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Posted On - 11/02/2022
Rhys Hoddinott, Leka’s managing director, looks at the reasons behind continuing demand for the company’s products. Sales of Leka Systems lightweight conservatory roof and modular garden rooms saw sales growth of 40% in 2021. The reasons behind the growth are wide-ranging, which suggests sales aren’t going to slow down any time soon. In fact, we certainly expect to see further...
Posted On - 11/02/2022
Kevin Warner, sales and marketing director of profine UK and Kömmerling, talks about the market for flush sash windows, their new concealed mullion and the implications industry wide of the new building regulations for this new genre of window design. When we look at the timber window market we’re faced with lipped casement and flush casements as descriptors, yet for...
Posted On - 11/02/2022
Glass Times takes a closer look at Jade Engineering, a company that has produced tooling for fabricators of every PVC-U – and most aluminium – systems in the UK. If you were asked the name of the most prevalent brand in the UK window and door industry….one that has products in every PVC-U fabricator and the majority of those making...
Posted On - 11/02/2022
The application of Timberweld technology has helped to define HWL Windows has the UK’s leading specialist supplier of premium heritage products. We report. “If I had to identify the most important innovation in PVC window design over the last 10 years, then it would have to be heritage style flush casements,” says Graham Howatson, Director, HWL Windows. “Since their introduction...
Posted On - 11/02/2022
We catch up with Eamon Shepherd, MD of Ipswich based installer, Falcon Windows, who explains how partnering with Sternfenster has helped the company take full advantage of the home improvement boom. “From June 2020, it has just been absolutely crazy,” says Eamon Shepherd, Managing Director, Falcon Windows. “The number of enquiries from homeowners pretty much trebled overnight and we’ve been...
Posted On - 11/02/2022
Chris Byers, managing director of ExtrudaSeal, explains why people shouldn’t neglect gaskets when looking to improve their windows and doors. It’s the constant challenge for fabricators: how can we make our windows and doors even better? How can we improve the performance, design and functionality? Those looking for product development will often focus on the obvious aspects. Trying to improve...
Posted On - 11/02/2022
By Neil Parton, MD, Elumatec, January is the month for fresh starts and resolutions. Unfortunately, towards the end of January, many resolutions are abandoned amid a big dose of reality. The antidote to this is straightforward: be prepared to deal with it. But what should we expect to face? The last couple of years have been different and very disruptive,...
Posted On - 11/02/2022
Edgetech’s managing director, Chris Alderson, gives his thoughts on the UK’s transition from CE to UKCA marking. We might be suffering through the worst supply chain disruption in a generation, with huge knock-on impacts for businesses around the globe, but here’s something to be grateful for – it was nearly a lot worse. When the UK voted to leave the EU, it...
Posted On - 11/02/2022
Faisal Hussain, chief executive of the Double Glazing & Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme (DGCOS) explains how the organisation intends to help installers, protect consumers and raise standards in 2022. There’s little doubt that following the turbulence of recent years, a new world has emerged, bringing with it more transparent ways of doing business. This new ‘service economy’ is based on trust...
Posted On - 11/02/2022
Nigel Headford, director at Deceuninck Aluminium, explains how your relationship with your supplier could reach a crunch point, following new government rules that buildings will have to produce significantly less CO2 to help the country move towards net zero. The first step towards more energy efficient buildings was announced just before Christmas, with the tighter Building Regulations coming into effect...
Posted On - 11/02/2022
Many fabricators have invested in new machinery to cope with increased demand over the pandemic. Nick Bailey explains how Business Micros has helped them to optimise production efficiency. When the Business Micros team looks back at 2021, the trends we saw in software are very much a reflection of what happened across the rest of the market. Unsurprisingly, we carried...
Posted On - 11/02/2022
STANDFIRST: We catch up with Dave Broxton, Managing Director at Bohle, who explains how customers are benefitting from the company’s decision to invest in higher levels of core stock product, available ‘on the ground’ in the UK. FEATURE: “10 years ago, our product range extended to 17,000 items, with 6,500 products available from stock,” says Dave Broxton, Managing Director, Bohle....
Posted On - 11/02/2022
We talk to aluplast’s director of sales and marketing, Ian Cocken, about the company’s new state of the art manufacturing hub. A facility so large it has the potential to house 100 new extrusion lines. “The pandemic has been a hugely challenging period for the industry but we should be clear that we have some way to go before we...
Posted On - 11/02/2022
For busy conservatory installers, the advantages of working with one fabricator for all their needs has a wide range of benefits. Emma Ashworth, business development manager at Abcell, explains… Now that Plan B measures are being substantially reduced, we can finally start to enjoy a greater degree of normality in our day to day lives. Having a Plan B is...
Posted On - 03/02/2022
Stuga Machinery Limited has been acquired by Stürtz Group. All of Stuga’s directors and staff are continuing with the business under its new ownership, working from its base in Great Yarmouth, as Stuga looks to benefit from the operational and technological synergies Stürtz can bring to them to add value to its customers. Stuga’s products will continue to be manufactured...
Posted On - 05/01/2022
Lumi has made significant investment in its latest range of ‘frameless’ window and doors, with the addition of new machinery to its Ballymena factory. The company is expanding manufacturing capacity for its Lumi Aluminium products with a new £61k Emmegi CNC machine and a £5k expenditure on an Elumatec 223 End Miller. Lumi MD, Asa McGillian, said: “Our latest investment...
Posted On - 21/12/2021
While many glazing manufacturers have enjoyed a busy season thanks to the uptick in home improvements spending that the pandemic sparked, when it comes to commercial projects, it’s a different story. Karen Bell, sales director at David Salisbury, explains. Many businesses – especially those in the sectors worst-hit by the pandemic, such as hospitality – who were forced to shut...
Posted On - 21/12/2021
Selling, remember that? It's the process of keeping order books stocked by convincing prospective clients that we are better than the competition. And it's not exactly been a priority for window installers in 2021. But in 2022 that’s set to change, argues CEO of Tommy Trinder Chris Brunsdon. 2021 ended on a cliff hanger for business, as the virus’s latest...
Posted On - 21/12/2021
Leads 2 Trade launched its premium booked appointment service in 2020, to help installers generate leads and overcome the nervousness of homeowners arranging multiple appointments and visits to their home after the first pandemic lockdown. Almost 18 months on, the service is proving so popular that 65% of all leads are now confirmed appointments. Andy Royle, the company’s co-founder and...
Posted On - 21/12/2021
By UAP. The government has introduced Approved Document Q: Security, Dwellings in 2015, statutory Building Regulations guidance that outlines the standards required for doors and windows. To comply with Document Q, doors installed in new homes must pass PAS 24 testing, a rigorous testing process that requires the fully finished door, including all hardware and locks, to withstand attempts to...
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