HEGLA Group Under New Management
With new CEO Christian Decker, the HEGLA Group has completed its transition into the next generation of management. Christian Decker succeeds Bernhard Hötger, who was associated with HEGLA for [...]
The £530 Billion Construction Pipeline: Navigating Cost Pressures In A Growing Market
The government's Infrastructure Pipeline sets out 780 projects worth £530 [...]
US Asset Management Firm Apollo Acquires Pilkington Parent Company NSG
US-based asset management firm Apollo has announced a strategic [...]
Eurocell 2025 Results: Resilience, Margin Progress And Strategic Expansion
Eurocell’s full year 2025 results arrive against one of [...]
Prepare For Price Increases
It appears the war in the Middle East is [...]
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Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems Acquired By Bailey
This wave of consolidation within the fenestration market is really picking up pace as yet another acquisition of an aluminium systems company has just been announced. Building envelope solutions [...]
BDC Aluminium Refines Online Experience With Website Relaunch
Manufacturer of reliable, high-performance aluminium [...]
Achieving Qualicoat At Origin’s Powder-Coating Facility
David Bunker, Operational Risk and Supply Chain Director at [...]
Origin’s Manhattan Inspired Window
Ben Brocklesby, Director at Origin, leading manufacturer of handcrafted [...]
G L A S S
Saint-Gobain Launches COOL-LITE® XTREME 51/23 And 51/23 II – A New Standard In Solar Control Glazing
Saint-Gobain Glass has launched COOL-LITE® XTREME 51/23 and COOL-LITE® XTREME 51/23 II, the latest evolution in its solar control range. This high-performance, triple silver-coated, glass delivers outstanding selectivity, processing [...]
Solar Powered W Smart Provides Hassle-Free Motorised Shading Solution For Low Energy Homes
Sponsored news from Morley Glass: The Uni-Blinds® W Smart [...]
Glass Could Be About To Get Even More Expensive
Just as other parts of the fenestration supply chain [...]
Black Is The New Black With New Uni-Blinds® Colour Option
Sponsored news from Morley Glass: Morley Glass has added [...]
Review: W Smart System Uni-Blinds® By Morley Glass
Around this time last year, I had a set [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
Merchants Q4 Like-For-Like Value Sales Down -1.2% On Q4 2024
Merchants Q4 like-for-like value sales down -1.2% on Q4 [...]
BDC Aluminium Champions Low-Carbon Circular Aluminium Systems
BDC Aluminium places great emphasis on its environmental responsibilities, [...]
Helping The Trade Sell Luxury With Confidence
As energy performance continues to move up the agenda [...]
Swisspacer Presents “Frame:racer”: Fully Automated Frame Production In Under 20 Seconds
From frame assembly to filling: reproducible quality with minimal [...]
Bennetts Praises Endurance® Doors Partnership
A door installer is acknowledging the continued contribution Endurance® [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
Likelihood Of A Recession In 2025
The UK economy faces several challenges that increase the risk of a recession, commonly defined as two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth. Key [...]
Dutemann UK Closure Announced
In an emotional statement published on Linkedin this morning, Dutemann UK Ltd owner announced that the company has now been forced to closed due [...]
Eurocell Acquires Alunet
In yet another sign of the growing significance of aluminium in the residential sector of our industry, Eurocell as announced today that they have [...]
Forterro Completes Acquisition Of Orgadata
London, UK, 4 March 2025 – European software provider Forterro has successfully completed its acquisition of Orgadata AG, following regulatory approval, marking a major [...]
Voilàp Glass Acquires Majority Stake In Mappi International
Voilàp Glass, the holding company formed by Voilàp S.p.A. and Mamisa, the holding company owned by the Spezzani Family, has announced the completion of [...]
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 [...]
CNC Recycling Gains NFA Nomination For Recycling Company 2021
CNC Recycling Ltd has been nominated for Recycling Company [...]
UK Fenestration Must Do More As New UN Climate Report Warns Of “Code Red”
The most comprehensive climate change report to ever be [...]
Morley Glass And B&P Windows Team Up For Glass Recycling
This is a sponsored article by Morley Glass: Industry-leading [...]
It’s Time To Embrace Recycled PVCu, It’s Already Here
The other day I wrote about how the adoption [...]
INOVYN Creates New Type Of Sustainable PVC
Our industry, like so many others, has a lot [...]
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