Building Our Skills Makes Statement
In a short statement issued today on their website and social media channels, industry-leading skills platform Building Our Skills have said the following: Building [...]
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 [...]
Forget Labour’s 1.5m New Homes Target
During the election campaign last year, one of Labour's key pledges was to build 1.5m new homes in five years in an effort to [...]
We Are On Our Own
Let us be honest with ourselves. The industry is not in a good place right now. The post-Christmas slumber continues, suppliers are openly talking [...]
Corialis Acquires European Gutmann Group
Corialis, a leading European designer and manufacturer of aluminium systems for windows and doors, is pleased to announce its acquisition of the European Gutmann [...]
F E A T U R E D A R T I C L E S
Concern Over Future Demand
By Phil Slinger - CAB CEO The Construction Products Association Autumn forecasts reports states that construction output remains on forecast to fall by 6.8% [...]
Sheerline Receives Coveted National Fenestration Awards For People And Products
The team at Sheerline are celebrating after winning not one, but two coveted awards at this year’s National Fenestration Awards, which took place on [...]
Sheerline Installation Of The Month Competition Open For Entries
Sheerline has launched a new Installation of the Month competition to provide an opportunity for installers to showcase the quality of their work. It [...]
Sheerline Offers Prestige Security As Standard – All Products In The Range Now SBD Certified
Sheerline is delighted to announce that every product within their Prestige range is now Secured by Design (SBD) certified. With the Prestige Lift & [...]
Sheerline Announces LogiKal Integration For New & Existing Fabricators
Sheerline, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of aluminium windows and doors, has announced it’s now supported by LogiKal software, giving its’ fabricators even [...]
London Is The Tail, Wagging The British Dog
I have just spent a fantastic early Valentines weekend with my girlfriend down in London! Its has been a few years since I was there [...]
The Shard: The Glazing Industry’s Showpiece
Rarely does glass get to show itself off in such a dramatic and permanent way. The Shard, London's newest and the EU's soon-to-be tallest skyscraper, [...]
Pilks To Close A Third Of It’s UK Lines
This looks like the first bit of major bad news for the glass area of our industry. Pilkington have announced that they are to shut [...]
>Energy Efficient Windows 2.0?
>Some very smart people in South Korea have produced a new type of 'smart glass', which has the potential be cheaper and be more reliable [...]
>No More Price Increases?
>I don't want to tempt fate here, but has everyone noticed that the steady stream of price increase letters from suppliers seems to have dried [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
Building Our Skills Welcomes Support From REHAU
Industry big hitters REHAU have thrown their weight behind [...]
Designing With Colour: The Role Of Doors And Windows
Ben Brocklesby, director at Origin, discusses the impact of [...]
What Has DAWS New Concealed Trickle Ventilation Solution, And A Mullet Haircut Got In Common?
Well now that we have your attention – mullets [...]
Freefoam ‘Perfect Partner’ For Principality Plastics Warehouse
Freefoam Building Products Ltd has been described as key [...]
Origin Joins QUALICOAT
QUALICOAT UK & Ireland are delighted to welcome into [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
Evolution May Be Resurrected
Ever since the sad demise of the UK Window and Doors Group at the beginning of the month, the industry has been waiting to [...]
The Share Price Performance Of Fenestration’s Traded Companies
The share price of Safestyle UK has been in the spotlight over the last couple of weeks as the company seeks to inject new [...]
Safestyle Issues Statement In Response To Media Speculation
A week after the last statement from Safestyle UK, in which they alerted markets and the wider sector that they were seeking an injection [...]
Sevenday Windows Issues Statement
Appearing to confirm what has been reported on the BBC and other outlets, Sevenday Windows have taken to Linkedin to make a statement on [...]
Safestyle Seeks New Investment In Bid To Inject Cash
In another brand new trading update posted this morning, Safestyle UK have stated that they are in talks to find new third party investors [...]
Something Cool For The Future
I am a bit of a geek. I'm always looking things for things which might have an influence on how we might sell our products [...]
3D Printing – Has It A Future In Fenestration?
For the tech geeks out there, you will know that the annual technology spectacular has been held in Las Vegas, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). [...]
For God’s Sake Back Up Your Computers
Some of you may have seen on Twitter over the past 24 hours that I was in a bit of a flap Friday night and [...]
LCD Credit Cards
Check this out: Seen it? Yes, that's right, that is a credit card with a LCD touch screen on it! How friggin' cool is that?! [...]
A Mobile Industry?
When I say 'mobile', I mean mobile in more than just the phone sense. But phones and other technology have helped. The smartphone, or now [...]
2019 Has To Be The Year We Really Get Behind Recycling
2018 was easily the year where we saw the [...]
Deceuninck Gains VinylPlus® Certification For Sustainability And Performance
This is a sponsored article by Deceuninck Deceuninck is [...]
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