On page 5 of this months Glass Times magazine, there is an article which explains that possibly up to 80% of the industry is still not CE mark compliant. Not that anyone would know, no one really is sure who is policing CE marking and since it's introduction, everyone has stopped talking about. Still, this [...]
That's right folks! It's is just a few days before the wonder that is CE Marking comes into force! I'm sure you've all enjoyed the marvelous task of getting every nut and bolt certified and stacking up reem after reem of paper work! It certainly has given us all something very exciting to do! Yes [...]
Today I was given this statement from leading conservatory roof manufacturers Ultraframe which should help explain whether conservatory roofs require CE Marking or not: On 1st July, Construction Products Regulations become law, provided there is a harmonised standard for the product sector in question – there is no harmonised standard for conservatory roofs ( although [...]
Wow, after months and months it appears that there is still doubt and misinformation out there about the impending CE Marking. The Twitter discussions on Wednesday proved that, so, as asked by GGF President Mark Warren, I have been asked to write a post to try and help clarify a few things about it! The [...]
There is just under a month left to go until the mandatory CE Marking comes into force on July 1st. I can't help but think that some still are not ready for the transition. For example, I see that most of the major systems companies have been offering seminars for the last few months on [...]
I think this week's FiT Show is going to throw up many questions about the impending CE Marking which is going to take effect from July 1st. Some of the commentary on Twitter over the past few days has centered around certain conditions for smaller companies and how the overall scheme is going to be [...]
In the words of one of the BBC's Olympic commentators: "it's going to be oh so close!" Why is it that our industry always does things at the last minute? As an installations company, we are due to be classified as a manufacturer as of July 1st thanks to the new CE marking regulations. But [...]
The closer the appointment of CE marking gets, the more I'm getting my head stuck into the whole matter. And it's not the simplest of subjects to understand. Here's what I think I know so far: Each supplier MUST get their own products tested to pass performance levels and achieve the correct CE mark for [...]
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