Glass Age articles from November 2002

Glass Age archives from November 2002

Frustrated windows market.
November 27, 2002... Middlesex-based manufacturer, Everglade Windows has released alarming research findings that will surprise many people in the windows business. Everglade Windows commissioned Shaw PR to conduct a telephone poll of over 200 licensed window...

Japanese delegation visit Speed Frame.
November 27, 2002... Direct from Glasstec in Dusseldorf, a contingent of Japanese glass manufacturers were given a warm welcome at Speed Frame's state of the art glass plant. The group had requested the visit to Britain specially to see at first hand the company's...

John Fredericks increase by 50%.
November 27, 2002... Trade fabricator John Fredericks has increased its manufacturing capacity by 50 per cent by expanding into a new 23,500 square feet factory in Lockwood, near Huddersfield. To further improve its production and to maintain growth, the...

Pilkington results.
November 27, 2002... Pilkington plc has announced its interim results for the six months to 30th September 2002. Chairman, Sir Nigel Rudd, commented: `As anticipated, market conditions in the first half were very challenging. In spite of this, Pilkington...

Expansion at 21st.
November 27, 2002... The largest PVC-U fabricator in North Wales, 21st Century Windows, has recently completed the latest expansion of its Hawarden site that puts the company well on its way to achieve its objective of producing 2,500 VEKA Matrix windows per week....

HW Signs in India.
November 27, 2002... HW Plastics Ltd, the UK's leading PVC Window Systems manufacturer, has signed an agreement with Shriram Polytech Ltd of India. This agreement will enable Shriram Polytech to both extrude and fabricate PVC-u windows in India with technology...

Caldwell acquires Torso.
November 27, 2002... Coventry-based leading sash balance company Caldwell Hardware UK, has acquired Dutch specialist balance manufacturer Torso for an undisclosed sum. Caldwell has represented Torso for nearly 30 years and the company will continue to be run in...

Tamglass-Bavelloni talks.
November 27, 2002... Tamglass Group of Finland, fully owned by Kyro Corporation, and Bavelloni Group of Italy, fully owned by the Bavelloni family, are in negotiations over mutual co operation. The aim is to provide the marketplace with a world-leading range of...

SGG to make soft coat Low E in UK.
November 27, 2002... Saint-Gobain Glass has invested in a magnetron coating facility at its float glass manufacturing plant at Eggborough in East Riding of Yorkshire. The magnetron coater, the first of its kind in the UK, represents an investment in excess of...

Record 54,000 visit Glasstec.
November 27, 2002... Glasstec 2002 reports that 54,000 visitors made the journey to Dusseldorf, the biggest number in the event's history so far. This compared with figures of 52,000 for the last glasstec, held in 2000. Trade visitors came from 76 countries to...

BHD buys Portland.
November 27, 2002... Europe's largest modular conservatory manufacturer, BHD Group, has acquired Manchester-based Portland Conservatories. Portland, which is associated with luxury conservatories, will join the Group's operation, BHD Conservatories, which...

Darby back on track.
November 27, 2002... Darby Glass Ltd, one of the leading independant glass processors in the UK, has purchased three highly automated Lisec sealed unit lines with a view to being able supply the UK window industry's needs once Document L is fully implemented. The...

Caldwell moves to Coventry.
November 27, 2002... Architectural hardware manufacturer and UK market leader of sash balances, Caldwell, has recently moved to a new 75 000 sq ft site in Coventry. Now in one central UK location near to the M6/M69 motorway junction, the company has streamlined its...

Unitec under new ownership.
November 27, 2002... Geniatec AG has announced that the UK management team of Unitec has acquired the assets and total shareholding in Unitec Hardware Ltd. The sale of its UK distribution interest is in line with the Geniatec boards' decision to concentrate on...

Glasshouse Winners.
November 27, 2002... The overall winner of Glasshouse, one of the most successful architectural competitions ever staged, was announced during a presentation ceremony held in Dusseldorf. Tomas Garcia Poriz and Javier Moreno Del Ojo from Spain were presented with a...

Door Panels signs up Ricky.
November 27, 2002... Door Panels PLC has appointed Ricky Le-Grys as Sales & Marketing Director. Ricky is one of the most respected and successful figures in the building supplies industry with over twenty years service - most recently at HW Systems. Copyright:...

Janex wins Bellway contract.
November 27, 2002... Janex, the supplier of Scandinavian windows and doors to the construction industry, has won a contract from Bellway Homes to supply windows and doors to the East Lane development, in Wembley, London. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

Two wins for LMC.
November 27, 2002... LMC Group's specialist installation company LMC+, has secured a contract to install curtain walling to Building K2 at the Paternoster Square development adjacent to St Paul's Cathedral in London. Another Group company, Metal UK has been awarded...

Ultraframe restructures in Ireland.
November 27, 2002... Ultraframe has announced a major restructuring of its sales and distribution in Ireland. The move represents a major step change in the level of support and investment offered to its conservatory roof customers both in the North and South of...

Hallmark extends plant.
November 27, 2002... Hull-based door panel and GRP products manufacturer Hallmark Group has increased its manufacturing facility by 25,000sq ft to allow for further expansion and growth and to improve storage, handling & logistics. Hallmark has experienced a...

Duraflex record sales.
November 27, 2002... Duraflex has announced a #1.6m growth in sales for 2002 to date, compared with the same period last year, with 80% of the increase coming from new business wins. New customers range from large national trade fabricators to small local...

Portal's 10,000th door.
November 27, 2002... The 10,000th Paladin composite door to roll off the production line at Portal Products was presented to one of its earliest customers, C & G Cladding of Cheltenham. To commemorate the occasion, Haydon Statham, National Sales Manager,...

N&U invests.
November 27, 2002... Norman & Underwood's Glass Products Division has invested in both people and equipment. The Division - one of the UK's leading independent sealed unit producers - has appointed Simon Mace as Production Planning Manager and Mick Duff as Quality...

Confidence high at Wendland.
November 27, 2002... Confidence is high at Wendland: sales are up by over 25% on last year, the all new Styal roof system has been successfully launched and, as a result, October was a record month with five new fabricator start ups. `It's been a busy and...

Homepro teams up with BT.
November 27, 2002... HomePro has announced another alliance designed to help its trade customers gain access to hundreds of thousands of consumers actively seeking home improvements. The company has formed an alliance with BT Openworld that sees its Find-a-Pro...

Wagner Secured by Design.
November 27, 2002... National hardware distributors, Wagner (GB) Ltd, are now Secured By Design licence holders. A current list of Wagner's SBD-approved products can be obtained from the company. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

Evergreen gets PAS23/24.
November 27, 2002... Evergreen Door has achieved PAS 23 and PAS 24 accreditations on all its steel and fibreglass entrance door systems, plus a 30-minute fire rating on its manufactured steel-faced door, following extensive testing by Chiltern, a UKAS testing...

Natur-Al dealers.
November 27, 2002... Natur-Al Conservatories has signed up eleven companies to its dealer network, the latest an Isle of Wight company, White Windows. Since the Natur-Al conservatory system was launched just over a year ago, the company has been actively recruiting...

UK Glass Show.
November 27, 2002... Leading names and key figures from across the glass industry attended the official launch of GP&T 2003 - The Glass Processing & Technology Exhibition, which one guest referred to as 'the show the industry's been waiting 10 years for'. The...

Velux sheds light on roofs.
November 27, 2002... Flat roofs such as extensions can be given more light and ventilation with the new improved flat roof system (FRS) from Velux. The units are available as either manual and remote control operation, the latter giving the option of...

Profile 22 reinforcement.
November 27, 2002... Profile 22 has launched a new continuous sash reinforcement, designed to simplify and speed up frame installation (see diagram in hard copy). Available now, the 2466 reinforcement allows the fitting of shootbolt espagnolette locking gear...

Sortimo storage service.
November 27, 2002... Sortimo International, one of Europe's leading designers and manufacturers of in-vehicle storage equipment, has launched a nationwide fitting service. The new service guarantees a rapid turn-round of the installation of all Sortimo...

A thermometer with eyes.
November 27, 2002... Billed as the first portable inspection tool of its kind, the new Raytek PhotoTemp MX6 combines a precision non-contact infra-red thermometer and a digital camera in one lightweight unit. The PhotoTemp MX6 marks the measurement area with...

White-top fasteners.
November 27, 2002... UK Fasteners is enhancing its WindowMASTER range with the introduction of a new `white finish' to the heads of its window screws. This finish is available on a limited range of fasteners. The white-headed screws were initially introduced on...

Restriction from J Banks.
November 27, 2002... J Banks has developed the Res-Lok, a patented auto-engage, auto locking window restrictor with a dedicated key release, specifically designed to meet the recommendations contained in the draft Code of Practice BS 8213. The mechanism can be...

Moffett forklift demos.
November 27, 2002... A free, no obligation Moffett forklift demonstration absolutely anywhere in the UK, is just a phone call away. Moffett Mounty advanced truck mounted forklift models suit many lifting requirements. Simply call 024 75834580 to arrange for a...

Direct4Trade power tools.
November 27, 2002... Catalogue and internet retailer Direct4Trade has launched a new range of Delta 240V power tools. For details about this range and the 5,000+ items in the Direct4Trade catalogue, visit www.direct4trade.co.uk or ring Freephone 08000 348348....

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!!!
November 27, 2002... ROD APPLEYARD'S DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FENESTRATION SURVEYOR These two examples of building failures could both have been avoided had the fenestration contractor paid a bit more attention to the BRE local maps and a little knowledge of...

SYNERGY WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS.
November 27, 2002... The trouble with paper based invoicing and admin is that mistakes are inevitable. Internet based solutions such as Synergebuild from Deceuninck are paving the way to an error free future For the last couple of years projects manager for...

Everglade's core product.
November 27, 2002... EVERGLADE FOCUSES ON THE KOMMERLING CONNOISSEUR SYSTEM Established for over 20 years, London based Everglade has dabbled in conservatories and commercial aluminium systems but is now focused on being a Kommerling fabricator to the trade. By...

Lyten lights the way in Energy regs.
November 27, 2002... Lyten Windows a key Eurocell 60mm Window System Scottish Fabricator has achieved the Scottish Building Regulations Part J requirement (equivalent to Part L in England). The company decided to do this in advance of the legislation, which will...

Crest of a Wave.
November 27, 2002... Crest Windows has recently won a contract to supply over 800 Eurocell Ultimate 70mm Windows to Gloucester and Bromford Housing Associations. The sixty-nine houses are part of a government initiative to provide new housing in the area for the...

Golden Oak conservatory wows Flower Festival.
November 27, 2002... Eurocell Fabricator, Atcost Windows, from Liphook, Hampshire exhibited earlier this year at the world renowned Hampton Court Flower Festival. Atcost was part of the bronze medal winning, Cherry Burton Garden Design Stand entitled `Sundays'....

Unifit in Nurses Home.
November 27, 2002... Eurocell Ultimate 70mm Fabricator Unifit Window Systems Ltd has assisted in the completion of a new build property located at Johnson St. Wolverhampton. The large site which the Sycamores Nursing Home occupies, comprises a main building with...

LB LAUNCHES THERMLOCK TO MEET PART L WITHOUT LOW-E.
November 27, 2002... Thermlock - a patented thermally-enhanced reinforcing profile from Sheerframe systems company L.B. Plastics - enables windows to achieve the toughest Part L ratings without the need for costly soft-coat glazing. Used with Sheerframe four...

DURAFLEX ROLLS OUT NEW FEATURES.
November 27, 2002... Duraflex has launched what it considers to the the only tru ovolo window system on the market. It has also made the fabricator's life easier by developing the Rolled in Gasket system Continuous product development is the life-blood of the...

INTERFRAME GEARS UP FOR THE FUTURE.
November 27, 2002... A new management team and a new consignment of state-of-the-art machinery has put Interframe in an enviable position as we approach a new year. INTERFRAME Ltd, the Paignton-based manufacturer of PVC-U windows and doors, and supplier of...

EWL window is green and meets Part L.
November 27, 2002... Kommerling fabricator EWL's latest window, which uses the new self- cleaning Pilkington ActivTM glass, has a u-value of 1.8W/m2K, and is completely Lead-free. Based in Tyne and Wear, EWL has been selected by Pilkington to be one of the...

KAT UK expands with Choice of Windows.
November 27, 2002... KAT UK has expanded its operations to bring its full range of niche window and door products fully under the KAT brand. This has been carried out to meet the needs of a market place that puts more emphasis on replacing existing first...

Mr Glassman takes on The Frame People.
November 27, 2002... After seven years building its Mr Glassman brand, the Prestwich based installation company took its next logical step and began manufacturing. Through acquisition a separate fabrication unit trading under the name The Frame People was...

One-Stop Timber Shop.
November 27, 2002... A new company, Timber Windows Ltd, has been launched to operate a `one- stop shop' for the exclusive supply and installation of timber windows and French doorsets manufactured by members of the British Woodworking Federation's Timber Window...

David Browne pushes Plastmo into Ireland.
November 27, 2002... With its recent relocation to extensive new premises in Bangor, one of Ireland's most respected PVCu fabricators - Yates Trade Frames - changes its trading style to Trade Frames Ireland (TFI),to signify its increasing distribution throughout...

Don't Do it Yourself.
November 27, 2002... The effects of Part L are providing surprising benefits for a Norwich- based window company's unusual specialist sideline. Windowcraft capitalise on a growing market for D.I.Y. windows, manufacturing at least 30 frames a week for people to...

Kolorplas Fast Sash VS now meets Part L.
November 27, 2002... Kolorplas, PVC-U fabricator and colour coatings specialist, has introduced two new Part L compliant versions of its Fast Sash vertical sliding windows. Suitable for retail domestic, new build and commercial applications the 133mm Authentic and...

J'adore le double-glazing.
November 27, 2002... To accomodate the demands of many UK residents purchasing and renovating French holiday homes, Plastmo fabricator VIP Windows & Doors Ltd is now manufacturing PVC-U inward opening French market windows at its St Albans factory. Using...

COMAR ALUMINIUM SYSTEMS PROVIDE WIDE CHOICE AND SLIM PROFILE.
November 27, 2002... COMAR now offers a choice of window systems: the original COMAR 5 System and the new COMAR 5 Lt Slim Profile System. The COMAR 5 System comprises an array of profiles and dedicated components for producing thermal break commercial aluminium...

MPH Founder Hands Reins over to Son.
November 27, 2002... MPH Windows has appointed Russell Milburn as its new Managing Director. His father Harold Milburn handed over the keys to his son recently, after a career spanning 33 years with MPH Windows. Harold Wlilburn founded the company in 1969 jointiy...

CWG Fully Reversible provides emergency exit.
November 27, 2002... Additional choice is available now to CWG's trade customers by the introduction of the CWG fully reversibie, side or top swing window. Fabricated using REHAU 70mm profiles, it incorporates, as standard, the benefits of both security and safety...

John Frederick Kitemark.
November 27, 2002... Trade fabricator John Fredericks has strengthened its position in the market by becoming one of a handful of manufacturers to have successfully tested against the new EN1279 Euro kitemark for its sealed units. The company took the...

AWS teams up with Betterglaze to offer HW70.
November 27, 2002... HW Systems fabricator, AWS Group has joined forces with local installation company Betterglaze Windows Ltd to supply windows and doors manufactured from the HW70 suite exclusively in the locality. Kidderminster based AWS Croup has been an...

Janex key worker project.
November 27, 2002... As part of the government's #250m starter home initiative, Janex, suppliers of Scandinavian windows and doors, has won a #100,000 contract to supply Berkeley College Homes' key worker accommodation with aluminium clad windows, flat entrance and...

Hurst gains year-on-year.
November 27, 2002... Hurst Plastics is reporting further business gains with sales of its PVC-U door panels now totalling around 3,500 a week - a 30% increase in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year. Sales Director Mark Atkinson...

Heritage Shropshire tie-up.
November 27, 2002... Heritage Glass Group, which has recently announced Shropshire-wide expansion plans, has just earned the right to be Shropshire's exclusively recognised distributor of Alltrim Plastic's new Colour Bevelled Range of door panels, manufactured by...

Laird launches high security composite range.
November 27, 2002... Laird Security Hardware announces the launch of its range of high security composite doors. Described as secure, good looking and virtually maintenance free, the composite door range from Laird offers `the good looks of timber with the...

FORCING THE PACE OF CHANGE.
November 27, 2002... A trip to a German window show led Dennis Sumner of Force 8 to enhance the company's offering. Dennis brought back with him the knowledge of creating seamless PVC-U bends. The rest, as they say, is history. Force 8 has come a long way in...

Low Threshold Door.
November 27, 2002... Duraflex now offers a low threshold option for its range of PVC-U entrance doors. This latest enhancement for the Diamond Suite allows easy access for the disabled, and is designed to comply with Document M of the Building Regulations. The...

ACDM Formed.
November 27, 2002... The formation of the Association of Composite Door Manufacturers represents a milestone in the development of the `composite door' as a product and underlines its increasing popularity in all facets of the Housing Market. The definition of...

The New World of Doors.
November 27, 2002... Situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, New World Developments was established in 1995 as a manufacturer of high quality PVC-U door panels. Since this time the company has extended its range of panels and the factory premises and is...

A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO CUSTOMER SERVICE.
November 27, 2002... Today, a company's success can depend as much on the quality service as it does on its product offering. According to door and panel manufacturer, GBW, delivering first class support that meets, or even exceeds, your customers' requirements is...

Frameless + Fire rated.
November 27, 2002... Avanti Systems, the UK producer of office partitioning systems, has developed a glass leaf door that is completely frameless and also fire- rated to British Standards BS476. The Solare frameless leaf door is manufactured from 10 or 12mm...

SAPA's Part L door.
November 27, 2002... Sapa Building Systems' new DUALFRAME entrance door is designed to exceed the latest themal, as well as weather and security, standards. The door forms part of the DUALFRAME range, a dual-coloured system of doors and windows that are all...

COMAR's ali options.
November 27, 2002... The COMAR 7 System opens the way to creating a virtually limitless range of durable swing, sliding, sliding/folding and centre-pivoted aluminium doors. It is a comprehensive system of profiles and components and a choice of rail and stile sizes...

KAT's Decorative Patio.
November 27, 2002... KAT UK has launched what is probably the best looking patio door new to the market to date - the KAT Decorative patio door suite. The door's elegant new curves complement perfectly the growing trend to replace first generation PVC-U with more...

Safest Steel Fire Door.
November 27, 2002... The Wright Style Ltd door system, tested at the Warrington Fire Research Centre, has achieved an integrity fire resistant rating of three and a halfhours, making it the safest glazed fire door system on the market. Wright Style, based in...

Warmdor Seal of Approval.
November 27, 2002... Warmseal has joined forces with door panel manufacturer Hallmark Group. The result is Warmdor, claimed to be the most thoroughly designed and specified product of its type available in the UK market, now made available to the trade and for...

Sentinel keeps Watch.
November 27, 2002... Following the successful completion of a 2001/2002 contract to supply and install over three hundred composite residential doors for North Hertfordshire District Council (NHDC), Sentinel Doors has been awarded a similar contract for 2002/2003....

Janex Anniversary Doors.
November 27, 2002... Janex, the UK supplier of Scandinavian windows and doors, is launching three new styles of Janexdoor, to celebrate the company's tenth year in business. The doors, which have been put through rigorous testing by TRADA, have been accredited...

Structura Bullring job.
November 27, 2002... Structura UK Ltd has won a #150,000 Gontract to supply 20 pairs of automatic, bespoke, aluminium, toughened glass doors to Portal Ltd, glazed roofing specialists, for Birmingham's new #500million Bullring redevelopment scheme. Constructed...

Lindman door Makeover.
November 27, 2002... Lindman's ultra secure exterior door from the Fibre-Craft range was one of the products used to demonstrate a `security makeover' on a typical suburban house, filmed for a BBC 1 programme `To Catch a Thief', shown in September. When...

LONG TERM SOLUTIONS WITH WOODGRAIN.
November 27, 2002... When it comes to supplying woodgrain PVC-U door panels, it pays to get the best to avoid the traditional problems of cracking, warping and bowing often associated with the product. Peter Shears, Managing Director of Cheltenham-based door panel...

SUPASEAL PLAYS IT COOL.
November 27, 2002... UNILAM FURNACE HEADS SUPASEAL INVESTMENT IN PROCESSING A Unilam Cooltemper tempering furnace is just one of the investments by Supaseal in response to the introduction of Part J in Scotland. By Dominic Bentham New legislation is...

ALUMAYER GROUP ENTERS UK MARKET.
November 27, 2002... A leading firm in the field of aluminium finishing products has entered the UK market. The Alumayer Group, an Israeli-based company formed nearly 40 years ago and with an annual turnover of some $30 million, is close to completing its...

TEAM CHOSEN FOR CANARY WHARF BRIDGE.
November 27, 2002... Canary Wharf Group has appointed design team Patel Taylor Architects/MG Bennett Associates/Techniker to design two bridges for its eastern district. They will span the north/south waterway, Bellmouth Passage, linking Canada Square with...

RIBA DOWNLAND PRIZE WINNERS.
November 27, 2002... The winners of this year's Downland Prize for Architects, announced on 1st October, include a glass cube which overhangs a cliff and a house inspired by the shape of a snail. Run by RIBA South East and sponsored by lbstock Brick Ltd, the...