Glass Machinery
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With FIT now behind us, MD of Bohle Dave Broxton discusses what the show tells us about trends in the UK glazing industry. Innovation and diversification go hand in hand with industry exhibitions. If you track industry expos such as Glassex from the early 1990s, we’ve had the white PVC juggernaut, coloured and wood grain foiling, the rise and fall...
Glass Times reports on how Bohle’s R&D programme is driving change in the glass processing sector. Listed as among Germany’s most innovative SME’s by Business Week – no small achievement in a country renowned for manufacturing innovation – Bohle has been at the forefront of innovation in glass processing technologies for almost a century. “It’s quite amazing to see where...
Dave Broxton, managing director of Bohle, warns that glass processors could face potentially crippling fines if they’re found to have polluted water systems. In March, Thames Water was fined a record £20.4 million for polluting the River Thames with 1.4 billion litres of raw sewage. The company allowed huge amounts of untreated effluent to enter the waterway in Oxfordshire...
Consolidation in the glass processing sector has continued with Cornwall Glass’s acquisition of LW Architectural Glass. Glass Times reports. Cornwall Glass announced its acquisition of LW Architectural Glass last month. Completed at the end of March, the deal saw the £4m turnover former glass division of commercial and architectural specialist, Lee Warren Fabrication and Design, become the latest acquisition by...
The comparison of two Spanish Lisec customers shows different sales approaches within one country: Cristec is exporting, while Termiglass relies on the supply of regional customers that are a maximum of 100 km away. Cristec is located in the north of Spain, about 150 km from Barcelona. Founded in 1987 the company now employs 63 people and has a yearly...
Double R Glass & Roofing Systems has invested in the world’s fastest vertical Super Spacer automatic hot melt IGU line. MD Ian Sims explains why. The commissioning of the world’s fastest vertical Super Spacer automatic hot melt IGU line is now complete at Double R’s Wellingborough manufacturing facility. Our significant deal with the Promac Group will not only provide much-needed...
Biesse Group UK is expanding its operations to meet increasing demands. Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell visited the manufacturing sites in Italy to see what is driving this reported growth. Based in Pesaro, Italy, the Biesse Group is on target to exceed 550 million euros years, which represents a 20% year-on-year increase, despite the global economy struggling to reach top...
Glasstec offers an insight into the trends that are defining glass processing, now and into the future. Dave Broxton, managing director, Bohle explains. Glasstec is on an altogether different scale. It’s not just the size of Düsseldorf’s Messe exhibition centre, it’s about who is there, where they come from, and what they have to say. Glasstec is about leading-edge global...
How does a company like Cwmtillery Glass get to a point where it is making 3,000 units a day without having a dedicated salesman on the road? Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell went to find out. There was a moment of realisation on Cwmtillery Glass owner Paul Hayward’s face when he told Glass Times that his company near Ebbw Vale...
Caldwells Windows recently installed a Cooltemper toughening plant from Unilam Machinery, in a bid to assert more control over its glass supply. Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell visited the factory in Wigan to see if it has made a difference. You either source your glass from a specialist glass supplier, or you aim for excellence when producing glass for your...
The UK faces a shortage of skilled workers, particularly in construction and manufacturing. We report on how Bohle is helping to meet the challenge. “The first thing we do when people come in to attend the course is to sit them down and explain that it’s not about top-down learning but shared learning,” Amanda Carr, Bohle’s business development executive, said....
Chris Alderson, managing director of Edgetech UK, talks about the issues of skill shortage in manufacturing and how IGU companies can protect themselves for the future. When I’m out and about there’s often one theme that keeps cropping up in conversation. At the moment, it’s the skills shortage. To find out what it really means for the glazing industry and,...
What will 2017 have in store? Dave Broxton, managing director of Bohle, discusses. At the start of this year Brexit remains the ‘elephant in the room’. The timetable and shape of our parting with the EU remain unknown quantities. Clarity on both soon will be important in securing our continuing economic growth economic and that of our European partners. At...