All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 668
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Random audits on Q-Mark
BM TRADA Certification Ltd is tightening up its Q-Mark fire door scheme to give added reassurance to specifiers that they are choosing a product that will perform consistently to exacting standards.
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NWD’s Apeer-ance in the North West
Working with building contractor AW Byrne in Bootle, leading door supplier New World Developments has won its first major order from the North West’s Sefton Borough Council for Apeer, its new GRP composite doorset with patent pending features.
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Glasstech gets all fired up
With the dollar rate currently favouring American exporters, tempering and bending specialist Glasstech was doubly positive about its announcements at Düsseldorf
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Network’s AGM ‘the best ever’
Network VEKA’s ’04 Annual General Meeting was hailed the biggest and best ever after more than 200 members and guests heard of a host of new strategies and innovations before partying the night away.
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Selecta Kitemark advances
Selecta Systems is gearing up to ‘advance’ its 70mm suite by gaining vital accreditation for the product. The Birmingham extrusions company is working towards gaining the Kitemark Registration BS EN 12608:2003 for Advance 70 in what is seen as an important step. The BSI registered symbol will be a testament ...
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Partners’ news products: Tamglass-bavelloni advances one-stop-partner concept
With its order book at an all-time high, Glaston Technologies, the name given to the Tamglass-Bavelloni partnership, launched a record number of new products at Glasstec, stressing the One-Stop-Partner concept
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Ultraframe predicts small loss for 2005
Turnover of £118.2 million (2003: £139.1m), and operating profit of £4.6m (2003: 29.8m) were the key statistics of Ultraframe’s preliminary results for the 53 weeks ended 1 October 2004 (2003: 52 weeks).
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2005, a year of caution
2005 looks set to be a year of caution. A survey by Plimsoll Publishing has revealed that the top 1000 companies in the UK windows & doors industry are in one of four different moods based on their current financial strength. It appears that 42 per cent seem to be ...
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Marking 20 Years of Another Kind of Nightmare
20 years ago this month Glass Age Editor Peter Butler welcomed in the New Year with a sigh of relief: ‘Most of what George Orwell predicted in 1984 remained between its covers’.
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Second City introduces 100% quality inspections
Second City Window & Door Manufacturers Ltd, based in Tipton in the West Midlands, has introduced what it considers to be a revolutionary quality control process.Newly appointed Sales Manager Wayne Ansell explains: ‘The BSI requirement is for a percentage of production to be checked. At Second City we have now ...
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Ritec ‘revolutionises’ clearshield process
The cost-effective application of Ritec’s ClearShield glass protection has been made easier with the new Revolution machine
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A back to white reality: A unique treatment to remove the stigma of pinking in Pvc-u
Silexine has the ability to remove the stigma of pinking in PVC-U frames with its unique one-stage treatment to reverse the process and protect against subsequent pinking
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Moving with the times: Plastmo continues to expand on its flexible system approach
This year Plastmo celebrates 21 years as a UK extruder. Managing Director Henrik Jensen and Sales Director Robert Thiroff spoke to Dominic Bentham about the Plastmo design philosophy, developments in the market, and the company’s plans for Glassex
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Bystronic China alliance means complete solutions
Bystronic Glass has recently signed an agreement with the Chinese company Landglass Technology to provide complete solutions for the glass market.
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Access with integrity: Improving visitor access to cultural and historic buildings
Lottery funding, new technologies, increasing visitor numbers and, most recently, the Disability Discrimination Act, have had a great impact on commercial life for cultural and historic buildings. Dorma offers a comprehensive set of solutions to ensure dignified access for everyone and the preservation of a valued environment
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Archive TitlesTake the tube
If you’ve been unaware of mobile tube cameras, that only shows how successful they are, says Bob Baker of TEB-UK … and if you can install cable tray or metal trunking, you’ve already got the basic skills to offer this system
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Why the rules rule
Are we putting too many barriers in the installer’s way? Are we making him do things he doesn’t need to do?
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Archive TitlesWarrington upgrades security monitoring
Warrington Borough Council has built a new 24-hour security monitoring control room facility to improve its efforts in combating crime.
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Panel manufacturers well and truly stuck
There appears to be an expectation – even impatience – in the industry that all the necessary equipment for PD6662 installations will be available by the end of this year.
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UK ports could lose millions
British port facilities are risking losing millions of pounds in trade with the United States by failing to ensure they comply with new security legislation designed to combat the threat of terrorism, a leading installation company has warned.