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minimalistic look and modern design are just two of the qualities
of Hansen Millennium™ from MagHansen
This window system is suitable for adding style to luxury housing
developments whether new build or refurbishments
BeA Fastening Systems, manufacturer and supplier of performance led pneumatic tools and fasteners, has launched a tool which has the capacity to invisibly secure nail mouldings onto timber frames. With the BeA Glazier, it is now possible to produce glazed windows and doors with all fasteners concealed. More Here:
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2 National Plastics latest addition is Oriental Coat
wall covering, made from fibres that provide a distinct texture
and is suitable for use on conservatory walls.
Following
the success of Conservaglass™, Ultraframe's
high performance dedicated conservatory glazing system,
the company has launched a full range of insulating
Double Glazed Units (DGUs) at all specification and
price points.
UKae
Ltd
has extended the variety of its Georgian
pattern options with the introduction of
a full range of 24 Georgian 'sunburst' pattern
designs available in Golden Oak or Mahogany
woodgrain finishes
Renewed
emphasis on the value of prefabrication in building
and the population's increasing amount of leisure
time are together serving to boost the use of high
performance tapes manufactured by Tremco Product
Archive
(300+ Listed Products) Go Here: For a directory of products sorted by product type Go Here: For a directory of products sorted by company in alphabetical order  The Pilkington Planar™ frameless glazing system has been specified for the construction of Pulrose Power Station on the Isle of Man. More Here: Eurocell
Building Plastics
customer, Mainstream Windows has recently completed an
interesting installation of a Pinnacle 500 Modular Roofing
System at the Ajit Darbar Sikh Temple in Foleshill, Coventry Bright
blue Trespa panels and Profile
22 windows are transforming the appearance,
and weathertightness of Teign School in Kingsteignton
South Devon. Specialist
glazing contractor Optima Architectural
Glass has installed a pitched 300m2 'spider-bolted'
double glazed roof at EMI's new five-storey Group headquarters
in Kensington, London
Peter
Longstaff has been appointed Managing Director of PollardsFyrespan,
manufacturer of bespoke entrance and glazed fire rated systems Dennis
Tetley was a well known name in the industry thirty years
ago when he became the largest fabricator in the country.
In the early nineties Dennis decided to move to Spain and
sold his successful business to Bowater. Independent
glass processor, Darby Glass,
has made a number of strategic appointments to strengthen
the sales arm of its business. Brian
Eddleston, 45, has been appointed UK Sales Manager of Prefit,
distributor of architectural ironmongery, a division of J
Preedy & Sons Security
hardware specialist, Avocet Hardware
has made two key appointments to strengthen its marketing
department
Profile
22 fabricator and installer, Nolan
UPVC, sponsored the first ever Zip Glide through
the largest single-span glasshouse in the world. The event,
held in September 2003, raised over £44,000 for the Welsh
based cancer charity, Tenovus.
Sierra
Windows
has updated its website to coincide with the launch of a new
fully chamfered entrance door and the new range of high-security
Safeware locks, For
architects and specifiers seeking the latest information on
solar control in buildings, the newly launched www.verosol.co.uk
is a valuable reference tool
The
price of the average house has rocketed 138% in the last decade,
according to new research. The southern counties are the most
expensive location in the UK to buy a house - the cheapest is
South Wales, said the Halifax Estate
Agents. Construction
Orders
in the twelve months to August 2003 rose by four per cent compared
to orders in the previous twelve months, but orders in the three
months to August 2003 fell by one per cent compared to the same
three months a year earlier. BSI
Business Information
has launched PD 7503, an 'Introduction to Knowledge Management
in Construction' that will serve as a guide for the UK construction
industry to begin to embrace effective knowledge management.
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: 
Horst
Mertes discusses the role of IT centralisation in todays glass
business Features
now archived include: Dave
Frost on the implications of CE Marking to the sealed unit manufacturer:
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 Glass Processing & Technology Exhibition, NEC Birmingham 11-13th November 2003 GP&T Exhibitor List Here Conference Info Here GPD uk Here SUBSCRIBE
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CBD
2004 - China International Building & Decoration Fair
2003
National Auto Glass Conference All-Time High
Clement
plans to 'Steel the Show' at Batimat 2003 Busy
Seminar Schedule Completes Scotbuild Line Up CGII
Exhibits at Big 5 Show in Dubai Therma-Tru®
Lock into Fullex Partnerships
in Safety –You’re not Alone! Glaverbel
at Batimat 2003
Sierra
Windows has introduced a comprehensive suite of literature
to support the Safeware brand of door hardware Status
Systems
has launched a new complete range of sales, marketing and technical literature. Hot
on the heels of the company’s move to purpose built 30,000sq ft premises,
Phoenix Door Panels has launched
its new Cambridgeshire Collection brochure. Designed
for specifiers and door manufacturers, a new 16-page brochure details
SFS intec's complete range of hinges
for PVC, composite and timber doors
Synseal
is currently reprinting another 20,000 copies of the ‘Imagination’
hardback book. ‘Imagination’ was launched less than 10 months
ago but the original 20,000 copies have already been snapped up. The
name CGI International is going
to be a familiar sight on the roads in the UK. A new fleet of delivery
vehicles have the CGI International company logo on the curtainsides.
This marks a new transportation era for CGII and follows an excellent
year of growth for the Haydock based company. Coventry
based cruiserweight Rob Norton recently took to the ring in Sheffield
to contest the British and Commonwealth title. Norton is sponsored by
midlands based Spectus fabricator Indigo Products
Ltd Haslemere
based Clement Windows Group has
announced the winner of its 'knock knock' joke competition, which was
recently held on Delta FM's Bill Sheldrake show. Castle
Combe experienced increased visitor numbers during September, when guests
of the Burles Group flocked to the
racing circuit.. The two-day event attracted existing and prospective
customers, but for many the attraction was inside the Veka Big Rig,
rather than on the track!
Bournemouth
based Hallmark fabricator Sentinal Home lmprovements,
a small family run company, supplies doors, windows and conservatories
to companies in the adjacent Dorset area and is a member of the Consumer
Protection Association Status
fabricator MB Frames has achieved
a growth of 40 per cent in the last year, and is well on track to overreach
its target of 20 per cent for this year.
Conservatory
specialist Solayr of Ayrshire,
has won a special commendation in the annual National Conservatory
Competition In
this month's What's New section of the website the BBA
gives full details of all newly awarded, amended, withdrawn or lapsed
certificates Wolfgang
Wirthgen and Gary Templin, CEO's of WinDor,
were recently honoured by the Southland Economic Development Corporation
as Small Business Persons of the Year for 2003
Alcoa
has begun publishing real-time tracking of its global Lost Work Day
rate on www.alcoa.com.
Lost Work Day Rate measures the number of injuries, which result in
lost workdays The
Health and Safety Executive has launched a new safety campaign
focusing on working safely at height. As an example of good practice,
inspectors visited the British Airways London Eye to look at the safe
working methods used by its technical team
'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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Since
we flagged up the English victory in the last Test Match against the
South Africans a couple of months ago (you know, when it was summer?),
it seems only right that we should record another historic, if rather
prosaic, win against the same country in the Rugby World Cup. Also,
our No 8 gave English footballers a lesson in sporting diplomacy in
explaining his very public punching of the Springbok winger: 'He had
his hand in my face so I gave him a bit of a slap'. PS:
We still have only heard from about half the exhibitors at GP&T
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He should get away with it just for his honesty, I reckon.... 
