News Bulletin - 07 January 2016

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January-issue: 1601.01

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features & reports

" " Window Systems
Industry cautiously optimistic as to continued gro
A new poll has found that going into 2016, installers remain quietly confident of continued growt...[more]

Vinylplus
VinylPlus makes ongoing progress with PVC sustaina
Today the vinyl industry is seen as a role model for tackling sustainability challenges and its d...[more]

Palmer Market Research
Upturn in Commercial Glazing market set to continu
Those reading Palmer Market Research’s previous (2013) report on Commercial Glazing, could have b...[more]

MBA Associates Limited
Customers Are Evolving – Is Your Sales Approach?
Solution selling – providing customers with information, with solutions, trading on what has been...[more]

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people

Solidor
Solidor’s rapid growth set to continue
Solidor’s 2015 was 25% up on 2014 – a storming performance. Over 46,000 homeowners visited the we...[more]

Sliders UK Ltd
Alex Murphy joins the Sliders UK team
Alex Murphy has joined Sliders UK as the specialist door manufacturer’s new Head of Operations.</...[more]

Mighton Products
Mighton add to the team
Continuing with their aim of expanding what they offer, and providing the best possible experienc...[more]

Bohle Ltd.
‘Silver service’: Bohle long service award
Bohle Business Development Manager Alic McCabe, has celebrated twenty-five years’ service. <...[more]

associations

Steel Window Association
Steel windows provide mews with an urban aesthetic
Formerly a disused eighties office building, Opal Mews (www.opalmews .com) is a development in No...[more]

Steel Window Association
Steel windows make the grade for school conversion
Opened in 1938 as a health centre and juvenile employment bureau, Alexandra House is a grade-II l...[more]

FENSA Limited
Enter the FENSA master fitter challenge to win £50
Run in association with the FIT Show 2016 and sponsored by FENSA and GQA Qualifications, the Mast...[more]

Glass and Glazing Federation(GGF)
GGF takes positives from Chancellor’s spending rev
The Glass and Glazing Federation took some positives from Chancellor George Osborne’s a “mixed” S...[more]

charity

Sunsquare Limited
Sunsquare brings festive light to children’s chari
A skylight manufacturer has brought some festive cheer to its’ local children’s hospice, with a s...[more]

Go Glass
Clive pushes the limits for cancer charity
A keen runner and professional glass artist has created a giant sculpture to raise money for char...[more]

Frame Fast
Frame Fast UK raises £2,600 for Derby Royal Hospit
On 4 September, Derby-based trade fabricator Frame Fast UK held its annual charity golf day at Br...[more]

Glazerite Windows
£4000 raised for The Encephalitis Society - at Gla
Glazerite Windows Limited and golf just seem to go together. Aside from sponsoring Wellingborough...[more]

internet

Maco Door and Window Hardware (U.K)
MACO UK website relaunch for 2016
MACO UK are very pleased to announce the exciting relaunch of their UK website www.macouk .net . ...[more]

CENSolutions Ltd
CENSolutions Launches New Website
CENSolutions, the largest supplier of quality certification in the window, door and glass industr...[more]

Float Glass Industries
Float Glass Industries launches new website
Leading glass supplier, Float Glass Industries has just relaunched its website, www.floatglass .c...[more]

National Plastics
National Plastics launches new app
National Plastics, UK’s largest trade counter network, has just launched an app to help customers...[more]

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Observations

Playing catch-up already

2016, from all of us here we wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

2015 was a great year for most in the Fenestration Industry and an exceptional year for many. At the Fenestration News we published some 1338 exciting releases on behalf of 1062 companies. This includes 94 Product announcements, 52 shiny new Projects, 72 Events promotional announcements and 27 website launches or updates. As a consequence the Fenestration News items were viewed some 1,980,000 *.

Historically, come the winter solstice and then a New Year, there is a sense of renewal, a new beginning with a big push to hit the ground running. However, a canny few have realised that if you do what others do, get on the same stage as them, you become part of the cast, just part of the ensemble. That can be entertaining for the viewer, then and only then if they (the viewer) has the time to spare.

What happened to the January Sale ? It’s no longer needed, as having an offer or a bargain at the same time as the showcase set piece from others, is just background, part of the clutter. So was born the early promotion, get in before Christmas, stand out and grab the customer before the competition.

Even this get-in-early approach no longer reaches the potential of just a year or so ago. Those that play follow the leader are also there, so again the stage gets crowded when it comes to the share out.

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Technology has allowed the buyer to take a different approach. Their time is precious it’s a resource they use wisely, that’s how they make money. An aspiration or need from the consumer is no longer followed up in the traditional way of finding the time to go out and look for it. Why should they, when it is all there on a screen in front of them. Life is more spontaneous, want it now, do it now and move on to the next. More productive, more efficient.

To add to the analogy here, the big Supermarkets have seen how shopping trends have changed, no longer is there the customer with the big monthly shop. The consumer grabs on the go and as a consequence their loyalty has also changed. They head to where they can fulfill the need, ring the changes, as it improves their life style.

What about industry? More importantly the Fenestration Industry. Is marketing as part of the crowd as effective as it once was? Or is being different, mapping your own agenda, tapping into how your market now works more fulfilling and rewarding. Sitting here on this sometimes lofty perch you get to see not just the headline improvers, but the actual winners.

*a corrupt log file in March 2015, means this figure is not the full year.

Ian
Fenestration News

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In-Box

Letter to editor, RISA - Alan Fielder Edgetech

Dear Ian,

The recent announcement that the GGF has created RISA (Rushworth Inspection Services & Auditing) Ltd, a subsidiary to take over from FENSA’s inspections to audit installations within the replacement glazing sectors, has to be good news for the glazing industry. We welcome any move to raise the industry standards for the installation of windows and doors.

For many years we’ve been at the forefront of raising performance and standards. As the leading voice for energy efficient glazing we have seen the industry manufacture higher specification products than anyone thought possible ten years ago. It’s not just been in thermal efficiency. Security too has seen big improvements. ..[ more ]

Yours sincerely,

Alan Fielder, Director of Sales and Marketing

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Also in the news....

Roof-Maker Ltd -
'Roof-Maker launches ThermFold, a unique, premium Bifold door system with market leadi'
Roof Maker, the UK’s leading manufacturer of skylights and roof lanterns, has launched ThermFold, a new super insulated aluminium folding sliding door system designed to perfectly match its high specification range of skylights and roof windows. The new bifold doors set new performance and design standards, with triple glazing and toughened safety glass offered as standard and a sleek contemporary look. Available with 48mm triple glaz ..[ more ]

Sliders UK Ltd -
'Siders UK expands portfolio with the Kömmerling PremiLine PRO'
Sliders UK has added the PremiLine PRO from Kömmerling to its Secured by Design and PAS24 2012 compliant Ultimate Range of inline sliding, bi-folding and composite doors. SBD and Document Q compliant, the PremiLine PRO delivers enhanced security without the use of interlocking bolts or exterior security measures, leaving sightlines uninterrupted. Offering lead times of just two weeks, the addition of the German-engineered syst ..[ more ]

Brisant Secure -
'Aztec Windows ‘had to offer’ Ultion as standard on ALL doors'
Coventry based Aztec Windows, fabricators of one of the largest ranges of PVC-U windows and doors in the West Midlands, has standardised in Ultion, Brisant Secure’s high security flagship cylinder lock, for all doors. Aztec Windows (Coventry) Ltd Director Michael Hagan explains: <em>“We’re a fabricator that offers customers high quality products with unrivalled service, so we’re always looking to improve our product range. I started to ..[ more ]

FrameXpress -
'Stormy solutions from frameXpress'
For a property located in the heart of the Welsh countryside, a renovation and extension required the best in thermal efficiency, sound insulation and weather tightness. Located in a beautiful but slightly exposed area, the property is prone to batterings from storms during the harsher winter months. For this reason a number of products from the frameXpress range were incorporated into its renovation. The FS70mm system provide ..[ more ]

Steel Window Association -
'Steel windows provide mews with an urban aesthetic'
Formerly a disused eighties office building, Opal Mews (www.opalmews .com) is a development in North West London, by Clifton Securities, which comprises of five contemporary homes. Nominated for a Civic Trust award, the three-and five-bedroom properties with light-filled, open plan interiors owe much of their success to the 60 steel windows and six large double door sets manufactured and installed by Steel Window Association, Member REA Metal ..[ more ]

New World Developments -
'Lumi gives Apeer a ‘Royale’ introduction'
Lumi, the radical new window system from Apeer, has not only gained a new recruit to its retail network but has also provided an introduction for the rest of the Apeer portfolio. Royale Regents of Leamington Spa is the first company to introduce the Apeer range into its showroom as a direct result of seeing Lumi – and the company’s Sukhi Sanghera is in absolutely no doubt the seamless glazing system has transformed the showroom:<em> “E ..[ more ]

Halo -
'Force 8 adds Halo's Rustique to an ever-expanding product range'
Stockport-based Network VEKA member, Force 8 has added the coveted Rustique profile system to its extensive offering. Force 8 specialises in providing arched frames bent from one continuous length of profile. The company has attracted customers from far and wide, who want a seamless finish for their arched windows and doors, without the need for unsightly joints. MD Dennis Sumner explains:<em> “As a company, we're proud to offe ..[ more ]

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Crown Aluminium Limited -
'Crown set to reign once more.'
Stroud based fabricator Crown Aluminium (UK) Ltd is set to open it’s doors once again to service the UK’s buoyant aluminium and steel windows, doors and curtain wall market. <p ..[ ]

Edgetech (UK) Ltd -
'Letter to editor, RISA - Alan Fielder Edgetech'
Dear Ian, The recent announcement that the GGF has created RISA (Rushworth Inspection Services & Auditing) Ltd, a subsidiary to take over from FENSA’s inspections to audit in ..[ ]

Saint-Gobain Glass UK -
'Dr Richard Cave boosts Saint-Gobain Glass' technical support'
Saint-Gobain Glass UK has appointed Dr Richard Cave to the newly created role of Technical Support Manager. Based at the company’s Eggborough HQ, he will work both with SGG’s ..[ ]

aluplast (UK) Limited -
'Trade Counter announces expansion plans and launches search '
Trade window centre 21st Century Trade Windows has announced plans to expand its offer nationwide after reporting significant growth across its bran Launched by fabricator Af ..[ ]

Maco Door and Window Hardware (U.K) -
'MACO UK website relaunch for 2016'
MACO UK are very pleased to announce the exciting relaunch of their UK website www.macouk .net . Core to the new site is the ability to view it from multiple platforms such as deskto ..[ ]

Sealco -
'Sealco adds expertise in England and Wales'
Top independent hardware distributor Sealco adds expertise to the team with the key appointment of Norman Berrill as Business Development Manager. Norman heads up technical ..[ ]

Solidor -
'Solidor's rapid growth set to continue'
Solidor’s 2015 was 25% up on 2014 – a storming performance. Over 46,000 homeowners visited the website in November 2015 looking for their ideal door, a new record for the leading com ..[ ]

Residence 9 -
'Residence 9 installers get more (and more!) leads'
Residence 9’s successful consumer marketing strategy is taking off, and generating 10% more leads every month on average compared to each previous month. R9 installers are benefittin ..[ ]

Wicona Projects -
'Specially-adapted façade solution from Wicona helps to creat'
The 6,500sqm state-of-the-art learning hub will help the University attract more students in an increasingly competitive higher education environment and provides a major cultural ce ..[ ]

Kestrel-BCE -
'Kestrel and National Plastics deliver for social housing'
A large social housing refurbishment project in Salisbury has been flying along thanks to Kestrel and National Plastics. PVCUE roofline manufacturer Kestrel teamed up with th ..[ ]

" " Window Systems -
'Industry cautiously optimistic as to continued growth in 201'
A new poll has found that going into 2016, installers remain quietly confident of continued growth, driven by demand from new build and retail sectors. Published this month, ..[ ]

DOORCO -
'New property investment allows further growth for DOORCO'
Having experienced a huge increase in sales year-on-year, fast growing composite door manufacturer, DOORCO has now moved into new and much larger premises to facilitate further growt ..[ ]

Kestrel-BCE -
'Window business records roofline growth'
A leading Lancashire fenestration business is growing after extending its roofline range. Plas-Tech Windows in Morecambe now credits 25 per cent of its business to roofline.< ..[ ]

Kawneer UK Limited -
'Kawneer extends its partnership with Balfour Beatty'
Kawneer has renewed its preferred supplier status with Balfour Beatty, one of the UK's largest construction companies, signing a new UK-wide supply chain framework agreement to the e ..[ ]

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