Posted On - 30/04/2021
Haffner Murat Ltd has commissioned a further expansion at its Staffordshire headquarters: a new 1,990m2 extension that will house a new showroom. Dave Thomas, managing director of Haffner Murat, said: “The new purpose-built showroom will offer an ideal platform to present a large range of our high-quality machines to potential customers. Fabricators visiting our headquarters already benefit from our state-of-the-art...
Posted On - 28/04/2021
Classroom training has resumed at Door and Hardware Federation (DHF). The Tamworth-based trade association has, since the onset of the Covid pandemic, been providing a mix of online training and examinations via its distance learning programme (DLP), with delegates able to meet their training obligations, albeit from the safety of their own locations. Learners can once again return to DHF’s...
Posted On - 27/04/2021
Building Our Skills – Making Fenestration A Career of Choice (BOS) has embarked on a recruitment drive with a difference: ‘highlighting the need for the industry to come together and eliminate its ever-growing skills gap’. Continuing to build on its key objective – to heighten awareness of the fenestration industry to new and young people – the organisation is encouraging...
Posted On - 27/04/2021
Construction activity continued throughout the first quarter of 2021, and double-digit growth is forecast this year, according to the Construction Product Association’s latest Spring Forecast. With the whole supply chain (architects, consultants, contractors, SMEs, manufacturers and merchants) permitted to operate during the winter lockdown restrictions, activity was not hit as hard compared to the initial lockdown in the first half...
Posted On - 27/04/2021
The students of Longroyde Primary School in West Yorkshire have been busy creating and cultivating green spaces as part of their Easter Garden Project, thanks to a £500 donation from Morley Glass and Glazing’s GreenVision Fund. Children planned the garden and spent weeks digging out weeds, filling beds with compost, and planting seeds. They have also thought of the other...
Posted On - 27/04/2021
Bohle has said that its supply chain remains uninterrupted despite wider shortages of components and building materials. The glass hardware and consumables specialist said that extensive planning pre-Brexit had allowed it to strengthen its supply network, increasing stock-holding and reducing lead times across its offer on a wide range of products. This meant that its stockholding at the company’s UK...
Posted On - 27/04/2021
Veka Compounds, the polymer division of Veka Recycling, is supporting the forthcoming PVC 2021 event as part of what the firm’s managing director Simon Scholes calls “positive engagement” in the rigid plastics industry. The event will be taking place in a virtual format, on May 10-12, 2021. Featuring more than 50 speakers covering all aspects of the PVC sector, Veka Compounds...
Posted On - 27/04/2021
Public awareness of the critical impact windows recycling has on the UK’s sustainability agenda needs to increase, according to Rehau. As such, the business has invested £10 million into a recycling facility located in the north of England, and unveiled ambitious targets to support this broader vision. Millions of windows are replaced in the UK each year on average as...
Posted On - 27/04/2021
Saint-Gobain Glass has commenced a £30m investment in its glass manufacturing factory in Eggborough, East Yorkshire. The company is carrying out a major construction programme to completely re-build and install a new float glass furnace, as well as upgrade other areas of the factory, which will secure the long-term supply of consistently high-quality, high-performance glass in the UK. The project...
Posted On - 27/04/2021
Mackenzie Glass has highlighted severe and immediate disruption to the global supply of laminates which it warns will lead to shortages this summer. The glass merchanting business said that major disruption to the supply of PVB laminates in the US had created a global shortfall, which was now manifesting itself in lower availability of security and acoustic glass. Compounded by...
Posted On - 27/04/2021
Cornwall Glass has said it expects to be able to guarantee IGU supply to its established customer base in the face of global shortages in the supply of laminates. With two of the UK’s three float glass manufactures already limiting supply of laminated products, Mark Norcliffe, joint managing director of Cornwall Glass Manufacturing, said that the IGU sector faced a...
Posted On - 27/04/2021
Two experts were recently appointed by housing secretary Robert Jenrick to lead an independent review of the system for testing construction products. Former government adviser and construction expert Paul Morrell OBE will be the chair of the independent panel, along with legal expert Anneliese Day QC. The review will examine how to strengthen the current system for testing construction products...
Posted On - 22/04/2021
Cornwall Group will create 10 new apprenticeships before the end of this year as part of its continuing commitment to support the upskilling of workers in the glass industry. The company, which operates across three divisions – Cornwall Glass Manufacturing, Cornwall Glass and Glazing, and its glass merchanting business Mackenzie Glass – has an over-arching commitment to ensure that, at...
Posted On - 21/04/2021
Abcell has partnered with Deceuninck, which will expand its range of products to include PVCU windows and doors. Deceuninck’s 2800 Heritage Sculptured windows, flush casement windows and flush residential and French doors have been added to Abcell’s product offering, all Graf welded for a perfect seam, in line with the rest of Abcell’s range. “We’re passionate about providing our customers...
Posted On - 20/04/2021
Compusoft Group, a leading global visual CPQ provider, has agreed to acquire First Degree Systems (FDS). The acquisition of First Degree Systems is aligned with Compusoft’s aim to become the most recommended visual CPQ solution-provider in the world, by providing innovative software that makes complex processes simple, the company said. This further expansion into the window and door industry market...
Posted On - 20/04/2021
Birmingham window and door manufacturer Shelforce will feature on ITV’s Made In Britain TV series this month. The company will feature on episode five of the series on ITV4 at 8pm on Thursday, April 22. The show tells the story of British production and some of the country’s best loved products, and is narrated by actor Ricky Tomlinson. The episode...
Posted On - 20/04/2021
There has been a recent surge in orders for striking new colours, Kolorseal has reported. Despite tough market conditions over the last 12 months, homeowners have continued to invest in their houses and drive the market forward. Deborah Hendry, managing director at Kolorseal, said there has been a noticeable growing trend to personalise property with colour. With the ability to...
Posted On - 20/04/2021
Certass is creating a live forum at the Installer Support Hub on Stand H40 at the FIT Show in September. The Installer Support Hub is where installers can find expert advice on all aspects of their business, including certification, competency, insurance, finance and business support. Jon Vanstone, chair of Certass and FIT Show ambassador, said: “With the success of our...
Posted On - 20/04/2021
Combilift has won its 10th industry award from the Forklift Truck Association for the Combi-CBE. The 2020 FLTA Awards for Excellence took place virtually on Saturday April 10, having been postponed from last year due to Covid, The recently introduced Combi-CBE model – the world’s first counterbalance design, multidirectional forklift with electric drive on all of its three wheels –...
Posted On - 20/04/2021
Modular Group Investments (MGI) has acquired the entire share capital of Rapid PVCU Systems, a 12-year-old fenestration fabricator in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The acquisition follows the recent purchase of 3,000 frames per week fabricator Euramax Solutions, creating a combined fenestration business with 2021 revenues forecast around £40 million, and with customers across leisure, modern methods of construction (MMC), retail merchants,...
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