Posted On - 28/04/2020
Epwin Window Systems is using its 3D printing capabilities to produce two types of personal protective equipment (PPE) to support NHS frontline workers. Clare O’Hara, managing director at Epwin Window Systems, said: “NHS staff are doing an amazing job and we all owe them so much. Two members of our Epwin team, Alan Humphries, systems developer, and Steve Coxill, engineering...
Posted On - 28/04/2020
Saint-Gobain Glass is delivering online training to architects, facade fabricators and specifiers during the government lockdown with a range of free glass and facade focused webinars. Created in response to a significant volume of requests for glass specification and technical training, Saint-Gobain Glass’s online seminars and training sessions will be accompanied by weekly interviews with experts to discuss all things...
Posted On - 28/04/2020
The Residence Collection has published several educational e-mail bulletins designed to help installers with their marketing during lockdown. These e-mails are reminders for installation partners about best practice and have been carefully presented in an informal way, the company said. The bulletins have been presented as an opportunity for companies to review and analyse their businesses, and marketing is something...
Posted On - 28/04/2020
Padiham Glass has restarted manufacture after temporarily suspending its operations in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Padiham was among the vast majority of industry manufacturers to have closed its doors at the end of March, after the government announced its plans to implement a lockdown. In response to the government’s subsequent clarification of its position, and employee training and the...
Posted On - 28/04/2020
The National Home Improvement Council (NHIC) has launched its second nationwide industry survey to better understand the impact the Covid-19 pandemic is having on householders. The Covid-19 impact survey, launched on April 9 2020, saw 85% respondents report that they were seeing an increase in consumer detriment as a result of the pandemic, and that 50% believe opportunism by rogue...
Posted On - 28/04/2020
Mila has partially reopened its warehouse to provide a limited delivery service to customers working on commercial contracts. The Mila operations team has reviewed every aspect of its working environment and implemented new safe working procedures based around what it says is a gold standard protocol nicknamed Eric. Mila is sharing the Eric protocol to help others. Before adopting Eric,...
Posted On - 28/04/2020
Liniar is looking to restart operations on Thursday May 7, a date that may change if government advice precludes it. Liniar and Avantek Machinery ceased operations on March 26, and have remained closed in line with government guidelines. “The provisional date we are working towards re-opening our facility is Thursday May 7, but this may change again depending on the...
Posted On - 28/04/2020
Aluk has begun a partial reopening of its Chepstow manufacturing plant, as it looks to meet demand from customers working on commercial contracts. Having created and implemented a new Covid-19 safe working policy, managing director Russell Yates said he is confident that Aluk can support those customers, while ensuring the safety of its own employees. “Much of the industry is...
Posted On - 28/04/2020
Key influencers within the UK construction industry have called upon the government to take action against cowboy building contractors by consulting on an industry-wide licensing/certification scheme to give end-users a recognisable mark of quality and trust. Each year more than £8 billion of building work fails to meet appropriate quality standards and has to be repeated or repaired. Anyone can set...
Posted On - 28/04/2020
The return to work comes with significant opportunities and risks for business, according to Anglo European Finance Director and ex-restructuring advisor at multi-national professional services giant, Ernst and Young. David Evans, who heads up steel reinforcement specialist’s finance team, says that going into recovery, fabricators must be focused more than ever on cash and management of working capital. He warns...
Posted On - 28/04/2020
Emplas has highlighted its strategy to protect employees and customers, after beginning a phased return to work with effect from April 20. Ryan Johnson, managing director at Emplas, said demand from the commercial sector, combined with that from its Australian retail business Ecostar, which has remained open throughout the global pandemic, made getting back to work imperative. “The demand for...
Posted On - 22/04/2020
In 2020, across every industry in the country, social distancing is likely to become the new norm. Ken Wilson of Caldwell offers his advice on implementing it in the glazing sector. Lockdown is the biggest challenge glass and glazing has faced in a generation, but some fabricators are managing to continue, even if only on a much smaller scale. While...
Posted On - 22/04/2020
In 2020, across every industry in the country, social distancing is likely to become the new norm. Ken Wilson of Caldwell offers his advice on implementing it in the glazing sector. Lockdown is the biggest challenge glass and glazing has faced in a generation, but some fabricators are managing to continue, even if only on a much smaller scale. While...
Posted On - 21/04/2020
Seeking government endorsement for industry-created guidance for the safe working in people’s homes is one of a number of action points to have emerged from two online meetings of the Covid-19 Circle. Other outcomes – such as an offer of bulk-buying non-clinical PPE, an initiative offering key workers discounts, and valuable market analysis – displayed an industry that is selfless...
Posted On - 21/04/2020
Wellingborough-based Veka Compounds came out of lockdown temporarily after a customer expressed a need for a large volume of premium grade, white recycled polymer that it needed to supply a special order of PVCU cable trunking for the construction of six emergency Nightingale Hospitals throughout the UK. A division of Veka Recycling, Veka Compounds was contacted by Marshall-Tufflex when the...
Posted On - 21/04/2020
Hörmann UK will re-open a limited start-up of domestic operations on Monday May 4. “Over the last four weeks, we have been working hard to evolve our business operations to ensure our team can continue to manufacture and distribute our products in a safe manner from our headquarters in Coalville, in line with the government’s current guidelines,” Wolfgang Gorner, managing...
Posted On - 21/04/2020
Trade fabricator the Glazerite UK Group has outlined how it is working with employees, suppliers and customers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Following the UK-wide lockdown announced last month, Glazerite furloughed the vast majority of its 270 staff across its Wellingborough, Bolton, Peterborough and Bristol sites, at 100% of their wages. John Hewitt, group chairman, said: “This decision did not come...
Posted On - 21/04/2020
The GGF has clarified its position on whether companies should close temporarily or to continue operating safely. In a statement to members, the GGF also addressed the cash flow crisis and the economic situation ahead. “There is no doubt that some of the government’s messages for our industry have caused confusion and misinterpretation,” John Agnew, GGF’s managing director, said. “The...
Posted On - 21/04/2020
Certass Trade Association is supporting members through the Covid-19 situation via its new Certass Members Forum on Facebook. Set up to give members the latest advice and information on how any government announcements affect them, it is proving popular as a place for discussion between installers, as well as giving members a direct line to government via its chair, Jon...
Posted On - 21/04/2020
Mila is offering a limited service to support the small number of customers who are continuing to operate on essential contracts, while remaining closed in line with the government’s lockdown restrictions. Customers with urgent requests can now place hardware orders via the dedicated sales@mila.co.uk email address. Orders can be placed at any point during the week and, as long as...
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