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Posted On - 04/10/2022
Essex-based manufacturer and installer, Profile 2000, has signed a new three-year supply agreement with Epwin Window Systems. The agreement means Profile 2000 will have been manufacturing Spectus products for nearly two decades. Steve Monk, one of Profile 2000’s directors, said: “We’ve been manufacturing Spectus products since 2004 and the system is as popular with our customers as ever. The quality...
Posted On - 04/10/2022
Deceuninck has launched its new Elegant window and door system, which has been engineered to maximise thermal performance and design reach, at the same time as minimising stock-holding. Unveiled to the UK media during a visit to Deceuninck’s recycling facility, Elegant is built around i-COR, a modular ultra-energy efficient outer frame, which is available in three different frame depths, a...
Posted On - 04/10/2022
Six team members from systems company Liniar have enrolled in the ‘Inspiring the Future’ programme that Building Our Skills is promoting alongside the Education and Employers Charity. The group has signed up to support the campaign by volunteering to visit schools to help inform students about the possibility of a career in the fenestration industry. Inspiring The Future has been...
Posted On - 27/09/2022
Alutech Systems is rebranding to Alunet Systems. The company says this will allow it more scope to source the best quality products from the suppliers around the world. Since its inception in 2016, Alunet has been reliant on one extruder based in Belarus. However, according to Alunet, the war in Ukraine and on surrounding countries has meant it ‘no longer...
Posted On - 20/09/2022
Clearview Glaziers has reported ‘impressive’ year-on-year growth since fabricating Stellar, the aluminium window and door system from Epwin Window Systems. The company was the first fabricator to sign up to the system when it made its market debut at FIT Show 2019. Robin Squibb, Clearview’s director, commented: ““Stellar is proving very popular with our customers because it’s the complete package....
Posted On - 20/09/2022
By Wayne Heath, sales director, Aluk This could be a tough year ahead for the whole of the windows and doors market. The cost-of-living crisis means lots of consumers are already cutting back on their discretionary spending and there’s no sign yet of inflation peaking. It’s true that the aluminium market is likely to be better protected than PVC-U, given...
Posted On - 13/09/2022
By Adrian Redshaw, design director, Sheerline When the foundations for the Sheerline system were laid, one of the weaknesses of existing aluminium systems that needed addressing was the reliance on polyamide thermal breaks. While polyamide did create a ‘thermal barrier’ that met older thermal efficiency standards, the material struggled to meet the improved standards required by the UK’s carbon reduction...
Posted On - 06/09/2022
Deceuninck Aluminium has launched the Decalu F50 curtain walling system, an ultra energy efficient offer that is said to be optimised for light commercial applications. Suitable for applications of up to 18m high and with 50mm equal sightlines, it achieves U-values as low as 0.78 W/m²K. Nigel Headford, director at Deceuninck Aluminium, said: “The F50 is a dedicated light commercial...
Posted On - 30/08/2022
Profine Group and the Wirth Group have founded a joint energy service provider, profine Energy GmbH, based in Waghäusel, Germany. The task of Profine Energy is to make the 29 locations of the Profine Group in 23 countries largely independent of current electricity price developments and the large energy companies who operate their own photovoltaic systems. The aim is to...
Posted On - 30/08/2022
Aluk has revealed that there is still ‘a real hunger for knowledge and information’ about the changes to Part L that came into force in June. The aluminium system house adds that it is now talking directly to installers to help ensure that the messages about how to respond to the tougher thermal efficiency requirements have reached the people who...
Posted On - 23/08/2022
Reynaers Aluminium UK has invested several million pounds in the extension of its UK headquarters. According to Reynaers, the investment will optimise lead times and future-proof the business in line with its growth strategy. Work on the project began in July 2021 and successfully reached completion in June 2022, which now brings the warehouse space to 95,000ft2. Reynaers can now...
Posted On - 23/08/2022
Aluminium fabricator, Fentrade, is helping its customers comply with the latest changes to Part L by manufacturing the Optio 58BW Casement HI and BSF70 HI bi-fold door systems from Aluk. Chris Reeks, director at Fentrade, said: “As a response to the tougher U-Values required within Part L, we began manufacturing the two updated Aluk systems which have been enhanced for...
Posted On - 16/08/2022
Apeer has launched a range of slimline aluminium casement windows under its Silka brand, inspired by the company’s GRP-faced residential doors of the same name. Apeer says it has introduced the new casement range following demand from homeowners who were impressed with the surface coating on Silka doors and who asked if it could be matched on a range of...
Posted On - 16/08/2022
By Russ Cusworth, national sales manager, Aluk With energy costs still spiralling, Aluk’s decision to go down the U-Value rather than the WERs approach in responding to Part L looks even more like the right one, for both homeowners and the environment. As someone who worked in the glass industry for 16 years before I joined Aluk, I’ve probably got...
Posted On - 09/08/2022
Sheerline has invested over £1 million in a new, in-house powder coating plant, further enhancing its single site UK manufacturing facility. Greg Grabski, Garnalex’s powder coating plant manager, said: “In the past, we have relied on third party suppliers to powder coat our products. This meant transporting mill finished profiles from our warehouse to the powder coaters, waiting for them...
Posted On - 09/08/2022
Aluminium fabricator, Fentrade, is helping its customers comply with the latest changes to Part L by manufacturing the Optio 58BW Casement HI and BSF70 HI bi-fold door systems from Aluk. Chris Reeks, director at Fentrade, said: “As a response to the tougher U-Values required within Part L, we began manufacturing the two updated Aluk systems which have been enhanced for...
Posted On - 02/08/2022
Veka has urged fabricators against ‘cutting corners’ on reinforcing as manufacturers come under pressure to reduce costs. Paul Kennington, technical director at Veka, said: “The first thing to understand is that not all reinforcing is equal. To the naked eye, two pieces of steel may look identical, but there could be considerable differences – each will have their own unique...
Posted On - 02/08/2022
Veka has responded to criticism of the raw materials surcharge as just ‘another way for systems companies to make money’. Veka says it has a ‘clear view on the purpose of its surcharge’ (RMS) and that is to ‘protect its customers, which will ultimately protect the industry’. The system house adds that the ‘formidable economic environment has had a huge...
Posted On - 26/07/2022
Sheerline has announced that the entire Prestige range now carries Secured by Design (SBD) accreditation, along with double-glazed Part L compliance. Prestige builds on the success of Sheerline’s Classic range of ultra slim aluminium windows that also passed the BSI BS 4873:2016 / PAS24:2016 security performance test in 2021. The test evaluates the strength of a window at each locking...
Posted On - 26/07/2022
Epwin Window Systems has announced the introduction of its new warehouse management system (WMS) which went live at the beginning of July. Ray McGrady, commercial director at Epwin, says the new system will deliver numerous benefits for customers. He commented: “Everything about our WMS has been aimed at making customers’ lives easier. The first difference they’ll notice is improvement in...
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