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Aluminium fabricator, Direct Trade (Yorkshire) has added Stellar from Epwin Window Systems to its portfolio. Mark Powell, sales director at Direct Trade (Yorkshire) commented: “The market has changed and installers are expecting more innovation from their products to sell into the consumer. Epwin Window Systems has been synonymous with delivering cutting-edge PVC-U systems and that design innovation is evident in...
Glass Times editor, Luke Wood, visits Veka Recycling’s state of the art Wellingborough based facility; a £15 million operation that has been heralded as the most advanced in Europe. There is plenty of evidence to suggest that, as consumers, we have become much more sensitive to sustainability. A recent consumer survey from Deloitte found that 61% of consumers had reduced...
In the face of rising energy bills, maintaining an energy-efficient home is becoming more important than ever in reducing expenses. Russell Hand, head of products & technical at Rehau, discusses how window and door specification can help make properties more attractive to the consumer. It’s no secret that the UK is facing one of its greatest ever energy crises at...
Chris Armes, Liniar’s design & development director, says that record energy bills will be a catalyst for homeowners to invest in their properties and explains more about the company’s ground breaking Zero 90 system. The UK has seen unprecedented fuel price increases over the past 12 months, with many charities declaring an emergency as the ongoing impact of price rises...
There’s been much debate about U-values and how companies have made their calculations says Kevin Warner, sales and marketing director of Profine UK and Kömmerling. He suggests that the market should standardise calculations further to create consistency and clarity across the industry. The introduction of new building regulations, including Part L, has caught some companies out thanks in part to...
Can a flush casement window with authentic detailing be a true timber window alternative? Deceuninck’s MD Rob McGlennon believes that frontier has already been crossed. As PVC-U window designs have evolved over the last 40-45 years, the general assumption has been that the sector’s reinventions have been about maintaining relevance, and that new ranges replace older dated ones. Anecdotal evidence...
By Peter Willard, product manager, Aluk At Aluk, we have based our response to the tougher U-Values required within the new Part L on the quality of our engineering and on enhancing our products. From the outset, our aim was to ensure that our fabrication and installation partners would have absolute reassurance that they can comply on both windows and...
Wayne Heath joined Aluk in May as trade and residential sales director. With extensive retail experience in the window and door market, with the likes of Everest and Anglian, he has spent the last few years in the automotive sector, including a three-year spell with We Buy Any Car. Here, Wayne offers real insight into how the retail landscape is...
By Peter Grundy, demand planning & continuous improvement director, Liniar. The global climate emergency is in sharp focus, and it is more important than ever that businesses, both large and small, create sustainable products using sustainable methods. We all have our part to play, from consumers to the very largest companies and supply chains therein. We can’t delay any more,...
With u-values as low as 1.2W/m2K double-glazed, Mark Haley, argues Kömmerling’s new flush casement may have been later to the party, but it’s worth taking note of. We report. It’s incredible how much things can change in only a decade – and if a single system has defined the last 10-years in window and door manufacture, it has to be...
Inflation and disruption is putting massive pressure on the construction supply chain. That can’t be at the expense of supply chain integrity. We report. A study published by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) found that 48% of supply chain managers did not believe their organisations were transparent enough with clients and regulators about sustainability. A further 19%...
Garnalex has completed work on a new, in-house, £1million powder coating facility. We talk to Greg Grabski, Garnalex powder coating plant manager, to find out more. GT: How will the new plant improve lead times and quality control? GG: In the past, we have relied on third party suppliers to powder coat our products. Traditionally this has meant transporting our...
Meg Thomas, product manager at Rehau Windows, explores how the industry is continuing to adapt to ongoing demand by offering individualised frames and a greater number of foil options. A study conducted in May from AMA Research has shown that the UK home improvement market grew by 6% in 2021, underlining what has undoubtedly been a boom time for installers...
Dave Chambers, Liniar’s project and facilities director, discusses the importance of embedding a safety culture. Having recently won a global award from parent company Quanex for its excellent safety record, Liniar continues to promote a strong safety culture across its sites. Before 1974, there was only the Health and Morals of Apprentices Act originally implemented in 1802, often known as...
Once viewed as a casualty of the impressive success of the bi-fold door, the slider is now winning the popular vote. And with very good reason, according to Aluplast’s director of sales and marketing, Ian Cocken. If you were to launch the PVC-U sliding patio today, as an alternative to the potentially bulky, expensive aluminium bi-fold door, then it would...
By John McComb, technical services director, Reynaers Aluminium UK In June 2022 new rules come into force aimed at improving the thermal and energy efficiency performance of our homes and commercial buildings. The changes are part of the Government’s wider push to achieve zero-net carbon emissions by 2050. For context, home energy use accounts for more than 25% of the...
The Future Homes Standard will come into effect in just three years and poses a huge challenge for the industry. Dekko Window Systems sales director, Kurt Greatrex, shares how we can be prepared… Sustainability is a topic now talked about daily amongst all levels of the fenestration industry. In 2019, the UK became the first major economy in the world...
Changes to Part L are going to create the need for many installers to think carefully about the products that they offer customers. Neville Gleed, operations director at Abcell, explains why there’s no need to panic… The government has set a target to decarbonise all sectors of the UK economy to net zero by 2050. With a whole host of...
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...