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Posted On - 20/09/2018
Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, discusses the recent major revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and how it could help to drive the energy efficiency market within the glass and glazing sector. On July 9, a significantly revised version of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) – the EU’s most important legislative tool...
Posted On - 20/09/2018
By Steve Brock, Director of Clear Structures. Recently, free standing glass balustrades have become extremely popular in all types of building from private residences through to public transport hubs and stadia because they offer and attractive, sleek appearance and minimise visual obstructions. We are all aware that the primary purpose of the balustrade is to prevent persons from falling, and...
Posted On - 20/09/2018
A £3.5 million investment in premises and new machinery, the acquisition of Padiham Glass, and a celebration of 40 years in business – the statistics emerging from Emplas are starting to add up. Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell visited the directors of both companies to learn more about what drives the businesses forward. Emplas’s acquisition of Padiham Glass in May...
Posted On - 13/08/2018
Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, gives an update on what’s driving the energy-efficiency agenda at a regulatory and legislative level. Since the government jettisoned its zero carbon homes policy a couple of years ago, the glass and glazing industry has been looking for positive regulation and policy change to help drive the energy-efficient market forward. Encouraging...
Posted On - 13/08/2018
Bohle tells Glass Times how Skyforce, its new Juliet balcony, is creating new revenue streams and pull through of core product for glass processors. Bohle launched Skyforce, its fall protection for French balconies, earlier this year. Its USP, according to Bohle, is its flexibility for use in on-site installation, fixed direct to brick work or masonry, or pre-fabricated as part...
Posted On - 11/07/2018
Tina Moorhouse, managing director of Oakland Glass, talks about the changing market for insulated glass units. So far this year our industry has witnessed a mixed bag of results. Some of the companies we’ve been speaking to are finding it tough while others seem to be flying. People will always want white PVCU windows, but the companies that are doing...
Posted On - 11/07/2018
Laminate glass is becoming an almost default IGU specification in commercial sectors. Is the same about to happen in retail? Glass Times talks to Cornwall Glass and Glazing. Glass specifications are moving forward and, according to sector commentators, at a significant pace. While toughened glass continues to dominate IGU supply, it is laminate glass that is delivering the most significant...
Posted On - 14/06/2018
Andy Cocker, director at Kent-based Slenderline Glass, discusses the opportunities presented by conservation areas using its range of heritage sealed units. Businesses look to expand into new markets to increase their revenue streams and win new business. Despite the growing number of products specifically designed to meet the needs of the sector, many businesses hesitate to explore conservation areas because...
Posted On - 14/06/2018
As glass becomes more prolific in the built environment, Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, discusses how sunlight exposure can cause the colours of fabrics, paints and other materials to fade over time – and outlines what measures glaziers can take to help prevent it. The growing accessibility of advanced glazing with thermal insulation and solar control...
Posted On - 30/05/2018
Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, explains how a European standard changes the best practice approach to specifying glass in lifts. Glass lifts can create an eye-catching focal point in modern building designs. As well as providing a panoramic view, they must, of course, meet essential functional demands such as safety and loadbearing capability. A new British...
Posted On - 30/05/2018
Chris Alderson, managing director of Edgetech, explains how automation is already changing the way fenestration businesses operate. We’re living through the rise of the machines. There were 1.9 million industrial robots in the world in 2014, according to US think-tank the Brookings Institute. By 2020, that’s expected to have risen to almost 3 million. Everywhere you look, businesses and industries...
Posted On - 30/05/2018
Mackenzie Glass acquired Pilkington Bristol from NSG on December 1, 2017. Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell met the managing directors of both firms, and Cornwall Glass and Glazing, to discuss the route to partnership. The acquisition of Pilkington Bristol by Mackenzie Glass at the end of last year wasn’t a straightforward deal for either party, especially since the merchanting business...
Posted On - 30/05/2018
Dave Broxton MD argues that industry needs to step up and set its own course in addressing the skills gap. At the start of this year the government faced growing pressure to implement a radical rethink of its apprenticeships strategy after a 27% fall in the number taking up trainee posts in the last quarter of 2017. The apprenticeships levy...
Posted On - 22/03/2018
On the back of a year that saw Thermoseal win numerous awards – including Export Champion of the Year in the Amazon Growing Business Awards, the Queen’s Award for Enterprise (International Trade 2017), and the Derek Bonnard Award for Excellence at the G-Awards – head of marketing and communications Samantha Hill discusses the company’s current export business plans. Manufacturing and...
Posted On - 22/03/2018
Laminate glass has grown in popularity in recent years, thanks to its security credentials and design flexibility. Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell visited Unilam Machinery’s directors David Hargrave and Nolan Millard to discuss the opportunities for glass processing companies. Unilam is no stranger to laminated glass, having been a major supplier of resins and laminate glass products since the 1980s....
Posted On - 27/02/2018
Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, discusses the facts behind self-cleaning glass. It was 16 years ago that Pilkington Activ became the first commercially available self-cleaning glass. Since then, we’ve sold more than 10 million square metres of it, which is enough to cover the football pitch at Wembley 1,380 times. The advanced glass is popular for...
Posted On - 27/02/2018
Dave Broxton MD argues that the UK’s regional commercial markets continue to offer significant areas of opportunity. The market for commercial office fit out has been on a firmly upward trajectory. Strong growth rates were associated with high levels of demand, which, in turn, saw activity reach record high levels in regional markets alongside the capital. This has wiped away...
Posted On - 20/02/2018
Despite the recent surge in interest in development and use of laminated glass, be it manufactured using foils or liquid composites, laminated glass itself is not a new invention, as Chris Davis, composites manager at Kommerling, explains. The first laminated glass was, like so many inventions and discoveries, an accident; working in his laboratory in 1903, French chemist Edouard Benedictus...
Posted On - 09/02/2018
Phil Savage, head of UK processing sales at Pilkington UK, outlines the opportunities for supplying advanced glazing as UK cities expand and grow taller. Skylines across the UK are in flux: London is being redefined with an abundance of new and ambitious building projects; and in 2016, it was reported that 436 towers of 20 floors or more were in...
Posted On - 09/02/2018
While the three owners at Onlevel might seem like a rather odd bunch, Gary Dean explains the philosophy of the unorthodox start-up. When I decided to take that leap to create my own company with two other former business leaders in Europe it did raise some eyebrows. Some certainly thought I was mad to leave the safe world of the...
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