Saint-Gobain Glass UK & Ireland Manufactures Lower-Carbon Flat Glass As Standard
Saint-Gobain Glass UK & Ireland has taken a significant step forward in lower-carbon flat glass production. At its Eggborough plant, near Goole, PLANICLEAR® now achieves 7.22 kgCO₂e/m² for 4 [...]
New Windows And Doors Excluded From Govt Warm Homes Plan
Positive news today if you sell solar panels, heat [...]
AI And Automation Will Change The Face Of Our Sector
Earlier this week, I was treated to a first-hand [...]
BM Group To Operate Under The Forterro Name Going Forward
New brand identity for BM products and digital solutions [...]
Fix Radio Prediction: Construction’s 2026 Recovery Will Stall Without Skilled People To Deliver It
Fix Radio’s key predictions for 2026: • Modest growth [...]
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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 to the difficult economic and [...]
Fentrade Aluminium Acquired By Aluminium Vision
The M&A activity in the aluminium sector within fenestration [...]
New Endurance® Aluminium Site Means Business
Following its successful launch onto the market earlier this [...]
Origin: The Impact Of Colour
Ben Brocklesby, Director at the UK’s leading manufacturer of [...]
Demonstration Of Long-Term Confidence In The Aluminium Sector
Nigel Headford, Chief Executive, Council for Aluminium in Building [...]
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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 produced at other Saint-Gobain sites [...]
Fenestration Leaders Interviews: Ian Short, MD Of Morley Glass
DGB is launching a special series of written interviews [...]
Glass Shortages Could End This Year
Glass shortages were a major problem for the fenestration [...]
Calls For Help As Pilkington Energy Bills Rise To £8m Per Month
As we sift through the conveyor belt of crazy [...]
Saint-Gobain Completes Eggborough Float Line Upgrades
In positive news for UK fenestration, Saint-Gobain has announced [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
Endurance® Aluminium Adds New Sash Window
Endurance® Aluminium has bolstered its already comprehensive product offering. [...]
Builders’ Merchant Like-For-Like Value Sales For November Down -0.4% Year-On-Year
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published [...]
Endurance® Doors Makes Further Investment Into Production Operations
Endurance® Doors has made a further investment in enhancing [...]
Design Made Clear: Three Aesthetics, Endless Possibilities
In today’s design-led market, homeowners are presented with more [...]
Endurance® Doors Maintains Commitment To Customer Success
To ensure new and potential customers can reap the [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
Saint-Gobain Agrees To Acquire Kilwaughter
Saint-Gobain reaches a binding agreement to acquire Kilwaughter, a leading façade mortars player in the UK and Ireland Saint-Gobain has reached a binding agreement [...]
profine Group Acquires EFP International B.V.
Today (07.10.2024), profine Group announced the acquisition of EFP International B.V. (EFP), a Dutch-based company with a global footprint, specializing in the design, development, and [...]
How Our Sector’s Biggest Publicly Traded Companies Have Fared
The fenestration sector, encompassing manufacturers of windows, doors, and glazing, has been navigating complex market dynamics in 2024. Key players like Eurocell, Deceuninck, Pilkington, [...]
Eurocell Share Price Sees Robust Gains
As of October 2024, Eurocell PLC, a leading UK manufacturer of UPVC products for the fenestration sector, has seen a significant rise in its [...]
Eurocell Reports Profit Surge In H1 Of 2024
Earlier this month Eurocell published its full results for the first half of this year. Despite a drop in revenues, which is fully expected [...]
What Happened To LinkedIn?
When I first joined LinkedIn, I remember explicitly someone telling me that I should be very careful what I post on there. If I joined [...]
DGB Tech: Nexus 6P Review
I have been using my brand new Nexus 6P Android phone now for a couple of months, and as I did with my previous HTC [...]
Ultraframe’s New Sales App Records 250+ Downloads In A Single Day – Does This Signal A Change?
Ultraframe's new sales app has only been out for 24 hours, yet over 250 retailers have already downloaded it. If you attended the 2016 FIT [...]
FIT Show Review: The Tech
When it comes to technology and windows and doors, the link between the two has been weak at best. As a tech lover, you can [...]
These Windows Made With Silver Promise Super-Quick Transition
Technological advances in glass are moving at an incredible pace. Perhaps faster than in any other part of the wider fenestration market. And that innovation [...]
2020 Will Be The Year Of Sustainability, Every Fenestration Company Must Be On Board With It
If 2020 is going to be about anything, its [...]
Guest Post: Our Window Of Opportunity Is Now
“The future is ‘now’ for sustainability” article written recently by [...]
Introducing DGB E.C.O
As you all know, I like to try new [...]
The Fenestration Companies Taking The Lead On Sustainability
Climate change is very much the focus right now. [...]
Would You Manufacture And Sell More Recycled Fenestration Products?
Recycling is very much in the frame right now. [...]
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