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Independent Network is known for its annual calendar of events, from training sessions and sales seminars, to charity sports days, overnight trips to Europe and much more. The highlight, however, is the official annual Members’ Weekend, this year celebrated at the Chesford Grange Hotel, Warwick. This year’s Independent Network Members’ Weekend was well attended and attracted more than 240 delegates...
HWL claims its non-glass bonded R9 window has been developed to make installation easier. Homeseal Windows put it to the test. “I would never go back to installing R9 glass-bonded – there’s far too much weight in it,” Charlie Owen, managing director and owner of Homeseal Windows Yorkshire, said. “Frame-only supply means you don’t have the glass, you don’t have...
As Ikon launched its new louvre, Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell visited managing director John Park-Davies to learn about the company’s 10 years in business, as well as its plans for growth. Birmingham almost has a mythical attachment to aluminium as a building material, so it was no surprise that it is on the outskirts of this city, in Shard...
Pressure is building on government to introduce a far more rigorous set of standards for new build homes, according to Ian Cocken, director of sales and marketing at Aluplast. Drill down and the figures speak for themselves: 45% of UK carbon emissions come from the built environment; and of these, housing stock accounts for 27%. Dig down further, and 72%...
Sam Tynan, trade sales support representative at Rehau supporting trade counter customers and Authorised Partner installers, and Stephen Beresford, head of marketing communications at Rehau, discuss marketing and how to get yourself noticed. The internet has transformed everything, from the way we communicate with each other to how we purchase goods and services. For a business, harnessing all that digital...
Over the course of the last ten years there has been a steady decline year-on-year in the number of PVCU window and door fabricators operating within the UK. Nevertheless, the number of window, door and conservatory installation businesses has increased over the last few years, with a surge in small installation businesses. Selecta Systems sales director Andy Green analyses the...
Pearl Window Systems is owned by Jeff Walsh, who formed the window fabrication company in 1999 and has since grown it substantially along with his team in Bolton, Lancashire. The business now services the trade, commercial and new build sectors all over the UK. Jeff explains why Pearl chooses to fabricate the Liniar system, and why he is firmly on...
Traditionally white PVCU windows have been the most popular window style with many homeowners. However, with the advent of modern technology and dynamic industry changes, there is now a growing trend for coloured PVCU windows – powered partly by industrial-inspired architecture. Ian Griffiths, managing director of Rehau fabricator Shepley Windows looks at these changing trends. For homeowners, white doesn’t excite....
By Sioned Webb, Marketing Director at Aluk. Searches for aluminium windows on Google have gone up every year since they first started tracking such things way back in 2004 and, last year, I’m delighted to say that they overtook searches for PVCU for the first time. Among homeowners, aluminium windows have very much become the aspirational choice, and it’s not...
Selecta Systems has introduced a new marketing support package that consists of a set of marketing brochures and Connect, a website-based Selecta Support Centre for its fabricator and installer base. Marketing manager Mark Walker explains what’s new. We launched a big and bold full product brochure just over 12 months ago – ‘Your Home Made Beautiful’ – which proved immensely...
Clare Higgins, product manager at Rehau, looks at how the appeal of heritage windows has stood the test of time and how the industry develops ways of balancing the aesthetics of a traditional wooden sash and the low maintenance and efficiency of PVCU. Today, the Rehau Heritage sash window profile remains a popular product, often in areas of conservation or...
An R9 fabricator since 2013, HWL became the first and one of only a handful of manufacturers to offer The Residence Collection unglazed last year. Director Mark Haley explains why and how it did it. It’s hard to imagine that before 2011 flush PVCU casements didn’t exist. If a single system has revolutionised PVCU window manufacture in the last 10...
New studies show that retailers are missing out on increased revenues by not communicating the sustainability of their offer effectively, according to Ian Cocken, director of sales and marketing at Aluplast. Plastics hit the headlines for the wrong reasons at the start of this year with the publication of research that showed we’re slowly poisoning our oceans with single-use plastics....
The Aluk Veranda system is a product that gives customers the perfect add-on to every bifold and sliding door they fit, as well as providing an opportunity to revisit virtually every door installation they have completed in recent years and generate a follow up sale. It’s particularly appealing to installers because it offers an attractive retail gross margin and can...
Synseal’s group sales and marketing director Andy Jones takes a look at the progress that has been made in recent years to revitalise the aluminium market and make it fit for the needs of today’s consumers. The surge in popularity for aluminium products being specified for both commercial and residential applications last year will have gone unnoticed by very few...
Where the commercial sector has led, so the homeowner has followed, driving aluminium’s new appeal in the retail sector, according to Sliders UK’s Steve Mines. You could argue that it’s simply down to the ‘Grand Designs’ factor. I’d suggest, however, that you need to look a little wider and a little further back to explain the blossoming that we’re now...
When it comes to windows and doors, the aluminium industry is continuing to see exponential growth and we are swiftly recapturing the ground lost to the PVCU market, according to Paul Duffy, sales director at Reynaers. In the 1970s, aluminium ruled the market and PVCU did not exist. Everything was silver anodised aluminium, with the market slowly moving towards white-only...
By Qualicoat UK and Ireland As sustainability issues continue to take precedence in material specification for our new and refurbished buildings, Qualicoat (a ‘not for profit’ organisation based in Zurich, which now operates on all five continents around the globe) continues to push the boundaries of quality and durability in architectural powder coatings. One of the key USPs for Qualicoat...
The 2017 FIT Show reflected the most significant transformation in the home improvement glazing sector for decades, with an estimated 35% of exhibitors showing aluminium products. Managing director Paul Godwin reflects on how the event bore witness to this almost seismic shift. Many in the window and door industry will not remember aluminium ever being a major element in the...
CAB CEO Justin Ratcliffe looks at the association’s latest state of the market survey for Q1, 2018. The latest Q1, 2018 CAB State of the Market Survey highlights that confidence that expected sales volumes will increase for the next quarter, 80% net balance (47% in Q4) and the next 12 months, 79% net balance (same as Q4). This is despite...