How Long Will This Cycle Last?
You can begin to feel the industry ask itself: how long is this going to last? It feels as though we've been talking about [...]
Liniar To Host Exclusive Webinar Launching Brand-New Energy Performance Calculator
For window and door fabricators, balancing the demands of verifying regulatory compliance, energy efficiency, and customer expectations is no small feat. As part of [...]
A Hard Day At Work
I think it will be a long time before any of us forgets seeing Chancellor Rachel Reeves crying during Prime Minister's Questions last week. [...]
From Rock Bottom: The Journey Back Kelly’s Heroes Take On Their Toughest Challenge Yet
This September, get back on the saddle to set off from the Rock of Gibraltar on an extraordinary journey of hope, resilience and awareness, [...]
Pilkington UK Opens New Glass Production Line In St Helens
Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has launched a new glass production line at its Greengate Works site in St Helens [...]
F E A T U R E D A R T I C L E S
Sean Banks Appointed As Operations Manager For BDC Aluminium
BDC Aluminium has appointed Sean Banks as its new operations manager, bringing over 30 years of manufacturing experience and operational leadership to the role. [...]
Endurance® Aluminium Targets Increased Sales For Installer Partners
Endurance® Aluminium is building on its commitment to maximising the success and growth of its installer partners. Having recently unveiled an online configurator for [...]
Endurance® Aluminium Launches Installer Partner Scheme
Endurance® Aluminium has begun onboarding businesses to its newly launched installer partner scheme. The new scheme from the fabricator of aluminium windows, doors and [...]
Origin Launches OS-29+ Sliding Door
Origin has launched the OS-29+ sliding door, which combines sleek, contemporary aesthetics with U-Values as low as 0.78 W/m2K. According to Origin, the new [...]
Introducing The UK’s Most Thermally Efficient Aluminium Slider
Origin, the UK’s leading manufacturer of premium aluminium windows and doors, has launched the market-leading OS-29+ Sliding Door. The unique design offers superior performance [...]
Pilkington UK Opens New Glass Production Line In St Helens
Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has launched a new glass production line at its Greengate Works site in St Helens [...]
FireGlass Joins New Umbrella Brand Saverto
The svt Group, a leading provider of passive fire protection solutions across Europe, is consolidating its international product division under the new brand Saverto, which also includes FireGlass. [...]
Regency Glass Announce Collaboration With Corning Incorporated
Now, this is quite something. Lancashire-based IGU suppliers Regency Glass have announced a partnership with global glass innovators Corning Incorporated aimed at introducing a [...]
Saint-Gobain Glass Brings The World’s First Lower-Carbon Glass Manufacturing To The UK
Saint-Gobain Glass has announced that the world’s first lower-carbon glass, ORAÉ®, is now being manufactured in the UK at its site in Eggborough, Yorkshire. Previously [...]
Cornwall Group Flags Concerns To MP
Cornwall Group has raised its concerns about the impact of the increase in the National Minimum Wage and National Insurance with its Member of [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
Glyngary Backs Reece As He Rides For GB In Cycle Speedway World Championships
Glyngary Joinery is proud to sponsor team member Reece [...]
Direct Trade (Yorkshire) Ltd Extends Stellar Aluminium Range
Direct Trade (Yorkshire) Ltd, one of the UK’s largest [...]
Sean Banks Appointed As Operations Manager For BDC Aluminium
BDC Aluminium has appointed Sean Banks as its new [...]
Direct Trade (Yorkshire) Ltd Embraces Smart Innovation With Sense By MACO
Long-standing MACO customer Direct Trade (Yorkshire) Ltd has announced [...]
Endurance® Aluminium Targets Increased Sales For Installer Partners
Endurance® Aluminium is building on its commitment to maximising [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
Unique Window Systems Acquires Assets Of AluFold Direct
Unique Window Systems Ltd, a multi-award-winning fabricator of UPVC and aluminium windows, doors, and curtain walling, has acquired the business and assets of AluFold [...]
Keraglass Acquires 100% Of AVG Automazioni
Keraglass, a leading company in the industrial machinery sector for glass processing – owned by Voilàp S.p.A. and the Spezzani family – has announced the acquisition [...]
FireGlass Joins New Umbrella Brand Saverto
The svt Group, a leading provider of passive fire protection solutions across Europe, is consolidating its international product division under the new brand Saverto, which also includes FireGlass. [...]
AluFold Direct Set To Enter Administration
I fear it may have been too early for me to write just last week that [...]
EAG And Multifab Ltd Enter Administration
In a blow to the UK construction and building products sector, English Architectural Glazing Ltd (EAG), prominent façade and curtain walling specialists, has officially [...]
Petition Launched To Change Regulations On Trickle Vents
In response to new Building Regulations that came into force in June 2022, requiring all window replacement installations to include trickle vents, a Government [...]
Could The Future Building Standard Be Watered Down?
Whilst the arguments over trickle vents continue to rage on, eight months after their implementation, attention has rightly turned to the next major set [...]
Glazpart Joins BPF
Sponsored news from Glazpart: As part of its external affairs strategy, Glazpart has joined the British Plastics Federation (BPF). With the trading environment adapting [...]
I Used ChatGPT To Ask About Fenestration And This Is What It Said
You may have heard of something called ChatGPT over the last few weeks. ChatGPT is an AI text platform that is both fascinating people [...]
The Time For Complaining Has Passed
Seven months after the implementation of the updated Building Regulations, which have seen lower minimum U-Values and mandatory trickle vents to all windows, I [...]
Forterro Continues Expansion Into The Fenestration Industry With BM Group Acquisition
The deal builds on the acquisition of Orgadata AG in 2024 to further grow the new Forterro Windows and Doors line of business. London, [...]
Half Of All Installers Could Face A Cyber-Attack This Year
Elton Boocock, Managing Director of Business Pilot, explains why you should never be complacent about online security. Half of all businesses report having experienced [...]
Cyncly’s Sales Manager Greg Beachim Explains Why Fabricators Need To Think About Succession Planning
Since 2019, the window fabrication industry has faced significant upheaval, with a 60% reduction in fabrication. This concerning trend underscores the critical need for [...]
How AI Could Change The Fenestration Sector
Not a day goes by without AI (artificial intelligence) coming up within the media or social media and how it is impacting our daily [...]
Ultion Nuki Plus Wins Best Smart Security Award At T3 Awards 2023
Ultion is thrilled to announce its victory at the T3 Awards 2023. Their revolutionary product, the Ultion Nuki Plus, has emerged triumphant in the [...]
Eurocell And Biffa Successfully Trial New PVCu Waste Management Scheme For The Trade
Challenge PVC-U based products, like windows and doors, often [...]
£6m Biofuel Trial At Glass Futures And Pilkington
A major industrial trial was successfully undertaken this month [...]
Glass Express Midlands Save 142 Tonnes Of CO2 In One Year
Glass Express Midlands has been certified as a leading [...]
Eurocell Introduces Recycling Service For Cavalok Offcuts
Eurocell can now recycle the offcuts of Cavalok Cavity [...]
Eurocell Urges Government To Outline Clear Decarbonisation Plan For Social Housing
Eurocell is urging the government to outline its vision [...]
C H A R I T Y
From Rock Bottom: The Journey Back Kelly’s Heroes Take On Their Toughest Challenge Yet
This September, get back on the saddle to set off from the Rock of Gibraltar on an extraordinary journey of hope, resilience and awareness, [...]
BDC Aluminium And Industry Partners Unite For Children’s Hospice Charity
A group of companies from across the fenestration sector have come together in aid of a children’s hospice charity. In a collaborative effort instigated [...]
Hurst Doors Gets Muddy For Charity
Colleagues from Hurst Doors recently participated in the 'Get Caked' event – a challenging five-mile muddy obstacle course – to help raise funds for [...]
Rocal Staff Take Steps For Charity
Members of the Rocal team have stepped up - and out - for a worthy cause. A group of 27 colleagues from across the [...]
Hurst Doors Partners With Dove House Hospice To Make A Difference In 2024
Hurst Doors has partnered with Dove House Hospice, a local charity dedicated to providing vital care and support to individuals and families facing life-limiting [...]
U K R A I N E C R I S I S
NSG Group Leaves Russia
It could be said that it is better late than never, but NSG Group, owners of Pilkington UK, have announced that they have sold [...]
REHAU To Sell Its Business In Russia
The war in Ukraine continues to have effects in all sorts of sectors around the world. In an announcement on Friday, REHAU, one of [...]
Guardian Glass Seeking Ways To Exit Russian Facilities
The war in Ukraine continues to cause heartbreaking death and destruction across the country. It is also causing mayhem and disruption for businesses of [...]
REHAU Group Suspends Operations In Russia
This is a statement from REHAU with regards to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and their operations in Russia: We have seen the [...]
Markets Are Beginning To Break And It Will Affect Everything
The war in Ukraine grinds on, and with each day the humanitarian crisis grows. Millions of people are being displaced within the country and [...]
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