Fake Discount Structures May Be About To End
The double-glazing industry has spent decades working to shake off a persistent stereotype: the pushy in-home salesperson sitting on a homeowner's sofa for three hours, starting with an eye-watering [...]
Glyngary Reports 95% Revenue Increase In 2025!
Following a successful rebrand, premium timber window and door [...]
ESG Group Acquires Euroview
Major acquisition news in the glass sector, as Euroview [...]
Eurocell CEO Steps Down With Immediate Effect
In a surprise move today, Eurocell announced that CEO [...]
The Window Tax In Britain: How It Shaped Homes
If you’ve ever looked at a Georgian terrace and [...]
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Sheerline Issues Statement On Continuation Of Supply
One of the big outstanding questions following Ultraframe's acquisition of Prefix Systems last week is what would happen to the customers who had purchased Sheerline products through Prefix. As [...]
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 [...]
CAB Spring Forum Puts Focus On Sustainability
The Council for Aluminium in Building has highlighted the [...]
G L A S S
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 as part of a multi-million-pound [...]
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 [...]
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Vitrine Systems Limited In Administration Due To ISG Collapse
We were warned that the collapse of construction giants ISG would have ripple effects, and the fenestration sector would not be spared from that [...]
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 [...]
Caterpillar’s New S60 Phone With In-Built Thermal Imaging Camera Could Be A Rep’s Next Gadget
Are you a sales rep? If so, have you considered using thermal imaging as part of your sales demo? If you have but thought it [...]
How Will Lead Generation Look In The Future?
It's fair to say that the internet has changed everything. It's changed how we entertain ourselves. It's changed how we buy goods and have them [...]
Window Ware Launches Libra Smart Cylinder – The New Innovative App-Controlled Smart Lock from Italy
Window Ware is pleased to announce a new product launch, the Libra electronically operated smart cylinder lock from ISEO. Recent years have seen [...]
Corning: The Glass Age
If you're reading this very article on your smartphone, it's highly likely that the glass your finger is on right now is made by the [...]
Google’s “Mobilegeddon” Update Starts Today
Last week I wrote about Google's impending change to it's search algorithm. It's a change which is going to start ranking higher websites that are [...]
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