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Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, discusses how Covid-19 changed the way we use our homes and how households are investing lockdown savings into renovation projects. Covid-19 brought much of the world to a standstill; as schools and offices closed their doors, people in the UK were urged to avoid all non-essential travel, which saw many working...
Howells Patent Glazing explains how to manage style and substance when it comes to historically significant buildings. Finding the ideal glazing solution for historic and listing buildings is never an easy task. It must combine long-lasting quality materials with performance – weather tightness, thermal efficiency, and security – but, perhaps most importantly of all, it must offer complementary aesthetics. This...
Flat Glass Solutions and Haselsteiner outline the merits of modern-day glass enamelling technology, especially using surface roller coater systems. Full surface and border (frame) roller coating can now be done at the touch of a screen. Flat Glass Solutions has been appointed as an agent to Haselsteiner of Austria to bring ceramic ink printing equipment directly to the UK and...
With glass being the material of the moment for exterior cladding, providing a protective barrier against the elements and creating a high-end, luxurious aesthetic for modern and traditional architecture, Simon Boocock, MD of CRL Europe, looks at how to ensure installation is straightforward and safe. There are many reasons why a large percentage of buildings today feature glass as part...
One hundred years ago, we were in the grip of a global pandemic and glass shortages. Sound familiar? Chairman of Cornwall Group Mark Mitchell learns from history. Between 1918 and 1920 the Spanish Flu globally claimed between 20 and 50 million lives, more than the combined military and civilian casualties in the first world war. Infection rates are estimated to...
In and out of lockdown we’re spending more on home improvement than ever before. Dave Broxton, managing director of Bohle, said it is something that goes to the very core of our being. There is a psychology to home improvement: doing it makes us feel better; not doing it, eats away at us until we do. Lockdown, and the limitations...
With 90% of a rooflight comprising the glass, it makes sense to buy from a glass expert, according to Graham Price of TuffX. With names such as Next Retail, Arsenal Football Club, Marks and Spencer, Edinburgh Zoo, and that monument to architectural glazing The Shard included in our client list, it’s fair to assume that TuffX Processed Glass knows a...
CRL is in the process of updating its brand, with an emphasis on delivering an exceptional customer experience. Managing director of CRL Europe Simon Boocock explains why. The industry is evolving in a fundamental way. Customers demand end-to-end solutions; they’re not just buying a product, they’re buying a solution. Our innovative designs offer superior aesthetics while standing up to ever-more...
MasterTrack ST from Bohle brings a unique hydraulic damper system to shower doors, simplifying installation and delivering ultra-smooth operation, according to hardware specialist Jordan Scholes. Bohle launched MasterTrack ST in the summer, which draws down on the same carriage and unique hydraulic damper system as the popular MasterTrack Internal Sliding Door, and is applied to a shower cubicle system. In...
FH Brundle supplies handrail and balustrade systems, and has been serving the trade for over 130 years. Group marketing manager Paul Smith explains how the long-standing family firm is helping customers capitalise on the popularity of bespoke products designed and created from parts. In everything from furniture to fashion, beauty to home improvement, ‘bespoke’ has become one of the biggest...
Have the lockdown and resulting social distancing measures had a positive effect on safety in the workplace? We talk to Bohle’s Dave Broxton. As lockdown restrictions in the UK were eased during May and June 2020, attention turned to workplaces to see how life could return to normal while complying with new social distancing guidelines. Office work was straightforward to...
With demand continuing to grow not only in the UK but throughout Europe – and with Brexit looming on the horizon – could glass shortages continue into 2021, and what will it do to prices? Mark Herbert, joint-managing director at Mackenzie Glass, takes a look. Wuhan, the unassuming capital of China’s central Hubei province, went into lockdown at the end...
Cornwall Group has had to adapt to the Covid-19 challenge but remains focused on its objectives including acquisition and a £multi-million investment. Like everyone else, Mark Mitchell, chairman of Cornwall Group, and the new directors of the Cornwall Group, didn’t have the ‘slightest inclination’ of what was looming on the horizon. Covid-19 made the Cornwall Group’s first 12 months as...
Companies quick to respond to Covid-19 have seen rapid growth throughout lockdown and beyond. Nick Lewis, owner of SGS Glass Products, explains how he identified opportunities across a number of sectors – including hospitality and leisure, commercial, and office fit-out – for protective screens We didn’t ever stop; we were working throughout because the demand was there, and since we’ve...
IGU supply proved one of the biggest challenges for the industry’s return to work following the coronavirus pandemic. Mark Norcliffe, Cornwall Glass Manufacturing’s joint manufacturing director, talks to Glass Times about what he believes lies ahead. Glass supply became one of the industry’s biggest stumbling blocks coming out of lockdown with IGUs distinctly thin on the ground and installers unable...
The glass industry is facing a new future, thanks in no small part to Covid-19. For businesses to maintain competitive advantages and thrive in this new landscape, glass software is a vital component. Dave Thom from Smart-Builder looks at the areas to consider when choosing software. The glass industry is unique. Glass cannot be sold as merely a product code,...
Esquire Glass’s operations director Andrew Stephens explains why the company chose Flat Glass Solutions to supply its glass storage rack installation. Esquire’s core business is in the production of processed glass panels for the kitchen, bedroom and bathroom industry. With essential investment over the last three years in state-of-the-art glass processing equipment, along with the ever increasing and changing glass...
As we all adapting to a new ‘Covid safe’ working environment, what challenges do businesses face following the pandemic and how are they having to adapt? Simon Boocock, managing director of CRL Europe, examines what systems can be employed to ensure social distancing rules are followed. With businesses in the UK being encouraged to re-open following the coronavirus pandemic, one...
By CRL. In the ‘new normal’ post-pandemic world, all types of businesses have a very important task ahead of them to ensure that, as they re-open, their employees and their customers are as safe as possible. For public-facing businesses such as hair salons, beauty parlours, restaurants and bars, as well as businesses that operate within open-plan office and factory environments,...
The unprecedented coronavirus pandemic mustn’t overshadow the need for urgent action on climate change. Edgetech’s managing director Chris Alderson explains. Today, the world faces two enormous challenges: coronavirus and the environment. In the space of little more than a few weeks, Covid-19 has already radically changed the way we live and work to an extent that would’ve been unimaginable at...
