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An open letter from Ritec International to all users of alcohol-based glass surface treatments and their suppliers. This open letter is based on information compiled from independent, third-party sources as a public service by Ritec International. The objective is to raise awareness of risks and hidden dangers caused by hazardous, alcohol-based glass surface treatments (GSTs) and suppliers. Actions by authorities...
Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, discusses how loopholes in new energy efficiency legislation for landlords could result in a missed opportunity for the glass and glazing sector. From April 2018, it will be illegal for landlords to rent out a property with the lowest energy-efficiency ratings of F and G. It’s estimated that almost 10% of...
Adrian Adams, facades market manager at Saint-Gobain Building Glass, discusses the advantages of the company’s latest solar control glass technology. Innovations where our product range can positively impact customers’ productivity is a key focus for Saint-Gobain Building Glass, and the latest SGG Easypro coating meets that criteria perfectly. SGG Easypro is a revolutionary new polymer coating that enhances the method...
Mark Norcliffe, director at Cornwall Glass, discuss how colour PVB interlayers are creating a wealth of new opportunities for glass processors. Now a landmark on the south east London skyline, Peckham Library, designed by Alsop and Störmer, claimed the Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2000 – the first and to date only library to win British architecture’s highest honour. The...
As part of its sponsorship of the Stalybridge Celtic Foundation, Bohle became shirt sponsors for Vintage Celtic, an over 60s walking football team in the summer. In this month’s column Dave Broxton MD argues that business has a vital part to play in the wider community. As a football fan you sometimes need a sense of humour. 40 years plus...
Mike Gaillard, joint managing director of CENSolutions, respond to the recent story in Glass Times about the challenge to products that don’t meet building regulations. I read with great interest the Glass Times leader ‘Demand for illegal products challenged’ and associated story from The Saveheat Group. The fact that Colin Torley and the Saveheat team have decided to make a...
As Liverpool’s Custom Glass celebrates 30 years in business this year, owner and managing director Jeff Hooson tells Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell how the company has continued to maintain an efficient business and a relevant product offering. Jeff Hooson, owner and managing director of Liverpool’s Custom Glass, is an experienced glass man, having followed his father into the glass...
Architectural glass is being used in a growing number of residential applications. Adam Shaylor explains how Cornwall Architectural Glass is helping architectural glazing specialists meet demand. The boom seen in the application of structural and architectural glass in the commercial sector in the past decade is today being replicated in high-end residential markets. The Grand Designs effect, plus a greater...
In this second part of our series on the trickier words and phrases in the glass and glazing vocabulary, Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, offers an M-Z guide to the industry. What do we mean by ‘safety glass’ and ‘toughened glass’? Do you get a rebate from HMRC or find it in a window frame? The...
As TuffX celebrates 20 years in business, Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell met managing director Graham Price at the company’s base in Knowsley to find out how the company keeps ahead of the curve. Glass Times has been to see TuffX several times over the years, and the atmosphere within the company has always been the same: that there is...
In this two-part series, Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, offers a guide to the trickier words and phrases in the glass and glazing vocabulary. Do you know your ‘gaskets’ from your ‘hermetic seals’? The glass and glazing lexicon can be a tricky one to understand, with the language stemming from the deep corners of physics, manufacturing,...
Jason McCabe, commercial and site manager for Clayton Glass, highlights the importance of being an independent, owner-managed business; investment and product innovation are key, he explains. Clayton Glass has a history that dates back 50 years and today we’re well placed as one of the UK’s largest independent glass processors and have been listed within the 1,000 Companies to Inspire...
Regulatory change in the form of Part Q is forecast to deliver a significant uplift in demand for laminate glass on top of pre-existing growth. Dave Broxton, managing director at Bohle, argues that as glass processors try to extract greater output from their laminating lines, choosing the best cutting wheel technology has never been more important., It’s a numbers game....
Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, discusses how a new international standard could lead to an uptake in noise-control glazing. Do you know how quiet your home is? You may well do in the future, as a new international standard for classifying the sound insulation in dwellings is currently in development. This could mean we start to...
Gary Dean tells Glass Times why he decided to establish Onlevel in the UK. OnLevel has been supplying the UK market via a small selection of solid distributors for over four years. These distributors have done excellent task of growing product sales but this has been naturally constrained to some degree by logistics and the ability to stock and sell...
Having recently employed an additional chemist to concentrate purely on new product development, Thermoseal Group is set to manufacture a range products, according to the group’s marketing manager Samantha Hill. Our latest product release, to be designed in our own Innovation Centre and tested within our EN1279 test facilities, is the new Thermobar with 4mm air cavity. As a result...
Swisspacer’s head of marketing and sales for UK and Ireland John Cooper says energy efficiency is still the top concern for homeowners, and explains how Swisspacer helps fabricators and installers sell energy efficient windows. Today’s consumers have got used to looking for higher ratings on domestic appliances that save money on fuel bills. But there is work to be done...
By Chris Davis, composites manager at Kommerling UK. It is now accepted by architects that access to natural light is beneficial to the final users of the space – be that a young family, care home residents or office staff in the latest central London international HQ building. Skylines across the globe reflect this quite literally with a dazzling array...
According to industry experts, the bifold door market has grown substantially in recent years, which looks set to continue. But the sliding door market has also seen an upturn lately. Nick Welsh, managing director of SafeGuard Glass and Glazing, explains why the humble sliding door shouldn’t be overlooked. For quite some time now, in terms of patio doors, the growth...
Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell met Tina Moorhouse, managing director of Oakland Glass, to discuss how the market for toughened glass has changed over the last 20 years. Oakland Glass, which recently celebrated its 30th birthday, is something of a veteren when it comes to toughened glass, having bought its first furnace in 1997. “Back then it was a niche...