All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 779
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Primary, Processing & Merchanting
Pilkington has announced its new organisation Pilkington Building Products UK. The company says that the move, which was completed on 31st March 2004, will prepare the company for future market opportunities and provide far-reaching benefits for customers and specifiers.
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Archive TitlesStructura Maintenance
A new Planned Maintenance division headed by Leroy Graham (pictured) has been set up by Structura Special Projects, specialists in the repair and replacement of curtain wall facades, windows and doors.
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Godiva MBO
Group Deceuninck has announced the sale of its participation in Godiva Windows Ltd to the local management. Godiva provides services to the window construction industry and will continue its cooperation with Deceuninck in the future. All 26 members of staff of Coventry-based Godiva will continue to be employed by the ...
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Archive TitlesPolyex Formed
Formed in Alfreton, January 2003, Polyex Ltd has been set up by Roger Hartshorn and Mike Bosworth to take advantage of the growing demand for conservatories and related products. Roger and Mike made significant personal investment in the new venture which has the capability and capacity to have a major ...
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PIGS off to a Flying Start
The inuagural meeting of the Publicity in Glazing Society (P.I.G.S) was held in Covent Garden, London last month and was rated as a great success by those who came. Open to all those with a connection to media, marketing or PR in the glass and window industry, around 60 people ...
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Hansen Glazes World Peace Flame
Custom designed screen printed glass units have been supplied by HansenGlass to form a structurally glazed enclosure around a living flame monument at the Life Foundation International Course Centre in Wales.The World Peace Flame Monument, together with the adjoining Candle Room, have been designed by a young architect involved in ...
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Everwhite Signings
Delta Double Glazing Supplies focused on Everwhite as its main roofline supplier in January, although the company has stocked the brand among others for three years. Director of Delta, Wendy Wyatt, explains why the company took this decision. ‘We started stocking roofline products three years ago but from the outset ...
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Go East, Young Glaziers!
According to the latest research from glasstec, while the glass industry in Western Europe has been reluctant to make investments, a current revival of the markets in North America and Russia can be detected. In addition the sector is hoping for growth from India, South America and Eastern Europe, where ...
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Archive TitlesEverglade Moves to Double Output
Everglade Windows has completed a £3m move to a new factory which is more than four times the size of its old manufacturing plant. It means the Kömmerling fabricator will be able to double its current output from 500 windows a week to 1,000 within six months. And the new ...
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OFT Doorstep Report
Doorstep selling legislation needs to be updated to combat the psychological tactics employed by many salespeople says the OFT.
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Wood Plastic Composite
WTL and Heywood Williams Group have joined forces to seize the potential of the WPC (wood plastic composite) market for extrusion and injection moulding – a market that a recent conference forecast to grow to more than £1bn in Europe by 2008.
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Euroseal Commits
At a time when some extruders are considering pulling out of the gasket business, market leaders Euroseal has reaffirmed its commitment to maintain the widest range of flexible glazing extrusions.
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Glasslam at Chelsea
Glasslam Europe sponsored an award winning garden at this years world famous Chelsea flower show, the garden by renowned designer Sue Adcock had as its centre piece, a silk designed by Carole Waller and laminated between glass by Glasslam Europe, the glass measured 1.5m x 4.0m and was 20mm thick. ...
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Status Increases Capacity
PVCu systems specialist Status Systems has invested £60,000 in a third silo store at its Oldham based extrusion plant. With growing sales and a new 70mm PVCu system concept - zendow - the company had a real need for additional compound storage both in terms of quantity and material type.
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Universal Break-in
PVC-U profile forming company Universal Arches has issued a warning to other manufacturers in the industry following a malicious break in at their St Helens premises last week. The break in, which was caught on the company’s state-of-the-art security cameras, occurred during the early hours and the company believes that ...
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Titon Blames Government
Titon Holdings has revealed disappointing half-year profits some 19% lower than the same period last year. The company blamed competition and the fact that sales growth came from lower margin product lines. Titon also said it expects its second half results to be broadly similar to the first.
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Archive TitlesIn The Hands of Others: Rod Appleyard's day in the life of a fenestration surveyor
Rod Appleyard's appearances on BBC TV's Watchdog have served to underline that you are only as good as the people you employ, and most important are the surveyors and fitters
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Activ Museum Contract
The designers of a major new paleontological museum housing one of the world's largest collections of fossils have chosen, in contrast, one of the modern world's most innovative solutions for the building: Pilkington ActivTM self-cleaning glass. The Museum of the Earth, which recently opened to the public in Ithaca, New ...
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Archive TitlesPilks 3-Point Plan Pays Off
On 26th May, Pilkington plc announced its results for the year to 31st March 2004. Chairman, Sir Nigel Rudd, commented: 'This is a strong set of results that shows Pilkington achieving management's objectives. Our focus on keeping down costs has enabled Pilkington to report substantially maintained profits despite challenging conditions ...
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1000 Synseal Roofs per week
A relative newcomer to the conservatory roof market, Synseal has demonstrated the power of product innovation to shake up a market. Growth has been rapid from its entry to the conservatory market in 2002, and Synseal is being seen as a future market leader. Synseal’s Shield and Global roofing systems ...