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Posted On - 23/07/2024
Thermoflex is now the best performing flexible silicone rubber spacer bar in the world, according to the latest test results from IFT Rosenheim and approved by BFRC in the UK. Following years of development, and ratified by Europe’s leading accreditation body, Thermoflex from Thermoseal Group now boasts a thermal conductivity of 0.125W/(mK) for the UK’s preferred thickness of 4.8mm. According...
Posted On - 02/07/2024
Edgtech has reported that sales of its TruFit installation tape have ‘noticeably increased’ in recent months. “TruFit offers a much quicker, cleaner and thermally efficient method of installing windows,” said head of sales Tony Palmer. “Once the tape’s backing paper is removed, it gradually expands to seal the window fully, ensuring it offers exceptional all-round performance. “TruFit protects against mould,...
Posted On - 18/06/2024
Offering fabricators savings of up to £200,000 a year, steel reinforcement specialist Anglo has completed a major restructure and is investing for the future. There is quiet logic to David Evans’ journey within Anglo. Now its managing director, he joined the company in 2020 as finance director, appointed to oversee the rolled steel specialist’s growth under its then investor partner,...
Posted On - 28/05/2024
Edgetech has taken steps to significantly reduce its usage of plastic packaging. Manufacturing plastic is said to be a major contributor to carbon emissions worldwide, and effectively recycling and disposing of it poses an ongoing challenge. The company is also shifting to the use of glueless boxes in its spacer manufacturing, again reducing its reliance on a material with a...
Posted On - 07/05/2024
Thermoseal Group has invested in a new recycling plant that will reduce the amount of manufacturing waste going to landfill. Situated at the company’s Wigan factory, the recycling plant can handle all lengths of Thermobar warm edge, turning them back in pellets that can be reused in the manufacturing process. “We have always been able to recycle the core material...
Posted On - 20/02/2024
A new range of construction sheets which provide improved design and installation of windows, is available in the UK from foam sealant tape specialist Iso Chemie. The Iso-Top construction sheets WF3 are an addition to the company’s window thermal insulating and load bearing bracket system, Iso-Top Winframer, are are designed to offer a rapid and effective solution for boarding out...
Posted On - 03/01/2024
Thermoseal Group has launched a new Georgian bar anchor and a new Thermobar straight connector, both of which promise to increase efficiencies, reduce waste, and improve product quality for IGU manufacturers. “Our mission is to create energy efficient products in the most energy efficient way possible,” said Thermoseal Group’s sales director, Mark Hickox. “And this extends to supporting our customers...
Posted On - 12/12/2023
RegaLead says that its Urban Bar has been added by ‘a significant number’ of aluminium fabricators, across multiple window and door systems, to create an industrial heritage look. The trend for industrial heritage continues to grow, with more companies introducing an astragal bar system to transform standard bi-fold doors. However, as with the PVC versions, aluminium astragal bars have not...
Posted On - 21/11/2023
Thermoseal Group delivers all products direct from its four British stock warehouses, using its own fleet of vehicles. Not only that, but it does it sustainably, says sales director, Mark Hickox. “We have complete control over our deliveries,” he says. “We don’t need to rely on an external company to arrive on time, and we don’t have to factor in...
Posted On - 01/11/2023
Thermoseal Group has invested heavily in machinery and infrastructure in recent years, but it is the people that make it work, claims managing director, Gwain Paterson. The Future Homes Standard, expected to become legislation in 2025, could bring U-values for windows into newbuild properties down to 0.8W/m2K. While there is still some uncertainty around the details, most people are preparing...
Posted On - 10/10/2023
It’s time to think big, says Thermoseal Group’s managing director, Gwain Paterson. Sealed unit manufacturers appear to fall in one of two distinct camps, according to Thermoseal Group’s owner and managing director, Gwain Paterson: those who are aware of an increase in demand for triple glazing, and are doing something about it; and those who are aware, but choosing to...
Posted On - 03/10/2023
Window Widgets has been named as a finalist in this year’s G Awards’ Component Supplier of the Year category. With more than 1,400 product variants across a choice of 36 colourways, Window Widgets boasts a diverse range of ancillary products for the glazing and fenestration industry. Sustainability is also at the core of Window Widgets values, with a waste management programme...
Posted On - 26/09/2023
Thermoseal Group is a finalist in the Component Supplier of the Year category in the G23 Awards, in recognition of its investment in infrastructure, sustainability, new products and export markets. “We are excited about being shortlisted for this year’s awards,” said sales director Mark Hickox. “The G-Awards is a huge date in the diary, and just by being shortlisted is...
Posted On - 04/07/2023
Iso Chemie’s UK sales and operations manager, Andy Swift, explains why keeping a tight seal on things is so important. As every housebuilder and developer in the UK knows, designing homes is as much about designing an efficient heating system as it is about anything else. In a country where heating bills constitute one of the largest outgoing expenses in...
Posted On - 21/06/2023
Thermoseal Group has achieved the ‘Developed’ level of performance after being successfully assessed by Investors in People, proving that everyone working for the IGU component supplier ‘is committed to the values of the business and is striving to provide high-quality products and excellent service to the company’s customers’. “This is a fantastic result for Thermoseal Group,” said MD and owner,...
Posted On - 14/06/2023
Edgetech is on course to complete a significant two-year investment in its manufacturing facilities, with the support of parent company Quanex. Quanex has invested more than £4million into Edgetech’s UK and German facilities. Edgetech Coventry has concentrated on updating and improving its manufacturing capabilities to keep up with growing demand. To support this aim, it has also upgraded its internal...
Posted On - 06/06/2023
Partnering with the right component supplier can help you avoid common pitfalls, argues Thermoseal Group’s sales director, Mark Hickox. The almost wholesale shift from aluminium spacer bar to warm edge spacer bar was crucial to the industry’s success in improving the thermal performance of windows and doors over the last 20 years. Significantly, warm edge spacer bars like Thermobar and...
Posted On - 30/05/2023
Thermoseal’s sales director, Mark Hickox, argues that triple glazing will become the norm, and we should be preparing now. As an industry, we have talked ourselves into believing that we don’t need triple glazing to comply with Building Regulations, and that ‘clever doubles’ are more than sufficient. In fact, we have talked ourselves out of pursuing volume triple glazing production...
Posted On - 30/05/2023
Window companies visited the FIT Show in May looking for new ways to stay one step ahead of trends in home improvement, Bohle’s MD Dave Broxton said, pointing out that visitors to their stand were interested in broadening their product ranges. “Going into 2023, we saw that the market for windows, doors and conservatories starting to shrink,” he said. “This...
Posted On - 03/05/2023
IGU manufacturer, Premier DGU, has achieved a pass in stringent BS EN 1279 Part 2 testing with Super Spacer Heritage. The company has been supplying to fabricators around the South West for 27 years. It operates three unit lines, and has invested heavily in machinery, including more recently a glass toughening plant. However, Premier DGU is also said to have...
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