Fabricators should expect to see prices rise in 2004 according to Securistyle, who like other window hardware manufacturers, has experienced hikes in the cost of raw materials over recent months and can no longer absorb the full impact.
Paul Cook, Securistyle's managing director says, ‘We have seen an unprecedented 20 to 32% rise in the cost of stainless steel, depending on grades, since last October alone and, although we would not consider passing on the entire cost to the fabricator, it is inevitable that some of the burden must be shared.

‘The UK market has been adversely affected by increased demand for raw materials and commodities from the more buoyant China economy, which has resulted in demand outstripping supply to the UK.

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Glass Age