Posted On - 04/02/2020
Armstrong Industries has changed to Kömmerling from another systems company, with whom they had been an established customer for 23 years. The Coventry-based manufacturer has been in business since 1996, operating in the south east, Midlands and home counties, and has already started production the Kömmerling 70 system in the form of C70 and O70, along with the PremiLine patio...
Posted On - 04/02/2020
The Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB) will partner with the Glazing Summit for the third year running. The Glazing Summit takes place on Thursday, October 8 at Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham, and CAB has been supporting the event from the beginning. Justin Ratcliffe, CAB’s chief executive, said: “It’s really important that we sit down as a sector and discuss where...
Posted On - 04/02/2020
Freefoam’s support to the UK market has been ‘invaluable’, according to General Building Plastics (GBP). Rugeley-based GBP is an independent supplier of PVC building products to the building and home improvement trade, with six other trade counters throughout the Midlands, Shropshire and Oxfordshire. The company also supplies local and national housebuilders. Working with Freefoam as sole supplier of PVC fascia,...
Posted On - 04/02/2020
Aluk has given its backing to FIT Show 2021, reserving a prime 175m2 stand near the entrance to Hall 2. Marketing director Sioned Roberts said Aluk is firmly behind the organisers’ decision to revert to a two-yearly format and felt it was important for systems companies like Aluk to line up in support of the show. “The FIT Show is...
Posted On - 04/02/2020
Growth is expected in the bifold door market over the next three years, according to a new report, despite an increasingly complex market. The Bi-fold Doors Market Report, UK 2020 to 2023 from AMA Research, suggests significant shifts in prices and sector reach, defined by a series of drivers. These extend from a growing pressure on price-point in trade supply...
Posted On - 04/02/2020
Droylsden Glass has scooped the Property & Construction Business of the Year award at this year’s Pride of Tameside Business Awards. The criteria looked at how a company has developed as a business, its quality of service, customer satisfaction and its commitment to staff. The Manchester-based double-glazing installer won the judges over with its investment in a new and improved...
Posted On - 27/01/2020
Howells Patent Glazing has launched its GQA-approved Rooflight Familiarisation Workshop; the first of its kind in the UK. Open to all, the six-hour, fully accredited workshop provides an insight into the construction of aluminium rooflights, and is designed to improve technical and practical understanding. Trainees will learn about the components, assembly and installation of the company’s slimline rooflight, with hands-on...
Posted On - 27/01/2020
GQA Qualifications has become a member of the GGF. GQA is an awarding body for specialist sectors and occupational roles with its roots firmly in the glass, glazing and fenestration sector. Its mission is to work only with industries where they have access to in-house knowledge that gives them the ability to discuss specific qualifications with both training centres/providers and...
Posted On - 27/01/2020
Total construction output in Great Britain is forecast to experience a slight decline of 0.3% in 2020, before a rise of 1.2% in 2021 according to the Construction Products Association’s latest construction forecasts. Political uncertainty and bad weather led to a slowdown in construction activity towards the end of 2019, but the forecasts show little evidence to suggest that the...
Posted On - 27/01/2020
Veka Recycling has invested in its state-of-the-art Wellingborough facility, with a new silo that has been designed to hold a significant proportion of the old window frames that are delivered to the site, prior to the eventual recycling process. The new silo, which has a storage capacity of 130 tonnes, will ensure that Veka Recycling has a greater overall capacity...
Posted On - 27/01/2020
The Glazerite UK Group is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. Group managing director Jason Thompson and chairman John Hewitt, who founded the company in 2000, are still at the helm of the Wellingborough-based business, which has seen rapid growth in size, customer base and its product portfolio. “It’s been our aim from the beginning to be a ‘best-in-class’ supplier...
Posted On - 27/01/2020
Garnalex has been awarded the ‘Made in Britain’ mark of provenance. Garnalex CEO Roger Hartshorn said: “Currently 190,000 tons of extruded aluminium is consumed in the UK, but only 110,000 tons is made in the UK. We plan to make a big dent in those import statistics. The raw aluminium comes from Wales, so this really is your chance to...
Posted On - 27/01/2020
Vantage Windows became an official Which? Trusted Trader in 2017, and has now passed a milestone 300 reviews, with ‘phenomenal feedback’, the company said. 2019 also saw the business named Best Window and Door Company at the Scottish Home Improvement Awards, for the second consecutive year. Vantage Windows is an Independent Network member based in Belshill, and the company has...
Posted On - 27/01/2020
Fensterbau takes place this year; during March 18-21, architects, joiners, window and facade manufacturers and suppliers will be learning about fenestration innovations in Nuremberg, Germany. Around 800 exhibitors will provide information on the latest profile systems, the use of glass in architecture, hardware, fixing equipment, security technology, machinery, equipment and more. An extensive lecture programme completes the fair. Digitalisation will...
Posted On - 24/01/2020
South east home improvement company Roofline Solutions has seen a 500% increase year on year in enquiries, thanks to a new website delivered by Purplex. The company saw 84 enquiries delivered in October compared to just 14 last year, while 2,057 sessions were also completed, compared with 653 across the same month last year – an increase of 215%. Ricky...
Posted On - 23/01/2020
There will be no FIT Show in 2020. Instead, the show will revert to a biennial format, with the next event taking place on May 25-27, 2021, at the NEC Birmingham. The announcement came as Glass Times was going to press, and follows what the organisers called “continuing unprecedented political and economic uncertainty”. “The conditions that prompted the announcement of...
Posted On - 22/01/2020
UAP has acquired the Newcastle-based company Locking Systems, an independent supplier that provides locking cylinders and a personalised masterkeying service to locksmiths and architectural ironmongery companies throughout the UK. Locking Systems operates in Gateshead and offers a range of cylinder solutions varied by the requirements of security and masterkeying; its cylinder solutions can be tailored to individual needs. David Jennings,...
Posted On - 21/01/2020
GQA Qualifications has produced a new corporate brochure, which sets out the aims and culture of the organisation, and outlines what it offers to the industry. With a heritage that includes over 25 years of writing industry-relevant vocational qualifications, GQA’s ethos is that all qualifications should be wholly industry-relevant and should be delivered only by suitably structured and knowledgeable organisations;...
Posted On - 21/01/2020
Lord Blunkett officially opened the new Building Our Skills academy in Sheffield in late 2019, established in association with GQA Qualifications. The academy is the first of a planned network of facilities designed to offer hands-on practical training in the fenestration industry. Training offered at the academy will include surveying, window and door installation, curtain wall and glass technology, in addition...
Posted On - 21/01/2020
Some of the biggest names in the industry have already come on board for Glazing Summit 2020, and plenty more have expressed an interest in getting involved, the event’s organisers have announced. The 2020 summit will take place on Thursday, October 8 at Edgbaston Stadium and Conference Centre. The GGF has been announced as headline sponsor for a second year...
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