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Posted On - 09/04/2024
Product quality, product range and customer service are the most important factors when choosing a door supplier, according to a customer survey conducted by Hurst to gather exclusive insights into installers’ views of the market. And when it came to the door itself, 62% of respondents believed that the most important factor when selling a door to an end-user is...
Posted On - 09/04/2024
Framexpress has hosted a social media workshop – a first for the company and a new arm of support for its Club Framexpress customers. Partnering with external marketing agency, Balls2 Marketing, the Telford-based fabricator welcomed over 15 of its customers for the day, providing them with social media tips and advice that was designed to generate more leads and grow...
Posted On - 09/04/2024
Exlabesa has updated its KS59 casement window system with the introduction of new sash options and a sleek flush frame. Originally conceived to offer a modern aesthetic to residential and commercial spaces, the updated system now offers three sash design options – flat, stepped, or chamfered – providing fabricators with a broader spectrum of styles, from modern minimalism to heritage...
Posted On - 09/04/2024
Eurocell has launched three new garden room styles called Studio View, Studio Frame, and Studio Canopy, as well as a contemporary vertical flush cladding option, providing customers with an additional choice for the exterior finish. The finish is available in the new Vertical Coastline range in anthracite grey, moondust grey, and soft green, or the vertical foiled wood effect cladding in coriander, anteak, truffle oak,...
Posted On - 09/04/2024
Epwin Window Systems’ new Stellar Aluminium inline sliding door is ‘setting a new benchmark in compliance, innovation and aesthetics’. This is the view of Phil Parry, technical director at Epwin who encourages fabricators to look beyond the headlines when it comes to identifying the standout qualities of aluminium sliding doors. Phil explained: “Most aluminium sliding patio doors use a dummy...
Posted On - 09/04/2024
DoorCo has won ‘Most Innovative Business’ at the 2024 Manufacturing Awards. A national competition run by the UK Business Awards, the category included entries from manufacturing businesses from across various industries with DoorCo coming out victorious for its Innovation Week campaign. Ellie Pool, DoorCo’s marketing manager, said: “We’re absolutely thrilled to have been recognised as one of the UK’s most...
Posted On - 03/04/2024
By Neil Cooper-Smith, senior analyst, Business Pilot. Average retail sales continued their upward trajectory in 2024 – up 5.1% to 62.1 in March – dispelling fears that 2024 is going to be a complete washout. Average sales for March were also 28.3% higher than the same period last year, demonstrating that the industry is on a better footing than the...
Posted On - 02/04/2024
Yale and distribution partner Universal Products are celebrating 25 years of ‘a close and beneficial working partnership’. The milestone comes as Universal Products, said to be Ireland’s leading distributor of window and door hardware – celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Originally a customer of Paddock, Securistyle, Trojan, Caldwell and Yale, Universal Products now stocks the entire range of window...
Posted On - 02/04/2024
Sheerline has installed a £270,000 TIM-ING profile bending machine at its’ Derbyshire HQ. As a result, the company is offering a new specialist profile bending service, enabling fabricators to order arched, curved and round windows. This latest expansion of capabilities is all part of Sheerline’s strategic commitment to continual investment, ensuring its facilities remain technologically advanced, and helping the company’s...
Posted On - 02/04/2024
Rehau has launched its largest window system to date. According to Rehau, it’s designed to give architects, designers and specifiers the opportunity to incorporate ‘huge profiles’ that maximise natural light with all the performance benefits of PVC-U. The new system, called Artevo, will replace the company’s Geneo range. Using the Rau-Fipro-X material as its basis, Rehau has been able to redefine what’s...
Posted On - 02/04/2024
Nationwide Windows & Doors has been shortlisted in the Manufacturer of the Year (over £25m) category in the 2024 Made in the Midlands Awards, the annual celebration of the region’s manufacturing sector. Organised by Insider Media Limited and now in its 14th year, the event sees more than 40 businesses vying for prizes in 11 categories. Other prestigious finalists include...
Posted On - 02/04/2024
Meet Dave (a Business Pilot story) is a new short movie of a classic tall tale in the glazing industry. In the film, we’re introduced to Dave, the owner of a retail installation business. Instead of heading home after a post-work pint with his mates, Dave is going back to the office, to try and get ahead. When he does...
Posted On - 02/04/2024
John Fredericks (JFP) has won Manufacturer of the Year at Insider’s 2024 Made in Yorkshire Awards. Held at New Dock Hall at Royal Armouries in Leeds, and compèred by television presenter, journalist and newsreader Sameena Ali-Khan, the event celebrated the world-class companies in Yorkshire and the Humber, along with the products they are making and selling across the world. JFP,...
Posted On - 02/04/2024
Framexpress will be exhibiting its fire door range at The Fire Safety Event, which is scheduled for Tuesday 30 April 2024 to Thursday 2 May 2024, at Birmingham’s NEC. The Fire Safety Event offers the opportunity to highlight the latest innovations and ways to maintain the highest standards in fire safety, and Framexpress’ recent accreditations to BM Trada Q Mark’s...
Posted On - 02/04/2024
Eurocell has launched a year of celebrations for its 50th anniversary with a special initiative to donate £50 for every team member that turns 50 to its charity partner Maggie’s. It will be the first in a series of fundraising activities for Maggie’s throughout 2024. With 52 people from across the business celebrating their 50th, it means £2,600 will be...
Posted On - 02/04/2024
Steel window and door manufacturer, Crittall Windows, has released an energy efficient, highly secure brand steel door system for both the commercial and consumer market. Known as Homelight Plus, this latest addition to the Crittall Windows portfolio is said to offer a unique set of features and benefits. True to traditional steel glazing products, Crittall says that the new door is ‘incredibly...
Posted On - 02/04/2024
Specialist aluminium fabricator CDW Systems has announced that it is set to merge with its sister company, supplier and installer Clearway Doors & Windows. Both businesses boast more than 30 years in the industry and in 2010 the Gloucester-based CDW bought out the Cheltenham-based Clearway. The merger will see Clearway become a division of CDW Systems, with Clearway continuing to...
Posted On - 02/04/2024
Dave Broxton, Bohle’s managing director, discusses how price isn’t everything when it comes to ensuring that your staff are safe at work. In the construction industry in 2022/23, there were 53,000 non-fatal injuries at work (Health & Safety Executive), highlighting critical health and safety issues. Whilst it is impossible to know the root causes of each individual case, according to...
Posted On - 02/04/2024
Aluplast has signed up to FIT Show 2025, in a move that supports its new product development programme for the next 12 months, including new systems and new foils and finishes. The Tewkesbury-based systems company has booked a large 186m2 stand close to the entrance of Hall 8, where it will display new thermally efficient windows and doors, alongside a...
Posted On - 02/04/2024
AluFoldDirect says it is combining ‘unbeatable prices, unparalleled speed and unwavering reliability’ with its latest initiative – Easy Aluminium. Continuing the trade and commercial fabricator’s core objective to simplify and speed up aluminium projects, Easy Aluminium includes AluFoldDirect’s most competitively priced, thermally efficient bi-fold door. Available at a Building Regulation compliant 1.4 W/m²K U-value from £375 per leaf, AluFoldDirect also...
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