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Posted On - 06/02/2017
Pioneer’s Danny Williams answers your questions. This month: “We are a small fabricator making up to 250 windows and doors a week, which we are selling mostly to local installers/builders, and around a third of those installed by our retail company. Most of our kit needs renewing as it comes to the end of its life. We are facing that...
Posted On - 06/02/2017
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...
Posted On - 06/02/2017
Michael Turner, Bohle’s technical sales representative, discusses opportunities in London’s commercial and domestic markets. I joined Bohle in 2014 from Richard Gent in Wellingborough, where I worked as an estimator. Richard Gent had – and has – a comprehensive product and service offer including UV bonded display cases and furniture, balustrades, balconies, canopies, glass screen, mirrors, showers and splashbacks; everything...
Posted On - 06/02/2017
The fizz was flowing as the great and the good from the industry gathered to celebrate the second Atlas Installation of the Year awards. Glass Times reports. It was a spectacular evening during which Stamford-based installer QKS Home Improvements walked away with first prize for a show-stopping double Atlas lantern installation on a period property in a Georgian Lincolnshire town....
Posted On - 20/01/2017
Phil Brown, European regulatory marketing manager at Pilkington UK, discusses the growing trend of sound-insulating glass being used in residential properties. Insulating building interiors against noise is a major design criterion of many new commercial builds like airports, city offices, bars and restaurants, for example. However, noise control glazing is now becoming increasingly popular for residential properties; homeowners are looking...
Posted On - 20/01/2017
The launch of Verandah at the FIT Show caused quite a stir and subsequently enquiries have surpassed expectations by some way, explains Chris Cooke, managing director of Prefix Systems. When we looked to embrace our expertise and product development pedigree with Verandah, it was to a degree a calculated exercise. Sure we have always been associated with innovation in conservatory...
Posted On - 09/01/2017
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....
Posted On - 09/01/2017
RegaLead’s joint managing director Guy Hubble gives Glass Times a preview of a new market the company is aiming to open up in 2017. It’s that traditional time of year when we take stock and review the product trends of the previous 12 months. For our industry, 2016 was absolutely the year of the door. There is little sign of...
Posted On - 09/01/2017
Unique Window Systems was ranked 21st in the 2016 Real Business Hot 100 last month, which reveals the 100 fastest growing UK SME private companies in the UK. Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell visited joint managing director Sunil Patel and sales director James Raven to find out how the company managed to achieve such an accolade. Unique’s turnover is reported...
Posted On - 09/01/2017
The Korniche lantern from Made For Trade was met with excitement and enthusiasm at this year’s FIT Show. As the date looms for its official roll-out, Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell visited managing director Bradley Gaunt to see how the final preparations are going. What grabbed Glass Times the most when we visited Made For Trade in March this year...
Posted On - 09/01/2017
By Martin Nettleton, managing director of Euroglaze. 2017 could potentially be the most exciting year in a long while for all those medium sized fabricators like Euroglaze who have seen their business model under threat from the new breed of super fabricators. That’s not just because I firmly believe that we offer better, more consistent quality and far more personalised...
Posted On - 09/01/2017
According to some, Brexit has cast a shadow over the industry’s growth prospects in 2017. We ask Emplas and customer BJH Windows and Conservatories if it is time to call time on traditional models of manufacture? “We just got to the point where the model wasn’t working for us,” Alan Hamilton, managing director of BJH Windows and Conservatories, said. “We...
Posted On - 09/01/2017
Yale’s sales and commercial director Paul Atkinson describes how it has brought together its range of high-security hardware components to launch the ultimate door and window package. With 98% brand recognition, Yale is heralded as the leading home security brand throughout the UK. Fabricators and installers can now capitalise on this with ‘The Complete Door and Window Package’ that is...
Posted On - 09/01/2017
By The Window Outlet The Window Outlet is celebrating the end of a landmark 2016, which has seen it launch an array of new products, secure award nominations, and surpass £2 million turnover in its second year in business. Originally founded by Ben Warren and Clive Uppington in 2014, the Bristol firm has risen to become a significant supplier of...
Posted On - 09/01/2017
The rise in popularity of glass surface treatment products is allowing some chemicals to enter the market without the correct scrutiny, which is posing a risk to the health of glass workers and consumers, and creating unfair market conditions. This is the conclusion of Stephen and Karen Byers, founders of Ritec, who have spent several years researching the technologies. Glass...
Posted On - 09/01/2017
Phil Savage, commercial sales manager at Pilkington UK, discusses how advances in glass coatings and structural glazing have helped glass to dominate our skyline. If somebody asked you to think of a modern landmark building in the UK, you might think of The Shard, or perhaps the Gherkin, two buildings where glass is integral to their design. Outside of London...
Posted On - 09/01/2017
Richard Kirman, sales and marketing manager for IG Doors’ trade division, Truedor, introduces his new trade team. I have written before about the importance of supporting great products with great service – it isn’t a nice to have, it is a must have, and at IG Doors I am delighted to be able to say our Truedor trade team hit...
Posted On - 09/01/2017
The Master Fitter Challenge (MFC) has become one of the FIT Show’s more prominent regular features at the three-day event. Managed by the industry’s specialist qualifications awarding body, GQA Qualifications, the challenge invites professional installers to compete against each other. GQA director Mick Clayton explains how the competition is more than just entertainment. Our involvement at the FIT Show came...
Posted On - 07/01/2017
Three years since its launch, aïr has taken the industry by storm, changing the market to give brand-driven design-savvy homeowners a product for transforming their homes. Brand ambassador Jay Patel tells all. What makes a great brand? Well, first and foremost the best brands around understand their audience completely. They know how they tick, what their interests are, what impresses...
Posted On - 07/01/2017
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,...
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