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In the News

GableCraft Goes Even Greener … Direct mail works says Crystal Direct

Rockdoor & Winkhaus get locked in - to quality. Wicona goes tall in Sheffield

Qualicoat offers -Powder Coating Repairs. Windowbase observes - More conservatory companies…but fewer fabricators

Avocet’s innovations generate best sales in five years. Everglade offers Hybrid Harmony

Listers: Showing Off Again!

From the Glass & Glazing Federation we get the news they have moved, and they would like members to turn up at the London Region meeting

What is Greenline? – Kömmerling - to anticipate the inherent responsibilities of an industry

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Ryanair Arghhhh!!!!....... ?

I recently sat in the boardroom of a client and discussed a familiar topic when discussing strategy, the ultimate goal of a business.

As those of you who know me will know I love quotes that seem to me to sum up the essence of an issue and make concepts easy to explain (what Paul Godwin calls my trite consultancy clichés!) so I trotted out the Sir John Egan quote. “The fundamental aim of a business is to make money by giving customers excellent products and service”. Half in jest the FD a chap whose opinions are sound and worthy of respect said No!, the aim of a business was to make money full stop and if you had to do that by giving excellent products and services then that was they way you did it. I challenged that concept and asked him to tell me then a business that made money sustainably and didn’t give clients excellent products and service. Immediately another senior member of the management team also a ‘sound chap’ proposed Ryanair.

I must confess to being somewhat stumped by this as I too have travelled Ryanair and been herded like ‘self loading cargo’ onto the plane to be jammed in with the shellsuits and subjected to the hard sell for food/drink/bingo cards/fake cigarettes for 2 hours. ...[ more ] .

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Going green to eliminate pink.

The Profine Group last week invited the industries media to a press event to launch their ‘Lead-free Initiative’, which is being rolled out across the industry in 2010. This turns out to be a ‘Green’ event that was highlighted by ‘Pink’.

The Profine Group has under its umbrella the brands of KBE, Kömmerling and Trocal. Those of the current generation may not fully appreciate the significance to the history of the PVC window in the UK that these names conjure up. Back close to the stone-age an industry evolved, the aim to replace windows in existing properties. It went from offering louvres over fixed panes of glass, thorough to the aluminium replica of a steel window and then onto a PVC window. A PVC window in those days, particularly in the replacement market, actually meant which Trocal window to use, was it the 100 or the 400 series. Hovering in the wings was Kömmerling, with Sovereign offering the VEKA System but that was more or less it.

Anglian was Trocal, so was the telex named Epwin, APD (Aluminium Patio Doors) evolving of course to become Sparplas was also on board - the list goes on and is very long. Having everyone using the same system did of course cause a company’s USP’s to creak a bit, thus Kömmerling started to get a toe hold along with VEKA. ...[ more ]

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Also in the news....

Senior Architectural Systems
‘Seniors Support BaleHaus@Bath’
One of the most exiting developments in today’s construction is the use of Carbon negative materials - a building technique which goes way past the carbon neutral approach. The Bal ..[  ]

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Listers: Showing Off Again!
" " have just opened a brand new trade showroom at their Govan Road Site in Stoke on Trent and celebrated the launch with an all day and evening event. - Although t ..[  ]

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Kommerling
What is Greenline?
For more than a century Kömmerling has invested in research and innovation, improving quality of life to the benefit of each and every one of us. Controlled technology has enabled ..[  ]

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Kommerling
What is Vinyl 2010?
The European market has helped shape and influence the UK market for window and door systems since the 1970’s. Today companies throughout the supply chain are been faced with some ..[  ]

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Fenestration News
Going green to eliminate pink.
The Profine Group last week invited the industries media to a press event to launch their ‘Lead-free Initiative’, which is being rolled out across the industry in 2010. This turns ..[  ]

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VEKA
VEKA leads the way as one window comes home – recy
VEKA is claiming a recycling world’s first after one old window was transformed into a new one using its technically-advanced recycling facility. The PVC-U system supplier teamed ..[  ]

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TuffX Processed Glass Ltd
Tuffx conservatory roof glass chosen for showroom
Northwest Rooftech Conservatories, based in Southport have recently installed the Aqua-Green tint roof glass in their new showroom. The decision to use the glass was based upon th ..[  ]

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Everglade Windows
Installers flock to the new Harmony window from Ev
Are you part of the Hybrid revolution? - After months of anticipation, the wait is over. Installers are finally able get their hands on Harmony, the revolutionary new hybrid window ..[  ]

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Qualicoat (UK & Ireland)
‘Powder Coating Repairs’
Qualicoat UK & Ireland have added a further guidance note for specifiers and building professionals which is now available as a download from the associations website. - Guidance N ..[  ]

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Network VEKA
Modplan achieves top manufacturer award
South Wales Network VEKA fabricator Modplan has beaten off competition from other top manufacturing companies to take a major trophy in the region’s annual business awards. - More ..[ ]

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BM TRADA Certification
Hanson and Beards targets Q-Mark en route for SBD
Timber doorset manufacturers Hanson and Beards Ltd has achieved the BM TRADA Q-Mark for enhanced security doorsets, as a vital part of its Secured by Design certification. - The co ..[ ]

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New World Developments
New locking system makes Apeer even stronger
A new cylinder lock, with many enhanced security features to defeat the most determined intruder, will now be standard on all New World’s Apeer, Monno and Diamond composite door ra ..[ ]

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Swisspacer
Village Glass uses Swisspacer for top performance
One of the largest sealed unit manufacturers in the South is using Swisspacer V to produce top performing sealed units. Driven by demand from customers wanting sealed units which h ..[ ]

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Renson Waregem
‘100 Years for Renson’
There are few companies have celebrated being in business for 100 years and especially so within the construction market. Renson have achieved their 100 years in spectacular style, ..[ ]

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Paddock Fabrications
The countries largest Multi point lock manufacture
Walsall based Paddock Fabrications held a fancy dress day and encouraged its employees to gain sponsorship and raise funds via a raffle. Paddock’s employees were given the option t ..[ ]

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Profix
Pro-Door takes the heat
Profix have just added the new Pro-Door FD to their product portfolio which is aimed at the social housing specifier. This new door set has been designed and engineered to exceed t ..[ ]

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Glass and Glazing Federation(GGF)
GGF London region meeting boosted by solar power
The next big opportunity for the UK glass and glazing industry is solar power - domestic and commercial, thermal and photovoltaic (PV). That is the contention being made at the nex ..[ ]

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Tradelink Direct Ltd
Compulsory C rated windows for Document L – As eas
The latest proposed changes to Building Regulations suggest that all replacement windows installed must have a Window Energy Rating of C or above. On the face of it that sounds eas ..[ ]

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Insight Data Ltd
Database companies collaborate to give clients the
Two of the building industry’s leading database providers, Insight Data and Focal Research, have reached agreement to work together on a number of future database projects. - Focal ..[ ]

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December - issue: 1209.01

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