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Posted On - 17/06/2019
By Forel. “Everything is based on the quality that a glass company can offer,” Roberto Pastore, owner of Italian glass processing company Vetrodomus, said. “Superior quality allows you to connect with higher-level customers and access higher-level orders. “How do you achieve quality? On the one hand, you rely on the skills and know-how of your company and employees, and on...
Posted On - 13/05/2019
With industry warning of a skills crisis, Bohle’s Dave Broxton explains how the supply chain could be part of the answer. While there’s universal agreement that the skills gap is one of the key challenges facing industry, what to do about it is less clearly defined. Under investment has resulted in a failure to recruit young people into the sector....
Posted On - 13/05/2019
Following the release of the Committee for Climate Change’s ‘UK Housing: Fit for the future?’ report, Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, discusses how glazing can provide a cost-effective way for new-builds and existing housing stock to meet stringent climate change targets. A new report exploring UK housing stock’s preparedness to meet the challenges of climate change, from...
Posted On - 13/05/2019
The British Standard on self-cleaning roof glass has done much to clarify what the term really means. But, according to one of the drivers behind the new benchmark, it hasn’t completely stopped some in the industry from taking liberties with the term. Paul Higgins, commercial and procurement manager for TuffX explains. There’s nothing a dubious marketer likes more than an...
Posted On - 27/03/2019
John Leary, sales and marketing director at Emplas, discusses how the hidden costs associated with buying in frames and glass separately is costing installers £thousands each year. CE Marking was meant to have delivered a step-change in glass supply. Its impact, however, has been muted; most installers continue to buy glass and frames separately, regardless of the ‘robustness’ of their...
Posted On - 27/03/2019
If you compare modern-day buildings to those of decades ago, it’s easy to see how design has evolved to meet today’s lifestyles. Offices and commercial buildings in particular now strive to deliver open, light-filled spaces that offer a host of benefits for occupants. As a result, glass now plays an integral role in construction projects with its role extending far...
Posted On - 27/03/2019
Jason Eggerton, UK specification manager at Pilkington UK, discusses the role of glazing in attracting shoppers back to the high street. The high street is at a critical turning point; with consumers increasingly opting to shop online, due to more competitive pricing and increased convenience, many bricks-and-mortar retailers have seen footfall and profits fall. To compete in this new retail...
Posted On - 27/03/2019
A little over a year since its acquisition of Pilkington Bristol from NSG, independent glass merchant Mackenzie Glass has reported significant year-on-year growth. The glass sector has been dogged by supply and quality issues, in addition to fiercely competitive pricing – not a typical fertile landscape for a start-up business. A year in, however, and Mackenzie Glass has reported growth...
Posted On - 27/03/2019
Glass is increasingly being used to breathe new life into old architectural buildings. Simon Boocock, MD of CRL Europe, looks at the benefits of the material and some of the systems available to aid installation and maintenance. What do the Shard, the Gherkin and the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf have in common? Aside from being some of London’s most iconic...
Posted On - 18/03/2019
Energy Saving Glass has continued its investment in its in-house manufacturing facility with seven-figure spend on a new toughening facility. The company’s Alex Walker explains why. Bringing more of your supply chain in-house to increase controls on quality and cost isn’t new but it’s happening with increasing frequency across the window, door and, particularly, glass processing sectors. We manufacture IGUs,...
Posted On - 18/03/2019
Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, discusses how advanced glazing can be used to protect light-sensitive objects from fading over time. Keeping a treasured artefact or work of art safe so it can be enjoyed for generations to come means protecting it against every possible threat. That doesn’t just mean security concerns like vandalism and theft, but...
Posted On - 18/03/2019
The last year was proved a tumultuous one in IGU supply. Should we expect 2019 to be any different? According to administrators, Diamond Glass had been hit by competition on prices and falling orders. The rise in the price of raw materials as a consequence of the weakened pound had also ‘significantly impacted the company’s margins’, according to its administrator,...
Posted On - 15/02/2019
Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, outlines the opportunities for supplying advanced glazing in the wake of updates to BS 8560. Despite its relative infancy compared to other coated glass products, the self-cleaning glass market has exploded in popularity since its inception. There is no question that there is significant demand from the market. Since we launched...
Posted On - 15/02/2019
IGU manufacture is becoming increasingly polarised between high volume and specialist supply, according to Ian Woolley, sales director at Hitech Blinds. IGU manufacture is today about volume. Standard units can be manufactured in as little as 20 seconds, and with consolidation within the glass sector rife, efficiency and productivity are key to survival in a commercial environment where the line...
Posted On - 17/01/2019
Tougher sentencing for gross negligence manslaughter came into force at the beginning of November. Dave Broxton, managing director of Bohle, asks if the glass sector still running too many risks. New guidelines giving courts in England and Wales increased powers to hand down far tougher sentences to employers found guilty of manslaughter through gross negligence came into force on November...
Posted On - 17/01/2019
Thermoseal Group’s sales director, Mark Hickox, talks about energy efficiency and the current market for energy efficient components. Improving the energy efficiency of buildings has long been on the agenda for the whole building industry in line with changing government targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The UK was, in fact, the first country in Europe to introduce Energy Efficiency...
Posted On - 17/01/2019
As Swisspacer celebrates its 20th anniversary, John Cooper, commercial director of UK and Ireland, looks at the evolution of warm edge over the past two decades. This year, Swisspacer celebrated its 20-year anniversary. We now manufacture 120 million linear metres of warm edge spacer a year. That’s enough to circle the world three times. Swisspacer has led the way in...
Posted On - 17/01/2019
By SageGlass. Buildings are responsible for approximately 36% of total energy consumptions and 40% of CO2 emissions globally, according to the International Energy Agency. With the recent revision of the Energy Performance Building Directive (EPBD) last July, the pressure for energy efficiency in buildings has never been stronger, pushing for further use of smart technologies. On the other hand, green...
Posted On - 17/01/2019
Chris Alderson, Edgetech MD, discusses his firm’s role in driving constant innovation in energy efficiency. We’re living through an energy efficiency revolution; in not much more than the blink of an eye in historical terms, it’s been catapulted from the niche concern of a tiny minority, to something everyone’s talking about – and that, by 2012, was receiving $300 billion...
Posted On - 17/01/2019
Phil Brown, technical advisory service manager at Pilkington, answers some of the questions he gets asked most frequently by end users – issues that will likely be raised with glazing businesses across the supply chain. I’d like my home to be cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter – how can I achieve this? Glass can...
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