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Veka has introduced a virtual tour allowing fabricators to view the factory, including the new lamination building, from anywhere in the world. The site in Burnley, Lancashire, covers 400,000ft2 and spans two postcodes. It employs 350 people and produces over 30 million metres of profile every year. The new virtual tour, which works similar to Google Streetview, allows customers to...
Tradeglaze has added new offices to it headquarters at 16 Bishops Road, Lincoln, as the company continues its expansion program. With both the construction and the home improvement markets experiencing strong demand, the company has been investing in new talent, equipment and facilities. Several new employees have joined the team over the recent months, and it was time to make...
Smart windows may provide the answer to concerns over privacy relating to the practice of converting empty shops into flats, according to Rehau. Campaigners say big floor-to-ceiling windows and fully glazed doors will leave people feeling exposed. However, Rehau said a potential solution lies in ‘smart privacy’. The move towards turning commercial premises into housing is already underway, with thinktanks...
Liniar is 54% ahead of its Climate Change Agreement (CCA) target in Q1 2021, according to the latest audit of the company’s ISO 14001 accreditation. Liniar first signed a CCA with the Environment Agency in 2018 as part of the government’s Energy Saving Opportunity scheme. As part of this, the systems company implemented a comprehensive Environmental Management Policy and achieved...
There were over 1,100 vacancies for installers being advertised on job sites throughout the UK at the end of the first week in May. This was according to research conducted by Building Our Skills in association with FrontFoot, specialists in re-introducing military service personnel into mainstream industry. Building Our Skills ambassador John Ogilvie said: “Seeing over 1,100 vacancies being advertised...
Howells Patent Glazing welcomed mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street to its Black Country factory as part of national Mental Health Awareness Week. The company shared some of the measures it has put in place to support the mental health and wellbeing of its employees. The family-run business takes part in the Thrive at Work initiative, a workplace wellbeing...
Building product manufacturers seeking certification to supply British and European markets can fast-track UKCA and CE marking applications following major agreements between the British Board of Agrément (BBA) and European Notified Bodies (NBs). The BBA has initiated discussions with a number of NBs proposing they collaborate to facilitate quicker, easier and more cost-effective compliance to address product certification changes introduced...
Quickslide has created an apprentice scheme and sought advice from Building Our Skills (BOS) on how to achieve the best outcome. As part of its quest to ‘inform, encourage, support and inspire’, BOS works with organisations to enable companies to implement recruitment and training schemes, such as that developed for Quickslide. Quickslide was subsequently connected with GFTS, an organisation that...
Victorian Sliders has invested a further £250,000 in expanding its foiling operation adding a fourth state-of-the-art FUX machine to the three it already owns. The latest purchase comes after both an increase in demand for foiled profiles, and booming business more generally, the company said. Group managing director Andy Jones said: “A year ago, we were foiling 31% of the...
New research by Specialist Glass Products has found that UK homeowners are coosing glass staircasing and balustrading over traditional styles. The study reviewed the most searched staircase trends and outlines, in order of popularity, the most prominent designs, styles and structures to provide property makeover inspiration. Coming out top in the results was glass balustrading, the perfect option for those...
Made For Trade has been shortlisted for the Homebuilding and Renovating Show Awards 2021 for the category of Best Roof Lantern Supplier for Korniche. “Following the success of the win in 2020 it’s amazing to be shortlisted in consecutive years and shows how much impact the Korniche Lantern has made in recent years,” the company said. “The product’s engineering, design...
Deceuninck has increased its capacity for foiled product with an additional Luna R automatic profile lamination machine at its Calne extrusion facility. The state-of-the-art Luna R machine is the latest in a series of six figure investments on manufacturing capacity by Deceuninck – which includes two new extrusion lines – representing a £multi-million combined outlay. Delivering exceptional quality of finished product,...
Property and manufacturing business owners Alex and Rebecca Sutherland have launched a new company supplying high quality aluminium windows and doors for luxury residential developments. The West Midlands-based husband and wife team has unveiled Glashaus, a company which aims to be at the forefront of the residential glazing market, delivering contemporary doors and windows for new homes and extensions across the UK....
Window Widgets is celebrating its 21-year business anniversary, and the company promises to celebrate it in style over the course of the year with a distinctly pink and fun theme, supporting two industry charities in the process. Over the last two decades the business has grown to be the ancillary and consumable trade partner of choice for many prestigious and...
IronmongeryDirect has been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces 2021 by Great Place to Work, for the second year running. The Best Workplaces Award recognises companies that promote a healthy workplace culture through management credibility, respect, fairness, trust, pride and camaraderie. The Great Place to Work institute assesses this using an anonymous employee survey to gauge levels of...
Daylight Installations has been a member of Certass since it was founded in 2017 and has been impressed by the additional support it has received over the last year, the company has reported. Daniel Collins, director at Daylight Installations, said: “When I started up the business, I went straight to Certass, because they were recommended by so many others in...
By Wojciech Brozyna, MD of Aluprof UK. Over the last few years, conformity with legislation and standards present in Europe have been a prerequisite for producing and selling any goods within the EEA. This included products produced here, in the EEA, or from overseas. Known as CE Marking, it is applicable equally to the manufacture and sale of a paper...
Visitor pre-registration numbers for this year’s FIT Show are tracking at 130% above the level they were for the same period before the 2019 event. The announcement follows the easing of lockdown restrictions across the UK, with the country entering the penultimate phase of the UK government’s ‘roadmap to recovery’, with all restrictions lifted from June 21. Event director Nickie...
Homeowners prefer flush over standard casements when considering replacement windows, according to an independent survey. The exclusive report, which was commissioned by Deceuninck and carried out by YouGov, found that 62% of those surveyed said that they would choose a flush casement compared to just a third (33%) who would rather have the standard option. While the results of the...
Specialist Glass Products has been shortlisted for Manufacturer of the Year (under £25 million) at the Insider Made in Yorkshire Awards. The Yorkshire family-run business has invested over £6 million in the past 48 months to extend its manufacturing area from 30,000ft2 to 72,000ft2 and equip the new facility with the latest state-of-the-art machinery, currently allowing it to process, cut,...