Glass Age articles from January 2005

Glass Age archives from January 2005

2005, a year of caution.
January 5, 2005... 2005 looks set to be a year of caution. A survey by Plimsoll Publishing has revealed that the top 1000 companies in the UK windows & doors industry are in one of four different moods based on their current financial strength. It appears that 42...

Ultraframe predicts small loss for 2005.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Turnover of #118.2 million (2003: #139.1m), and operating profit of #4.6m (2003: 29.8m) were the key statistics of Ultraframe's preliminary results for the 53 weeks ended 1 October 2004 (2003: 52 weeks). UK sales in the year were down...

FGI cleans up with safety awards.(Float Glass Industries Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... A radical rethink of the health and safety culture at Float Glass Industries (FGI) has been rewarded with the company winning all three of the categories it entered at the Glass Charter Health & Safety Awards 2004, at the British Glass Annual...

Paul Neilson is new MD of HW Plastics.(managing director)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Heywood Williams Group has appointed Paul Neilson as Managing Director of HW Plastics. Paul joins from the Kingspan Group, where, as Managing Director of their pollution control business, he led growth across the UK and Europe. Prior to this...

McInnes joins Wendland.(Iain McInnes joins Wendland Roof Solutions as head of marketing)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Heywood Williams Group has appointed Paul Neilson as Managing Director of HW Plastics One of the conservatory industry's best-known marketeers, Iain McInnes, has joined the board of Wendland Roof Solutions as Head of Marketing, as the...

Letter: 1279 Myths Clarified.(Letter to the Editor)
January 5, 2005... Dear Sir I read with interest the article in November Glass Age, `1279 Myths De- mystified', from Ulmke Metals. It is refreshing to see informed comment on EN 1279 coming from other sources and I hope the following comments on the six...

Toughglass seminar success.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Toughglass Ltd held its first Technical Seminar on the 21st October 2004in Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland. The topics of this Pilkington sponsored event were an update on new regulations for windows manufacturers and Pilkington Activ...

Bystronic China alliance means complete solutions.(Bystronic Glass signs agreement with Landglass Technology)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Bystronic Glass has recently signed an agreement with the Chinese company Landglass Technology to provide complete solutions for the glass market. Landglass Technology is a leading manufacturer of tempering and bending equipment, providing...

Obituary: Chris Breeze.(Obituary)
January 5, 2005... Chris Breeze, profine UK Ltd General Manager has died suddenly of a heart attack while playing golf on holiday in Portugal. He was 63. He had spent his working life in the window industry, and is best remembered for his 23 years with...

Second City introduces 100% quality inspections.(Second City Window & Door Manufacturers Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Second City Window & Door Manufacturers Ltd, based in Tipton in the West Midlands, has introduced what it considers to be a revolutionary quality control process.Newly appointed Sales Manager Wayne Ansell explains: `The BSI requirement is...

Ritec makes student awards.(Ritec International sponsors Middlesex University Business School awards)
January 5, 2005... The importance of promoting sound business practice for the future is recognised by Ritec International through the sponsorship of an annual student award presented at Middlesex University Business School, London. This year's award ceremony...

Marking 20 Years of Another Kind of Nightmare.(Glass Age)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... 20 years ago this month Glass Age Editor Peter Butler welcomed in the New Year with a sigh of relief: `Most of what George Orwell predicted in 1984 remained between its covers'. `But', he went on, `the year still had too many nasties,...

Network's AGM `the best ever'.(Network VEKA's Annual General Meeting)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Network VEKA's '04 Annual General Meeting was hailed the biggest and best ever after more than 200 members and guests heard of a host of new strategies and innovations before partying the night away. Delegates packed the conference hall of...

Darby `Best Safety' Award.(Darby Glass wins Glass Charter Health & Safety Awards 2004 for Best Safety Initiative )(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... The award for Best Safety Initiative at the Glass Charter Health & Safety Awards 2004 was won by Darby Glass, in recognition of the introduction of emergency flipcharts around its factories that explain quickly what should be done in the case...

Veka's distribution centre completed.(Veka PLC)
January 5, 2005... Leading extruder of window and door systems VEKA plc has completed work on an advanced Distribution and Logistics Centre, to more than double the size of its Burnley, Lancashire site to 400,000 sq. ft. The development represents an investment...

Glassmen and WIGs party in the City.(Women in Glass)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... The annual Glassman's Lunch was held on December 3rd at a popular City drinking den. This year the traditional all-stag event, organsed by Rankin's, was this time rivalled in numbers by another gathering:Women in Glass, or WIGs. John Storey of...

Derby Day for Timberlike.(Timberlike Doors recieves 'Homes Pride Supplier of the Year' award from Derby City Council)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Timberlike Doors has been awarded a prestigious honour by Derby City Council. At the 5th Annual Housing Investment Conference held at The Riverside Centre, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister praised Derby Homes, the City Council's...

New Factory Expansion boosts Rocal's Endurance.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Door panel and composite door manufacturer Rocal has embarked upon its next stage of expansion. Due to continued success in both panels and solid core `Endurance' doors, the North Lincolnshire business has commenced construction of a...

Vale expands with Stockport factory.(Vale Window Co Ltd)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Major Plastmo customer Vale Window Co Ltd has undertaken a major initiative to expand its PVC-U window manufacturing programme to a dedicated new factory in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The decision comes eight months after the company...

EXHIBITION CALENDAR 2005.(Calendar)
January 5, 2005... Fensterbau Moscow, the Glass Processing Days conference in Finland and Vitrum Milan are some of the major attractions on the international calendar this year. At home we will see the return of GP&T and the debut of the Glass Age Roadshow at Old...

PVC-U EXTRUSIONS: A BACK TO WHITE REALITY.(windows)
January 5, 2005... A UNIQUE TREATMENT TO REMOVE THE STIGMA OF PINKING IN PVC-U Silexine has the ability to remove the stigma of pinking in PVC-U frames with its unique one-stage treatment to reverse the process and protect against subsequent pinking ...

ENTRANCE SYSTEMS: ACCESS WITH INTEGRITY.
January 5, 2005... IMPROVING VISITOR ACCESS TO CULTURAL AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS Lottery funding, new technologies, increasing visitor numbers and, most recently, the Disability Discrimination Act, have had a great impact on commercial life for cultural and...

FLAT ROOFING: SARNAFIL SELF-HELP.
January 5, 2005... `LIFE IN A MAZE' PARABLE TEACHES A TIMELY LESSON FOR INSTALLERS Bob Newall, Market Development Manager of Sarnafil Roof Assured, observes that the bestseller `Who Moved My Cheese?' illustrates the need for replacement window installers to...

PVC-U WINDOW SYSTEMS: MOVING WITH THE TIMES.(Interview)
January 5, 2005... PLASTMO CONTINUES TO EXPAND ON ITS FLEXIBLE SYSTEM APPROACH This year Plastmo celebrates 21 years as a UK extruder. Managing Director Henrik Jensen and Sales Director Robert Thiroff spoke to Dominic Bentham about the Plastmo design...

PVC-U WINDOW SYSTEMS: H.I.S. `CENTRAL TO GROWTH PLANS'.(Hatfield's Windows and Conservatories Ltd)
January 5, 2005... HIS Systems has attracted a number of new customers in the past 12 months. Among the latest fabricators to share in the success of this rapidly-growing niche systems supplier is Yorkshire-based Hatfield's Windows and Conservatories Ltd. The...

Secrets of our Success.(Profile 22 had grown for the last 12 months)
January 5, 2005... 2004 was generally acknowledged by the industry to have been a difficult year that contributed to the loss of some high-profile names. However, Profile 22 bucked the trend and during the last 12 months has grown at a rate greater than any point...

Welcome back, says Duraflex.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Duraflex has welcomed Everbrite Windows & Doors back to its fabricator network. The Enfield company has renewed its partnership with Duraflex after four years with anothher PVC-U systems supplier. Everbrite's Managing Director, Stefan Lugmayer,...

Selecta Kitemark advances.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Selecta Systems is gearing up to `advance' its 70mm suite by gaining vital accreditation for the product. The Birmingham extrusions company is working towards gaining the Kitemark Registration BS EN 12608:2003 for Advance 70 in what is seen as...

HW's VS comes to WW.(Window World)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Window World, based in Carlisle and Dumfries have recently signed up to HW Plastics' vertical sliding sash window. Commented Cliff Spooner, Managing Director: `As a company, we have always placed emphasis on quality, whether it be the...

GLASS MACHINERY: PARTNERS' NEWS PRODUCTS.
January 5, 2005... TAMGLASS-BAVELLONI ADVANCES ONE-STOP-PARTNER CONCEPT With its order book at an all-time high, Glaston Technologies, the name given to the Tamglass-Bavelloni partnership, launched a record number of new products at Glasstec, stressing the...

THE BYSTRONIC MACHINERY SHOW.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Bystronic demonstrated various new machinery models at Glassstec. These included: First'arris, an automatic vertical arrissing machine for rectangles and shapes with straight edges and cup wheel technology; First'tps, an IG production...

Grenzebach's kilo-long cut.
January 5, 2005... German handling and processing technology specialist Grenzebach is claiming a world record and world first for the kilometre-long cutting of flat glass with laser. The results were displayed at the Glasstec Laser Innovation Forum. Glass...

GLASS MACHINERY: RITEC `REVOLUTIONISES' CLEARSHIELD PROCESS.
January 5, 2005... The cost-effective application of Ritec's ClearShield glass protection has been made easier with the new Revolution machine Working in conjunction with an M7 or M9 manual sprayer, the Revolution is a semi-automatic machine which helps...

GLASS MACHINERY: EXCELDEE LOADS ITS NEW TABLES.(Exceldee Corp)
January 5, 2005... A new double-sided loader is the third new product in a year from Exceldee, following recent cutting table launches The new XLoaD automatic double-sided loader from Exceldee has been designed to work with glass processing machines from any...

GLASSTECH GETS ALL FIRED UP.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... With the dollar rate currently favouring American exporters, tempering and bending specialist Glasstech was doubly positive about its announcements at Dusseldorf Glasstech has developed one of the industry's leading families of forced...

EFCO COMPUTER UPGRADES.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Efco Furnaces Limited has launched a number of upgrade initiatives for its glass tempering machines Efco Furnaces Limited has launched a number of upgrade initiatives aimed at ensuring that users of its glass tempering machines will...

Bohle Drilling Machines.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Bohle debuted a number of drilling machines at Glasstec for factory and site applications. For small and medium-sized glass sheets, the fully automatic Super Drill 2/1300-2a is now available not only in the standard version, but also with...

Pannkoke new products.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... A specialist in vacuum raising equipment for over 45 years, Pannkoke showed equipment for site and production use at Glasstec. New is the 2-circle KOMBI 7211-DS3 vacuum raising equipment for building sites, which can be turned manually and...

SEALANTS: SAFEGUARDING INTEGRITY.(architectural glazing)
January 5, 2005... OPTING FOR THE CHEAPEST THREATENS A BUILDING'S PERFORMANCE The advice and products to ensure high performance architectural glazing are already here, but specifiers and contractors have to stop putting price above everything else, says Mike...

Hotel facade means spectacular views.(Arabella Sheraton Grand Hotel )(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Guests staying at the 483 room Arabella Sheraton Grand Hotel in South Africa's Cape Town can enjoy uninterrupted views across the city, the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, the mountains and the harbour, thanks to floor to ceiling windows the...

Thermoseal hails Isomelt benefits.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Thermoseal Group, the UK manufacturer and supplier of double glazing machinery and consumables, is the exclusive UK distributor of Kommerling Isomelt sealant. Thermoseal has hundreds of customers that have been using the Isomelt sealant...

Random audits on Q-Mark.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... BM TRADA Certification Ltd is tightening up its Q-Mark fire door scheme to give added reassurance to specifiers that they are choosing a product that will perform consistently to exacting standards. From January 2005, fabricators applying...

Online innovation awarded.(New World Developments)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... New World Developments' managing director Austin McGillian and marketing manager Linda Tomb received the DTI Northern Ireland regional award for E-Business, awarded for NWD's on-line ordering service and product catalogue for its GRP composite...

The Doortech combination.(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Doortech says that its high performance composite entrance doors combine the benefits of both PVC-U and timber in an attractive yet strong door to provide a level of durability, stability and security that is ideal for the local authority and...

NWD's Apeer-ance in the North West.(New World Developments)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Working with building contractor AW Byrne in Bootle, leading door supplier New World Developments has won its first major order from the North West's Sefton Borough Council for Apeer, its new GRP composite doorset with patent pending features....

Shepley composite doors.(Shepley Window Systems)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Shepley's coloured and woodgrain composite doors feature a protective skin, claimed to offer greater thermal and UV stability than either ABS or PVC. Doors provide a heat distortion temperature of around 90 degreesC, and allow Shepley to offer...

DOORS & DOOR PANELS: THERMA-TRU CHASES NUMBER ONE SPOT.
January 5, 2005... Therma-Tru Doors is firmly signalling its commitment to achieving Number One status in the UK door market with the announcement of a multi-million pound investment in a new production facility for Sentinel Doors in South Wales, creating over...

GLASS FUSING OUTLET IN DOORS.(Specialist Glass Designs)
January 5, 2005... RegaLead's innovative Fusion fused glass system provides a simple and cost-effective way of achieving stunning effects and is proving to be an attractive option for companies like Specialist Glass Designs (SGD), based at Hawick in the Scottish...

Chris wins by a knockout.(Chris Edwards-the British Masters Champion)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Lister Trade Frames has always been conscious of the need to fight off the competition, but one of its employees has taken it further than most. Boxer Chris Edwards, one of the key members of Listers' conservatory roofing team, has beaten 22...

Great North Fund Run.(fundraising for elderly care)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Dave Buttery, Managing Director of Approved Quantal Fabricator Quality Roofing Systems, his wife Elaine, daughter Ashleigh and Production Operative Glenn Hart, who all work with him, raised over #2,000 for a Stockton hospice when they took part...

Sash Staff Show They're In The Pink.(Sash UK Ltd)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Staff at Grimethorpe based window, door & conservatory manufacturer Sash UK Ltd played piggy in the middle with their surprise visitor as they raised money for Breast Cancer Campaign. The Barnsley company backed national `wear it pink' day on...

Eurocell Golf Days.(Eurocell Building Plastics)(Brief Article)
January 5, 2005... Eurocell Building Plastics recently held two golf days. Staff from the South-East division competed at the prestigious Lingfield Park Course in Surrey. Martyn McGuinnes emerged as the eventual winner with a haul of 39 points as well as the...