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Manufacturers have not been slow in responding to the trend for colour in PVCU but, to Profile22 and Epwin Window Systems, having an effective and proactive colour and foil offering is about much more than counting the colours. Profile22 marketing manager Gerald Allen explains. Just two years ago, colour accounted for one in five of all PVCU frames fitted. Last...
Pioneer’s Danny Willliams answers your questions. This month: “I am getting more and more interest from my retail customers for aluminium windows. However, I have bought aluminium frames from three fabricators now and there have been delays and problems with all of them. They have all blamed their suppliers but I have a sensitive nose for BS. Can you recommend...
Strong, slim and sustainable are some of the accolades given to commercial aluminium fenestration today. Along with almost 100% recyclability and exceptionally long life, it is not surprising that the material is also increasingly being used in home improvement projects. Compared to other materials used in fenestration, aluminium profiles are cheaper and quicker to produce, they are also capable of...
Deceuninck’s sales director Rob McGlennon explains how Deceuninck’s wide range of colours from stock and online ordering makes it easy to sell colour with confidence. Anyone who grew up in the last 40 years could be forgiven for thinking that windows are white. For the last few decades white PVCU was the default for replacement windows, so most post-war houses...
Unique Window Systems was ranked 21st in the 2016 Real Business Hot 100 last month, which reveals the 100 fastest growing UK SME private companies in the UK. Glass Times editor Nathan Bushell visited joint managing director Sunil Patel and sales director James Raven to find out how the company managed to achieve such an accolade. Unique’s turnover is reported...
Pioneer’s Danny Williams answers your questions. This month: “I probably know your answer to this but I am interested in what you have to say. We are based in the East Midlands, install around 250 frames and associated doors etc per month and I am seriously considering manufacturing my own casements and growing it from there. What do you think?”...
Liniar launched its thermally efficient window system in the middle of the recession in 2008, at a time when others were not investing in new product development. Since then, the systems house has launched product after product, each offering something unique. Being the first to market with a new concept can often bring its challenges, and registering or patenting a...