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 [...]
Q&A With Dean Hodges, Sales Director At Forterro
Dean Hodges, Sales Director at Forterro, answers all the [...]
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 [...]
F E A T U R E D A R T I C L E S
A L U M I N I U M
The Skills Shortage In Our Industry
Not too many decades ago you became skilled in a profession such as joinery, plumbing or glazing, by becoming an apprentice with a company where a skilled person taught [...]
ASSA ABLOY Acquires Senior Architectural Systems
Another week another acquisition, and this one is a [...]
Dutemann UK Closure Announced
In an emotional statement published on Linkedin this morning, [...]
Origin Achieves World-Leading Powder Coating Accreditation
Origin, the UK’s leading manufacturer of aluminium doors and [...]
Let The Light In
Providing far more than a functional necessity, Victoria Brocklesby [...]
G L A S S
Regency Glass Announce Collaboration With Corning Incorporated
Now, this is quite something. Lancashire-based IGU suppliers Regency Glass have announced a partnership with global glass innovators Corning Incorporated aimed at introducing a revolutionary new triple-glazed product that [...]
The Growth Potential For Integral Blinds Remains Huge
Our sector, like others, always looks for new products [...]
New AM-III Glass As Hard As Diamonds Developed In China
Scientists in China have developed a new type of [...]
When Will The Glass Shortage End?
Deliveries delayed? Missing items? It's probably because of glass. [...]
Saint-Gobain’s New Glass Furnace Reaches Halfway Point
Saint-Gobain's new glass furnace, currently being built in Eggborough, [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
Certass Celebrates 20 Years Of Certification Leadership In UK Glazing
Certass is marking 20 years as a government-licensed Competent [...]
Elegance Meets Responsibility: Warm Edge In All Black With Recycled Content
The new Swisspacer Ultimate | Nyxé sets a strong [...]
Energy-Efficient Glazing Edge For Heritage Windows
Lavater school complex in Zurich combines energy-efficient refurbishment, architectural [...]
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 [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
Glasscraft Acquires Hytech Glass
West Yorkshire-based sealed glass unit manufacturer, Glasscraft, is delighted to announce that it has acquired Hytech Glass. Liverpool-based Hytech has been established for over [...]
Quanex Building Products Closes On Acquisition Of Tyman
Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE: NX) (“Quanex” or the “Company”) today announced that it has closed on its acquisition of Tyman plc (“Tyman”), creating [...]
GAP Acquires Horizon Plastics
M&A activity in our sector continues as it has been announced that trade-counter business GAP has acquired southwest-based Horizon Plastics for an undisclosed sum. [...]
Thermoseal Group Sold To Fenzi In Landmark Deal
Breaking M&A news from the UK fenestration sector as it has been announced that Thermoseal have been acquired by Milan-based Fenzi Spa Group for [...]
Everest Owed More Than £30m As It Went Under
Weeks after the collapse of one of the largest national installers of windows and doors, Everest 2020 Ltd, it has been revealed that the [...]
Will The Internet Of Things Come To Windows And Doors?
Heard of the "internet of things"? If not, basically the internet of things are items and objects controlled via the use of the internet. For [...]
Apps Are Going To Become Key Consumer Sales Tool
I have written before on DGB about the immense amount of choice that exists in our industry now. Even for me, who actively works selling [...]
HTC One M8 Review
I have been using my HTC One M8 for a couple of months now, and given the importance of a smartphone in most people's lives, [...]
The Exciting Possibilities Of Glass Technology
Something a little different for today's post, a video. I found this small Israeli company, based in Tel Aviv, who specialise in glass technology. They [...]
Door-Stop’s Brochure Builder Points To Future Of Print Marketing
I'm not a Door-Stop customer, as some of you will know, but whether you are a customer or not, you have got to take your [...]
C H A R I T Y
S U B S C R I B E
Get weekly DGB updates straight to your inbox