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Posted On - 31/10/2018
The Glass Wipe Board Company has secured more than £7,000 funding to support its purchase of a new Bohle Sedimentor. Success is often built on specialism; the identification of an otherwise over-looked market, identifying its specific requirements and combining that with a commitment to be the best supplier to it. The Glass Wipe Board Company was set up by Aaron...
Posted On - 31/10/2018
Economical production is only possible if everything runs smoothly, from cutting to shipping, according to A+W. If there are chronic jams at individual workstations, the processor should check whether the software can keep the workflow constant. The demand for larger glasses is increasing; anyone who regularly produces large-format panes should have optimised their processes in the best possible way. Occasionally,...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
Sean Parnaby, managing director of West Port, says timber is the only true ‘conservation’ material on the market. Too many people labour under the illusion that ‘conservation’ means timber alternative. It’s strange when you think about it. For hundreds of years, windows were made of timber. In the overwhelming majority of conservation areas, windows were made of timber. But now,...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
Chris Ashton, director of Time54 Marketing, discusses voice technology. Voice technology is still in its infancy, with voice recognition devices such as the Google Home or Amazon Echo starting to control our homes (and lives) over the past year or two. But one thing is clear, voice marketing and the technology behind it is sure to change the landscape of...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
Howard Trotter, business manager of Birmingham-based Shelforce, explains how, when it comes to training and employment opportunities in the glass and glazing industry, the window and door manufacturer is leading the way in inclusivity. Shelforce is a leading manufacturer and installer of PVCU windows and doors, and we provide high-quality products to local authority building projects around the country, including...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
By Andy Holland, technical and marketing manager at Rapierstar. The recent news that some fire doors are being replaced because of uncertainties about their performance capabilities should be a wake-up call for the industry to pay far greater attention to the testing, standards and quality of finished products and the components that go into them. It is a topic that...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
By Ben Brocklesby, Origin director. As always, innovation is high on our agenda; we constantly look for new ways of improving the gold standard of service we offer to all the Origin partners. With this in mind, we are thrilled to introduce a new product into the Origin Home Range: the Origin Slimline Window (OW-70). This latest product is a...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
With growing consumer awareness of the impact that plastic can have on our natural environment, there’s no doubt that the industry is starting to step up and address this, with recycled PVCU systems and products being developed and launched. Martin Thurley, managing director at Liniar, explains how HL Plastics has been recycling all of its scrap PVCU and using it...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
Increases of more than 18% in the last year in the price of raw aluminium are a reminder that the UK window and door industry is not immune from global influence, according to Paul James, sales director at Extrudaseal. It’s very easy to forget that we’re all subject to the influence of the global economy. You may be fabricating aluminium...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
Jeyda Heselton is the new creative consultant for Doorco and a self-labelled Doork. Each month Jeyda will be giving Glass Times an insight into what’s happening in the world of doors, but from a rather different perspective than we are used to seeing. Here’s an introduction to Jeyda, what she does, and what she thought about her first meeting with...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
Disputes between homeowners and installers are rare, but they are a fact of life. Tony Pickup, founder of consumer protection organisation DGCOS, discusses how effective mediation often provides the best outcome for everyone involved – especially the installer. Installing windows, doors and conservatories is a complex business, one which homeowners don’t always appreciate. We’re dealing with the very fabric of...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
Jon Vanstone, chair of Certass, starts his new monthly Glass Times column with his view on competency in the industry. A recurring question in government and industry forums is: is the glazing installer competent? Current impetus is from the introduction of Each Home Counts Quality Mark and the Grenfell disaster. Those who see the market as a true vocation are...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
Andy Ball, managing director of Balls2 Marketing, talks about how passion for marketing fuels campaigns for clients. We’ve all heard the saying “Choose a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life”. It’s quite overused (by recruitment agencies, for example), but I think it has a lot of truth in it, especially for small businesses and...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
By Aluprof. The basic principles of Passivhaus is its ability to reduce the permitted space heating demand and primary energy consumption. This is achieved in several ways, but primarily by designing a building envelope with high insulation with minimal thermal bridging. By adding the crucial element of fresh outdoor air being circulated with extensive heat recovery means that energy consumption...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
By Adrian Toon, director of A2n. The nights are rapidly closing in and the temperatures are dropping, but while we still have some greenery on our trees, the time is good to take that elusive evening picture of your project. For those of you with an SLR camera, all you need is a good sturdy tripod and a compatible ‘shutter...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
By Richard Burrells, sales director of Roseview Windows. Sash windows are more popular now than at any time since their heyday. Growing interest in all things heritage, combined with ever-more original windows reaching the end of their life-spans, has fuelled a sash window boom. Roseview Windows has been manufacturing sash windows for over 30 years. Today we’re one of the...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
Heritage IGUs are about low sightlines but come at a potential cost in performance, according to Cornwall Glass & Glazing. There are a number of drivers currently converging which make the energy efficiency of older and period properties, including their windows, increasingly important. The only exemptions from MEES or the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, which came into force in April...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
National Home Security Month (NHSM), taking place this month (October 2018) aims to raise awareness around the importance of home security. With the demands of daily life often taking over, home security is easily overlooked but to safeguard your home, family and belongings it’s increasingly important to seriously consider home security, says Tom Swallow, sales and marketing director at Quickslide....
Posted On - 29/10/2018
Phil Brown, technical advisory service manager at Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, a member of the NSG Group, answers some of the questions he gets asked most frequently by glazing specifiers. We have a south facing building. What glazing would you recommend? We need solar control glass, but don’t want a tint. Heat build up can be a big issue in...
Posted On - 29/10/2018
Located in Denton, Manchester, the brothers Allan and Mike Brown run the company System 3. They founded the company in 1984 with their father, and their relationship with Lisec began in 1988. By Lisec The Lisec sealing robot VFL-1D at System 3 has already sealed four million IG units. The robot operates in two shifts and was installed in 1999....
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