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Stunning Sheffield Showroom

Emplas installer Global Windows has opened a stunning new showroom at its premises in Sheffield, marking the next stage of the company’s 27-year...

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Banger Firm Goes Bust In Billowing Blaze

An early morning smoke-filled blaze at a sausage factory in Harlow recently destroyed the production facilities and put the firm our of business...

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Herr Finally Here – Hartleif Officially Presses Button To Open Recycling Plant

Veka Group CEO Herr Andreas Hartleif has officially opened Veka Recycling’s £15 million recycling plant at Wellingborough – 15...

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Clayton Glass Buys Saint-Gobain Facilities

Clayton Glass has agreed to purchase the insulating glass unit manufacturing facilities of Saint-Gobain in Motherwell and Canterbury. Contracts...

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Top Of The Arch – Hitting The Marks In Customer Survey

Arched and angled frame manufacturer, Premier Arches, has scored top results in a recent customer survey, ranking highly when it comes to product...

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Purplex Vanquished

Vanquish, the company that specialises in making intumescent kits for rebated hardware protection, an integral part of a fire-resistant timber...

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You Might Have Choices But There’s Still No Escaping Part L

AluK’s product managers Peter Willard and Lisa Stephens and sales manager Scott Yates talked to a hundred installers who attended the CWG...

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Reward Pays Dividends

Nationwide Frame Services is targeting strong business growth in 2022 and beyond with help from a £1 million working capital injection from...

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Bunn Is Cooking Up A Storm

Stevenswood the PVC-U and aluminium window, door, glass and conservatory supplier is turning up the heat as it cooks up a storm by opening two new...

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Big Investment In Big Glass

An investment of over £1.5 million by glass processor Glassolutions will help its customers to respond to growing homeowner demand for oversized...

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Fab Fabricator Turns 30

CDW Systems has been a fab aluminium fabricator for 30 years. The company has been manufacturing and supplying trade and commercial installers...

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New Directors Appointed At Winlock

Winlock Security has appointed two new members to its board of directors. Dave Clark, becomes finance director and Nathan Hutchon becomes sales...

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Shredder To Increase Recycling Capacity

Veka Recycling has invested more than £200,000 in an industrial PVC-U shredder from German specialist manufacturer, Arjes. The new shredder was...

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Glad Of Glaston As TuffX Heats Up Investment

Toughened glass specialist, TuffX, has installed a new glass furnace at its Knowsley premises. A new Glaston FC500 furnace replaces an older model as...

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Construction's Recovery And The Ukraine War

The recovery in construction output risks being undermined by the invasion of Ukraine and the impact this is having on the supply of materials and...

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Bill Butters Butters Up Clients With ARC

Bill Butters Windows is the latest company to sign up to Augmented Reality Creations – the ARC Design platform sits on an installer’s site...

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Swansea High Bays Keep VBH On The Up

Hardware firm, VBH, has had to install high-bay racks and picking systems at its Swansea distribution centre to cope with the post-pandemic...

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Inwido We Trust – Dekko Sells Majority Share

Fabricator Dekko Window Systems has sold a majority stake to European window group Inwido, securing continued development and expansion of the...

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Central Turns 40

1982 - the Falklands war; inflation at 8.6%; Prince William is born; on stage, Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a bat; Reliant Products Limited comes...

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Cornwall Expands Into Somerset

Glass company, the Cornwall Group, is positioning itself for major expansion in 2022 as it conducts acquisition talks and begins work on a new glass...

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As Integral Blind Demand Jumps Morley Jumps To It

Morley Glass has invested more than £750,000 to increase its capacity for manufacturing its Uni-Blinds range of integrated window and door...

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Tough Year Ahead For Firms That Don’t Advertise

With the state of the market looking very different now to how it did at the end of the first national lockdown, it’s likely things will become...

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Record Breaking Year For Premier Arches

Premier Arches, has seen a 94% sales uplift, despite a challenging trading period for the industry – making 2021 the most successful year...

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Morley Leads Way In Lead Time Comeback

Uni-Blinds manufacturer Morley Glass is starting 2022 on a high after successfully fighting back against unprecedented supply chain issues to get back...

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Big Investment Made By Made By Sedgebrook

HS Trade, operating under the Made By Sedgebrook brand, has doubled its dedicated Residence Collection manufacturing facility and invested in...

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Investment At Lumi Looms

Lumi has made significant investment in its latest range of ‘frameless’ window and doors, with the addition of new machinery at its...

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NICs Rise To Add Fuel To The Inflationary Fire

The IoD has survey data showing that the forthcoming rise in employers’ national insurance contributions is likely to be inflationary, as well...

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50 Years Of Service - Two Kenrick Staff Complete Milestone

Celebrations have been taking place at Kenrick as two members of the team celebrate a whopping 50 years’ service each. Nash Singh Ranue and...

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Form A Queue For Groupco As Website Goes Live

Carl F Groupco has launched a new website. The website will allow for enhanced customer support for well-known hardware brands, such as FUHR, Roto and...

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High Energy Costs – Steel, Glass And Aluminium Prices To Rise

Energy prices are now over 250% higher than they were in January 2021 and will likely keep climbing meaning steel, glass and aluminium prices will...

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Supply Chain Stumping House Building

Glenigan’s November Construction Index indicates continued construction decline with supply chain issues having the biggest effect on...

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Knowledge Centre Offers E-Learning For Building Sector

Building products manufacturer, Sika, has expanded its e-Learning platform to include on-demand webinars to give customers instant training in...

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Making Modular Garden Rooms - Big Opportunities Exist

Rather than curbing market growth, the pandemic has led to an increase in demand for garden buildings and structures with manufacturers and installers...

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No Ceiling As Glass Co Grows

Glass manufacturer, TuffX, has applied for planning permission to increase its Knowsley premises by a further 30,000sq.ft in the latest stage of its...

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Cardiff - Galliford Guildford Gets Go-Ahead

Cardiff Council has approved plans for a key build-to-rent development at Guildford Crescent in Cardiff by Galliford Try on part of the Marcol...

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Catch Of The Day

In the mid-80s Window Warehouse opened with Halo as a supplier and the promise of a fish & chip supper if they were still doing business in the...

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Smartroof Makes Light Of Lifting

To ensure the safe and efficient handling of materials, a manufacturer of offsite, panelised ‘room in roof’ systems has invested in four...

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£2 Billion For Homes On Brownfield Land

Nearly £2 billion of public money needed to remediate 1,070 hectares of derelict or unused land to help build more new homes has been...

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Now That's Entertainment!

Britain’s fenestration sector gathered for the first time in nearly two years at the 2021 Glazing Summit which drew gasps at some forthright...

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R&D Tax Relief Claimants Grow As Innovation Flourishes

Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs has released stats on R&D tax relief claimants, indicating that SMEs are undergoing an innovation boom...

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Universal Expands Its Universe

It is an exciting time for Universal Composite Doors as it continues to experience rapid growth in a sector that’s booming and shows no signs of...

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A New Joiner

Timber window and door manufacturer Gowercroft Joinery has appointed a new Partnerships Manager as part of the company's plans to extend its...

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A Kick Into Goole

Guardian Glass is kicking a huge investment into its Goole production facilities to increase its ability to supply float glass, primarily to the UK...

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Delivering Certainty For Installers

What installers want most at the moment is certainty. After so much disruption in the supply chain, they’re quite rightly looking for...

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True - Abcell Adds A Ticket To Its World

Abcell has added the Truedor composite door to expand its ticket to the world of PVC-U windows, doors and Ultraframe garden room kits. Truedor...

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£12.5 Million For Association To Improve Homes

Watmos Community Homes has secured a £12.5 million funding package to improve the energy performance of its homes in London and Walsall. The...

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Double Nomination As Everglade Swamps G-21

London fabricator Everglade Windows has been named a double finalist at the G21 Awards. The company has invested more than £1.5...

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Sliders Up Game With £14 Million Investment

One of Europe’s biggest sash window manufacturers, Victorian Sliders, plans to create more jobs after receiving a £14 million investment...

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Top Gear - Clarkson Joins Brisant Board & Young Gun Appointed Too

Tony Clarkson has joined Brisant Secure's board as non-executive chairman. The firm has also appointed a new head of sales and customer service -...

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Clad All Over - Sales Rise 55% In Two Years

Sales of Freefoam’s extensive range of cladding have grown exponentially over the past two years. The company’s top stockist customers saw...

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Taggart Homes Unveils Plans For UK Expansion

Property developer, Taggart Homes, has revealed plans for a number of new schemes across the UK, as well as its intention to acquire a home building...

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Tuffx Invests In More Machinery As Demand Grows

Following continuing growth in demand for its toughened safety glass products, TuffX has purchased another new Bovone SLE machine. This is the...

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DAWS Opens Up On Fifth New Kombimatec

Door And Window Systems, a Liverpool based fabricator, has continued to increase productivity with the installation of its fifth new Kombimatec...

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Blooming Marvellous Bloomberg Speaker

One of the UK’s leading financial analysts and investment strategists will give an exclusive key-note at the 2021 Glazing Summit, sharing his...

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Glazerite MBO - New Team To Drive Business

Trade fabricator, The Glazerite UK Group has been acquired in a management buyout led by Group MD, Robert Brearley. The MBO completed on 9 July 2021,...

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Steel Yourselves For Higher Prices Warns Steel Supplier

The boss of the UK’s largest supplier of steel and aluminium frame reinforcement for window and doors says the industry needs a reality check -...

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Everything Unfolding At AluFold - Selling Tools Are Tops

AluFold's new factory is set to open soon but much has been done in advance with a new brand and a new website to help communicate the scale of...

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Funding Found For 1,000 New Plymouth Homes

Plymouth’s largest social housing landlord, Plymouth Community Homes, will drive forward plans to build approximately 1,000 new affordable homes...

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Gyde To Lead Times And Freight Costs Storm

Six months ago Mila's Richard Gyde first wrote to sound an early warning about the storm brewing in the freight market - now the storm has hit and...

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We Care | We Act

Veka has revealed a new company slogan which it claims represents the caring nature of the family-owned business as it takes action to re-build a...

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Changes to GGF Group Management Structure

The GGF Group has changed its management structure to focus on its development and improving the services of its subsidiary commercial companies,...

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Bond Across The Pond - Global Expansion For Bond It

Bond It, one of the UK’s fastest growing manufacturers of sealants, adhesives and building chemicals, is about to undergo a huge change. On...

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Compusoft To Acquire First Degree Systems

Compusoft is to expand its presence in the window and door market with the acquisition of First Degree Systems. Compusoft Group is a global visual...

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Building Workers Facing Pensions Black Hole - 64% Have No Plan

The majority of workers in the building and refit game are not saving towards their retirement, research by Unite, the UK’s construction union,...

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£30m Investment Secures UK Glass Supply

Saint-Gobain Glass has commenced a £30m investment in its glass manufacturing factory in Eggborough, East Yorkshire. The company is...

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Going Gets Tuffx Expanding

Specialist safety glass manufacturer, TuffX, has expanded its factory in order to ramp-up production of its increasingly popular Infinity rooflights...

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Neil Evans On His First 50 Days As Veka MD

Just 50 days into his new role as MD of Veka Plc, Neil Evans explains to The Fabricator how the company has started the year with record breaking...

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Brisant Finds BFG Funds From BGF Investor

Brisant-Secure, the locks firm, has found a big friendly growth capital investor in the form of BGF. The investment will secure Brisant’s...

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Rocal Completes Management Buy-Out

Rocal Group, which owns a number of home improvement brands, has been acquired by the existing management team from the previous owners, James and...

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From Pot Washer To Apprentice To CEO

A man who swapped pot washing for a construction apprenticeship is now Chief Executive of a major housebuilding group. He thinks employing apprentices...

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Thermoseal Is Hot In International Sales

As published in the twelfth annual Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table, the Thermoseal Group has been ranked number 96 in the...

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Unix Twin Arrissers Double Efficiency

The new Twin from Ashton Industrial is a single machine with two opposing throats allowing simultaneous operation from both sides by separate...

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Malplas Marks Milestone

Malplas UPVC has successfully increased production to its highest ever levels with the support of specialist fastener supplier Rapierstar. Based...

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Veka - Strategy 2021

The newly appointed MD of Veka plc, Neil Evans, has a strategy for 2021 to ensure the firm and its customers continue to thrive in challenging times -...

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£54 Million Plan For Glass Research Facility

Network Space has submitted a planning application to St Helens Borough Council for a £54 million glass research and innovation...

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Foam Firm Fixes Focus

Foam sealant tape specialist, ISO-Chemie, is investing in its international infrastructure with a firm focus on expansion and growth this year. The...

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Rehau Mourns Helmut Wagner

Rehau is mourning the loss of company founder and honorary president Helmut Wagner. He passed away Sunday 24 January at the age of 95 surrounded by...

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Strong Steel Stocks Solve Shortage Of Frame Reinforcements

Anglo European Group, which supplies galvanised frame reinforcement for window and door fabricators, has responded to mounting reports of a global...

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Aluminium Gets Into The Groove To Accept PVC-U Hardware

Garnalex has launched Sheerline Prestige. The new system features a full depth Eurogroove which means it will accept PVC-U hardware. The Prestige...

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Gripcore Is Core On New Door

Doorco, is launching a new addition to its composite door range with a new hybrid door slab engineered using Gripcore technology. The new door has...

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Havin' It Large In Manchester

Dekko has expanded its manufacturing capacity with a new aluminium factory. The 25,000sq.ft facility, is located close by the fabricator’s main...

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They Call It Mellow Yellow

The owners of a stunning refurbishment in Kent were right on trend when they chose grey and yellow for their aluminium windows and doors which have...

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Losing Their Job Is The Biggest Worry For UK Workforce

Research by Ezra, a global provider of digital coaching, has found that the threat of losing their job continues to be the number one worry for the...

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Expanding Tapes To Grow In 2021

Strong demand for airtightness and thermal sealing solutions will drive window and door foam tape growth in 2021, predicts Andy Swift, Sales And...

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Purplex Invests £1 Million In Second Site

Full-service industry specialist marketing agency Purplex has invested around £1 million in a new office on the same South West site as its...

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Garnalex Expands Design Team

Jonathan Crohill has joined the Garnalex technical team as a Sheerline project manager responsible for expanding the window and door products...

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The Money Of Colour

Epwin Window Systems has taken delivery of its second Luna R automatic profile lamination machine, which increases the company’s foiling...

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Bigger Brisant

Brisant Secure, the hardware house behind Ultion locks has moved to a new unit which enables it to expand capacity by two-thirds above 2020...

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Software Softens Demand Boom Punch

Halsall Glass saw such a boom in post-lockdown demand the firm might have wobbled. But a timely investment in software meant the company doubled in...

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The CAB Column - Not hot enough?

There are some that think aluminium framed windows will not be able to meet the thermal demands of the upcoming changes to document L of the building regulations. Whilst it’s fair to say that the proposed changes do pose a challenge – and not just for aluminium. But – membership feedback at our recent spring forum confirms that our system company members are already prepared – writes Council for Aluminium in Building Chairman, Phil Slinger. To Read More - Click The Pic