Posted On - 09/01/2024
By Phil Slinger, CEO of Council for Aluminium in Building. The Council for Aluminium in Building spring forum will take place on Thursday 29 February 2024 at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon, Warwickshire. The afternoon forum, which is free for to members to attend, takes place in the south wing 5 of the museum and will include updates on...
Posted On - 03/01/2024
Fenestration industry marketing specialist, Balls2 Marketing, will be celebrating 10 years of organising the industry networking event, People In Glazing Society (PiGs), in 2024. Sarah Ball, at Balls2 Marketing, said. “When Balls2 Marketing took over the organisation of PiGs, it was always the ‘open to everyone’ events we wanted to emulate. In fact, the first one we organised was after...
Posted On - 03/01/2024
Northern Ireland’s Fairco Trade Frames was established in 2021 to help meet the needs of the Irish trade community. When setting up its manufacturing facilities, the team is said to have made a strategic decision to collaborate with machinery specialist, Haffner. This decision has proven to be one they ‘unequivocally stand by’, reflecting the ‘success and satisfaction’ derived from the...
Posted On - 03/01/2024
Ryze Hydrogen has signed a long-term deal to provide hydrogen to Guardian Glass. Ryze, which earlier this year became a member of the not-for-profit organisation Glass Futures, to explore the role hydrogen can play in reducing the glass industry’s carbon emissions, will provide hydrogen to Guardian’s plant in Goole, East Yorkshire. It will be used as a technical gas during...
Posted On - 03/01/2024
Everglade Windows has invested in an Emmegi Quadra L2 in order to drive greater production efficiencies. The 18-axis CNC machining centre, which has the capability to mill, drill and cut aluminium profiles up to 7.5m in length, will be installed at Everglade’s 65,000ft2 manufacturing facility in Perivale, West London. Yogesh Gopal, director at Everglade Windows, commented: “This new piece of...
Posted On - 03/01/2024
It can be easy for fabricators to stick to the ‘bread and butter’ offering of traditional white when it comes to sales of PVC-U. But what about the non-traditional market of homeowners who are looking for their windows and doors to be a colourful statement, rather than an understated subtlety? The average age of a first-time home buyer in the...
Posted On - 03/01/2024
Paul Hines, managing director of Hinckley-based Progress Windows, Roofline and Conservatories, explains how Business Pilot made his efficient business run even more efficiently. Before we used Business Pilot, we were very manually driven. I’d say we were working hard rather than working smart. We have great people working here at Progress, but people can forget and have bad days. The...
Posted On - 03/01/2024
By Nick Dutton, CEO, Brisant Secure As I write this about the age-old battle against break-ins, and the need to develop 3 star locks and the security standards that underpin them so they remain effective, past and present Prime Ministers are being grilled by the Covid enquiry over lockdown delay and the government’s slow and arguably inadequate response to the pandemic. It’s...
Posted On - 03/01/2024
Never has it more important to choose your suppliers with care, believes Dave Broxton, MD at Bohle. Consolidation was a key theme for 2023, as changing trends and reduced cash flow caused some companies – both big and small – to cease trading. Every year companies go to the wall, Bohle’s managing director Dave Broxton argues, but little is said...
Posted On - 03/01/2024
Affordable Windows Group in Blackpool became the meeting point for key global Aluplast personnel who gathered in the UK to celebrate a decade of collaboration and discuss Affordable Window’s leading fabrication technique, specially within the flush sash sector. Aluplast’s UK owner and managing director, Keith White, welcomed Aluplast’s global co-owner Patrick Seitz, head of expanding markets Babak Golriz and managing...
Posted On - 19/12/2023
With increasing issues, including condensation, for solid roofs that are a ‘cold roof’ design, Prefix Systems believes that 2024 will be the year in which diligent installation companies will move over to solid roof solutions that are 100% ‘warm’ by design. Prefix Systems says it experienced with ‘increasing regularity’ throughout 2023 that it had been on site to inspect timber...
Posted On - 19/12/2023
Made for Trade’s managing director, Bradley Gaunt and engineering director, Ashley Gaunt, competed in the Hagerty Radical Cup UK for the first time in 2023. Racing against fellow novices and experienced championship winners – the MfT duo are said to have applied their ‘sharp vision and technical backgrounds’ to the new venture as well as raising awareness of the company...
Posted On - 19/12/2023
Made for Trade celebrated 40 years in business in December. Originally established as Aanco by Richard Gaunt in 1979, the company was officially incorporated on 13 December 1983. A business that began as a supplier and installer of windows and conservatories to the retail market throughout the 1980s and 1990s, it moved from an original location in Sheffield to the...
Posted On - 19/12/2023
Organisers of Materials & Finishes Show (formerly W Exhibition) have announced a number of new and exciting exhibitors and partnerships for its May 19 - 22, 2024 event at the Birmingham NEC. The latest brands who have joined the line-up for the relaunch event in May include brands such as AES, Woodmizer, Festool, Leitz Tooling and the Wagner Group. Barbour...
Posted On - 19/12/2023
Fabricator-installer, New View Windows and Conservatories, has invested in upgrading its Cornwall-based manufacturing facilities with a Supercut 6 cutting and machining centre from Avantek Machinery. Established in 2009, New View is a family run business serving new build, trade and retail customers. The team is said to be currently implementing ambitious growth plans to become market leaders in and around...
Posted On - 19/12/2023
With financial caution set to continue for households in 2024, trust could well be the biggest driver for consumers when eyeing up home improvements says Andy Royle, director of Leads2Trade, the provider of double qualified window, door and conservatory sales leads. In today's ever-evolving economic landscape, financial caution has seen the home improvement market become a little less buoyant. And...
Posted On - 19/12/2023
Hurst Doors has reported a significant increase in demand for its range of FD30s composite fire doors as the market regains momentum. With triple certification for fire, smoke and security and tested to BS EN1634 and PAS24, Hurst’s fire door range achieves an average resistance time of 44-minutes – 50% longer than the FD30 standard requirement. Mark Atkinson, sales director...
Posted On - 19/12/2023
Upon publication of the long-awaited Future Homes and Future Buildings Standards consultation document, the Glass & Glazing Federation (GGF) says that, subject to a more comprehensive examination of the publication, its initial belief is that the decision to maintain the U Values for windows and doors at their current level, is disappointing and once again overlooks the contribution that fenestration...
Posted On - 19/12/2023
Edgetech’s Chris Alderson responds to the recent consultation document on the Future Homes Standard. With the Future Homes Standard, the glazing industry has yet again been overlooked. Like many in the sector, we expected it to recommend high-performance triple glazing to help drastically improve thermal efficiency. In fact, in the government’s 36,000-word consultation document, released on 13 December, glazing is...
Posted On - 19/12/2023
Direct Trade Windows has signed up to sponsor a local Brighton-based youth football club in their upcoming season, further strengthening the company’s commitment to supporting local communities. Withdean Youth FC is an FA 3-star accredited grassroots football club that provides training for both boys and girls aged eight to 18. The club focuses on nurturing young talent and providing them...
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