Tuesday 29 November 2016

Endurance Become Metsa Wood UK’s Largest Industrial Partner

Solid and secure composite door pioneer, Endurance® Doors, have become Metsä Wood UK’s largest industrial partner, as they continue to enjoy a long period of rapid growth, that’s also positioning them as the fastest growing company in the sector at present. For more than 20 years, Kertoâ LVL has been used widely in the construction sector for walls, floors, roofs and other applications including solid core composite door manufacture through Endurance® Doors. It’s a laminated timber construction from Metsä Wood that’s both incredibly strong and dimensionally stable, as reflected in their BBA certification Metsä Wood UK is part of Metsä Group, […]

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Thursday 24 November 2016

Thermoseal Group Multiple Award Winners

For the second year in a row, Thermoseal Group is the winner of the coveted Glass and Glazing Industry’s G-Award for ‘Component Supplier of the Year’ as announced at the prestigious Gala Dinner held at the Hilton on Park Lane Hotel in London on Friday 18 November 2016. This was a great day for Thermoseal Group who were also announced winners at two other awards events held that day resulting in an ‘EEF Future Manufacturing Award for Export’ for the North West Region and also a Wigan Business Award for ‘Exporter of the Year 2016’. “We were delighted to receive […]

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G16 Top Trainer Quickslide Teams up With Dale Carnegie

G16 Training Award winner Quickslide is reaping the benefits of taking its Quickslide Academy training programme to a higher level thanks to a partnership with the world-renowned Dale Carnegie organisation. The Yorkshire fabricator not only picked up the prestigious award at this year’s event, but has also seen profits rise to record levels, cash flow significantly improving and even accident levels – and insurance premiums – dropping since teaming up with Dale Carnegie, as MD Michael Connor explained: “It’s more about mindset than making windows but the benefits are very real. It’s about stepping right outside your comfort zone and […]

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Wednesday 23 November 2016

Frames Conservatories Direct gains Suffolk Trading Standards Approval

Suffolk-based Network VEKA member, Frames Conservatories Direct has further bolstered its reputation for high standards and quality service by attaining Approved status from Suffolk County Council Trading Standards. The Bury St Edmunds company underwent a thorough vetting process from Trading Standards and online trusted-tradespeople directory Checkatrade to demonstrate its credentials in a number of crucial fields. The two organisations are collaborating on a scheme that will help consumers find traders they can trust and rely on throughout Suffolk. Network VEKA similarly ensures companies meet a high and exacting set of standards to gain membership, and continually monitors homeowner approval and […]

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Glazing Clippings and Musings November 2016 by Helen Duval

It’s always great to see the industry getting excited about the Awards Season and it’s such an excellent way to recognise the commitment of the professionals in this sector.  This year has already seen many teams bolstered by their efforts to succeed in a bid to  invigorate growth across the industry. With a record 271 nominations submitted this year to the National Fenestration Awards 2016, the online awards include 17 categories where professionalism and diligence are acknowledged at every level.  Developed to provide an arena where nominations and results fairly reflect recognition for outstanding quality in the fenestration sector, this […]

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Morley Glass Confirms Late Pre-Christmas Order Deadlines

Morley Glass & Glazing is once again offering its industry-leading late-Christmas order cut-off for any installers looking to complete integral blinds installations before the big day. With the festive period already upon us, installers can still benefit from pre-Christmas deliveries, with most ScreenLine systems available to order in December for delivery before December 25th. The firm, which is well-known for its industry-leading delivery times at every time of year, has confirmed that its Uni-Blinds® products for residential doors and windows can be ordered up to 10am on Thursday 8th December for delivery by Friday 23 December. Meanwhile, all orders for […]

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Tuesday 22 November 2016

TruFrame Launches a Frame Finish Challenge!

TruFrame has launched a frame finish challenge, to scour the nation for a better finished standard uPVC window frame, than those carefully produced using their unique 4-step hand finishing process, at their manufacturing facility in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.  Now approaching a regular 4,000 frame per week output, the company continues to employ a 4-step hand finishing process that has served them so well over many years. This process involves the checking and refinishing of the corner contours, levelling off the outside edges, ensuring uniformity of the corner grooves and the cleaning of all apertures for weld-build up, by 15 full-time, […]

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New Website Highlights Network VEKA’s ‘Networkmanship’

Industry-leading installer support organisation Network VEKA has unveiled its brand new website. It has been completely redesigned and features a wealth of aspirational new photography, an idea-filled ‘LookBook’ and the means to generate valuable sales leads for member companies. The LookBook has already attracted a host of visitors thanks to its inspirational ideas, and advice on the latest trends from a team of interiors specialists and industry experts. Head of Marketing Simon James explains: “The new website was designed to offer a clean, straightforward and simple-to-navigate visitor experience. It goes hand in hand with an integrated consumer campaign which raises […]

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Friday 18 November 2016

Made For Trade’s Partnership with TuffX a ‘Glass Act’

Growing bi-folds and conservatory supplier Made For Trade are reinforcing their successful partnership with TuffX Processed Glass, with the latter providing the glazed units for the new Korniche aluminium roof lantern. Made For Trade’s relationship with the Merseyside-based glass manufacturer began in early 2013 with the range of product options offered putting them in front of their rivals. TuffX have been supplying on average between 2500 units per month to Made For Trade for their bi-folding doors and conservatory roofs, with orders increasing year-on-year. The success of the alliance has led to the innovative Korniche lantern roof also featuring TuffX […]

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MyTradeTV Doors Mini Digital Magazine Issue 17

MyTradeTV Doors Mini Digital Magazine Issue 17

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More Than 95% of Solidor Orders Are Placed Online

More and more Solidor customers are ordering online via Solidor Cloud, the online quoting and ordering system. In March, installers selling the most secure composite door placed 87% of orders online. That’s risen to 95%, and still increasing. Solidor Cloud enables Solidor customers to get a quote in as little as 90 seconds, and then convert it to an order at the click of a button. The system is being improved continuously so customers always have the premium quality service they expect from Solidor. Solidor CEO Gareth Mobley says: “Solidor Cloud has revolutionised the way customers quote and place their […]

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TruFit – The Perfect FIT for Master Fitter Competition

A highlight of The FIT Show calendar, The Master Fitter Challenge is well known for incorporating the latest market trends, helping to raise installation standards across the board. As such, the inclusion of TruFit®, expanding foam edge installation tape from Edgetech UK is a perfect fit. TruFit® is part of the Glazpart Trade Counter product range and is being promoted by the distribution company as “filling the gap in the installer’s toolkit”. Master Fitter competitors will be told: ‘Don’t just fit it, TruFit it!’ and tasked with fitting a window more efficiently, quickly and cleanly with the pre-compressed foam installation […]

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Wednesday 16 November 2016

‘Best of its kind’ Part Q Manual from Liniar

In characteristic Liniar style, the in-house technical experts at the innovative systems house have reviewed the legislative requirements for Document Q compliance and produced a flawless guide for the benefit of its fabricator customers. Best of its kind Described as ‘the best of its kind’ by several of the first fabricators to get their hands on a copy, the Liniar Part Q Manual uses detailed illustrations and instructions to explain how to achieve compliance for every Liniar product in the range. Easier to comply The full-colour document makes it easier for Liniar fabricators to ensure compliance with Part Q security […]

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MyTradeTV Glass and Glazing Newsletter 16th November 2016 Newsletter 192

MyTradeTV Glass and Glazing Newsletter 16th November 2016 Newsletter 192

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FIT Show 2017: The UK’s Biggest Aluminium Window & Door Show – Ever!

With many of the UK’s major aluminium window and door systems manufacturers coupled with trade fabricators and supporting service companies, next year’s FIT Show will be the biggest gathering of aluminium suppliers ever assembled at a UK fenestration trade show. As the market surges towards aluminium window systems following the continuing popularity of bi folding and sliding doors amongst UK homeowners and residential specifiers, more than thirty companies are expected to feature aluminium framed products on their stands. However, the standout feature at the 2017 FIT Show is the large number of eminent window and door systems suppliers that are […]

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Tuesday 15 November 2016

Trojan Adds Two New Door Knockers to Its Stainless Steel Range

Leading hardware company Trojan Manufacturing Group has just added two new door knockers to its popular Stainless Steel range. The Slim Urn Door Knocker and the Contemporary Door Knocker increase the number of design choices on offer and help to bring Trojan quality to a wider audience. Tony Chadwick, Group Managing Director, said: “Our Stainless Steel range adds value to every fabricator and installer portfolio and these two new designs increase the value even further.” The two new door knockers offer a slimline contemporary design that will appeal to today’s discerning consumer. Both are face fixed, meaning there is no […]

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A Spooktacular End to a Spectacular Year for Gm Fundraising

The busiest, biggest and best year yet for GM Fundraising closed on a high at the end of October, as 300 plus supporters attended the Witches & Wizards Gala Dinner in Stratford-upon-Avon.  The event was a resounding success, raising over £41,000 for Hope House Children’s Hospices. “It has to be said that 2016 has certainly been a very busy year for GM Fundraising and all its supporters, and the Witches & Wizards dinner was the perfect end,” says Gary Morton, chairman of GM Fundraising.  “Being Halloween weekend, we went all out on the theme and the guests embraced it too […]

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Tv Presenter Nick Knowles to Host Fit Show Gala Dinner

Joining the ranks of previous FIT Show celebrity entertainers Ed Byrne and Nina Conti, one of the UK’s highest rated TV presenters, Nick Knowles, will be in charge of proceedings at 2017’s FIT Show Gala Dinner, set to be held in one of the halls at the NEC. Hosting more than 1000 guests, next year’s gala dinner invites attendees to the alleyways of deepest, darkest Paris to be a part of a Parisian Burlesque themed event. Just like with this year’s popular West End style gala dinner, guests will be wined and dined while stunning showgirls, Can Can dancers, mime […]

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Monday 14 November 2016

Hurst Team Chalks up Incredible Years of Service

Celebrations have been taking place at Hurst Plastics as the company honours 17 members of staff have who have collectively amassed nearly 400 years of service between them. The long-serving staff have toasted to a landmark 20 years of service at Hurst Plastics. They all began their careers with Hurst when it took over from panel manufacturer PDL in December 1996. Some members of the team have served for more than 20 years, having also formerly worked for PDL. Mark Atkinson, Sales Director at Hurst Plastics, is one of the long-servers. He switched from a career in retail and joined […]

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Friday 11 November 2016

FrameXpress Launches New Online Door Designer

Leading UK window, door and conservatory fabricator framexpress Ltd has now launched a more modern version of its website www.framexpress.co.uk. The website includes even more responsive capabilities than before with a Door Designer facility as well as more modern online quoting options. New trade and product brochures have been launched which are available to customers for download. The Door Designer enables customers to help homeowners personalise the style of their Composite Door with the capability of selecting every aspect from design and colour to hardware.  Once a style has been selected customers can then request a quote which will speed […]

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Relax in Style at the 2017 Fit Show

Boasting five hotels within a 10 minute walk, as well as more then 18 cafes, restaurants and bars, over 50 retail outlets and even an IMAX cinema courtesy of the adjacent Resorts World entertainment complex, the venue for next year’s FIT Show is now not only more accessible for exhibitors and visitors, but it promises a lot more choice away from the exhibition halls as well. With the 2017 FIT Show just under seven months away, and with many exhibitors already planning on how best to impress the many thousands of visitors that are expected to flood through the doors […]

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Endurance plus Brochure to Inspire Consumers

Hot on the back of the successful launch of the premium Endurance® PLUS range, the company has just produced a consumer facing brochure, to highlight the number of key features that help make this the thickest, strongest and most secure composite door offering in the sector.  Boasting a 75mm 6-chambered Eurocell Modus outer frame with a triple seal, along with a 56mm solid timber composite slab that’s 27% thicker than some other composite doors, Endurance® PLUS has been designed as a top end composite door offering. By harnessing the BBA certified Kerto LVL timber core, with 20 individual laminations, this […]

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New Brochures for a Roofing Generation

Prefix Systems have expanded their range of literature with a new updated WARMroof Product Guide, which sits alongside the consumer facing 20 page WARMroof Collection and the newly launched CLEARview rooflight brochure. Updates to the WARMroof Product Guide include several new 3D renders highlighting the insulated details of this true ‘warm roof’ solution and other technical content, for what is widely regarded as the industry’s most configurable solid, tiled and insulated roof solution. The premium feel of the WARMroof Collection brochure has also resulted in a re-print, as trade partners look to capitalise on the considerable sales opportunities for both […]

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Sixth Edgetech Golf Day Raises Over £5k For Oxford Sarcoma

The sun eventually shone over De Vere’s Staverton Park Golf Club, just in time for play at Edgetech UK’s annual Dealership Golf Day on 11 August. The day of friendly competition began with bacon sandwiches and coffee at the clubhouse followed by a welcome from Managing Director at Edgetech UK, Chris Alderson. The 16 teams then tackled the 18-hole course before regrouping for dinner in the evening where trophies were presented to the winners of the golf competition and a charity auction and raffle was held in aid of the Oxford Sarcoma Service at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. The individual […]

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Thursday 10 November 2016

Universal Trade Frames Supplies Vertical Sliders for Heritage Cottage

The Vertical Slider window system from Spectus Window Systems has been used in a major Welsh coastal cottage renovation project. Supplied by trade fabricator and by Spectus customer, Universal Trade Frames Ltd (UTFL) and installed by Aberystwyth-based installer C&H Windows Glass & Glazing Ltd, the project included ten vertical slider windows in Chartwell Green, as UTFL Director Brian Kruger explains. “Having no reservations about using UPVC as the foiled woodgrain profile mimics timber, the authentic looking Spectus Vertical Slider system was a natural choice in every way. The new windows replaced old, draughty, hardwood vertical sliders, and due to the […]

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Fab Frames Completes Optima Changeover With 500k Investment

Long-standing Epwin customer Fab Frames, has recently invested half a million pounds into new machinery. The investment also coincided with the South West trade supplier’s changeover to Profile 22’s new Optima system. Fab Frames Managing Director, Mike Taylor explains: “As we made the changeover we invested heavily into our machinery, with 500k worth of new machines coming over from Germany. These have now spread us over six factories and covers 11,000 square feet. Covering every aspect of the fabrication process, from welding to CNC machines, the new machinery has seen our capacity increase to 600 frames per week, and we […]

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Wednesday 9 November 2016

MyTradeTV Glass and Glazing Newsletter 9th November 2016 Newsletter 191

MyTradeTV Glass and Glazing Newsletter 9th November 2016 Newsletter 191

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NFAs – A Measure of Excellence from Glazing Industry Peers

The race is on for companies in the glazing industry now that the National Fenestration Awards (NFAs) shortlist has been announced. Sponsoring the IGU Manufacturer 2016 category is Edgetech UK, the driving force for energy efficient glazing. Charlotte Davies, Head of Marketing at Edgetech UK explains: “The NFAs are really refreshing because the people who have day-to-day dealings with businesses in the industry are invited to get involved. They vote for the companies that truly deserve credit for the service they offer all year around. “They are a real measure of how a business is seen by the industry and […]

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Tuesday 8 November 2016

Invisifold Wows at Grand Designs Live

VBH and Invisifold hosted a stand at the recent Grand Designs Live exhibition in Birmingham to promote the greenteQ Invisifold Slide & Fold door and window system. The stand featured Invisifold doors, a three-pane Invisifold casement window and a three-pane Invisifold conservatory window. The show was open to the general public for five days at the end of October and was very well attended with 63344 visitors to the hall. Many visitors to the Invisifold stand commented that they had come to the show specifically to look for bi-fold doors and were impressed at the flexibility of Invisifold. Stand staff […]

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Enter Fit Show’s Installation of the Year Competition

The FIT Show is calling on all installers, manufacturers, system companies and suppliers to get involved in its new ‘Installation of the Year’ competition. Ahead of its 2017 show, which is set to take place 23-25th May at the NEC in Birmingham, the FIT Show has now officially opened entries for its inaugural ‘Installation of the Year’ competition. Whether it’s windows, doors, glass roofs, conservatories or orangeries, the much talked FIT Show wants to unearth the very best photography of product installations from across the sector. Launched via Twitter, the competition is now open to entries across the commercial and […]

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Entrance® Composite Doors Are Fully Approved Document Q Compliant

Entrance continues to support its fabricator partners by giving them the option to manufacture Approved Document Q compliant composite doors. Entrance is the totally-tailored composite door solution for fabricators wanting to make their own composite doors without the hassle and hidden costs. Entrance Managing Director Gregory Kelly says: “We want our fabricator partners to grow their composite door business and to do that they need to comply with all the latest standards. Our doors have been tested extensively at a UKAs accredited test lab, and have been awarded certification that make them Q compliant. That means they can be installed […]

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Listers. 40 years in the Making.

Let’s face it, the fenestration industry is hard work. Window companies are scrabbling over a very congested marketplace and unfortunately many have fallen by the wayside as the competition gets tougher and tougher. So to have 40 successful years under your belt is a remarkable achievement and that’s exactly what Lister Trade Frames of Stoke on Trent have achieved this year. Established in 1976 and operating from a shed at the bottom of the then owner’s garden, nobody could have foreseen the impact that Listers would have in the market place. Mark Warren, Managing Director takes up the story. “I […]

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National Plastics Stores to Offer Optima Flush Casement System

Leading trade counter network National Plastics has just announced it will be offering Profile 22’s Optima Flush Casement System.  The new Optima Flush Casement system will sit alongside National Plastics’ comprehensive range of VEKA window products.  Geoff Foster, National Plastics’ Managing Director, said: “A heritage casement window system is an important product for installers and we’re delighted to offer the Optima system in our portfolio. Profile 22 is a British business that has got a fantastic reputation for the quality of its production and design.” The Optima Flush Casement System replicates the authentic appearance of a nineteenth century flush sash […]

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Monday 7 November 2016

ISO 9001:2015 In The Bag For EDGETECH UK

Edgetech UK, the voice for energy efficient glazing, is one of the first companies in the industry to be accredited with the updated quality standard ISO 9001:2015, proving the company’s dedication to offering the best products and service for customers. The quality review came out in August and the ISO 9001 standard was changed this year to meet the increasingly complex way that businesses work. “The updated standard ISO 9001:2015 much more closely reflects the way Edgetech already manages its quality service systems,” says John Stark, Works Manager at Edgetech UK. “Our quick response to achieve the new standard has […]

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Tuesday 1 November 2016

Fit and Forget Ingenious Guarantee from Carl F Groupco

A ten year ‘Fit & Forget’ guarantee offered by Carl F Groupco for Ingenious’ Duplex and Professional multi-point door locks supports the distributor’s emphasis on service, reinforces the quality of the products and underlines the hardware supplier’s confidence in the range. As part of the guarantee for Ingenious’ lines, comprehensive support includes a dedicated on-the-road technician, in-house training for fabricators and fitters, if required, full guidance or management of testing requirements and complete support through change over. Expanding on the company’s commitment to the guarantee, and its benefits to customers, John Mitchell, Technical Manager for Carl F Groupco said: “We […]

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Lasting Performance for Coolskin Composites

Now nine years old, CoolSkin® technology has quite simply revolutionised both the panel door and timber-based composite door sectors, offering incredible levels of surface performance, whatever the weather. Leading composite door pioneers such as Endurance® Doors and Solidor, specify CoolSkin® for the vast majority of their respective door colours and woodgrains, with the reassurance of a 10-year warranty and considerable testing across the climatic extremes of Europe. The product harnesses a specialist VEKA substrate, along with a premium Cool Colors laminate foil from Hornschuch, one of Europe’s leading players in the sector. With exclusive trading relationships with both companies, the […]

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Double Glazed Units Now Available Online with Myglassolutions

Glazing installers can now buy top quality DGUs online 24/7 in just a few clicks using the innovative MyGlassolutions service from leading sealed unit manufacturer GLASSOLUTIONS. Using MyGlassolutions is easy and it is perfect for small independent glaziers and self-employed installers. Only a simple one-off registration is needed and, once online, customers can configure their DGUs to meet their exact specification, get instant quotations, place orders and track their orders in one place. Orders are fulfilled through the established GLASSOLUTIONS sealed unit manufacturing plants and branch network, ready for collection in-branch or delivered to customers as required. MyGlassolutions enables glaziers […]

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