All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 762
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Archive TitlesEric Davis Joins KS
Eric Davis, ex Board Director of the Plastmo group, has joined KS Profiles as its new Sales Director.
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The True Cost of Price Wars
With the ever-increasing focus on window security, responsibility falls – in part – to hardware manufacturers to meet the challenges of providing high performance solutions that can offer the security levels fabricators require.
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Archive TitlesGlass Consultancy
Two of the consulting engineering profession’s rising international stars – Philip Wilson and Gennady Vasilchenko-Malishev – have formed their own consultancy to specialise in the design of glass and artistic structures. From their new office in London, Malishev Wilson Engineers will offer creative structural design services both in the ...
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Archive TitlesSuppliers’ handcuffs: companies should have the right to dual source
Sole supply agreements have been creeping into the industry. Nick Dutton explores why they aren’t always good news for fabricators or suppliers.
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Archive TitlesEurocell’s Danielle jumps for charity
Eurocell Profiles’ Danielle Machin recently took part in a parachute jump from 13,000 feet all in aid of charity. Danielle, who has worked in the sales office at the Derbyshire based company for over a year, raised over £600 for the British Heart Foundation.Danielle said afterwards: ‘The jump was a ...
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Ultraframe champions keep a clean sheet
A football team made up of staff from Ultraframe are the champions of the Blackburn Orphanage Cup for the second year running. The annual charity football tournament saw the Ultraframe team score an impressive 42 goals without even conceding one, breaking a tournament record held for 54 years.
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Laminated Glass for Cars
Insurers should put pressure on car manufacturers to raise their security standards according to the July Which? Report (published July 1); which goes on to say ‘Until they do, it’s going to be the car owner who suffers’.
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Laird buys Lindman
Lindman Ltd has been purchased by the Laird Group plc for an undisclosed sum. Lindman pioneered the original fibreglass composite door in the UK in 1987, and has since promoted and developed its products using GRP thermosetting resin technology. Laird is a market leader in the UK for window and ...
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Therma-Tru buys Sentinel
Composite door manufacturer Sentinel Doors, has been bought out by Ohio company Therma-Tru Doors – now part of Fortune Brands – for an undisclosed sum, likely to have reached eight figures. The US company said the acquisition was to accelerate its growth in the UK. Sentinel, with annual turnover of ...
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Archive TitlesTransforming the glass transformation business
Richard Schwarz gets an update on the numerous changes that have been taking place within Solaglas MSN from Lance Burn, Managing Director of MSN.
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Archive TitlesClements in Brum
Family owned Clement Steel Windows, an expanding Surrey based operation has opened a new office in Birmingham to cover the increasing demand for steel windows in the Midlands.
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Bowater in Equity Switch
3i, Europe’s leading private equity company, has joined forces with the existing management team to acquire Bowater Building Products Group from a consortium of other private equity investors.
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Bob Hubble
Bob Hubble, Sales Administrator at Rankins (Glass) Company Ltd, died suddenly on Monday 21st June after a short illness. Bob had been involved in the glass industry since he left school joining T & W Ide in 1961. From there, Bob moved onto Nicholls & Clarke, and Dockrell Glass ...
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Archive TitlesTyson Joins Titon Board
Ventilation and window fittings supplier Titon has appointed Tyson Anderson to its Holding Company Board of Directors. He takes on the role following 14 years in the business; Tyson has been Marketing Director of subsidiary Company, Titon Hardware Ltd, since 1999.
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Archive TitlesAutomation Warehouse Goes Global
With the acquisition of its Italian based parent company, Aprimatic, by the Urmet Group, The Automation Warehouse has changed its name to Global Access Technology (G.A.T.). The news was announced at an event held at Donington racecourse, where the Aprimatic sponsored Ferrari was competing. G.A.T. is now part of a ...
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Archive TitlesLoss of privacy or just nosy neighbours? Rod Appleyard’s day in the life of a fenestration surveyor
A conservatory supplier’s failings are the root of a dispute between neighbours in this month’s story from Rod Appleyard’s casebook
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Archive TitlesActiv Scientists Honoured by R.A.E.
The scientific team that developed Pilkington ActivTM, the world's first, dual action, self-cleaning glass, recently attended a top engineering awards dinner hosted by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, after being selected as one of four finalists.
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BAC BACks Activ
BAC Windows Ltd, one of the UK’s most prominent window, door and conservatory installers, has launched a major promotion offering Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning glass – fitted free of charge on all windows and doors sold during the summer. Advance interest in the promotion is such that the company may consider ...
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Archive TitlesAvanti Acquires Epsilon
Avanti Systems, the UK’s largest independent manufacturer of office partitioning systems, has taken over Oxted based Epsilon as part of its ever-expanding partitioning operation. The latest member to join the Avanti family has been newly named Epsilon-Avanti and brings its own brand of distinctive partitioning products to the group as ...
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Synseal Absorbs Price Hikes
As the market braces itself for further raw material price hikes in PVC resin and steel, some suppliers are implementing price increases of 4-8% on profile, and up to 18% on steel. In contrast, Synseal has decided to absorb the bulk of these increases and limit the burden on customers ...