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Jotika (Midlands) Software Ltd" KSeal Glass reduces glass waste by 30% with JoTiKa
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From the News

" " - goes triple glazed with 0.6 W/m²K IGU’s . Bohle – has Armored™ Corner Protectors - Smashing glass protection and a good video demo. Rockdoor - French Doors, from concept to creation!

Chiltern Dynamics answers FAQs on mechanical testing. A colourful stance from frameXpress. Most advanced bi-fold door gives 0.8 zero carbon option. VEKA Announces Major VS Upgrade

A good use of vertical integration as the Government awards Network VEKA ‘Competent Person’ status for self-certification.

Proskills secures £3.47 million of government funding for training in the sector. Window Fitters Mate launch timber windows & doors. Vista panels comply with Part L – official

K2 Conservatories are saying goodbye to Sales and Marketing Director Charles Fox, Thermoseal Group’s guide to achieving Window Energy Ratings

In all this week the Fenestration News website has some 80 news releases from around the industry.

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Yes it is flawed, very flawed

Just when it was thought that the Industry had moved on, well it has for most, some still feel aggrieved by the clumsy if not unrealistic handling of the Doc L situation from some quarters. Last week we received a letter from Daniel Williams, MD at Pioneer Trading Ltd, that falls into the aggrieved column (see below).

If one steps back and reviews why they are in business, then from there ask how do they ensure success? The answer is as always; to create profit, it is profit that creates tomorrow. Creating profit comes from identifying what is needed to cause it (profit) to happen. In most cases that means being ahead of the completion, or as it is more generally known having a sales advantage, a Unique Selling Point (USP). The original BFRC/WER set out to provide that advantage, a tool to be used as a differentiator, a way of defining relative performance at a moment in time under the same set of circumstances, something to build a USP around.

Yes it is flawed, very flawed, in terms that its findings cannot properly translate back into any practical meaning to those that pay the bill, the consumer. However, as an ‘I’m better than you’ tool it had its place until something else came along. ...[ more ]

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In Box

Letter to the Editor - Anglian’s sponsorship of the climber Ian Ridley

Dear Ian

We were fascinated to read of Anglian’s sponsorship of the climber Ian Ridley’s assault on Mount Everest in the trade press story imaginatively titled “Anglian Conquers Everest” and were sorry to hear that he only made it as far as Camp 3. ...[ more ]

John Ogilvie

Managing Director, Network VEKA

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In Box

Letter to the Editor - FENSA wrote back to say why it was unable to become involved

Dear Ian

A side effect to all the publicity DGCOS has had on TV, radio and consumer media has been the flood of calls from desperate consumers, hoping we might help where others have failed.

Consumers Direct, the OFT run organisation set up to track consumer problems, reported last year over 23,000 consumers who were still dissatisfied with the way double glazing, conservatory and roofline firms had dealt with their complaint. Over 500 have contacted us since we started this year and the calls keep coming...[ more ]

Yours sincerely

Tony Pickup
Founder of the Double Glazing & Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme (DGCOS)

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In Box

FENSA’s recent announcement on a ‘fast fix’

Dear Ian,

While FENSA’s recent announcement on a ‘fast fix’ way for companies to comply with the revised Building Regulations by stating that a soft coat low E – 16mm cavity or greater with gas in the cavity and warm edge spacer IGU will enable companies to comply has caused a stir, CENSolutions believes we can actually take something positive from it. We don’t think companies that have spent the time and money to get their windows energy rated should feel too despondent. Ultimately, however much progress was made by the few forward thinking companies that were driving the industry towards Window Energy Ratings, the industry as a whole remained woefully unprepared for the change. Something had to give. So what FENSA has suggested seems a reasonable stop gap solution. But it has to be just that - a short term answer. ...[ more ]

Yours sincerely

Wayne Rogerson, CENSolutions

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In Box

An Open Letter to the British Fenestration Rating Council

Dear BFRC

I was very interested to read the recent letter sent to FENSA registered companies advising on compliance with the revised Building Regulations by using the U Value method.

I was most impressed with the ‘Simple Method’ which does indeed appear to make it easy enough for almost anyone to comply; even people that don’t make windows at all. Like my dog for example. That is obviously great news for the whole of the glazing industry, allowing everyone to keep making and installing windows without ever falling foul of the regulations.

Except of course the 300 or so mugs who, like me, ...[ more ]

Kind Regards

Daniel Williams, Managing Director, Pioneer Trading Ltd.

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Swisspacer’s step by step guide to achieving WERs
To help window companies comply with changes to the revised Building Regulations, Swisspacer has produced a guide to achieving Window Energy Ratings (WERs). - The four page documen ..[ more ]

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Pilkington Building Products
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Pilkington has announced the reopening of its UK5 float line at Greengate, St. Helens at the end of 2010. The plant will manufacture glass for solar energy applications, creating a ..[ more ]

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Bohle Ltd.
Armored™ Corner Protectors - Smashing glass protec
9 September 2010 - Bohle UK has exclusively launched Armored™ Corner Protectors, which have been designed to deliver the highest levels of protection for glass sheets up to 15mm th ..[ more ]

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Conservatory Outlet
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Norman Smeddles, Managing Director of installer Formby Windows Ltd, knows a good thing when he sees it, so when DGCOS (the Double Glazing & Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme) started h ..[ more ]

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Thermoseal Group
Thermoseal Group’s guide to achieving Window Energ
In honour of the imminent launch of Thermobar Warm Edge Spacer, Thermoseal Group has produced a comprehensive flash presentation including its guide to achieving Window Energy Rati ..[ ]

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K2 Conservatories Ltd
K2 says Hello, Goodbye
Anne-Marie Busch, gives an update on the changes taking place at K2 Conservatories. - It is with regret that K2 Conservatories are saying goodbye to Charles Fox, Sales and Marketin ..[ ]

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Glazerite Windows
Glazerite Windows Limited opens Glazerite Northwes
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Hurst Plastics
Choice and value with Hurst Fire Door
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Yes it is flawed, very flawed
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L.B. Plastics
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The latest Sheerframe bi-fold door system from UK zero carbon building systems company, The Litchfield Group, can now offer U values as low as 0.8W/m²K. - The Sheerframe bi-fo ..[ ]

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Phoenix Door Panels has produced two new wall planners in an expanded, easy-to-read format designed to make ordering PVC-U door panels and composite doors an even simpler process. ..[ ]

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Proskills UK
Proskills secures £3.47 million of government fund
Proskills has been successful in securing funding from government for employers in the process and manufacturing sector for training and qualifications in the low carbon agenda. Pr ..[ ]

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Crown Aluminium Limited
Promotion at Crown
Crown Aluminium are pleased to announce the promotion of Clive Boulton into the position of Works Manager. Clive has been with Crown since 1993 and has been promoted from Materials ..[ ]

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VEKA unveils new Options
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CENSolutions Ltd
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