Fabricators News
- No categories
Tradelink Window Solutions created the definitive Residence range for installers by adding the seamlessly welded R9s to its collection. Just like the R7s window, R9s offers a fully welded frame. R9s is PAS 24 certified and comes with the option to glaze on-site, or have fully bonded glass, depending on the installer’s preferred choice. Jim Moody, managing director at Tradelink,...
Luton-based Direct Glazing is celebrating 25 years of business and partnership with Selecta Systems. Business has grown steadily since the company was established in 1993 and it now has a team of fitters covering the retail side of the business. Fabricating and installing into the local retail market as well as the trade, the company has purchased additional land at...
South Yorkshire trade windows and doors supplier JWC Windows has become a Profile 22 fabricator. Jim Churchill, managing director at JWC Windows, said: “Optima from Profile 22 is a very popular system and has great brand recognition. Customers were asking for Optima and we had turned away work in the past because we hadn’t been able to offer the products....
Shelforce, the manufacturer and installer of PVCU windows and doors that employs people with a range of disabilities, is set to open a dedicated training facility to provide regular work experience placements and invest in the future. Once the facility is complete, the firm will welcome students from nearby schools, including special needs schools, to its Erdington factory for an...
AluFoldDirect’s aluminium installer training academy is now open, giving installers the opportunity to upskill on fitting aluminium glazing and install the Everything Aluminium range. Based at AluFoldDirect’s Blackburn HQ, the academy has been purpose built. In rigs, there are full-sized samples of the Everything Aluminium range including bifold doors, sliding doors, windows, commercial doors, roof lanterns and flat rooflights, so...
Force 8 manufactures casement windows with run-through sash horns for an authentic timber alternative, the company said. Fabricated using sash horn components from Rehau, the horn is incorporated into the structure of the window, replicating traditional timber manufacturing techniques. Dennis Sumner, managing director at Force 8, said: “Many homeowners want to enhance the traditional style of their properties and, when...
Veka fabricator Modplan believes that manufacturing its patio and bifold doors in-house is a plus point for the business. Sales and marketing director Justin Williams said: “Because we manufacture both patio and bifold doors in-house, we can guarantee the quality of the doors as well as offering a competitive turnaround time on our orders. “Bifold doors and patios are very...
HWL now offers the 16 colour and woodgrain options offered in the Residence Collection’s Graduate and Element Collections, and any RAL colour offered by Renolit, on special order. Graham Howatson, sales director at HWL Trade Frames, said: “The Graduate and Element Collections mean that we can give our customers access to a wide range of heritage and woodgrain finishes. There...
When the market moves, it makes sense to move and follow the money too, according to Tradesmith’s MD Mark Hutchinson. “As a premium quality, trade fabricator serving the south east, we’d stuck with a successful formula and our suppliers for 25 years,” Mark said. “But in the last five our market changed. “Demand for colour and high-end windows and doors...
Direct Trade has treated itself to a special 20th birthday present in the shape of 15 fuel-efficient Mercedes-Benz trucks. The Doncaster-based fabricator acquired its new Atego rigids from the local branch of Northside Truck & Van, the reigning Mercedes-Benz trucks dealer of the year. They are Direct Trade’s first Mercedes-Benz trucks. Transport manager Dave Smith said: “The vehicle we trialled...
Stedek has launched a new website that showcases its products, including PVCU windows from Swish, and all three models in DW3’s Residence Collection. Fully optimised for display on mobile devices, the new site has been designed to provide the company and its customers with an effective sales tool. Sales director Richard Hammond said: “Stedek isn’t your average fabricator, and that’s...
Having the right products in your portfolio is fundamental, according to Heidi Sachs, managing director of Modplan. “You only have to glance at the market data to see that consumer trends are shifting,” she said. “Today’s consumers are looking for something other than standard white PVCU casements. The result is that feature-rich products such as mechanically jointed vertical sliders and...
Nottinghamshire’s Nova Trade Frames is now offering its trade customers heritage-style PVCU windows, with the introduction of run-through sash horns for its Heritage and Total70 profiles. Nova Trade Frames is an authorised Rehau partner and fabricator of windows, doors and conservatories. The family business supplies trade and retail customers nationwide and recently invested £10,000 in a new end miller machine...
Euroglaze now manufactures windows using Rehau’s new co-extruded Total 70 profiles, which use a virgin skin around a 100% recycled core. The Barnsley based company says that, in the wake of Blue Planet II and the ongoing furore around the use and disposal of single use plastics, it is delighted to be able to promote a positive plastic recycling message...
GJB Window Systems has launched a new website. The site showcases GJB’s full range of window and door products from manufacturers including Eurocell, Raum aluminium, Timeless and the Residence Collection, as well as the latest news and developments from GJB. It also includes an online portal for customers to access marketing support through Make It Yours, to help installers win...
Dessian has launched a new website with integrated video content. Video content on the new website provides a flavour of the Belfast production facility, while a new platform and SEO capability ensures the website is easier to find in online searches. Existing customers can now login to access marketing resources, certificates, technical specifications, energy calculators and guides. Nigel Bothwell, managing...
A customer conference held by Listers Central has been hailed a success by those in attendance. The Stoke-based fabricator hosted the one-day event for customers to learn more about a number of new products added to the Listers line-up and to explore the firm’s revamped showroom. More than 100 customers attended. New products on show included Timeless, the flush sash...
Aluplast has agreed a new supply deal with Weatherglaze for its Ideal 4000 system and its new lift and slide door. Operating from Gorey, just south of Dublin, Weatherglaze fabricates windows and doors and supplies them throughout the Republic of Ireland. Weatherglaze wants to access new opportunities generated by PVCU/aluminium cross-over products delivered by aluskin, Aluplast’s external aluminium fascia system....
Hailsham-based Tradesmith is the latest trade manufacturer to join the Residence Collection, with a dedicated new factory to serve the south east with direct supply and support of R7 and R9 windows and doors. Tradesmith is fully mechanically jointing all windows and doors from the Residence Collection. With full set-up and technical support provided, Tradesmith is also building a split-level...
Stedek supplies Shropshire builder RS Burgess and Sons for its new-build and renovation projects. David Burgess, managing director of RS Burgess and Sons, said: “A lot of suppliers are about making the sale at any cost, but more than any supplier we’ve ever dealt with, Stedek are obsessed with quality. “In this instance, we were working on a high-end new-build...