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Bohle
UK
has introduced high-performance silicone sealants and a fast
curing mirror adhesive in a new value for money own brand range
for the glazing and construction industries
Free
info-pack available: here
Now
is a good time for aluminium fenestration and fabrication companies
to take a look at the range of solutions offered by Italian manufacturer
Emmegi, and offered in the UK exclusively by Promac
'The Acell PVCu range of composite doors brings the benefits of composite technology within the reach of even the tightest of budgets' says the company
A
new development means that Packexe
Handy Wrap® can be printed with your logo in your company
colours.  Systems
manufacturer, Duraflex,
has launched a second generation version of its Slimline
Patio Door. Available in kit or bar length form, the new
range retains featured and bevelled frame options to match
the Diamond Suite
A
nearly-forgotten construction element made by Saint-Gobain
Oberland has made a dramatic comeback. Completed projects
in Germany and abroad suggest that the glass block is back Vista
Panels Limited
has recently introduced two new star sellers into its Astral Collection
of glazing options Product
Archive
In
one of its first applications, Pilkington
Pyrodur Plus specialist glass has been supplied and installed
in a new leisure centre in Manchester Sheerframe
windows transformed Clougheast Castle which had been derelict
for 150 years into a haven of warmth and comfort, and
restored it to its former glory
Steve
Musgrave joins Synseal Extrusions
Ltd as Manufacturing Director Designate. Steve
is responsible for putting the necessary processes in place
that allow Synseal to operate at maximum efficiency Sheerframe
windowmaker Radway Door and Windows
Limited has appointed John Park-Davies as sales
and marketing director Paul
Stennett, formerly with global food ingredients company the
Braes Group Ltd, has been appointed chief executive officer
of the United Kingdom Accreditation
Service (UKAS)
Twenty
one Profile 22 employees
recently raised more than £1,500 in aid of Cancer Research
UK in a five kilometre Race for Life round Telford Town Park
The
real challenge facing the UK PVCu window industry will be how
to cope with the increasingly stringent demands for the cyclic
use of society's waste products such as post-consumer windows,
claims Dekura, the UK PVC
recycling company A
new research programme aims to develop innovative construction
products utilising papermill waste. The
British Plastics Federation (BPF)
has published a Directory of UK plastics recyclers.
Sentinel
Doors
is supplying forty-three of its Series 600 composite residential
doors for an energy efficiency programme for Fife Council The
Vinyl Institute
has named the top-performing member companies in the vinyl (polyvinyl
chloride or PVC) industry for their efforts to improve worker
safety and protect the environment at plant sites globally
Llandrillo
College based in Colwyn Bay, North Wales has become a Glass
Qualifications Authority (GQA) approved centre to offer
NVQ qualifications
Private
sector growth is forecast to fall sharply over the next three
years according to the Construction
Products Association's latest Construction Industry
Forecasts, with output in 2003 forecast to grow by just 1.9%,
dropping to 1% in 2004, with a slight rise in 2005 to 1.1%. Trade
and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt recently announced the
responsibilities of the new Ministerial team at the DTI
Alcoa
has launched new websites for two of its major markets - Primary
Metals and Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC). These new sites outline
Alcoa's capabilities, solutions the company offers, locations
and nameplate capacity for Alcoa's aluminium smelters and alumina
refineries worldwide, and news from these markets The
British Blind & Shutter Association (BBSA) has
recently launched a new website. Solutia
has developed a design tool at its website. Visitors to the
site can experiment with Vanceva design in the online interactive
studio, where they will be able to produce their own coloured
and patterned laminated glass designs. PVCu
fabricators and installers can now access specialist advice
and information on recycling through Dekura's
new website  Glass
and glazing specialist Norman &
Underwood has achieved EN1279 - a coveted accreditation
which is soon to mark a universal quality standard for the whole
of Europe. Chiltern
Dynamics and BM TRADA Certification
have launched new services to help IG manufacturers. with EN1279. The
up-to-date position on EN 1279 is as follows:
'What
about the future when the calls for even greater thermal efficiency
grow ever louder, as no doubt they will?' asks Edgetech.
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fensterbau/frontale 2004 The international trade fairs fensterbau/frontale and Holz-Handwerk take place again together at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from Wednesday to Saturday, 31 March to 3 April 2004
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Synseal
is sending three special sample cases worth almost £70,000
to fabricators and installers across the UK, to support the launch
of the new Global roof Window,
door and conservatory brand James Harcourt
has been holding court with potential customers at this year's Wimbledon
tennis tournament You've
got to admire Shepley's bravery
in bringing together in one box two of the country's most passionate
football fans - Manchester United and Manchester City
K2
Conservatory Roof Systems
has announced the launch of a new and improved Trade Brochure. Hurst
Plastics
has launched a new suite of brochures for the UK and export markets The
latest edition of Shepley's SquareOn
newsletter gives advice on how best to approach the replacing the replacements
issue, how to be health and safety conscious, and how to build a bigger
and better showroom to boost sales Readers
of the new sdea Directory of Shopfittings
and Display can look forward to a bumper edition with more pages and information
than ever before With
560 new products and over 400 lower prices, there is now more value for
money to be found in the latest Screwfix Direct
catalogue (issue 71)
Some
157 graduation projects were submitted for the 2003 edition of Archiprix
International from universities in the field of architecture,
urban design and landscape architecture to select their best graduation
plan for this world-wide competition
Wellingborough,
Northants based trade fabricator Glazerite
Windows has just Recent
investments in production and administrative systems have now established
Status fabricator Colorzone
PVCu Ltd as a key supplier of coloured PVCu window and door
products for commercial, local authority and social housing contracts Shropshire
fabricator Platinum Conservatories, Windows
and Doors have experienced a business boom, coinciding with
their move to Spectus Sightline 70 profile When
he took over his father's Lancashire based fabrication company Town
and Country, Mike Pearson was faced with the choice of which
profile to use for windows and conservatories. From the short list of
four, he quickly narrowed it down. 'Business
has never been better', according to Premier Profiles' fabricator, St
Neots Windows and Conservatories, which has just doubled
its manufacturing plant at Eaton Socon with a new 2,500 sq. ft. unit,
and opened a brand new conservatory showroom.
Work
was stopped at almost a quarter of the construction sites visited by Health
and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors during the national blitz
on falls from height during the first two weeks of June.
Within
the next few months, the roof of San Francisco's Moscone Convention
Centre will be covered with 65,000 sq ft of photovoltaic panels. 
Dennis
Sumner snr reflects on his German double-glazing experiences and outlines
his company's profile bending processes Over
80% of the window sector in the German-speaking countries shows interest
in the possible uses of modified solid wood for window manufacture,
the latest study by the consultants of InterConnection shows. Features
now archived include: Dave
Frost on the implications of CE Marking to the sealed unit manufacturer:
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Pilkington
Activ™ Self-Cleaning Glass Added to Standard Product Range Synseal
Wins Jacksons Deal 
Insolvencies,
winding up orders, petitions and creditors' meetings Mixed
Fortunes in House Building Market British
Standards Institute Agrees to Grant Online Licence Restructuring
Heralds New Era for Wright & Offland BBA
to Certify New Quality Mark Scheme Black
& Decker to Acquire Masco's Baldwin Hardware and Weiser Lock Businesses MPH
and Sheerframe in Multi-Million Pound Fusion 21 Windows Deal Asahi
Glass Purchase Partners Equity and Triple Automotive Safety Glass Business
in China EWS
Breaks Monthly Sales Records for Reinforcement and Spacer Easy
Clean Polycarbonate Roof Sheets: First from Wendland Lindman's
Doors Prove their Durability Rotherham
Metropolitan Launches into Commercial Supply and Fit Budget
Windows I.O.W. Ltd (B.W.C.) Aims for Quality Another
Supplier Joins BWF’s Fire Door Scheme Cream
of the (Non) Crop Improved
Cornering from Patio Specilaist Sliders UK Kleentec
Coating Sails to Ireland FEWA
- a New Source of Fire Resistant Glass in the UK Arnold
Deceuninck Succeeds Roger Deceuninck as Chairman of the Deceuninck Board
of Directors OFT
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You can't help feeling that most companies can't quite believe that
they are still in the black, and that business is at least adequate.
Of course, it's not that cushy for everyone, and this week's list of
Financial Notices from the Insolvency Courts makes sobering reading.