus
Narrowly Beats Competitors John
Hardman, Stained Glass Master, Receives Blue Plaque in Birmingham
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