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Posted On - 14/07/2022
As continued price increases and energy surcharges threaten to squeeze profit margins, we ask joint managing director of Mackenzie Glass, Matt Prowse, the lengths they go to help customers add value. Joint managing director of Mackenzie Glass, Matt Prowse, typically spends most of his time with customers discussing new products and opportunities. But since he is increasingly dedicating time to...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
With energy costs soaring, offering energy efficiency better than Approved Document L will reap rewards, argues Asa McGillian of Lumi Windows By the time you read this, Approved Document L of the Building Regulations will be statutory. The U value requirement for existing properties is reducing to 1.4 Wm2K (from 1.6 Wm2K); and for new dwellings to 1.2 Wm2K (from...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
Dave Chambers, Liniar’s project and facilities director, discusses the importance of embedding a safety culture. Having recently won a global award from parent company Quanex for its excellent safety record, Liniar continues to promote a strong safety culture across its sites. Before 1974, there was only the Health and Morals of Apprentices Act originally implemented in 1802, often known as...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
Jade Engineering’s ‘Consult’ service has been created as a lifeline for fabricators faced with baffling production problems. We talk to Jade’s Adam Jones to find out more. Wouldn’t it be great to simply say what and how many windows and doors you want to make, how much money you want to spend, and for someone to tell you what you...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
Insight Data has revealed the findings of its latest market research report, providing a comprehensive overview of the window, door and glazing industry. We talk to Insight’s operations manager, Alex Tremlett, to find out more. The 2021 edition of the Insight Data State of the Industry report offers a top-down view of the sector and the companies within it. It...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
Can analysis of Google search give us market insight into things to come? We report. A little time spent on Google can be enlightening. Google tracks interest in search terms over time. If you’re planning your next blog or new website copy, it gives you a steer as to where you should be going and what you should be including...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
Today, the industry demands a GRP composite fire door system that can consistently demonstrate compliance and dependable performance. Hurst Doors has set the standard for FD30 with the high-performance Fire Door Systems (FDS) fire door system. Sales director, Mark Atkinson, tells Glass Times about the fire door and Hurst’s business plans. Recent years have seen Britain address its attitudes to...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
Following astonishing levels of interest and confirmed sales at the FIT Show, Dave Thomas, CEO at Haffner, considers the game-changing difference seamless welding delivers. Every so often, there’s an innovation in the industry that takes a quantum leap forward. All the signs are that seamless welding technology might be one of those innovations. I say this because we’re just back...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
GS-MR’s IG-L robotic loading system, which loads glass onto IGU lines by the edge, rather than using suction on the face of the glass, is being heralded as a game changer for the industry. Offering consistent, improved quality and safety, Glass Times magazine finds out more about the exciting innovation. An unplanned meeting, which took place in 2018 between two...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
Danny Williams has a track record of doing something about it when he becomes frustrated with a product or service. This time he’s done it with resi doors… As a long standing Synseal fabricator, Pioneer Trading’s Danny Williams became frustrated at what he felt was the brand’s propensity for selling profile to anyone. Thus, with Synseal fabricators peppering the area...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
With the changes to Part L upon us, Paul Booth, design director at Epwin Window Systems and chair of the technical committee at the Council for Aluminium in Building [CAB], explains why its customers can be confident that the Stellar aluminium system will always be ahead of the curve. On 15 June, one of the biggest shake-ups to Building Regulations...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
The arrival of the new ultra-premium Avantal door from Endurance Doors reflects the company’s lofty ambitions in the entrance door market. Stephen Nadin, managing director, explains the long-term thought process behind this next generation innovation. Our experience in the door market goes back to 2002, when we developed one of the sector’s first timber composite doors. Since then, it is...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
Glass Times talks to Martin James, managing director of Dutemänn, about pandemic demand, new products and more challenging times ahead. Glass Times (GT): How strong was demand during the pandemic? Martin James (MJ): We have been exceptionally busy over the last couple of years. We had challenges, like everyone else, but these were mostly with hardware. I know that some...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
DoorCo has secured its position as one of the leaders in the UK composite door market through strategic investment and innovation, but to maintain it, Dan Sullivan MD shares what he believes is important in the industry today. DoorCo has the ultimate composite door offer: we are the only UK manufacturer to supply three types of composite door – the...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
As Distinction Doors celebrates five years of its nxt-gen composite door range, associate sales director, Andy Grogan, discusses how the pioneering benefits have impacted fabricators and introduces the latest nxt-gen door style. When we launched the nxt-gen range in 2017 we believed that it would revolutionise the composite door industry. Why? Because it delivers on so many levels. Then and...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
Deceuninck MD Rob McGlennon announces the new sculptured sash option for the Slider24+, and explains why it is a product that keeps on giving. As the UK emerged from a series of pandemic-related lockdowns, a shift in homeowner behaviour resulted in a change in buying habits. As a result, people now spend more time at home; households now socialise, study,...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
Are systems companies being too slow to support fabricators with products that meet the latest revisions to the Building Regs? We talk to Deceuninck Aluminium’s director, Nigel Headford, to find out. Despite the fact that systems companies have known for some time that revisions to the Building Regulations would be coming into force by the middle of June 2022, many...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
Karen Bell, sales director at David Salisbury, explains why demand for premium conservatory and orangery solutions has never been higher. At David Salisbury we design and manufacture bespoke orangeries, conservatories, garden rooms and kitchen extensions. Built from the finest materials, our glazed timber extensions have helped to transform beautiful homes all around the country. Primarily serving the upper end of...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
FIT Show 2022 provided the perfect launch pad for new manufacturer, Comp Door, to unveil its new solid timber core composite doors. There were 11 Comp Doors displayed on stand F51 at the 2022 FIT Show, showing just a few of the design possibilities available with a wide choice of styles, colours hardware and glazing options. This included a concept...
Posted On - 14/07/2022
By John Park-Davies, managing director, Vertik-Al This year’s FIT Show was fascinating. I attended all three days. Our group stand was manned by me and a rotation of 14 colleagues with skills and knowledge from across all our companies. As Allumette Group, we were there promoting our powder coating brand, Vertik-Al, and demonstrating products from our louvre fabrication business, Ikon...
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