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Posted On - 23/04/2024
Veka has launched Omnia, which is a double-rebated suite of products with a flush finish on the interior and exterior and with options for casement and tilt and turn windows, plus residential and French doors. The new range, which is said to have been designed and developed in close collaboration with customers and partners, is reported to meet the highest...
Posted On - 23/04/2024
Developed specifically for the UK market, Reynaers Aluminium has launched its new generation, high usage anti-finger trap thermal commercial door and framing system. Featuring a unique slim bulb-style with a radius of only 40mm, a profile sightline of 81mm, and achieving a U-value as low as 1.1W/m2K, Vision 7 has a unique post-installation adjustable bottom pivot that allows installers to...
Posted On - 23/04/2024
Andy Royle, co-founder and MD of Leads 2 Trade, says that installers can secure additional leads despite the tougher market. Let’s be honest, the home improvement industry has never been immune to market fluctuations. I’m sure we can all pinpoint the months or seasons historically when things quieten down during the year. After the feast of the last few years...
Posted On - 23/04/2024
Forel Spa, one of the world’s leading glass machinery manufacturers, has long prided itself in presenting its latest technology at trade fairs across the globe. In 2023, the company attended its home fair, Vitrum, with its largest stand to date. The stand was a showcase for Forel’s latest technology, from glass processing to high-speed sealed unit lines. And the glass...
Posted On - 23/04/2024
BM Aluminium has issued updated guidance to fabricators to ensure they get the most from their LogiKal software installation. The guidance outlines the systems they need to have in place to run LogiKal at its optimum performance, and more specifically to guarantee that they can install all the necessary updates as soon as they are released. The guidance covers all...
Posted On - 23/04/2024
Affordable Window Systems has invested approximately £250,000 in a new Supercut saw centre to increase manufacturing capacity for its Timberlook range. Since its launch seven years ago, Affordable has reported incredible growth for Timberlook, with over 65,000 flush sash frames manufactured to date. To meet this growing demand, Affordable Window Systems has invested in the SC6 model Supercut saw centre...
Posted On - 16/04/2024
By Sioned Yates, marketing director, Whitesales. None of us needs the Met Office to tell us it’s been raining – a lot! They have just reported though that, thanks largely to the position of the jet stream, the winter of 2034/24 was the eighth wettest on record in the UK. The south of England had its wettest February since 1836...
Posted On - 16/04/2024
SupaLite has reported a ‘huge jump’ in enquiries and orders for the ILite flat roof orangery system, along with the new S1 and S2 conservatory glass roofs. In January 2023, SupaLite opened a new manufacturing plant, dedicated to the ILite flat roof orangery, Sheerline S1 roof lanterns and the S2 conservatory roof. Q1 results in 2024 for the new plant...
Posted On - 16/04/2024
RISA has highlighted the benefits of pulse testing for window installations in properties where improved acoustic performance is the primary objective, but where customers are actually reporting worse noise levels, post installation, due to the specification of trickle vents. RISA offers its pulse testing service to all installers. It was introduced following the update to Approved Document F for ventilation...
Posted On - 16/04/2024
The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) will be promoting the industry at the Apprenticeship and Education Event in Birmingham on 25 April, an event that is said to attract over 6,000 school and college students. John Mannell, technical officer & training manager at the GGF, explains why the organisation has decided to exhibit at the event: “It is estimated that...
Posted On - 16/04/2024
As Rehau’s longest standing customer in the UK, Euroglaze has been manufacturing and supplying PVC-U frames to trade customers for more than 45 years. It has seen plenty of trends come and go as fashions have changed in home design and décor and new performance and security standards have come into play. Like the rest of the market, there was...
Posted On - 16/04/2024
Business Pilot’s MD Elton Boocock explains why he was the first to pick up the phone when the FIT Show, FENSA and GGF announced their new Glass Conference in October. I had barely touched down back in the UK after visiting the Fensterbau exhibition in Nuremburg when news broke of the new Glass Conference organised by some of the industry’s...
Posted On - 09/04/2024
VBH has announced a new guarantee that covers the Greenteq residential door, patio door and window furniture range for up to 25 years. The popular Greenteq furniture range has now been split into two separate groups. The stainless steel Architeq range covers furniture for residential doors and patio doors, with the mainstream Greenteq suite covering the same but with the...
Posted On - 09/04/2024
Love Windows Devon says it has transformed its business operations with innovative quoting software developed by Tommy Trinder. Under the leadership of Mark Frost, managing director, the company is said to have leveraged the technology to redefine flexible working. Tommy Trinder has been a ‘massive game changer’ for the team, enabling Mark to realise his vision of building a business...
Posted On - 09/04/2024
Pyroguard’s fire rated glass balustrades have been chosen for London’s Deanston Wharf development. Deanston Wharf is a vibrant new development located on the curve of the River Thames, adjacent to the flagship River Wharf. Featuring four separate building plots, ranging from 9 to 17-storeys, Deanston Wharf will bring over 760 new homes to the local area, comprising a mixture of...
Posted On - 09/04/2024
Product quality, product range and customer service are the most important factors when choosing a door supplier, according to a customer survey conducted by Hurst to gather exclusive insights into installers’ views of the market. And when it came to the door itself, 62% of respondents believed that the most important factor when selling a door to an end-user is...
Posted On - 09/04/2024
Epwin Window Systems’ new Stellar Aluminium inline sliding door is ‘setting a new benchmark in compliance, innovation and aesthetics’. This is the view of Phil Parry, technical director at Epwin who encourages fabricators to look beyond the headlines when it comes to identifying the standout qualities of aluminium sliding doors. Phil explained: “Most aluminium sliding patio doors use a dummy...
Posted On - 09/04/2024
Dekko Window Systems has announced that nine of its employees have become 6S Area Champions. These individuals have undergone extensive training in the 6S method, a workplace improvement process that is designed to help maintain a productive and safe environment. The 6S method focuses on taking ownership of workspaces and implementing small, continuous improvements that add up to significant changes....
Posted On - 03/04/2024
By Neil Cooper-Smith, senior analyst, Business Pilot. Average retail sales continued their upward trajectory in 2024 – up 5.1% to 62.1 in March – dispelling fears that 2024 is going to be a complete washout. Average sales for March were also 28.3% higher than the same period last year, demonstrating that the industry is on a better footing than the...
Posted On - 26/03/2024
Tooling and machinery manufacturer, Jade Engineering, has appointed Gareth Davies as managing director in a move designed to lead the Coventry firm into its next phase and achieve long-held growth ambitions for the company. With the company said to enjoy ‘an enviable position’ as the industry’s leading manufacturer of tooling for PVC-U and aluminium frame production, a popular range of...
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