We Face Another Black Swan Event
Black swan event: "A black swan is an unpredictable event that is beyond what is normally expected of a situation and has potentially severe consequences." [...]
Kömmerling Bids Fond Farewell As Kevin Warner Retires
Kömmerling and profine bid long term colleague and friend, Kevin Warner, a fond farewell as the company’s sales and marketing director retires after 17 [...]
Victorian Sliders® Sets New Standards In Security With Secured By Design Certification For Their ECOSlide® Sash Window
Victorian Sliders®, Europe’s leading manufacturer of PVC-U sash windows, proudly announces that their ECOSlide® sash windows have achieved Secured by Design (SBD) certification. This [...]
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 [...]
Fentrade Aluminium Acquired By Aluminium Vision
The M&A activity in the aluminium sector within fenestration shows no signs of stopping as yet another deal has been announced today. Following the [...]
F E A T U R E D A R T I C L E S
DAWS Appoints National Sales Manager
Leading aluminium manufacturer DAWS has appointed Steve Williams, an experienced fenestration industry professional, as National Sales Manager, New Products as part of the company’s [...]
Origin Manufactures One-Millionth Product
Origin, the leading manufacturer of aluminium doors and windows, has manufactured its one-millionth product. To commemorate this achievement, Origin has unveiled a special commemorative [...]
DAWS Launches Its Guaranteed No Bow, All-Aluminium Composite Door Range
Leading aluminium manufacturer DAWS has launched its “all aluminium” Signature Door collection. Designed to provide residential installers with a stylish, robust and hassle-free composite [...]
Why Safety Is The Secret Weapon For Window And Door Sales
In today’s competitive market, homeowners seek features that enhance their lives, especially when it comes to family safety. Victoria Brocklesby, COO at Origin, a [...]
Origin Revolutionises Manufacturing Process With The Launch Of In-House Powder Coating Facility
Origin, the UK’s leading manufacturer of aluminium doors and windows, announces the launch of its state-of-the-art, in-house powder coating facility. In a monumental and [...]
Calls For Help As Pilkington Energy Bills Rise To £8m Per Month
As we sift through the conveyor belt of crazy news headlines, the major issue that is affecting all of us is the cost of [...]
Saint-Gobain Completes Eggborough Float Line Upgrades
In positive news for UK fenestration, Saint-Gobain has announced that their project to upgrade their float line facility at Eggborough is now complete. They [...]
Latest Plimsoll Report Fires Warning On UK Glass Production
A worrying new report from Plimsoll, a global research and analysis business, has published a new report which says that there is significant trouble [...]
Morley Glass Triples Post-Consumer Glass Recycling Capacity
This is a sponsored article by Morley Glass: The UK’s largest manufacturer of Screenline integral blinds will be recycling more post-consumer glass and supporting [...]
Guardian Glass Plant Repairs And Upgrades Will Be Finished This Month
At long last, some good news on the glass front. According to Guardian Glass, repairs and upgrades at their facility in Goole are due [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
Go Configure With Endurance® Aluminium
Closely following the launch of its comprehensive website to [...]
Endurance® Doors Builds On TV Ad’s Lead Generation Success
Endurance® Doors is making further investments into the success [...]
Endurance® Aluminium Publishes Brochure Book To Boost Leads
As part of the Endurance® group, Endurance® Aluminium is [...]
Origin Unveils New Concept Showroom
Origin has unveiled its brand-new concept showroom. The company [...]
Builders Merchant’s Value Sales Down -2.3% In January Year-On-Year, With Prices -2.3% And Flat Volume Sales
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
Evolution Under New Ownership
In what will be seen as a positive move for the business, Evolution, whose parent company Everest 2020 recently went into administration, has announced [...]
Google Trends Data Shows Search Data At 2016 Levels
Back in COVID times (remember that?) much of the industry lauded Google Trends as an indicator as to how the market was performing. Indeed, [...]
UK Out Of Recession
It has been confirmed this morning, as had been expected, that the UK had left the shallow recession it had entered in 2023. Figures [...]
Anglian Home Improvements Acquires Everest Order Book
In news that was perhaps widely expected, it has been announced that Anglian Home Improvements have reached an agreement to fulfil the orders on [...]
Everest 2020 Ltd Put Into Administration
Following reports two weeks ago that Everest was being put up for sale, it has been confirmed via Evolution Home Improvements that Everest 2020 [...]
Trickle Vents
An industry pet hate is the use of trickle vents. As sad as it may be, I've been having a look through the proposed [...]
Where Could Robots Take Window Industry Jobs?
Our daily lives are being quietly evolved into something a lot more tech-based. Smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, lots of us have at least one [...]
Buying Windows And Doors With Bitcoin Would Be Way Too Risky
Bitcoin. The world's most famous cryptocurrency, or digital currency, whichever term you prefer. For those who may not know why it has been in [...]
This Video Demonstrates The Future Of Door And Home Security
You may have seen a little while ago a video and post on social media that grabbed the attention of our industry. Just in [...]
Could Robots Replace UK Fenestration Jobs In The Future?
In recent days there have been features online and on TV media about the future of technology and robots and what it could mean [...]
DGB Tech: Tesla’s Revolutionary Solar Roof To Launch In Second Half Of 2017
Last year I first wrote about the revolutionary Solar Roof product by the guys at SolarCity, which is a Tesla company. You can catch [...]
Freefoam Announce Energy Supply From Renewable Sources
This is a sponsored article by Freefoam: Freefoam Building [...]
Almost 90% Of UK Homeowners Don’t Know PVC-U Can Be Recycled – Poll
This is a sponsored article by Deceuninck UK: A [...]
Consumers Reject ‘Plastic’ Home Improvement Products – Poll
This is a sponsored article by Deceuninck UK: A [...]
CNC Recycling Strengthens Sales Team
This is a press release from CNC Recycling: UPVC [...]
UK Homeowners Prepared To Pay More For Products Seen As More Sustainable
This is a sponsored article by Deceuninck UK: More [...]
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