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The industries good and great meet up next week to talk glass, probably your last chance to get on board

Pilkington provide online tools to aid reductions in noise.

Framexpress heads for a secure future with a BS and aligning with the police. Rockdoor head to the beach.

Swisspacer are reporting year to date sales of nearly 600% up on the same period last year.

Windowbase predicts direct marketers will turn to the email & fax to combat the postal dispute, while also rescuing Focal Research customers.

" " uses fundraising to make a difference. Business Micros shows figures on the up.

John Ogilvie, of Network Veka, has a CIS moment and asks the question on everyone’s lips – Who are you!

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Musings

Is it perverted or just simply mad that someone believes you can ‘relax’ being perched on a glass floor hovering over a crack in the earth big enough to swallow the Lake District, peaks and all, a few times over? For those of a nervous disposition they can be assured stiletto heels and nail punches are banned. … more here

Heywood Williams, one of those companies that has its place in the history of the fenestration industry, has seemingly succumbed and opted for a ‘pre-pack’ arrangement. The ‘pre-pack’ could be said to be the industry’s equivalent of an ASBO, the danger is that those with this award will see it as the local hooligan does - a badge of honour. As we have said before, while this arrangement appears to save jobs in the short term, it kills off the evolution and renewal in industry. Without endless challenges from new upstarts an industry declines and the jobs actually disappear.

Interbuild, or Glassex@Interbuild has come and gone. What is clear this time is that exhibitors were moved from a networking event into the realms of actually being exposed to prospective customers – from that point of view it was a success. This exhibition now joins the many others that have the same focus and aims. In the coming years it is going to be interesting to see which one can take the high ground.

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In Box

Letter to the Editor

Dear Ian,

Dear Ian,

May we offer a cautious welcome to the emergence of the new Fabricators’

Alliance. As I have often said, anything that helps to bring structure to this industry is always to be encouraged.

What concerns us however is the group’s apparent shyness about its own infrastructure. Unless they all met by chance like ‘Strangers on a Train,’ can we assume they are bonded by some common factor and, if so, do they have some reason not to share this with us? ...[ more ]

John Ogilvie

Managing Director, Network VEKA

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Glasstalk programme announced: key ‘taboo’ issues to be addressed with on the couch sessions

The programme has been announced for the next GlassTalk (November 3rd, Daresbury Park Hotel, Cheshire) and guests can expect some fireworks when the event’s ‘On the Couch’ sessions address a number of key issues that have proved controversial this year. Of these perhaps the most emotive will be that of glass prices and Steve Sutherland of Dortech, who placed the petition on the 10 Downing Street website which called for ‘Lord Mandleson to investigate glass pricing activities currently being taken by the dominant glass suppliers to the UK’, will be On the Couch together with key industry representatives, to thrash out the biggest issue to affect the industry this year.

Dave Ruzicka, joint managing director of super-fabricator Sash UK will also be joining GlassTalk On the Couch. Dave has a strong view about everything but some of his more outspoken comments will appeal to anyone that has a problem with ‘Phoenix’ operators, ‘dominant’ systems suppliers, cut-throat, cut-price fabricators – and a whole lot more.

Another confirmed guest is Chris Ball of MBA Associates, who has much to say about why companies fail – and how to prevent it; some rather ‘off the wall’ thoughts on recruitment and ‘human resources’; and a great deal else. Interestingly, Chris’s opinions are honed through relationships with the industry’s biggest operators in all sectors – is there anyone that he hasn’t worked for? The organisers say they will do their best to prise some secrets from him. ...[ more ]

Also in the news....

Pilkington Building Products
No noise is good noise
From planes, trains and automobiles, the new animated Pilkington Sound Simulator helps to understand noise control glazing with more ease than ever before. - The new Pilkington Sou ..[  ]

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FrameXpress
frameXpress provides a more secure future
Leading fabricators frameXpress Ltd has recently been accredited with BS7950 : 1997 certification on casement and tilt and turn windows. The company is now entitled to use the Sec ..[  ]

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Clear Thinking Software
Clear Thinking Software - review of GlassBuild Atl
Clear Thinking Software have returned from a busy few days in Atlanta Georgia at the beginning of this month where they were exhibiting at GlassBuild USA, which is now recognized a ..[  ]

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Synseal Extrusions
Everbrite Switches to Synseal
Trade fabricator Everbrite, manufacturing up to 550 frames a week and 30 years old this year, has switched to market leader Synseal. Everbrite Managing Director Stefan Lugmayer exp ..[  ]

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REHAU
Dessian products appoints new Northern Sales Manag
Paul Roberts has been appointed as the Northern Sales Manager for Dessian Products and will be promoting the company’s range of REHAU windows and doors to trade customers from the ..[  ]

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Network VEKA
Letter to the Editor, Strangers on a Train - Fabri
May we offer a cautious welcome to the emergence of the new Fabricators’ - Alliance. As I have often said, anything that helps to bring structure to this industry is always to be e ..[  ]

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" " fundraiser makes a real difference
" " offers window and conservatory installation companies a win-win opportunity to boost sales and goodwill with an award-winning promotion - Are you making the most of your sho ..[  ]

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Windowbase
Direct marketers turn to email and fax to combat p
Windowbase is urging companies to use email and fax marketing to win new business with the threat of further postal strikes on the horizon. “With updates on the strike talks report ..[  ]

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Sash Timber
Sash Timber Introduce New Range of Bi-Fold Doors
Sash Timber’s range of engineered timber products now includes high specification bi-fold doors designed to complement their vertical sliding and casement windows. - Manufactured i ..[  ]

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Swisspacer
Swisspacer is 600% up on 2008
Sales of leading warm edge supplier Swisspacer continue to accelerate in the UK and Ireland. Year to date sales are nearly 600% up on the same period of last year. Globally, sales ..[ ]

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Avocet Hardware
Avocet’s new 3D hinge makes light work of fabricat
Avocet’s latest product makes fabrication and installation quicker and easier. The Affinity 3D Hinge is the latest new product from the leading hardware supplier. It is already one ..[ ]

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Windowbase
Windowbase to the rescue as Focal stops installer
Focal customers have been contacting Windowbase after being told that they will no longer be supplied with prospect data for window installers. In a recent letter to customers, Foc ..[ ]

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Freefoam Plastics
Freefoam awarded Environmental Management Standard
Freefoam Plastics, a leading manufacturer of high quality plastic building products for the UK, Irish and Mainland European markets, has been awarded the ISO 14001:2004 Environment ..[ ]

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Deceuninck
A Successful Partnership
Deceuninck fabricator, Spektaglaze Ltd, has replaced thousands of aging windows and doors throughout the South Kensington area of Liverpool. The products were manufactured using t ..[ ]

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Wegoma GB Ltd
Alex joins Wegoma’s team
Wegoma GB has made a significant appointment with Alex Main as Managing Director, joining Gary Mayer at the helm, to help take the leading machinery supplier to its next level of g ..[ ]

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Kommerling
HWL fully reinforces the WERS
HWL Trade Frames has achieved an ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ rating for its fully reinforced Kömmerling C70 chamfered system. While many fabricators have achieved their ratings without reinfo ..[ ]

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REHAU
REHAU Polytec 50s in largest ever installation in
The design potential of the REHAU Polytec 50S composite curtain walling system has been demonstrated in a high profile social housing project in Glasgow where it has been used to t ..[ ]

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Business Micros (Aluminium)
New dataset helps Universal improve service to cus
Fabricators and installers using the Universal Aluminium profile system all now have access to the latest version of the LogiKal software from Business Micros (Aluminium) Ltd. - In ..[ ]

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Rockdoor
Rockdoor protects the RNLI
Rockdoor maybe well recognised for the quality it provides to a home, however recently the company was asked to supply 24 stable doors on a project that would make the ‘Baywatch’ t ..[ ]

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