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Veka now has 16 colour combinations available ex-stock, including anthracite grey smooth. With the continuing growth of the vertical slider market, the company has also made cream and anthracite grey available for Veka and Halo VS systems ex-stock. Veka Group’s marketing director Dawn Stockell said: “We’re continuing to make significant investment in our lamination department because we know that colours...
Modplan has announced that more colours from its variations range are available from stock. Heidi Sachs, managing director of Modplan said: “The increase for coloured products shows no signs of slowing down as the surge in demand from consumers looking to personalise their homes has resulted in more colour options being required. Our three new stocked colour finishes will give...
Dekko Window Systems has extended the credentials of its Infinity PVCU flush sash system with the addition of a new grey substrate. The new substrate, finished in an anthracite smooth matt foil, gives Infinity a colour-matched finish on the inside of the frame and this, alongside both Graf-welded frames and now sills, means that Infinity can help Dekko customers target...
Timber frame and SIPs panel manufacturers can speed up the installation of windows and doors by using the Sidey Kitfix system, the company has announced. Pressure is on for builders and developers to get on and off site faster, which means looking at ways to reduce the time spent installing windows and doors. “With the Sidey Kitfix System, windows and...
Profile 22 has reported year-on-year sales growth for its Optima flush casement window. Gerald Allen, marketing manager at Epwin Window Systems, said: “We know from market research that heritage and high-end window products are gaining traction in the market place and this is demonstrated in our sales figures. “We’ve added a French flush casement as well as a night vent...
With a 10-year background in selling, marketing and installing wood burning stoves, Ebben and Yorke isn’t your typical Residence Collection registered installer, but after identifying similarities in the target audience, the company is already planning its second window showroom. It was a desire by Ebben and Yorke directors, Alex and Kate Stewart, to replace the existing windows on their home,...
Demand is increasing for the Spectus mechanically jointed vertical slider, the company has announced. Carmen Velilla brand manager for Spectus said: “The market is moving towards higher value products and the Spectus mechanically jointed vertical slider is proving incredibly popular among fabricators and installers wanting to harness the opportunities.” One of the latest customers to add the Spectus mechanically jointed...
Sunbell has launched a new product for residential and commercial windows and doors. Powered by a 24v low-voltage motor the system features a slim control switch positioned on the glass that allows for individual movement – or for group activation up to 12 blinds – using a hand-held remote device. The all in one system is hard-wired to a central...
Veka fabricator Modplan has announced it is upgrading the shootbolt locking system on its flush sash window range to a dual cam shootbolt system. Heidi Sachs, managing director of Modplan, said: “The introduction of the Yale flush sash dual cam shootbolt locking system offers all the security credentials you would expect and a brand name that benefits our customers.” The...
Complex design requirements require a specialist fabricator, according to Mercury Glazing. Chris Reeks, Mercury’s sales and marketing director, said: “Our customers can sometimes come up against the most demanding or sensitive applications and this is when working with a specialist fabricator really benefits. We understand the complexities involved and can deliver the products, however large or unusual, that our customers...
Garrard Windows has started manufacturing the new ‘heritage styled’ mechanically jointed version of the Spectus Vertical Slider. Lucy Griffith of Garrard Windows said: “Manufacturing the mechanically jointed Spectus Vertical Slider will open up new opportunities for us and our customers because feature-rich mechanically jointed products are very much on trend. “It raises the bar in authenticity, especially when it comes...
Hertfordshire-based Welglaze recently completed a major investment programme in new machinery at its Letchworth site. Since relocating to the 12,000ft2 production facility, the PVCU window and door fabricator has invested in increasing both production quality and capacity, with a Heritage machinery package from Haffner Murat being the latest addition to the factory. This has doubled Welglaze’s capacity for mechanical-look flush...
The Glazerite UK Group now offers blinds from Hitech Blinds, which is celebrating its first birthday. The company was formed by industry veteran Nigel Greening and two directors from aluminium fabricator AGF – Mike Yerrell and Michelle Scotney. Joined by long-serving blinds expert Ian Woolley, the Hitech team set about designing integrated blinds. Magnet-operated for easy operation, and offering BS...
Carl F Groupco now supplies Liniar’s new range of reversible windows, available exclusively to fabricators from summer 2018. The established PN by Roto Uni Hinge and Roto TSL Espagnolette fitting options will be sold directly to customers by the hardware distributor. As part of its work promoting fittings to systems companies, Carl F Groupco’s PN-Roto technical team liaised with Liniar,...
A giant Ultimate Rose sash window manufactured by Buckinghamshire-based Roseview has become the biggest to ever pass PAS24 and Secured by Design testing, the company said. Measuring 1,500 by 3,000mm, the product dwarfs anything the fast-growing fabricator has ever tested before. Company sales director Richard Burrells said: “Testing a product this big was always going to be risky – but...
A non-glass bonded Residence 9 window from HWL Trade Frames has passed independent PAS24 testing to achieve Part Q approval. Coming less than a month after achieving a series of top-rated passes under BS EN 6375-1 weather testing, Graham Howatson, director at HWL, said that PAS24 approval makes the case for buying in R9 on a frame-only basis compelling. “We...
Incarnation Window Systems is celebrating a year of growth. 2017-2018 saw the firm, a division of Olney sash window specialists Roseview, top £500K turnover for the first time. “We’ve come an amazingly long way in a relatively short amount of time,” director Paul Bygrave said. “From a standing start, we’re already recognised as one of the leading secondary glazing suppliers...
Roseview has secured its spot at the FIT Show 2019, which will return to the Birmingham NEC between May 21 and 23. “Last year’s FIT Show was the best yet – extremely well organised, very professional and busier than ever before,” sales director Richard Burrells said. “Considering that was the first time it had ever been at the NEC –...
Independent weather testing, delivered in partnership with The Residence Collection, has returned a series of top passes for HWL Trade Frames’ new frame-only supply of Residence 9 windows. The trade fabricator has developed an R9 frame-only offer, pioneering the application of Timberweld sash-welding technologies in its manufacture. This process, HWL said, increases sash corner strength, which, in most configurations, eliminates...
Oakland Glass has announce a 15% increase in sales in 2017 and a strong start to 2018. Managing director of Oakland Glass Tina Moorhouse said: “We work with a wide range of customers across the trade, new build and commercial markets and have seen growth across the board from existing customers as well as new companies switching to Oakland. ...