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Epwin Window Systems has released its new colour retail guide to help fabricators and installers sell colour into the consumer. Gerald Allen, marketing manager at Epwin Window Systems, said: “The new four-page brochure illustrates our new colour offering across the six colour families to help consumers choose the perfect colour and finish.” The Colour Collection, as it’s known, features the...
Deceuninck Aluminium has launched the Decalu163 Lift-and-Slide aluminium patio door. Able to accommodate individual sash weights of up to 400kg, and with single, twin and triple-track options, the new Decalu163 offers a high degree of design flexibility. The company said. It comes with a slim interlock and flush finish options, plus ultra-smooth operating and light-touch opening. U-values are as low...
Deceuninck Aluminium is now fully integrated with BM Aluminium’s Logikal database. Fabricators can now set up on Decalu quickly and easily, including full integration with Logikal’s estimation, quotation, CAD design, CNC and production management systems. This includes the new Decalu163 Lift-and-Slide and Decalu88 aluminium bifolding door, plus Deceuninck Aluminium’s range of casement and tilt-and-turn aluminium windows. Nigel Headford, Deceuninck Aluminium’s...
Capital Windows is fabricating Stellar from Epwin Window Systems, which it has marketed under its own brand, Evoke. Peter Adams, general manager at Capital Windows, said: “We have manufactured aluminium products for many years and we were very impressed by the true flush aesthetics of Stellar. We are marketing it under the brand name Evoke, which we felt was appropriate...
Epwin Window Systems has launched its new colour offering across its PVCU system brands. Clare O’Hara, managing director of Epwin Window Systems, said: “Our new colour offering has been designed to deliver what our customers need: making the most popular colour profiles available on their next delivery schedule as well as introducing new shades that look set to be the...
Dekko has said demand for colour has skyrocketed, growing from 20% of sales to over 55% in the past five to six years. According to Dekko, a shift in consumer preferences and spending habits is behind this trend, with homeowners choosing coloured windows and doors to enhance and add value to their homes. The Lancashire fabricator says its strength in...
Reynaers has launched SP 68, a patio sliding system that is designed to maximise the volume of natural light and minimise the barriers between inside and outside spaces. The SP 68 sliding door features a flush design with concealed frame, creating an ultra-slim design that reduces sightlines when compared to traditional sliding doors. Tina Hughan of Reynaers Aluminium UK said:...
Online versions of Senior Architectural Systems’ latest residential aluminium door and window brochures are now available for potential customers to view. Following on from Senior’s Door Collection guide, the new Window Collection is now also available. Both brochures can be downloaded directly from the company’s website as PDF versions that can then be passed on via email. At a time...
The new MasterLine 8 window system from Reynaers Aluminium, which doesn’t require additional gaskets, promises enhanced production speed, “giving fabricators more time to craft the perfect windows”. The result is aluminium windows with naturally slim sightlines, equipping homes with the ability to maximise natural light and provide greater visibility between the inside and out, the company said, while retaining all...
Deceuninck Aluminium has said that its new aluminium system offers fabricators an opportunity to rebuild reserves and get cash back into their business through reduced manufacturing costs and inhouse manufacture. A complete aluminium window and door offer, Decalu has been designed to combine U-values of as low as 0.68W/m2K, with significantly reduced manufacturing times and increased installation efficiencies. It’s also...
Comar ECO LT is a new aluminium window and door system designed for the trade and installer market, where a competitive price and the highest installed performance is required. Sightlines have been minimised while not sacrificing product performance, Comar said. Large sizes come as standard from the same range of profiles. Comar ECO LT comes with low U-values, energy ratings...
Eurocell has launched a new flush sash French door. The new door design uses the profile, chamfered glazing rebate and gasket cover trim of Eurocell’s Aspect bifold door system to complement its Logik S Flush windows, without a floating dummy mullion. Butt hinges are used, rather than exterior flag hinges, which preserves the smooth exterior lines of the frame and...
TD68 thermal, commercial door from aluminium systems specialist Jack Aluminium has passed the STS202 test, making it one of the most secure aluminium commercial doors on the market, the company claimed. Jeff Pearson, sales and marketing director at Jack Aluminium, said: “For a growing number of architects and specifiers, PAS24 accreditation isn’t enough. There is real demand for an aluminium...
Liniar has increased its range of colours to 35, with 3,330 total colour combinations available on a seven-day lead time. “With substrate colours, foils and finishes held on-site, and the latest foiling machinery available to produce ‘special’ orders at speed, Liniar’s in-house lamination facility can supply endless colour combinations within seven working days, with thousands of additional made-to-order colours also...
Following the launch of Kömmerling 76 in 2019, Profine has said it is now looking forward to satisfying the increased demand for this new profile platform. Kömmerling 76 represents a new profile platform for casement, flush casement and fully reversible windows, which has a typical U-value of 1.1W/m2K using a standard double glazed unit. Flush inside and out, the new...
Rehau has unveiled its Deep Bottom Rail, which forms part of the Rio flush fit family and is in response to the popularity of traditional timber-framed windows. Combining the period-style visuals of timber sash windows with the convenience and efficiency benefits of modern PVCU, Rehau’s additional sash profile has been designed to complement the current Rio range and provide more...
The Corse Lawn finish is being more widely adopted by The Residence Collection. Corse Lawn is available for R9 with a grained white internal finish, which is also carried through with a foiled rebate, while R7 is presented with a Chalk White internal finish and through the rebate. Corse Lawn was inspired by a Gloucestershire village of the same name...
Garnalex has invested in three Combilift multidirectional forklift trucks “to achieve maximum efficiency” in its new aluminium extrusion factory in Nether Heage, Derbyshire. The factory is now fully operational and extruding for trade extrusion customers. Its next milestone is producing components for the launch of the Sheerline window and door systems. The three Combilifts support the integration of the factory...
Veka UK temporarily closed operations at its Burnley site from Sunday March 29 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and following Government guidance. Dave Jones, managing director of Veka UK, said: “For over 30 years, Veka UK, our customers and our people have faced a fair few challenges. And we’ve come through them, by acting quickly, supporting each other and working...
Senior Architectural Systems recently won the Manufacturing Innovation category at the 2020 Made in Yorkshire awards in recognition of its Pure range of thermally efficient aluminium windows and doors. Senior impressed the judges with the development of its Pure system and the implementation of various sustainable manufacturing techniques. As the first fenestration system on the UK market to incorporate a...