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Posted On - 02/08/2023
Composite door manufacturer Vista Panels is this year celebrating 10 years of its leading brand, XtremeDoor. We take a look at why it continues to be such a success story. When the brand was launched in 2013, XtremeDoor is said to have taken the market by storm as a composite door that ticked all the boxes for homeowners, and offered installers...
Posted On - 02/08/2023
Sternfenster’s sales director, Nathan Court, explains why it is an exciting time to be installing bi-fold doors. There was a lot of apprehension as we returned to work after Christmas, because so many forces appeared to be working against our industry: the cost-of-living crisis, energy price rises, high inflation, higher interest rates, cooling housing market – all things that all...
Posted On - 02/08/2023
By Gareth Jones, managing director of Solar Fabrications Holdings. Some manufacturers are fortunate enough to have a ‘hero’ product, one that stands the test of time, consistently delivers on quality and value and is the inspiration for any number of ‘wannabees’. We like to think that the Solar Calibre Craftsman door is our hero. A hero product has to be...
Posted On - 02/08/2023
Senior has launched a new aluminium entrance door, in collaboration with Hallmark Doors and Panels, that features the company’s ‘Pure’ technology. The result is a door that offers enhanced thermal-efficiency and first class security. Senior Architectural Systems, said to be the UK’s largest privately owned aluminium fenestration solutions manufacturer, has joined forces with composite door supplier Hallmark Doors and Panels...
Posted On - 02/08/2023
Composite door manufacturer, Rockdoor, is set to release a new door style. We take an exclusive first look at the features that make up its latest offering. Rockdoor is certainly no stranger to composite door innovation. In fact, in the last six months, the Lancashire based manufacturer has successfully introduced a brand-new door texture called Dune (also an industry-first) –...
Posted On - 02/08/2023
Guy Hubble, joint managing director at RegaLead talks about the newest addition to the Decorative Door products range, Urban Bar, and the ‘rise of the industrial heritage look’. The latest report from Tommy Trinder showed that from the last 4,500 aluminium doors that had been quoted through their Framepoint software, 19% had steel-look profiles. That’s an astonishing figure and proves...
Posted On - 02/08/2023
Hörmann has extended its range of premium steel and aluminium entrance doors with a new composite door offer from Truedor. Hörmann is now offering a range of composite doors, bolstering its established product portfolio of steel and aluminium entrance doors. The company will now be offering the Truedor range of doors, manufactured by its sister company IG Doors, and selling...
Posted On - 02/08/2023
The replacement window and door market is one in which the differences between brands and products may be measured, if at all, by slim margins and nuances. So much of why any of us, at home or the office and factory, make a decision to buy from one supplier over another, is based on instinct and intuition, despite often having...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Force 8 has recently invested in a new, in-house paint facility. We find out how this has benefitted the quality of its composite door offer. Force 8 is mostly known for its arch profile bending, but over the last 10 years it has also developed a unique range of composite doors. There is a focus on more contemporary designs (according...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
As individuals and organisations across the globe celebrated World Environment Day earlier this month, Endurance Doors continues to pursue its own commitment to increased sustainability. Russell Hensman, group marketing manager, explains more. 2023 is a special year for World Environment Day. It’s actually 50 years since it was established by the United Nations General Assembly when it was held on...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Dutemänn has claimed the first PAS24-2022 pass for its Glide-S patio. We talk to managing director, Martin James, to find out more about why Dutemänn insists on stringent, in-house testing rather than simply relying on system house figures. Testing is part of Dutemänn’s DNA,” explains Martin James, managing director. “I strongly believe that you can’t just rely on ‘trickle down’...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Ben Aspinall, head of technology & marketing at DoorCo, shares the latest insight on door colour trends and explains more about how the company delivers innovative colour services to its customers. Monitoring data and being aware of trends is an important role we play as a supplier. We have to deliver products and services that our customers need to enable...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
A fundamental part of being a good supplier, is having reliable products, but that’s only part of it. Here, Dan Sullivan, managing director of DoorCo, talks to Glass Times about how products are only part of the picture when it comes to supply partnerships. DoorCo is now the leading composite door supplier in the UK market. A large proportion of...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Apeer tops its ‘good, better, best’ market offer with quad glazing cassette equipped doors. Glass Times takes a closer look at ‘doors for everyone’ approach. As window and door makers work themselves into a lather about the almost inevitable requirement for triple glazing to meet future Building Regulations requirements for the replacement market, Apeer has raised the bar by introducing...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Often seen as an easy upsell, doors should form a key part of your product offering, according to Aluplast’s director of sales and marketing Ian Cocken. Here, he gives five reasons why. Since we launched our flush French door in 2022, demand has almost gone through the roof. This wasn’t surprising, but it did prove why it was important that...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Glass Times talks to Vista’s MD, Keith Sadler, who explains how the company has grown to become the largest specialist panel and door supplier in the UK. If you were asked to name the biggest company that manufactures both composite doors and PVC-U panels in the UK, who would you say? Vista Panels may not be the first name to...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Listers’ MD, Roy Frost, argues that doors can literally be the most convenient route into a sale… When Listers meets customers on its stand at the FIT Show this May, the national trade fabricator will be promoting the new additions to its door range. “Most of the products we are displaying at this year’s show are absolutely brand new,” says...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Pioneer Trading’s Danny Williams is showing Gerda residential doors again at the FIT Show. Just don’t think of it as yet another composite door, says Danny. When Danny Williams, managing director of Pioneer Trading, questioned the poor quality and lack of service received from the industry’s leading composite door brands, he set about sourcing an alternative brand. His aim was...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Glass Times editor, Luke Wood, talks to Dutemänn’s managing director, Martin James, about the launch of Schärpe, the company’s new, Future Homes Standard ready window suite. When the updated requirements for Part L were introduced last year, it caught much of the industry napping,” says Martin James, managing director of Dutemänn. “A big part of that was due to the...
Posted On - 01/08/2023
Aaron Williamson, DoorCo’s new head of manufacturing, explains the processes he and his team are implementing to achieve best practice throughout the DoorCo manufacturing facility. Lean and World Class Manufacturing (WCM) principles can mean lots of different things to different organisations and are sadly often misused or used superficially with no real understanding of substance. With my background in the...
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