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Posted On - 20/01/2021
Colin Crow, managing director of digital transformation specialist Sigma Dynamics. Now, more than ever, manufacturers who have harnessed the power of cutting-edge maintenance technology will be reaping the benefits. This certainly applies in the UK's glass manufacturing industry, where record demand coming as a result of the lockdown-induced home improvement boom has put pressure on supply chains and production lines....
Posted On - 20/01/2021
With more people migrating online due to the uncertainty around Covid-19, Andy Royle, co-founder and director of Leads2Trade, says his customers are benefiting. Since returning in July after temporarily shutting down operations due to coronavirus, Leads 2 Trade is generating huge volumes of leads for double glazing, conservatories, conservatory roofs and orangeries, and is looking to take on more reputable...
Posted On - 20/01/2021
By Neil Parton, managing director of Elumatec. One of the lessons of this year is that adaptability is essential: we have all experienced a sudden need to revise our plans. We’ve learned to think differently and adopt new ways of working. We’ve seen priorities change as people and businesses have made the very best of a challenging situation. While much...
Posted On - 20/01/2021
Certass chair Jon Vanstone explains why the fenestration industry must be proactive about its environmental strengths and ambitions. After a tough year battling the Covid-19 pandemic, and getting our heads around Brexit ‘deal or no deal’, issues that were top of the construction industry’s agenda in previous years have been pushed to the back of the queue. Now, with light...
Posted On - 20/01/2021
Andy Ball, marketing strategist and director of full-service marketing agency Balls2 Marketing, looks at how good communication has been the key to the ever-changing business landscape of Covid-19, and what to expect in 2021. Twelve months ago, at the start of the second decade of the 21st century there was a feeling of optimism. Certainly, no-one predicted Covid-19 and the...
Posted On - 20/01/2021
By Adrian Toon, director of a2n. Cameras are subject to a great deal of handling and, as a result, can end up with fingerprints on lenses, which in turn attract airborne dust. DSLRs with interchangeable lenses are also subject to getting dust inside and on both sensors and lenses. The problem for lenses is that anything on the lens will...
Posted On - 20/01/2021
A migration from city to country living following the pandemic has meant a rise in popularity of glass balconies on domestic dwellings. But just how easy are these to install? Simon Boocock, managing director or CRL Europe, takes a look. The pandemic has brought about lots of change, including the rise of the glass balcony. With Brits seeing a change...
Posted On - 20/01/2021
Glass Times asks Sternfenster’s Mike Parczuk to stare into his crystal ball and share his thoughts on the year ahead. This time last year very few of us would have predicted that a global pandemic would have led to a boom in window and door retail sales, followed by supply chain chaos. So, will 2021 be any more predictable, or...
Posted On - 20/01/2021
Quickslide’s managing director Ben Weber explains how the fabricator’s latest investments have delivered enhanced lead generation, and have helped to improve levels of efficiency and customer service. If you ever need an example of how dedication to constant improvement can transform the fortunes of an organisation, then look no further than British Cycling. For nearly 100 years, British Cycling could...
Posted On - 20/01/2021
Kush Patel and Phil Harrison from Emplas tell Glass Times what the learning points are following the window and door supply chain disruption in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The impact of Covid-19 on window and door component supply resulted in reduced capacity and production in March and April, coinciding with exponential growth in demand in the summer and...
Posted On - 20/01/2021
Dan Sullivan, MD of Doorco, reveals all about a new solid core composite door that has been engineered using Gripcore Technology. Doorco is driven by innovating products that help our customers stand out from the crowd in the increasingly competitive composite door market. We already have unique doors in our portfolio, such as the 6/4 Combi for easy manufacturing of...
Posted On - 20/01/2021
The Decalu88 Entrance Door Deceuninck Aluminium has been designed to put an end to call-backs. Nigel Headford, business development director Deceuninck Aluminium, talks to Glass Times. “If a door won’t open or close properly, if the weather sealing fails, or the locking mechanism sticks because it’s bowed, installers are going to get call backs, and that costs, with the installer,...
Posted On - 20/01/2021
With more than 1,500 products in its product portfolio and boasting more than 2,000 customers nationwide, Window Widgets has become a trusted ancillary partner for the glass and glazing industry, as national sales executive Tom Edwards and technical sales executive Adrian Clare discuss. Window Widgets was born when founder Dan Gill identified a gap in the market for a business...
Posted On - 20/01/2021
Delays and surcharges on imported products, Brexit and projections for high demand into 2021 could put further pressure on manufacturers who rely on raw materials and components from overseas. Glass Times talks to Anglo European. “The Christmas holiday period is normally a time for the industry to sit back, unwind and take stock of the previous 12 months,” Lee Marriott,...
Posted On - 18/01/2021
Gareth Jones, managing director of Profine UK, looks at the year ahead for their Kömmerling brand and welcomes the move of the FIT Show until the end of September. 2020 was an unprecedented year, yet at the beginning of 2021 we look to the months ahead as the variables in the form of Covid, raw material supply, and accelerated consumer...
Posted On - 14/01/2021
Window and door retail started 2021 as it left off in 2020: with extended orderbooks continuing end user demand, plus disruption to supply. With its own retail business, Starglaze, Sternfenster understands the challenges its trade customers face on a day-to-day basis. Jenny Garrett, retail operation manager at Starglaze, with 20 years in trade and retail behind her, reflects on the...
Posted On - 14/01/2021
Owen Thorogood, sales and marketing director for Kestrel, looks back at the turbulent 2020 and asks whether 2021 will see continued growth for construction. Looking back to the start of 2020 feels like a lifetime ago; up until March 24 who had even heard the word furlough let alone knew what it meant? As the country plunged into lockdown, there...
Posted On - 05/01/2021
By Neil Cooper-Smith, senior analyst at Business Pilot. The latest Business Pilot Barometer shows that window and door sales fell by 27% in December, following a drop by the same figure in November on October. This represents a total decline in volume of 46% over the final three months of year. The number of leads received by installers in December...
Posted On - 18/12/2020
As we begin a new year, systems company Liniar explores the latest online predictions for exterior home trends in 2021. During 2020 we witnessed a shift in consumer buying habits, for two primary reasons: online versus in-person shopping and the inability to socialise. The pandemic forced homeowners to spend more time within their homes and gardens and, as noted throughout...
Posted On - 18/12/2020
By Richard Bate, Build Check. The transition period for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union was due to end on Thursday December 31, 2020. At the time of writing, we were still in a position where nobody knew whether we will be leaving in a deal or no deal situation and, in the event of a no deal...
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