VEKA Bolsters Senior Team With Double Appointment
PVCu and trade extrusion leader VEKA recruits Head of Operational Excellence and Head of Finance to its senior team. VEKA plc, one of the [...]
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 [...]
The Rise Of Heritage Style Steel-Look Windows And Doors
In recent years, the fenestration sector has seen a growing trend towards heritage-style steel-look windows and doors. These products, inspired by the industrial aesthetics [...]
VIG vs DGU
As the construction and fenestration sectors strive towards sustainability and energy efficiency, the choice of glazing in windows and doors has become a critical [...]
A Brief History Of The Use Of Windows And Doors
Ancient Beginnings The history of windows and doors is as ancient as human civilization itself. In early human settlements, simple openings in walls served [...]
F E A T U R E D A R T I C L E S
Garnalex Continues To Invest And Expand Amidst Covid-19 Crisis
This is a sponsored article by Garnalex: Despite lockdown and economic uncertainty, Garnalex has continued to invest in its innovative new aluminium window and [...]
Garnalex Statement On Covid-19 Crisis
This is a statement by Garnalex on the COVID-19 crisis: Our foremost concern is with the health and wellbeing of staff, customers and suppliers, [...]
Garnalex Invests In Combilifts To Achieve Maximum Manufacturing Efficiency
This is a sponsored article by Garnalex Garnalex has invested in three Combilift multidirectional forklift trucks to achieve maximum efficiency in its state-of-the-art aluminium [...]
Sheerline Passes PAS24:2016 And Achieves ‘Incredible’ Results In Destructive Testing
This is a sponsored article by Garnalex Sheerline Classic, the new residential aluminium window system from Garnalex has passed the PAS24:2016 security test with [...]
Garnalex Counts Down To Sheerline Launch
A series of videos from Garnalex, the company that aims to improve the aluminium window and door market with its innovative Sheerline® systems, are [...]
S P O N S O R N E W S
“Future Ready Together” – Eurocell’s Fabricator Forum Serves As A Platform For Growth
‘Future ready together’ was the theme of this year’s [...]
Merchants’ April Sales Up +3.9% But Down -11.0% Like-For-Like
The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published [...]
Unveiling Eurocell Grow: A Game-Changing Initiative To Propel Fabricators To New Heights
Eurocell has unveiled an industry leading fabricator partner programme [...]
Origin Launches New Contemporary Door
The UK’s leading manufacturer of luxury aluminium doors and [...]
JFP First Fabricator To Launch TOUCH Portal Across Multiple Products
John Fredericks (JFP) has continued its commitment to continuous [...]
D G B P A R T N E R S
Promac To Enter Administration
In news that began to circulate on social media yesterday, Promac (Window Machinery Sales Ltd) have confirmed to industry media that they are to [...]
Has The Slowdown Begun?
In a press release issued by Business Pilot this week, they report that leads for new windows and doors are down 12% in October [...]
There’s A Silicone Shortage
And so the shortages of fenestration supplies continue to stack up. This time its silicone. There have been sporadic warnings about the lack of [...]
BMBI Reports Continued Strong Year-On-Year Growth
This is a sponsored article by The BMBI: The latest report from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) reveals that builders’ merchants’ August value [...]
Forvet S.p.A. Acquired By Biesse Group
Over in Europe, the M&A scene has sparked back into life with the news that Biesse Group, based in Italy, has agreed to buy [...]
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