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Letter To The Editor - Platforms Still Relevant.

Dear Ian,

I note with interest articles by Roy Frost on "Pretty Windows" and more recently from Dan Gill of R9. As someone who has been around PVC-U window & door system R&D for many years, I have long been an admirer of Dan's work and eye for detail, indeed I was of one his first customers in a previous life.

The entrepreneurial intention of both articles is in keeping with our industry's history in finding new and evolving methods to push purchaser’s buttons by making decisions on beauty and/or fashion.

I'm no salesperson - but after 30 years in our industry - I do understand the need to give the purchaser what they want. However, there is more to fenestration innovation than fashion: beauty goes beyond simply what you see...[ more ]

Mark Barsby
The VEKA UK Group

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Solidor -
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Pilkington Building Products - UK -
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FrameXpress -
'New safety measures taken by frameXpress.'
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Steel Window Association -
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Bohle -
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MBA Associates Limited -
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Swisspacer -
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Jack Aluminium Systems -
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ASSA ABLOY UK -
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