Carl F Groupco reveals market upturn

Carl F Groupco has revealed an upturn in sales of its tilt & turn and reversible hardware ranges, which it says demonstrates the strength of the commercial and social housing markets.

Julie Warner, product manager at Carl F Groupco, said: “Tilt & turn and reversible windows are popular in commercial and social housing settings. Increased sales of hardware for these types of windows mean more contracts are rolling out, which can only be good news for the industry.”

Volume sales of Carl F Groupco’s Roto ranges are particularly strong, in some cases up by over 60% year on year. Julie commented: “Many of our customers insist on only fitting Roto products because of the intelligent functionality their products offer.”

The Roto NT tilt &turn hardware system, for example, is suitable for timber, PVC-U and aluminium profiles of up to 150kg sash weight. According to Carl F Groupco, the system can be used to achieve the most demanding security, operating convenience, durability and design requirements. A wide range of components and accessories makes custom window solutions possible, including additional security features to achieve PAS 24 accreditation and even the option for automation.

Roto’s FRH UNI range of reversiblewindowhardware has been designed with multi-storey public, commercial and domestic buildings in mind. The sash and frame details are the same for all window variants, allowing styles to be fitted without changing profile routing and ensuring a uniform aesthetic appearance on all window styles.

With additional security features the system can achieve PAS 24 and can also provide an emergency egress escape opening (providing building regulations are met).