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By Jo Trotman, marketing manager, The Residence Collection Home trends are continuously evolving, right down to the colour of windows and doors. Once a market that was primarily made up of timber frames, consumers are increasingly seeking out timber-alternative systems with a splash of colour for their homes. One minute, you might find yourself with a customer requesting deep dark...
Russell Hand, head of product management and technical at Rehau Windows, explores the steps Rehau has taken to ensure stable polymer supplies at this unprecedented, COVID-affected time. It is not an understatement to say that the events of the last two years have completely upended everyday life and impacted all sectors, including the fenestration industry. One consequence of these lockdowns...
Pete Grundy, Liniar’s demand planning and continuous improvement director discusses how the company is driving forward with sustainability. You’d have to have been living under a rock to not know about the global environmental crisis. We have been hurtling towards it for a long time and if we don’t all stop and look at our personal and professional practices now,...
Kevin Warner, sales and marketing director of Profine UK and the Kömmerling brand, talks about the heritage market for flush casement windows and the requirement for better energy efficiency and also improved sustainability credentials. The evolution of the flush casement window has been a revelation in the industry and has opened up the market for heritage applications with PVC-U products,...
New research proves consumers are drawn to products made from recycled material, but will they pay more for them? We ask Deceuninck’s MD Rob McGlennon to crunch the numbers. Deceuninck’s timely and valuable survey into the buying habits of homeowners has revealed some fascinating data, such as: more than two-thirds of UK homeowners (68%) would choose windows and doors with...
The general consensus is that you need a decent flush casement in your product portfolio, but demand isn’t just coming from where you might expect. We talk to Ian Cocken, director of sales and marketing at Aluplast, to find out more. The focus on heritage projects has sharpened in recent years, as the fenestration industry developed options that more closely...
The construction sector is a major contributor to climate change, exacerbated by its wastefulness of valuable and finite materials. Here Gareth Evans, national sales manager at Technal, discusses a circular economy concept and how it could assist in reducing the sector’s environmental impact. Globally, the construction sector accounts for 23% of air pollution, 40% of drinking water pollution, and 50%...
Consumer demand for high-end aesthetics at higher price points is opening up exciting new opportunities for fabricators and installers. Gerald Allen, head of marketing at Epwin Window Systems, explains how the multi-award-winning Stellar aluminium system is helping secure premium projects across the domestic sector. Since the pandemic, there’s been a clear consumer shift towards higher-end aesthetics when it comes to...
James Keeling-Heane, sales director from Senior Architectural Systems, discusses some of the ways aluminium windows can provide both a compliant and creative solution to Part L of the Building Regulations. The planned changes to Part L will shake up the construction industry – after all, its specific aim is to challenge us all to think more carefully about the impact...
Ash Pearson, sales manager at Jack Aluminium, discusses the development of security testing standards for commercial doors and the rising demand for more stringent options. When it comes to commercial buildings, security is perhaps the most important aspect. Whether it’s office buildings or small shops, the safety of the building is always a top priority and often people will turn...
Simon Moore, business development manager at Exlabesa Architecture UK, takes us through the firm’s comprehensive product range. There are many different factors that make Exlabesa Architecture UK one of the world’s leading aluminium systems companies. But one of the biggest is simply the extraordinary breadth of the range of products we can offer. The popularity of complex, luxurious home improvements...
Will aluminium’s appeal ride out a slow-down in home improvements and lower levels of consumer confidence? We report. The industry is facing head winds. The initiatives that artificially inflated consumer bank accounts during successive lockdowns are gone. Stamp Duty holidays appear a distant memory, and while house prices remain high, affordability has led to a slowdown in transactions. Throw into...
Alutech Systems MD, Steve Hudson, talks about the merits of customer support and the different forms it may take. Some of our most successful customer support initiatives have arisen from a need to overcome adverse situations. Take our YouTube channel for example, originally designed to deliver remote product training. Stats show that the channel grew by 732% in 2021 with...
Reminding the market that it is the only aluminium systems house that has it all ‘in-house’, AluK has just announced the reopening of its training academy, with a full range of workshops available to book now. After the pandemic forced Aluk to close its academy for face-to-face training for almost two years, it is being relaunched with a brand-new website...
As new thermal performance regulations come into force, some aluminium systems are more ready than others when it comes to complying. Phil Parry, business development director at Epwin Window Systems explains why. On 15 June 2022, a new revision to Part L of the Building Regulations comes into force which covers the energy efficiency of the building fabric in both...
A combination of Rehau Total70 casement and tilt-and-turn windows has been used to successfully convert a former office building into 78 luxury apartments. Norwich House, located in Camberley town centre, Surrey, now features 420 Total70 windows and a number of tilt-and-turn solutions, all of which are finished in matching Anthracite grey foil. A key challenge for the developer, Shaviram Group,...
Paul Bailey, managing director at Pyramid Profiles, explains why the company designed its own aluminium system. Aluminium windows and doors continue to be a popular alternative to PVC-U but for many installers the options they have from aluminium systems don’t hit the mark. We knew from the start that customers would need more than is available from the limited aluminium...
By Ben Brocklesby, director at Origin Last year, we successfully embarked on a new challenge at Origin; to integrate all our software systems onto one seamless infrastructure. The aim of the project was to further improve our efficiencies and ensure that we continue to deliver the very best service and products to our partners. As everyone knows, we take innovation...
By Sue Davenport, marketing director, Liniar. Creating a collaborative culture and positive brand experience should go hand in hand for any business. From the outset, employees and all other stakeholders should be able to understand the culture of a business and how it aligns with their own brand values. Communication is key! A company experiencing growth can become focused on...
Adrian Redshaw, product design director for Sheerline Aluminium Windows and Doors discusses how changes to Part L will affect fabricators and installers, and why Sheerline is confident that its products will leave their customers with little cause for concern. The new approved legislation for Part L will come in to force in June 2022. This will certainly impact on the...