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Garnalex has launched Sheerline Prestige, its most versatile and thermally efficient aluminium window and door system. Featuring a full depth Eurogroove, Prestige lets fabricators use their existing PVCU hardware to streamline manufacturing. Prestige boasts a wide range of window styles and includes doors and French doors. The system is available in the same style options and 12 stocked colours as...
Technal has launched Tigal, a hybrid sliding aluminium system that combines the advantages of a sliding door with the high performance of a window, and is especially suitable for tall buildings. Designed to provide quiet, comfortable surroundings for occupiers while performing well in challenging high-rise conditions, Tigal delivers a balanced aesthetic that won’t detract from the overall design intent of...
Epwin Window Systems has taken delivery of its second Luna R automatic profile lamination machine, which further increases the company’s foiling capacity. Clare O’Hara, managing director at Epwin Window Systems, said: “This latest investment will support the continuing growth for our coloured products by reducing set up times, increasing product output and delivering superb product accuracy.” The Luna R machine...
Deceuninck is launching a virtual showroom tour to help customers adapt to remote selling and boost their online presence. The software lets users tour Deceuninck’s showroom, zoom in on products, and learn more about the windows and doors on display. Designed to be embedded in fabricator and installer websites, this user-friendly virtual tour also includes informative videos and installation images....
The consumer brochures for The Residence Collection, which includes R2, R7, R9 and RD (Residence Doors), have all been recently updated. Detailed new photography feature throughout the new brochures, helping to inspire style savvy consumers with a better window and door proposition, the company said. Sarah Hitchings, sales and marketing director for The Residence Collection, said: “We’ve always been proud...
Senior Architectural Systems is inviting specifiers to discuss how aluminium window systems can help create healthier interiors that can limit the spread of coronavirus through improved natural ventilation. Along with daylighting, the benefits of ensuring an adequate supply of fresh air to boost both the physical and mental wellbeing of occupants has long been recognised by the Health and Safety...
More than 100 large building projects have used the greener Hydro Circal brand of aluminium since it became a key part of Hydro’s product portfolio a year ago. Technal and the other Hydro Building Systems brands that produce facades, windows and doors have secured these projects in 10 countries across two continents. The adoption of Hydro Circal, instead of the...
New hardware has been added to the Stellar bifold door that will help increase the product’s appeal, the company has reported. Paul Booth, design director at Aluminium Products, said: “The new Stellar bifold door hardware allows for an increase in sash sizes of 1,200mm x 2,500mm with a maximum height plus width of 3,500mm. This allows the Stellar bifold to...
Schüco has improved the technical values of its ASS 70 FD bifold system, which has resulted in fewer aluminium sightlines. The Schüco ASS 70 FD bifold system offers a wide choice of opening types, is fully adjustable, has even larger opening widths, and promises extremely quiet movement, the company said. The new maximum vent width of 1,500mm is available in...
The new AW CT 72 window system from Schüco combines the timeless design and intelligent technology that are reflected across its product portfolio, the company has announced. Designed for cost-efficient and simple fabrication, the system can be used in both residential and commercial settings. The level of prefabrication of Schüco AW CT 72 can be increased through profile processing leading...
More developers are placing balconies at the centre of future projects as lockdown has placed further emphasis on the need for homes that maximise space and daylight, according to Rehau. Responding to this increase in demand for such design-led specification products, Rehau has unveiled a new Juliet balcony, Skyforce. Architect Alison Brooks publicly stated that housing should feature more balconies...
Aluk has launched its new C70S 70mm window, the big brother to its 58BW window system. “The C70S has all the clean lines, slim sightlines and advanced functionality which customers love about the 58BW, but with increased weather performance and new design features for even faster fabrication and installation,” the company said. Assembly is quicker, thanks to clip-together detailing on...
Senior Architectural Systems is encouraging specifiers to consider the use of colour in fenestration design, and how the use of powder coating can not only help reduce maintenance requirements, but also offer essential design flexibility in the age of social distancing. Senior’s full range of aluminium fenestration products are available in a choice of colours and finishes, all via the...
Huddersfield-based Walkers Windows has been selling Stellar from Epwin Window Systems, which is “the best on the market and it gives us clear points of differentiation,” according to owner Brent Walker. Stellar windows are on display at Walkers Windows’ two retail showrooms: Huddersfield and Ossett. “I call Stellar a ‘showroom product’,” Brent said. “When customers see it on display, they...
The new Schueco AD UP (Aluminium Door Universal Platform) is a premium door system for both residential and commercial applications, designed with simple and efficient fabrication in mind, the company has announced. Available in two profile widths – AD UP 75 (75mm) and AD UP 90 (90mm) – fabrication of the five-chamber symmetrical profile is simplified as the door system...
Schueco has introduced the UDC 80 unitised facade system, designed to suit modern construction methods for medium and high rise residential or commercial buildings. UDC 80 combines enhanced energy efficiency with design versatility and weather resistant performance. The slim profile (80mm) gives an elegant external appearance with an attractive U-value of just 0.86W/m2K, the company said. The system is designed...
Exlabesa has released its new catalogue for 2020, which is now available to download from the company’s website. In it, fabricators can read about the company’s selection of casements, tilt and turn windows, lift-and-slide doors, residential doors, patio doors, bifolds, shop fronts, curtain walling and more – all of which are extruded in Britain. “Products are hugely important, and in...
The Residence Collection has created a virtual 360º environment for its showroom, so that customers can navigate and explore the company’s products. Developed in conjunction with Adverto Media, this new development has been created so that can you navigate through all the product displays, and find further information at each point on the tour alongside links to videos and Pinterest...
Deceuninck fabricator Fastframe has invested over £150,000 in a Decoroc paint line for Deceuninck commercial windows and doors. The Decoroc line is the first of its kind outside Deceuninck’s headquarters in Belgium and, since opening the line, Fastframe has won a number of major commercial contracts. Decoroc is Deceuninck’s patented colour coating system. It gives a high performance, long-lasting finish...
Senior Architectural Systems says it can help specifiers meet the government’s ambitious plans to rebuild and modernise schools across the country, while making all facilities Covid-secure. Having already been installed on various education projects across the UK, Senior’s low U-value Pure aluminium window system offers exceptional thermal performance and enables greater choice in the positioning of radiators, the company said....