Forterro Continues Expansion Into The Fenestration Industry With BM Group Acquisition
The deal builds on the acquisition of Orgadata AG in 2024 to further grow the new Forterro Windows and Doors line of business. London, [...]
Five Products That Could Thrive In 2025
It has been a bit of a wild start to the new year has it not? Events in the UK and around the world [...]
REAL Aluminium Publishes Statement
Following the news of the administration of Customade Group which was announced yesterday, REAL Aluminium have just published a statement which clarifies the trading [...]
Customade Group Announces Sale Of Business Units To Secure Jobs
Customade Group, today announced the completion of a significant financial restructuring aimed at ensuring the long-term stability of its trading brands and securing the [...]
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 [...]
F E A T U R E D A R T I C L E S
New CAB Director Headford Vows To Drive Sustainability Message
Deceuninck Aluminium’s Director Nigel Headford has joined the board of the Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB), where he plans to share his experience [...]
New Virtual Showroom Featuring Reynaers’ Premium Products
Reynaers Aluminium UK has launched a new 360-degree virtual showroom to showcase what can be achieved with the latest aluminium systems, bringing a close-up [...]
Reynaers Updates Ultra Slim Patio Doors
Recently updated with a new multi-point locking system to support ease of use and installation, the Reynaers SlimPatio 68 (SP68) ultra-slim sliding door is [...]
How Deceuninck Aluminium Helps Spectral Remain Competitive
We talk to Nick Rudd, Director at Spectral Windows, about how Deceuninck Aluminium’s modern design is proving to be a winner with installers and [...]
I Still Prefer Bi-Folding Doors Over Sliders
I am sure plenty of you made the most of the amazing weather over the weekend. After what seemed like a very long and [...]
>Polymer Prices Set To Rise Further
>Due to the recent Japanese Earthquake, Toray Fine Chemicals Company Ltd, producer of polysulphide polymer, has had to cease production for an unspecified period of [...]
>Pilkington To Reopen Operations
>Pilkington have announced that they are to reopen one of their float lines in St Helens. This is intended to produce glass for the solar [...]
>How Hard Is It To Produce Shaped Sealed Units?
>A job I have just recently finished pricing involved trying to produce some very intricate sealed units to fit into the stone work frames of [...]
>Star Product: Uni-Blind
>I might do more of these types of posts to help highlight some of the better individual products that are around in our market.We have [...]
>The UK Unexpectedly Stays In Recession
>The UK economy was dealt a bit of a disaster blow this morning after it was revealed the economy shrunk a further -0.4% in the [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
Eurocell And Biffa Successfully Trial New PVCu Waste Management Scheme For The Trade
Challenge PVC-U based products, like windows and doors, often [...]
Bucks Manufacturer Seals £2.5m Funding To Support Growth
A Buckinghamshire-based door and window manufacturer is expanding to [...]
Glyngary Joinery Unveils Tailored Support For Installers Transitioning To Timber
As part of its recent rebrand and relaunch, Glyngary [...]
Endurance’s Nadin Named MD Of The Year
The managing director of Endurance® Doors has received a [...]
DAWS Appoints National Sales Manager
Leading aluminium manufacturer DAWS has appointed Steve Williams, an [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
Saint-Gobain Divests Its Glass Processing Business In Slovakia
Saint-Gobain has today completed the sale of its glass processing business Glassolutions in Slovakia, to “Glasora a.s.”. The Business, with its industrial plant located [...]
Saint-Gobain Divests Its Glass Processing Business In Portugal
Press release from Saint-Gobain Saint-Gobain has signed a binding agreement for the sale of COVIPOR, its glass processing business in Portugal, to PNI Portugal [...]
Spate Of Bankruptcies Shows Industry Fragility
If you keep up with such things, you will know that there has been a run of bankruptcies within the fenestration and wider construction [...]
Norscot Joinery Acquired By 1st FSD Group
In what is the first acquisition of the newly formed 1st FSD Group, it has been announced that they have taken over long-established window, [...]
Merchant Value Sales Fall -9.0% In April As Volumes Drop -20.2%
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales down by -9.0% in April compared to the same month in [...]
Tech Impresses
We live in a modern world people! If you don't move forward with the future, you're going to get left behind. Simple. This rule applies [...]
New Phone And New Computer
I'm coming to the end of my phone contract and I'm able to upgrade my phone within the next two weeks. Question is, what do [...]
Technology To Change The Way We Sell
Smartphones. Tablet computers. Email. All things which have revolutionized the way in which we all communicate and go about our daily lives. Indeed, it is [...]
>How Long Left For The Industry Mags?
>Anyone else noticed that the majority of industry magazines are getting thinner by the month?Some of them are barely braking 30 pages, half of which [...]
>Businesses Can’t Afford To Miss Out On Social Media In The Future
>The video below shows you why businesses cannot afford to not be involved in social media in some way, shape or form. I don't need [...]
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