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Bohle's
new System Cleaner Kit and Protect Kits have been specifically
developed for the intensive cleaning and protection of glass
surfaces
Quantal Conservatory Roofing Systems is launching a new, economical 25° fixed pitch ridge and eaves beam
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Winlock
is fighting back against low cost, Far Eastern imported window handles,
with the launch of its Firmguard espag handles
Birmingham based conservatory roof vent manufacturer Sky-Vent Ltd has launched the new full sculptured vent which features a slimline design with a chrome telescopic opener 
Sharing information and streamlining its flow within and around an organisation saves time, energy and resources. With RoofWright Enterprise, information can be passed between different departments and suppliers electronically
Versatile, heavy-duty Ali-Precinct doors developed by PollardsFyrespan are suitable for shopping centres and other situations where either an anodised aluminium or powder-coated polyester finish is required. Product
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Applications
for college construction courses for 16- to 18-year-olds
are up by 19% and for 19 year-olds up by a quarter, according
to a Construction Industry Training
Board (CITB) survey. Firms
in the North West of England are to be targeted in the
latest drive for new members by Quality
Mark - the only Government-backed national
register of approved builders working in the home improvement
market
Daedalian
Glass
recently completed this sandblasted screen in the new
'Ebor' stand at York Racecourse. Measuring 14metres x
3.2 metres it is a stunning feature to the entrance lobby Jephson
Gardens, a haven of peace and tranquillity has recently
benefited from a multi million pound injection of lottery
funding to improve its facilities. Pilkington
Architectural has been involved Advanced
steel window systems
have been successfully employed for an acclaimed new academic
building that has been constructed within one of the most
architecturally sensitive enclaves of Oxford University The
first phase of a stunningly contemporary development in
Deptford, Southeast London, One SE8, has been completed
and features fenestration from Sapa
Building Systems including windows, doors and
curtain walling
Evergreen
Door,
the composite door component supplier, has appointed Andy
Grogan as Director of Sales Sierra
Windows
has appointed Ian Davis as South East Area Manager Sentinel
Doors has made fundamental changes to the structure
of its installation business to strengthen both operational
and administrative management Kevin
Harvey is joining Synseal
as National Sales Director following a successful 4 years
as Sales Director with Avocet, and 4 years prior to that with
Yale Profile
22 has appointed two new Business Development Managers
– aptly named Smith and Jones – who hope to take
not the Wild West but the Midlands and South East by storm!
When
one of the lots for auction at a recent charity event turned
out to be a 32m2 stand at industry exhibition Glassex, it was
too good an opportunity to miss for Mike Crewdson CRASH,
the construction and property industry charity for the homeless,
has been adopted as the official charity of Interbuild
2004
As
part of its package of ongoing marketing support for installers,
Sarnafil Roof Assured has
held a series of sales training workshops in conjunction with
the Profit Shop Award-winning
industrialist and renowned construction industry veteran Sir
Michael Latham is lending his experience and expertise to a
comprehensive seminar programme hosted by commercial window
and door fabricator Sash UK The
Whiteline Group
has utilised a fully stand alone microsite in order to launch
a new product, in this case the new 70mm Chamfered window system K2
Conservatory Roof Systems
substantially expanded website has emerged from a period of
re-development.
RMC
Surfacing
has signed a deal with do-it-yourself retailer B&Q
to supply its crushed glass product for the construction of
new carparks at B&Q warehouses and superstores. A
£5.5m equity fund, the first in Europe to focus specifically
on the recycling sector, has opened for business 50% oversubscribed
by the private sector.
International
chemical companies are expected to send the European
Commission a resounding No to proposed environmental
regulations, in the latest salvo in a long battle over attempts
to regulate their products.  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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Glaverbel
at Glasstech Asia Pacific 2003 First
Specialised Building Trade Fair in the Middle East
Hirex
Finds Natural Home at Interbuild Delivering
the Future at Interbuild 2004 Exhibition
List
Eurocell
Profiles Ltd,
based in Alfreton Derbyshire has launched its new Commercial Brochure GBW
has produced set of new literature for its Shire door panels, Discovery
composite doors and complementary glass collections Pilkington
has launched a new Commercial Brochure supporting Pilkington
Activ™, containing all the information needed to specify
the glass, including information on its use in combination with other
Pilkington products WHS
Halo
has introduced a new brochure for its Eclipse and Eclipse Esthetique range,
which its installers can customise to reflect the individual needs of
their customers
Portal
Products,
UK door panel manufacturer, has achieved BPF 355/1 accreditation for
its PVCu panels. The company believes itself to be the first in the
UK to hold this revised standard. Jeff
Granato, worldwide director of architectural glass for Glass
Laminating Products congratulated the winner of the 2003
DuPont Benedictus Awards® for innovation and excellence in architectural
laminated glass
HW
Plastics
fabricator and installer Contour Windows has successfully passed the
Quality Mark and become one of
the latest members of HW Plastics' Approved Installer Membership Scheme Quantal
fabricator Regent RS Group stepped
into the breach when another company failed to deliver the goods during
the enterprising conversion of a Georgian House to luxury retirement
apartments A
life-threatening motorbike accident proved to be a turning point in
the business fortunes of Adam Higgs and his wife Carol, a Co-Director.
For the traumatic event only served to spur on the ambitions that created
Sheffield-based Loxley Conservatories,
a Profile 22 fabricator
Hot
on the wheels of last season, Titon,
the window fittings and trickle ventilation manufacturer, has continued
to sponsor motor racing champion Martin Byford Saint-Gobain
Glass UK
recently launched The SGG Planitherm Challenge 2003, a new initiative
designed to incentivise purchasers of SGG Planitherm Ultraframe,
the international manufacturer and designer of conservatory systems,
is taking its new Uzone roof system on a three-month nationwide roadshow
in response to unprecedented levels of trade interest
UCATT
has expressed its horror at the news that there have been 26 deaths in
construction during the three months from 1st April to 30th June
A
facade that helps improve a building's interior environment and limits
its loss of energy is not enough: a building's skin should be a power
generator rather than an energy liability. 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 Features
now archived include: Dave
Frost on the implications of CE Marking to the sealed unit manufacturer:
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PollardsFyrespan
Joins the Café Set  THIS
WEEK'S NEWS
Heywood
Williams Sells Coldseal but Retains an Interest
Cowboy Customers Leave Tradesmen in Debt Many British tradesmen experience problems with customers that leave them out of pocket and in the red. Over half (59 per cent) of tradesmen across the UK have had a bad experience with a customer according to findings by Eagle Star Small Business Direct.
Pechiney Rejects Revised Alcan Offer Alcan, the Canadian aluminium group, has raised its takeover bid for rival Pechiney by about 9 per cent to EUR 3.96bn ($4.35bn), but the French group's board of directors rejected the offer as still being too low 
Diversity will be the Keyword for GP&T With over 85 companies now signed up to appear at the UK glass industry’s first and only dedicated exhibition and conference showcase, the organisers of Glass Processing & Technology (GP&T) have announced a raft of new exhibitors representing every facet of the industry Glazing
Problems will Delay Holyrood Further Totally
Committed to Growth with Profile 22 Network
Welcomes Back 'Prodigal Son' Andy
Ultraframe's
Gable Support System does the Ton Hunter
Douglas First Half 2003 Results - 6.1% Lower Sales and 6.8% Lower Profits New
Factory – New Products – New Awards at Interframe Countryman
Improvements' Advert Attracts Complaint New
Face For Eurocell’s Weston Super Mare Branch Fasteners
Warning – Not all Bi-Mets are the Same Pilkington
Chooses Eurotherm For Global Preferred Supplier Agreement MagHansen
Opens New Scottish Office New
Decking Out-Performs Timber
Alcoa
Completes Acquisition of Interests in South American Operations
Masco
and Black & Decker Announce Early Termination of Antitrust Review GL@ZINE
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And then we have Hunter Douglas - which has spent the last six months
indulging in a quite remarkable shopping spree, only to inform us that
first half sales are down 6.1%, with profits even worse at 6.8% lower.
One can only hope that, having five more companies on the books may
contribute to second half earnings... 
