Events & People
Emplas has announced the sad passing of Steve Johnson. Born, raised, and educated in Kettering, Steve left school in 1967, at the age of 15, to join Charles Wicksteed Engineers as an apprentice wood machinist. In 1972, Steve joined the 40 Commando Brigade of the Royal Marines – a light infantry unit made up of some of the toughest marines,...
Euroglaze has made further investments in its business development team, as it continues to buck the trend in the trade fabrication market. With turnover up by more than 20% in 2024, Euroglaze has recruited Janet Walker to work alongside Nicky Park, helping to promote all the key strengths of the ‘one stop shop’ Rehau fabricator to even more installers and...
UKO Group, home to UK Doors Online, Trade Window Centre, Performance Glass, and the newly launched UK Rooflights, has appointed Sam Weber as group sales director. Sam is said to bring a wealth of experience and a strong track record of success to the rapidly growing UKO Group. UKO Group includes UK Doors Online, a manufacturer of aluminium windows and...
Yale Door and Window Solutions and Mila will be sponsoring the People in Glazing Society (PiGS) event in 2025. Yale will also be supporting Harry’s Pals, PiGs’ charity of the year, and will provide wristbands at each PiGs events it sponsors, which attendees wear to qualify for the free bar. Harry’s Pals provides emotional support to families who are struggling...
FENSA has announced revisions to its board of directors, with the position of FENSA board chair now undertaken by Dave Broxton, managing director of Bohle for 13 years and current GGF board director. The revisions were conducted to reform FENSA’s governance framework, ensuring greater agility, alignment with the GGF Group’s strategic objectives, and compliance with industry best practice. Natalie Little,...
Window Ware has marked a combined 45 years of service with two key members of its team. Senior warehouse operative, Paul Catchpole, is celebrating 25 years with Window Ware. Joining the company at the age of 21, he has become a mainstay of the warehouse team and one of its longest-serving members. Customer operations & marketing director, Sarah Binns, is...
VBH has recently strengthened both its internal and external sales teams with two new key appointments. The external team has been bolstered by the arrival of Victoria Woods in the position of regional sales manager for Scotland. Victoria adds to the already considerable bank of experience within VBH’s Scottish team, having spent 14 years in the industry, including four years...
The Glazerite UK Group says it has kicked off 2025 with pivotal appointments designed to strengthen its focus on operations and customer care. Melanie Jacobs, who has been with the trade fabricator for 18 years, is taking up the role of senior operations manager at Glazerite’s Wellingborough-based headquarters. The new role has been created to bring Group-wide functional and production...
A team at Reynaers Aluminium UK has raised over £3,000 for Birmingham Mind charity after clocking up more than 2,000km in a collective step challenge. In line with the Reynaers Group strategy to support employee wellbeing, the Reynaers UK team set themselves a challenge to walk the equivalent distance from Lands Ends to John o’ Groats. Members of the team...
West Lothian based window and door manufacturer, Window Supply Company (WSC), is working in partnership with West Lothian Council’s skills training programme to support 16- to 24-year-olds move into employment or further education. The skills training programme is a paid training experience that consists of up to 26 weeks blended learning within West Lothian Council’s training centre in Livingston with...
CAB has enhanced its technical support by appointing Dale Pegler as technical director. An industry experienced technical director, Dale will be well known by many having worked for a systems company in a technical design, support and legislative environment. Members will also know Dale as he led the CAB technical committee as chair and will work alongside Justin Furness to...
The Glass & Glazing Federation has appointed Leighton Cox as customer relations co-ordinator, as part of a drive to ‘revolutionise’ the complaints procedures within the GGF. The organisation is currently unveiling a new General Member Complaints Service, designed specifically to offer a faster, more efficient, and transparent resolution to disputes between consumers and GGF members. Leighton is said to bring...
Bon Accord Glass, based in Aberdeen, has been acquired through a management buyout (MBO) as it marks 50 years in business. Directors Colin Kinghorn and Martin Allan, who have over 75 years of combined experience between them, have announced that they are ‘passing the torch’ to a new generation after selling the business. The new owners are four key members...
Aluk has made a number of key appointments to its marketing and sales teams. After two years away, Alex Gallop has returned to AluK in a new head of marketing role – responsible for formulating and planning AluK’s marketing strategies and managing all of the systems company’s marketing communications. Alongside Alex, Lydia Pevsner has also been promoted to senior marketing...
From pioneering timber as the solution to sustainability, through to the juggle of building a business while raising children – Steve Winscott, director at Nine Zero Timber Windows & Doors, is this month’s People Spotlight Glass Times (GT): Steve, can you tell us a bit about how you got started in the industry? Did you always envision yourself working with...
Cara Shepherd, branch manager of Glassolutions in Aberdeen, is a finalist in the Rising Star category at this year’s G24 awards. The G24 Rising Star Award recognises an emerging leader whose record reflects ongoing and exceptional growth, increased levels of leadership, responsibility, and sphere of impact. Cara was put forward by Glassolutions’ operations director, Dave Evans, who commended her exceptional...
In an effort to attract new entrants to the industry, address the growing skills gap, and upskill the sector’s existing workforce, Rehau has partnered with Building Our Skills. Following initial discussions in 2023, the two companies are said to have officially joined forces in June 2024 after Rehau supported a series of careers fairs and visited Building Our Skills’ Sheffield...
Dekko Window Systems has announced a change in leadership. Gary Torr, the company's long-standing managing director, will be stepping down at the end of the year, but will continue to be involved with the company in an ambassadorial capacity. Kurt Greatrex, currently serving as sales director, will assume the role of managing director effective 1 January 2025. Kurt Greatrex, who...
Sarah Gyde has joined Quanex as marketing director of European Fenestration. In this role, Sarah will oversee the strategic marketing activities for Liniar, Avantek Machinery, Edgetech UK, and Edgetech Europe. With 24 years of industry experience, Sarah brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the role. She previously led the marketing strategy at Mila, where she was pivotal in...
Cornwall Glass Manufacturing’s golf day, held at the Ashbury Hotel Golf Resort near Okehampton in Devon, has been hailed a success, with customers choosing to extend their break with families into the weekend. Fifty-six golfers enjoyed wall-to-wall sunshine as they navigated one of four beautiful courses – Pines, Beeches, Oakwood and Kigbeare – just north of Dartmoor. “Playing golf at...
