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THE
GL@ZINE ISSUE 193 25th October 2005
'No
Further Changes to prEN 14351-1' Say Experts
The
Product Standard prEN 14351-1:2005 covering windows and pedestrian doorsets
without fire resistance is unlikely to undergo any further changes in
technical content before it is published early in 2006. This was the view
expressed by a panel of experts at the 'European Openings' doors and windows
conference for manufacturers, specifiers and regulators, organised by
Chiltern Dynamics and BM TRADA Certification in London on 17th October.
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on this Story]
Successful
VITRUM 2005 for Bystronic
Bystronic
says that 'a decisive factor in VITRUM 2005 being so successful for the
company was the fact that Bystronic, in its role as a global supplier
of total solutions for the economical, application-engineered manufacture
of architectural and automotive glass, has an excellent reputation internationally.
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on this Story]
40%
CAB Membership Increase
At
the recent CAB annual general meeting held at Puckrup Hall, Tewkesbury,
it was revealed that membership of the association was increasing rapidly
and that membership currently stood at a little over 90 member companies
representing a 40% increase year to date.
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on this Story]
Fenestration
Solutions in Timber
Two leading names in the fenestration industry have joined together to
form a partnership offering a full suite of window and door products in
timber to the Public Sector. RadPort is a joint venture between timber
window and door manufacturer, West Port and national fenestration contractor,
Radway.
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on this Story]
BeA
Hails Automation as the Key to Future Success
BeA
Fastening Systems Ltd, the supplier of collated industrial fastenings,
has launched a blistering attack on the UK manufacturing industry with
an initiative designed to educate and inform companies of the vast production
savings heralded by automating production - considerably reducing fastening
times.
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on this Story]
New
Business Win for Deceuninck Status
Arctic Glass, the Blackburn-based fabricator, has recently signed with
Deceuninck Status to manufacture its zendow® 2800 decorative suite.
The company, which currently specialises in the retail sector is looking
to expand the business into the trade market.
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on this Story]
Benchmark
Doors Moves into New Factory
As the company looks forward to its 11th year of trading, Benchmark Doors
Ltd has moved into it's own purpose built factory on the same site in
Hockley, Essex as sister company Auto-Plas International Ltd, which acquired
Benchmark in 1996.
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on this Story]
New
Names Join the Established Brands as Sales Plough on for Glassex
‘06
Stand
sales are pushing ahead, buoyed by a clutch of new exhibitors, the
return of some old friends, and born-again interest from the systems
companies.
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on this Story]
GGF
Sponsors UK Pavilion at Glasstec Asia
The
GGF is sponsoring a group of 7 companies to exhibit in a UK pavilion
at Glasstech Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, 30th Nov - 2nd Dec 2005.
The companies are: Regalead, Cadram, Rapidflame, Strip Tinning
Automotive, Graphoidal Developments, LJF (UK) Ltd and Electroglass.
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on this Story]
Automation
at Synseal
Synseal
Extrusions Ltd has invested nearly £300,000 in a fully operational
Conservatory Eaves Beam Preparation machine to automate the drilling and
routing process.
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on this Story]
Northwich
goes global
When
Northwich Glass was established in 1959 no one could have predicted
all the changes the industry would experience.
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on this Story]
FGI
Taking the Heat with Pyrodur Plus
The Pilkington range of high performance fire resistant glasses are
now an established and important part of Float Glass Industries' (FGI)
technical offering to the architectural glazing industry.
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on this Story]
Kenrick
Seals St. Neots Deal
Kenrick,
window and door hardware supplier, has signed a deal with Cambridgeshire-based
St. Neots Windows and Conservatories. The partnership sees St Neots
fitting Kenrick’s Centurion shootbolt system as standard across
all its windows.
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on this Story]
Lister
Guarantees Success
Lister
Trade Frames of Stoke on Trent has been having success this year after
the launch of the company's fully branded 'Elitis' and trade marked
window systems some ten months ago. But Mark Warren, Lister's MD,
says that it's what's behind the new name that's helping the company
gain record sales this year.
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on this Story]
Schüco
UK Office is Chosen Venue for German Ambassador’s Visit
On
5th October, the UK headquarters of Schüco International, Europe‘s
leading specialist in façades, windows, doors and solar energy
systems was the venue for a visit to Milton Keynes by the Ambassador
of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency Thomas Matussek.
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on this Story]
WHS
Halo Breaks the Border with Eclipse Esthétique
Proframe
Windows, Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway, has become the first
fabricator in Scotland to adopt WHS Halo’s Eclipse esthétique
system.
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on this Story]
Just
Fascias Top in Freefoam Guarantee Registrations
Freefoam,
the manufacturer of PVC roofline systems, has announced that Just
Fascias has topped the Freefoam guarantee registration table for the
third quarter of 2005.
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on this Story]
Fascia
Mania Chooses GAP
Professional
installers know that fitting roofline in the commercial sector is
very different from retail installations. Commercial work often comes
with a higher product specification and tighter deadlines so it's
even more important to have a reliable supplier.
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on this Story]
Soudal
Comes Top of Silicone Suppliers for GAP
Changing
suppliers is not something done in haste. The problems that
can happen mean that most stockists take the 'better the
devil you know' approach. But the benefits to be had can
often outweigh the risks.
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on this Story]
Omnico's
Quarter Century - Liverpool
Omnico Plastics, the UK supplier of building plastics
to the construction industry celebrated the official
opening of its 25th branch in Aintree, Liverpool
on Monday 3rd October 2005.
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on this Story]
Vale
Windows Delivers Sales Success
Despite
mixed trading conditions, Mansfield based Wendland
roof fabricator Vale Windows has experienced a 30%
growth in sales over the last year and expects this
trend to continue.
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on this Story]
Sierra
Takes the Headache Out of Fabrication
Sierra
Windows says that in an increasingly competitive and tough market,
sizable savings can be made by buying in frames rather than manufacturing
them yourself. Sierra has calculated a one off saving of £19,400
and a further annual saving of around £69,200, for a fabricator
producing 100 frames a week.
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on this Story]
Alcoa
Approves Investments in Brazil that will Total $1.6 Billion
Alcoa
announced on 23rd September that its Board of Directors has approved
investments in Brazil that will total $1.6 billion in the company's
world-class Brazilian upstream operations.
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on this Story]
THE
GL@ZINE ISSUE 192 18th October 2005
Vitrum
2005: Visitors up 23% on 2003
The 14th edition of Vitrum, the Milan glass show held earlier this month,
recorded a healthy increase in the number of visitors, up nearly 23% over
the previous event, although the 2003 show was lower than average due
to being moved to June that year . Overall, during the four days of the
exhibition, 16,018 glass professionals visited the show, still below its
1997 peak of 16,702.
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on this Story]
Isoclima
Debuts Next Generation SPD Light-Control Film at Vitrum
Isoclima
S.p.A.,
under license from Research Frontiers Incorporated showcased its new second-generation
SPD-Smart light control film at Vitrum 2005, the first public display
of second-generation SPD-Smart film, which has been produced by Isoclima
on large-scale roll-to-roll coating equipment.
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on this Story]
2005
the Most Painful Year, says Palmer in Latest Report on Residential Market
2004 was the first year that the £4.5 billion Home Improvements
market has fallen since 1992. Caused primarily by the slowing of the Housing
Markets, Palmer is reporting a more severe drop in 2005 followed by a
smaller decline in 2006. From then on through to 2009 some revival can
be looked for.
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on this Story]
Eastern
Europe and Turkey Provides Deceuninck Sales Growth; UK and Germany
Still Weak
Deceuninck Group earned turnover of 178 million euros during the third
quarter, which represents a rise of 11.3% compared with the same period
last year. The currency effect had an impact on turnover of 2.8% during
the third quarter. The increased volume and the contribution by Winsa
led to a climb in turnover of 6.2%.
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on this Story]
Industry
Stalwart Becomes MD of Duraflex
The
Masco Group has appointed Gary Morton Managing Director of Duraflex.
Masco Group Vice President, Wayne Devine said, 'We approached Gary
on a speculative basis some months ago, conscious that he had happily
settled into managing his own business interests and charity work.
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on this Story]
Pilkington
Wins the Zenith Staybrite Award for Customer Service
Pilkington
Building Products - UK has announced that it has won the prestigious
Zenith Staybrite Award for 'Glass and Glazing Supplier of the Year'.
Pilkington beat off 11 contenders to scoop the award from Zenith Staybrite,
one of the UK's leading replacement window companies.
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on this Story]
Global
Sales Grow 19.9% on Same Period Last Year
‘Global
roof sales for the first half year to 30 September 2005 are up
19.9% on the same period for last year,’ comments Nick Dutton,
Synseal's Sales and Marketing Director.
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on this Story]
EVii
has Landed
Following
on from the success of Global EVie, the state of the art exhibition
vehicle, from Synseal Extrusions Ltd, SynerJy-Global EVii has
been launched. Both the Global roof system and SynerJy, the
fourth generation fully sculptured suite that fully integrates
windows, doors, patio doors and conservatories are displayed
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on this Story]
Vestolit
Invests 100m Euros in Expansion Programme
VESTOLIT, one of the larger European PVC-producers, has invested
80m EUR into a new Chlorine plant (membrane-technology) and
20m. EUR expanding its PVC-capacities to more than 400,000 tonnes.
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on this Story]
Major
Investment from KAT UK
KAT
UK, the UK supplier of in-line patio doors and vertical sliding sash
windows, has recently invested £125,000 in new equipment, including
the UK's largest vertical quad welding machine.
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on this Story]
Government
will Listen to Industry Concerns Over Excessive Regulation
The
Government is listening to pleas from the construction industry
to reduce the amount of regulation in the industry, door and hardware
makers heard at their annual conference.
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on this Story]
Stevenswood
Invests in New Production Line
Stevenswood
of Edinburgh has just invested a further £360,000 on a new
Stuga sawing and prepping centre and 2 Urban SV530 CNC corner cleaners
with the new self-centring action.
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on this Story]
Chelsea
Trust Votes Super Spacer as 'Spacer of Choice'
Edgetech's
Super Spacer® has been voted favourite spacer by 28 independently
owned fabricators that form the Chelsea Trust Fabricator Network
in the US.
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on this Story]
Strengthening
Air-Con Relations
Eurocell
Building Plastics has strengthened its relationship with air conditioning
specialist Comfyair, with the purchase of its first container
of the popular Comfyair 12000 through-the-wall air conditioner.
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on this Story]
Thermoseal
JV's with Natergy Chemical Co to Distribute Eurosiv Desiccant
Thermoseal Group, a distributor of molecular sieves for use in
the production of insulating glass, has recently embarked on a
joint venture project with Natergy Chemical Co. The result of
the venture is Eurosiv molecular sieve.
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on this Story]
GAP
at the Cutting Edge
Over
100 people turned up in the snow for Stoke on Trent fabricator
Cutting Edge Ltd's open day to celebrate its move to larger premises.
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on this Story]
Agrapin
S.A. Looking for Agents
Agrapins S.A. in Uruguay is a partner of over 20 timber industries
and mills that produce a wide range of timber products, from sawn
timber to finished products. The company is looking for sales
agents to expand its market and increase its export volume.
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on this Story]
Paperless
System Enhances Carl F Shipping Process
A
paperless stock management system has been introduced at Carl
F Petersen's parent group warehouse in Odense, Denmark. With
12,000 despatch locations and over four tonnes of products shipped
daily, the computer controlled solution has enhanced the speed
and efficiency of the company's distribution processes.
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on this Story]
Albert
Equipment UK Installs Glass Washer in its Showcase
Albert
Equipment UK has just installed a 4LH-1600 horizontal
glass washer in its Coventry Showcase factory - an area
that is designed for potential customers to view their
machines in action.
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on this Story]
Well
Known Stained Glass Expert Invests in Glass
Inserts
Glass
Inserts, a specialist manufacturer of decorative
window and door products, has announced that
Roy Coomber, who has spent over 60 years studying
and practising the art of stained glass, has
invested in the company.
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on this Story]
Stoke
on Trent's Lord Mayor Mike Wolfe Welcomed at Newstead
Well
known Midlands dignitary Mike Wolfe, the then
Lord Mayor of Stoke on Trent, recently paid a
visit to Newstead Trade Frames as part of his
commitment to learning more about successful companies
in the Stoke area.
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on this Story]
NGA
Announces New Chairman of the Board
The
National Glass Association (NGA) has announced the election of
Thomas D. Lee, III to the office of Chairman of the Board. Lee,
President of Lee & Cates Glass, Inc. in Jacksonville, FL,
has been a supporter of the NGA for many years, having served
on the board since 1999.
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on this Story]
THE
GL@ZINE ISSUE 191 11th October 2005
Vitrum
Hopes for Record Crowds
VITRUM, the international exhibition for glass machinery, equipment and
systems, took place in Milan last week, and judging by the increase in
exhibition space and obvious increase in visitors, could well signal a
change of fortune for the European glass market.
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on this Story]
Burnden
and K2 Win Multi-Million Pound Costs from Ultraframe
A
High Court Judge has brought to an end six years of litigation between
two of the UK’s leading conservatory manufacturers. Awarding costs
following a six month trial, Mr Justice Lewison ruled that Clitheroe-based
Ultraframe Plc should pay the bulk of the costs incurred by the defendants
The Burnden Group and K2 Conservatory Roof Systems Ltd. Ultraframe was
instructed to pay £2 million as an interim payment with the full
costs likely to increase to approximately £5 million.
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on this Story]
Court
Rules on Costs in Burnden Case Pending Appeal
Following July’s judgement in the legal case between Ultraframe and
The Burnden Group and Burnden Conservatory Products ('Burnden'), Burnden’s
founder Gary Fielding, and his wife Sally Fielding and others, the High
Court has now ruled on costs and permission to appeal.
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on this Story]
Holland
Votes Against EU Buildings Energy Law
The Dutch government has voted against new EU buildings energy efficiency
rules and has called for their renegotiation. This comes in the wake of
several reports which envisage a collapse in office property values upon
implementation, as well as the high cost of implementation.
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on this Story]
Official
Opening for £8m Eurocell Plant
Eurocell
Profiles Ltd has formally opened a new £8 million manufacturing
and administration plant adjacent to its Alfreton, Derbyshire headquarters,
with a press open day. The leading PVC-u profile supplier invited 30 guests
along to help it celebrate the purpose-built, 10,000 sq metre plant's
official unveiling.
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on this Story]
Exatec®
900 Polycarbonate Glazing System Gains Auto Approval
Exatec
900, the latest automotive polycarbonate glazing system from the GE
Plastics/Bayer MaterialScience joint venture, received a key approval
from the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) on Monday
3rd October.
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on this Story]
New
Owners and New MD for Spectus
Spectus Window Systems has been returned to private ownership. The
company is now part of the Latium Group. The company also has a new
Managing Director, Peter Abbott, who has extensive industry experience.
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on this Story]
Newstead
Trade Frames Invests in Stuga
Newstead
Trade Frames has invested £120,000 in two state-of-the-art
Stuga Autocut saw centres. As part of a wider investment programme
Newstead bought the Autocut machines to stay ahead of increasing
demand and plan to upgrade them to full Flowline cutting and prepping
centres in the future.
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on this Story]
Lister's
Demand Equalises
When
sculptured or fully featured window systems arrived on the market some
years ago it was quite a decision for a fabricator to introduce one as
an additional product into their existing production facility.
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on this Story]
Rehau
Wins PVC-U Supply Contract for New Wendland Styal Roof Components
The
contract to supply Wendland with the PVC-U profiles for its new, enhanced
Styal Roof components has been won by Rehau. Despite the strategic alliance
between the two companies which will see Wendland supply Styal Roofs
for the new REHAU-Dimension complete conservatory superstructure system,
this was not a foregone conclusion.
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on this Story]
Toughening
Up for New Markets
Super
Toughened Glass is developing new markets for its high volume toughening
expertise with the opening of a glass processing facility at its North
London factory.
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on this Story]
Plastmo
Signs up New Dealers
Plastmo
has recently signed up two significant new customers: Blenheim Windows
of Cheshunt, Herts and D S Windows of Leominster, both of whom cite
the comprehensive product range available from the Plastmo profile suite.
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on this Story]
Conzzeta
Group: Bystronic main Contributor to Growth
The
Conzzeta Group generated further revenue and profit growth in the
reporting period. Compared with 2004, net revenues for the first eight
months of the year rose by 11% to CHF 704.0 million (previous year:
CHF 633.8 million).
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on this Story]
Partnership
Success for Spektaglaze
Deceuninck
Status fabricator, Spektaglaze Ltd has recently established a partnering
agreement with Pierhead Housing Association in Merseyside. This forms
part of Pierhead's five-year cyclical maintenance programme and ensures
that it achieves the government's ‘Decent Homes Standard’.
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on this Story]
Piper
Windows Seals Partnership Agreement with Havering Council
Piper
Windows and Doors Ltd has announced it has won a partnership tender
with London Borough of Havering, worth over £3 million a year.
The agreement is for three years with an option for the council to
extend for a further two years.
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on this Story]
Firmseal
Gains Radiance Glass Approval
Firmseal,
an established conservatory installer in Yeovil, has been one of the
first companies to become an approved Radiance Performance Glass dealer.
Following the recent launch of Radiance, Firmseal managing director
Paul Gumbrell was quick to identify the opportunities in selling the
class-leading product.
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on this Story]
Extend-A-Room
Ltd Attracts Complaint
A
complaint objecting to magazine and national press ads and a brochure,
for conservatories for Extend-A-Room Ltd, Harrogate was upheld according
to information published by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
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on this Story]
Outlook
Good for Freefoam
Manufacturer
of lead-free environmentally friendly PVC roofline and rainwater
systems, Freefoam Plastics, has increased its market share
under difficult trading conditions after the 3rd quarter
of trading in 2005.
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on this Story]
Sales
up 20% for West Yorkshire Windows
West
Yorkshire Windows, part of Conservatory Outlet,
the new initiative offering small and medium conservatory
companies the opportunity to join a team of growth
focussed installation companies nationwide, has
reported sales of £5.9 million to 31st July
2005.
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on this Story]
Windows
in Emerging Markets
Opportunities for the European building industry can
be found in remote places - Latin America, China and
Dubai are enticing builders with their double-figure
growth rates. The cumulated average growth rates over
three years of 23.6% in China, 16.8% in Dubai, 18.2%
in Brazil and 17.3% in India.
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on this Story]
Fabricators
Can Profit from Fast New Welding Service
‘Fabricators
searching for the fastest and most economical method of supplying
one-off structural steel profiles will welcome the launch of Jansen
Personal Profiles, a new precision welding service by Europe's leading
architectural steel specialist, Schüco Jansen.’ says the
company.
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on this Story]
Cardinal
Glass Acquires Front Surface Mirror Business
Cardinal
CG Company has finalised the requirements to acquire the assets of
JDS Uniphase’s projection television mirror business in an agreement
that was concluded on July 15th, 2005.
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on this Story]
Asahi
Glass to Establish Plant in UK for Making 'Fluon®ETFE'
Asahi
Glass Co., Ltd. has decided to establish a plant at the Asahi Glass
Fluoropolymers U.K. Ltd. site in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire to
manufacture fluorinated resin ETFE, which is used as an insulating
material for electrical wires and as a raw material in the production
of films.
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on this Story]
THE
GL@ZINE ISSUE 190 4th October 2005
GGF
Continues its Parking in London Campaign
The
GGF continues its campaign to solve the issue of the problems facing Emergency
Glazing Contractors operating in London, relating to parking. Chief Executive
Nigel Rees, and Paul Rogers of Express Glazing Contractors Ltd recently
had a very positive meeting with Geoff Pope, an Assembly Member of the
London Assembly and Chairman of the London Assembly Transport Committee.
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on this Story]
Interframe
Shapes Up with Veka's Sculptured Suite
Devon
based trade fabricator Interframe Ltd, a member of the Shepley Windows
Systems Group, has signed a deal with Veka plc to fabricate and supply
the VEKA Matrix FS (Fully Sculptured) suite.
The VEKA Matrix FS suite allows Interframe to offer a range of products
for virtually every market niche.
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on this Story]
Rehau
and Wendland Sign Strategic Alliance Agreement
After many months of hard work, Rehau and Wendland have announced the
signing of the full agreement governing their strategic alliance. In line
with the announcements made at Glassex and the MOU signed shortly afterwards,
Wendland will now exclusively supply Rehau with all the roofs for its
REHAU-Dimension complete conservatory system.
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on this Story]
Mexican
Wave for ClearShield
A
proven success in the UK, Ritec's ClearShield glass protection and renovation
system is also the first choice for keeping glass cleaner for longer in
Mexico. Transparencia en Servicios (TS), a licensed ClearShield applicator
in Mexico City, has completed a wide range of projects
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on this Story]
Show
Success for Total Glass Commercial
Total
Glass Commercial's dedicated service for social housing providers was
launched at Donington recently, when TGC, a subsidiary of trade frame
manufacturer Total Glass, made its debut at the Windowfab exhibition.
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on this Story]
Hug
a Beautiful Woman (Or Three) for Charity
In
his fervent quest to drag the good, the bad and the ugly to join
the 2005 Network Walk, which takes place in Manchester on Friday
21st October 2005 to raise money for the Hope House Children’s
Hospice, organiser Mike Crewdson has managed to seduce (figuratively
speaking) stunning beauties to join the event, thus significantly
upping the looks average for the day.
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on this Story]
Business
Micros Set for US Expansion
Software specialist Business Micros used the recent Glassbuild
America exhibition in Atlanta as a possible platform for an expansion
into the US and Canada. The company visited the show with a view to identifying
a partner who could help it export its programmes to the North American
window fabrication market and is now in negotiations with several leading
software developers with a view to securing a deal.
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on this Story]
Glassex
’06 Seminars: Organisers Call for Papers
Following
another highly successful series of technical and commercial presentations
in the seminars held during Glassex ’05, the organisers are now keen
to capitalise on that success and develop an even stronger programme for
next year’s event.
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on this Story]
Reflex
Uses Super Spacer
Roof-Maker
says that conservatory roof fabricators have been quick to recommend
reflex conservatory roof glass to its customers as the perfect solution
for conservatory glazing.
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on this Story]
Conservatory
World is Ultra Delighted
Conservatory World, based in Clitheroe, has passed vetting
criteria to be accepted for membership of the Guild Approved Ultra Installer
Scheme. As a direct result of joining the Scheme the company has been
awarded a large conservatory extension contract
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on this Story]
www.everwhite.biz
Click and Win
International
rugby tickets are up for grabs from Everwhite Plastics Ltd, roofline
manufacturer. Simply click www.everwhite.biz for a chance of winning
two tickets to one of four Wales games in November.
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on this Story]
Leaway
Moved by Success
Birmingham
windowmakers Leaway Commercial says that it has seen business boom
so much since moving into the newbuild sector with support from Sheerframe
systems company L.B. Plastics Ltd that it has had to move to bigger
premises.
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on this Story]
Dorwin
Beats the Burglars
This
year Dorwin, an Alton based PVC window company, is celebrating the
successful installation of 50,000 homes full of windows in the Hampshire
and South East region.
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on this Story]
Securistyle
Hardware adds 'More' to London Landmark
The
UK manufacturer of high performance window hardware, Securistyle,
has contributed to the architectural success of a landmark building
within London's newest central business district, More London
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on this Story]
New
SFS Van Service Delivers More for South East Fabricators
SFS
intec has expanded its van sales service that supplies fasteners,
hinges and consumables for window and door fabricators with the addition
of a new van to cover South East England.
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on this Story]
Sash
Windows Boost Chelmsford's Sales in Weak Market
‘Changes
in the market has meant many window companies are struggling,’
says Eddie Baker, owner of Chelmsford Patio Door Company Ltd. ‘But
having Masterframe's sash windows on our books has boosted our sales.
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on this Story]
NHS
Trust Trusts Newstead Trade Frames
Newstead Trade Frames has proved its capability again and again
for the North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, which
has spent over £150,000 with Newstead over the last three
years
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on this Story]
GAP
Works Round the Clock to Deliver More in the Morning
GAP
roofline stockist, has 4379 customers, 3101 products,
36 trucks and 8 branches. All products from all branches
are tracked using a fully integrated online stock
system.
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on this Story]
Linde
Expands Production Site in Saxony-Anhalt
The
technology group Linde AG is investing 12.5 million euros
in expanding component production for its Material Handling
business segment (fork lifts and warehouse equipment)
at the Ballenstedt site in Saxony-Anhalt.
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on this Story]
JIVE
Talking to Solve Skills Shortage
A
successful scheme at Sheffield Hallam University is aiming to avert the
national skills shortage by encouraging more women into the areas of science,
engineering and technology (SET) and construction.
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on this Story]
ASA
Revises Adjucation on Everest Complaint
A
complaint objecting to a mailing for Everest Ltd was upheld in six of
the seven objections originally published on 14th July 2004 by the Advertising
Standards Authority (ASA). This adjucation has now been revised and now
only two of the seven objections have been upheld.
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on this Story]
Keeping
Ahead of the Game
Being
compliant and current with new regulations is like a game of monopoly:
it doesn’t matter how much money you invest, there is always another
development which needs to be tackled which could cost you money to keep
in the running. Chris Palmer from Ideal Windows Solutions in Fareham explains
how his company is ahead of the game.
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on this Story]
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