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Modplan has announced that more colours from its variations range are available from stock. Heidi Sachs, managing director of Modplan said: “The increase for coloured products shows no signs of slowing down as the surge in demand from consumers looking to personalise their homes has resulted in more colour options being required. Our three new stocked colour finishes will give...
Dekko Window Systems has extended the credentials of its Infinity PVCU flush sash system with the addition of a new grey substrate. The new substrate, finished in an anthracite smooth matt foil, gives Infinity a colour-matched finish on the inside of the frame and this, alongside both Graf-welded frames and now sills, means that Infinity can help Dekko customers target...
St Helens based manufacturer and installer Allglaze has achieved the latest in a line of consistently high scoring audits, thanks, the company believes, to its eight year-long partnership with CENSolutions. Jessica Brunton, office manager at Allglaze, said: “Our previous certification providers were difficult to deal with and so we made the switch to CENSolutions eight years ago and since then...
Tradelink Window Solutions has opened a dedicated facility to double its aluminium manufacturing capacity. The new factory means that Tradelink can offer aluminium bifolds in four colour-ways on lead times of just 10 days. Jim Moody, managing director at Tradelink, said: “We have expanded our facility and taken on another unit next-door to create the new dedicated aluminium site which...
Bison Frames has broadened its appeal and reach to the homebuilding and renovating market by exhibiting at the National Homebuilding and Renovating Show at the NEC. Following a successful exploration of the market at a regional version of the show in Harrogate last year, Bison’s directors Martyn Haworth and Mark Tetley decided to invest in the national show, supporting their...
Sliders UK’s sales grew by 34% year on year, with demand for aluminium products driving increased volume. The announcement comes a year on from a management buy-in and launch of a new growth strategy, which has been underpinned by a series of new product launches. Steve Mines, sales director at Sliders UK, said: “We’ve been manufacturing the Aluk bifold for...
Sidey has achieved zero waste land fill and 100% recycling from its manufacturing plant. It has also increased the amount of recycled materials used and achieved the top environmental accreditation ISO 14001:2015. Driving this initiative for Sidey is Robert Fitzpatrick, group accreditations manager-HSQE, who works directly with the board of directors at Sidey to keep environmental issues top of the agenda....
CSI Aluminium has chosen a Tekna TKE 944-7 four-axis heavy duty machining centre for its Hull factory, supplied and installed by Emmegi (UK). An Emmegi customer for 20 years, the company approached Emmegi when it needed a new large capacity machine with a 7m bed. CSI Aluminium is a specialist glazing and cladding fabricator, which has developed its own bespoke...
Prefix Systems has published a 52-page brochure dedicated to aluminium glazing. The brochure includes various types of windows, patio and bifolding doors, along with roofs for full kit aluminium extensions such as the Urbanroom and the Opus hybrid range of glazing. Prefix said that despite the aluminium glazing sector remaining one of the most buoyant parts of the industry, installers...
Infinium is now available from AluFoldDirect. Craig Miller, managing director at AluFoldDirect, said: “Concealed frames, motorised opening and a sightline of just 21mm – what’s not to love?” Infinium has a super-slim sightline and fully concealed outer frame, alongside a flush threshold and fully concealed hardware. Infinium is a double track system. Sash sizes are up to 3,000mm wide and...
Shepley has added agate grey to its standard colour range as part of its ‘Stop the Colours Headache’ campaign for Visage installers. The addition means that Visage PVCU windows and doors are available in 18 standard colours on seven-day lead times. Sales director at Shepley Tony Ball said: “By offering 18 colour options on seven-day delivery, we can take away...
In less than five years, TGI has supplied Astraseal with over one million metres of warm edge spacer bar, which – if laid out flat in a straight line – would reach Venice from Astraseal’s HQ in Wellingborough. Astraseal’s orders of TGI spacer have grown year on year on average by 11%; the firm, currently produces over 3,000 sealed units...
Complex design requirements require a specialist fabricator, according to Mercury Glazing. Chris Reeks, Mercury’s sales and marketing director, said: “Our customers can sometimes come up against the most demanding or sensitive applications and this is when working with a specialist fabricator really benefits. We understand the complexities involved and can deliver the products, however large or unusual, that our customers...
Garrard Windows has started manufacturing the new ‘heritage styled’ mechanically jointed version of the Spectus Vertical Slider. Lucy Griffith of Garrard Windows said: “Manufacturing the mechanically jointed Spectus Vertical Slider will open up new opportunities for us and our customers because feature-rich mechanically jointed products are very much on trend. “It raises the bar in authenticity, especially when it comes...
Emplas has added seamless bay sill welds to its product range following investment in a new Graf SLS Seamless Sill Welder, supplied by Promac Group. Kush Patel, deputy managing director of Emplas, said: “Bay and porch windows are invariably at the front of a property, they tend to be in high-profile positions next to doors and standard surface finish, if...
South Wales fabricator and installer Stevly Windows has invested in an SMR-4 welder from Haffner Murat, which will help Stevly meet the growing demand for its products while maintaining high standards. Lee Johnson, Stevly’s managing director, said he and his team researched the market before deciding to invest in the SMR-4 welder. “We chose Haffner Murat due to the high...
Hertfordshire-based Welglaze recently completed a major investment programme in new machinery at its Letchworth site. Since relocating to the 12,000ft2 production facility, the PVCU window and door fabricator has invested in increasing both production quality and capacity, with a Heritage machinery package from Haffner Murat being the latest addition to the factory. This has doubled Welglaze’s capacity for mechanical-look flush...
Most fabricators transition gradually to Business Micros’ EvoNET business management software after several years using the Evolution manufacturing and order processing package, the company said. However, Abacus Windows in Chelmsford went straight from the original Business Micros Winstar software to Evolution and EvoNET in one fell swoop last year. Abacus, which fabricates in Halo PVCU, wanted to set up a...
Made for Trade is promoting its “practical, no-nonsense approach to marketing” to help installer grow sales in the roof lantern market. As the Korniche brand grows in popularity, Made for Trade has designed a suite of consumer-orientated marketing materials for showrooms, print and digital application. Additional support with website images and copy content, advertising for brochures and local press, e-marketing,...
A giant Ultimate Rose sash window manufactured by Buckinghamshire-based Roseview has become the biggest to ever pass PAS24 and Secured by Design testing, the company said. Measuring 1,500 by 3,000mm, the product dwarfs anything the fast-growing fabricator has ever tested before. Company sales director Richard Burrells said: “Testing a product this big was always going to be risky – but...