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Archives for November 2017

Trickle Ventilators

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A Guide to Trickle Ventilators is a useful introduction to trickle ventilation for both homeowners and window installation companies.

Trickle ventilators are installed as part of the window unit, and can provide constant, unobtrusive and secure background ventilation for a home.

This GGF guide covers the types of frame and window locations where trickle ventilators can be used. It also explains why homes need ventilation.

Ventilation is necessary to provide a healthy and comfortable internal environment for the building occupants.

The guide explains why homes need ventilation and outlines the three different types of ventiliation available.

It makes special mention of the requirement of Building Regulations in England and Wales ‘that there shall be adequate means for ventilation provided for people in the building’, and how this requirement may be met.

Also included in the guide is the issue of security and ventiliation, and how trickle ventilators are required for new and existing buidlings.

As well as being an informative resource for homeowners, window installation companies will find this guide very useful when explaining trickle ventilators to their customers.

Hazlemere Commercial produce new 24 page overview brochure

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Check out Hazlemere Windows new commercial brochure to find out more about Hazlemere’s commercial division’s technical designing, surveying, manufacturing, supplying and fitting products and services for aluminium and UPVC windows, doors and curtain walling. Hazlemere Window Company Ltd were established in April 1985 and have been GGF Members since April 2015.
In addition Hazlemere have been FENSA Registered Installers since the year FENSA came into being in 2002, plus are Which? Trusted Traders, Chas, Exor, TrustMark, Constructionline, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 accredited.

As independent double glazing manufacturers and installers, Hazlemere are able to offer both domestic and commercial customers a wide range of energy saving, energy efficient aluminium and UPVC windows, doors and curtain walling.

Greg O’Donoghue Receives GGF Lifetime Achievement Award

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It was a memorable evening at the G17 Awards on 17th November at Park Lane Hilton as Greg O’Donoghue received The GGF Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to the industry.

As well as being major sponsors for the event the GGF decided to mark its 40th Anniversary year with this special “Lifetime Achievement Award” and received nominations from numerous sectors of the industry.

Given his exceptional list of achievements for the industry such as being a co-founder of competent person scheme FENSA and ensuring glazing was included in the TrustMark scheme, Greg O’Donoghue deservedly won the award after 35 years in the industry during which he has become one of the most influential individuals in the domestic glazing sector.

In 2000, Greg was elected GGF President and then in 2002 as Chairman of FENSA he negotiated with Government to bring about legislative change which has proved to be for the benefit of the entire industry and consumers. Since then Greg has been a consistent industry champion on many fronts including, increasing consumer protection, improving the installation industry standards and campaigning to overcome barriers for glazing in the conservation areas.

On winning the award Greg commented, “I am truly stunned but delighted to have won this award. I can only thank my colleagues at Just Windows and Doors and all those connected to the GGF, who have helped me throughout my time in the industry.”

Greg’s longevity and gravitas in the industry, clearly highlights his passion, industry knowledge and commitment to constantly create a better trading environment for companies large and small.

James Lee, GGF Director of Group Marketing presented the award and commented, “Greg is always accessible to offer advice and promote the industry. His work for the GGF and FENSA has constantly been for the greater good and not for his own personal gain. He is most deserving of the GGF Lifetime Achievement Award.”

Greg concluded, “It’s been a fantastic evening and one I’ll never forget. This is an award that I never expected, but I am pleased my many years of work for the industry have been recognized in this way.”

 

Global Glass wins G17 Award

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At last week’s G17 Awards, Global Glass won the GGF sponsored Glass Company of the Year to cap an outstanding evening for GGF Member companies

Derren Gittins, Glass Manufacturing Director (Global Glass) at Synseal Group commented:

We were delighted to take home the Glass Company of the Year accolade sponsored and judged by the GGF at the G17 Awards. It’s a real testament to all of the hard work of our staff across Global Glass and the wider Synseal Group who have been involved in a number of collaborative working projects to drive quality standards and efficiencies in our four glass plants.

Richard Kells, GGF Technical Officer and the award judge added:

“Global Glass have been judged the winners in this category for their commitment to growth, achievements in the areas of product quality and creating an impressive collaborative working culture within the factory at Witham. My congratulations to all their staff who have contributed to their success.”

Global Glass’ has enjoyed impressive growth, not only within the last year following the acquisition of their Essex plant, but also more widely across the past six years in which they’ve gone from a standing start to a £40m turnover across four UK based sites. In the last six months alone they’ve grown their weekly unit volumes from 25,000 to 40,000 and have been able to recruit more than 60 new staff members as part of a £10m investment into growing their business.

Derren concluded:

“Our ambition is to become the benchmark for all other glass companies to aspire to. Winning this award is a step in the right direction to achieving that goal. We look forward to building on this reputation in the years to come to deliver an even better service to our 360+ customers.”

 

GGF Increases UK Presence for FENSTERBAU FRONTALE 2018

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The UK Pavilion at FENSTERBAU FRONTALE 2018, hosted by the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) will be bigger and better as some of the UK glazing industry’s highest profile organisations have signed up to co-exhibit at the world’s largest international trade fair for the window industry.

In 2016, the GGF set up and organised the UK Pavilion within the FENSTERBAU FRONTALE exhibition. For 2018, the GGF has more than doubled the size of the Pavilion with 200m2 reserved to provide a designated area for 12 British companies to co-exhibit and reach a huge international market in excess of 100,000 trade visitors.

FENSTERBAU FRONTALE 2018 takes place in Nuremberg on 21-24 March and reflects the worldwide innovations in windows, doors and facades. Architects, carpenters, window and facade manufacturers, and the specialist trade will update on the latest profile systems, glass in architecture, fixing equipment, hardware, safety equipment, machines, installations and many more products.

All six organisations who co-exhibited in 2016 have once again signed up once to be part of the UK Pavilion.

As well as hosts, the GGF, the co-exhibitors who have re-booked include:

  • Clearview – the UK leading trade magazine for the glazing sector
  • Glazpart – the leader in plastic glazing accessories and ventilation
  • GQA Qualifications – the Glazing Industry’s Specialist Awarding Body
  • RITEC International – developer and manufacturer of the only complete system for glass renovation, ‘non-stick’ protection and maintenance
  • The FIT Show – the UK’s award-winning glass and glazing industry trade show

James Lee, GGF Director of Group Marketing commented on the increased size of the UK Pavilion:

“Following the success at the UK Pavilion at Fensterbau in 2016 and the interest we received after the event, we were keen to return in 2018, bigger and better than before. We will now be going from six co-exhibitors to twelve covering a broader spectrum of the industry. As a result, we have more than doubled the stand space and this will considerably increase the UK’s presence.”    

Paul Godwin, Managing Director of The FIT Show added:

“We are pleased to be part of the UK Pavilion once again because we acknowledge the strength of the event as an international showcase. Fensterbau is a powerful international event but for any company specifically targeting the highly buoyant UK window, door market The FIT Show will reach many thousands more visitors. The FIT Show therefore provides an excellent gateway into the UK market.” 

Mick Clayton, GQA Chief Executive commented:

“We very much look forward to once again co-exhibiting with like-minded companies at Fensterbau on the UK Pavilion. It promises to be an exciting show where we can discuss GQA’s approach to skills development and recognition with international companies.”

Steve Sidebottom, Managing Director of Clearview magazine added:

“The UK Pavilion worked well for us in 2016 so we had no hesitation in booking our place for 2018. The Clearview Group has already built strong business relationships with European companies who are aiming to market their business and products in the UK. The UK Pavilion at Fensterbau provides a great platform for reaching more international customers.”

Derek Brown, International Sales and Market Development Manager, Ritec International Ltd commented:

“The British Pavilion at Fensterbau 2016 was a big success for RITEC and we generated a variety of quality leads from all over the world. Therefore we had no hesitation in signing up for 2018 because the show allows us to access prospective customers that would be difficult to reach through other marketing channels.”

On the UK Pavilion, participating companies will hold sales promotions, product demonstrations, video screenings and presentations as well as taking advantage of multiple networking opportunities. The GGF also has plans for a special party held on the Pavilion during the show in the form of a British Reception.

The GGF is pleased with the progress in the planning for next year’s FENSTERBAU FRONTALE and will soon be revealing the names of the new companies who have signed up to join the UK Pavilion as co-exhibitors. James Lee explained:

“We’re delighted that the five co-exhibitors from 2016 have signed up for next year and our plans are well underway. A further five companies are also in the pipeline to be part of the UK Pavilion and we’ll be releasing more details soon.”  

If you are interested in co-exhibiting or visiting the UK Pavilion at Fensterbau Frontale in 2018, then please contact the GGF at marketing@ggf.org.uk.  

 

Edgetech and Sternfenster hit the 1m mark

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Market-leading fabricator Sternfenster are celebrating a major manufacturing milestone.
Over ten years of partnership with Edgetech, Sternfenster have produced over one million IG units using Super Spacer warm edge spacer technology.

Sternfenster, the Lincoln fabricator behind fast-growing installation business Starglaze, has built itself into one of the industry’s biggest and most respected brands through more than four decades of hard work and innovation.

Today, the firm supplies a comprehensive selection of uPVC windows and doors using Deceuninck’s 2500 and 2800 profile systems, and high-performance aluminium products from Smarts.

Manufactured to the highest standards at the firm’s 110,000 ft² factory in Lincoln, Sternfenster products deliver robust quality, stunning aesthetics, and, thanks in no small part to Edgetech’s market-leading Super Spacer, outstanding all-round performance.

“We’ve benefitted hugely from our relationship with Edgetech,” commented Sternfenster MD Mike Parczuk. “Super Spacer hasn’t just dramatically improved the thermal performance of the units we produced – it’s significantly upped our productivity and efficiency.

“Super Spacer doesn’t need to be cut into bar length form, it comes pre-dessicated, and it doesn’t need a PIB primary seal applied. Taken altogether, it’s helped revolutionise our manufacturing process, and helped us grow from strength to strength.

“Customers who join our approved installer network enjoy a host of benefits that give them the edge over the competition – and, thanks to Super Spacer, a level of market-leading thermal performance that helps them sell to increasingly energy-conscious end users.

“If you’re interested in learning more about the Sternfenster approved installer network, visit https://www.sternfenster.com/join-our-network/ today.”

Chris Alderson, Edgetech MD commented: “It’s fantastic to reach such a momentous milestone with Sternfenster. It’s been a privilege working with one of the most forward-thinking, quality-driven businesses in UK fenestration – and we look forward to working with them to reach the two million mark!”

For more information on Edgetech’s range of spacers and to stay up-to-date with the latest developments from the company visit: www.edgetechig.co.uk

Edgetech scores a hat-trick with trio of prestigious award nominations

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Warm edge pioneers Edgetech have been shortlisted for Company of the Year at the Coventry Telegraph Business Awards.
The annual event, started by the long-running Coventry Telegraph newspaper, exists to celebrate success, recognise achievement and showcase Warwickshire’s most outstanding and innovative businesses.

They culminate in a glamorous presentation evening held at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena, routinely attended by hundreds of members of the area’s business community.

When choosing finalists for the Company of the Year category, judges looked for businesses “universally acclaimed for their commercial practice and dedication”, who could demonstrate “strong market share, economic turnaround and innovative approach”.

The good news came just after Edgetech was nominated as G17 Component Supplier of the Year, and Spacer Bar Manufacturer 2017 in the National Fenestration Awards.

Head of Marketing, Charlotte Davies commented: “At Edgetech, we’re incredibly proud to be a thriving Midlands business, training and employing hundreds of local people over our decade of manufacturing in the area.

“Recently investing over a million pounds in expanding our headquarters, we’re demonstrating our continuing commitment to the people of Coventry and Warwickshire more broadly.

“We’re really looking forward to the awards night itself, and meeting other exceptional businesses from around the region. Good luck to all our fellow nominees.”

Edgetech’s Super Spacer is the leading foam warm edge spacer product on the market, offering easy application, 100% memory and exceptional thermal efficiency and condensation resistance. The firm also manufactures an extensive range of other flexible components, including its commercial-focused TriSeal and T-Spacer and a number of rigid products.

In 2011, Edgetech was acquired by billion-dollar building products giant Quanex. Soon after, Edgetech was merged with Truseal to create the world’s largest warm edge manufacturing site. Edgetech now has three spacer manufacturing facilities located in the USA, UK and Germany and between the sites in excess of 300 million metres of spacer is produced every year.

For more information call 02476 639931 or visit www.edgetechig.co.uk

Hazlemere secure their first two substantial AluK manufacture and install contracts

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GGF Members Hazlemere Commercial were awarded a substantial refurbishment contract by Colchester Borough Homes, worth approaching £1/2m to carry out window & door replacements. There are multiple products being used on this project due to the nature of the many different buildings requiring replacement fenestration. The AluK replacement powder coated double glazed aluminium window products being used on this contract by Hazlemere Window Company Ltd are their 58BW casement window system and their 58BW ST Crittall replacement window system.
Colchester Borough Homes selected Hazlemere Commercial as their partner for this second Phase of their refurbishment of the Dutch Quarter in Colchester, Essex. Overseen by consultants Arcadis, the AluK replacement aluminium windows being fabricated and fitted by Hazlemere for this £470,000 + VAT project are the specially designed crittall replacement AluK 58BW ST aluminium double glazed window system.

In addition Leicester City Council recently awarded GGF Members Hazlemere Commercial a £300K window and door refurbishment contract at Braunstone Frith Primary School in Leicestershire, where the primarily product that has been specified are AluK powder coated 58BW aluminium casement windows.

In both cases, Hazlemere Commercial are responsible for surveying the existing apertures and take ultimate responsibility for getting the manufacturing sizes and designs for the replacement AluK aluminium casement windows 100% correct, and of course carrying out a high quality installation.

Hazlemere Secure Two Prestigious REHAU Projects

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Hazlemere Commercial were awarded a substantial refurbishment contract approaching £3/4m with Mears Group for an Octavia Housing window & door replacement scheme via pre-agreed schedule of rates as part of the LHC A6 Framework Agreement. The REHAU replacement UPVC window products being used on this project by Hazlemere Window Company Ltd are their Heritage Vertical sliding sash window system and their Total 70 casement window system.
Mears selected GGF Members Hazlemere Commercial as their partner for this second Phase of this Octavia Housing refurbishment project in West London. Hazlemere will be supplying & fitting £725K of bespoke double glazed, which primarily involves using REHAU UPVC vertical sliding sash aluminium windows & also UPVC casement windows.

In addition main contractors Quill have recently awarded Hazlemere Commercial a £85K replacement window contract to supply & fit REHAU Total 70 double glazed UPVC casement windows at Seacole Close, London W3.

In both cases, Hazlemere Commercial are responsible for surveying the existing apertures and take ultimate responsibility for getting the fabrication sizes and designs 100% correct, and of course carrying out a high quality installation

Hazlemere Commercial Secure £270K Window, Door & Curtain Wall Contracts At Reading University

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Having previously been contracted in recent times by Reading University to successfully complete a comprehensive £715,000 + VAT window and door replacement programme of their JJ Thomson Building & Mathematics Department Building on the University of Reading’s impressive Whiteknight campus in 2016, GGF Members Hazlemere Commercial have, as a result of their existing on-site track record, secured several new upgrade projects to carry out an additional £270,000 + VAT of refurbishment works to the Wager Building, the Allen Laboratory and Reading University Students Union Building.
Interestingly enough, the Wager building at Reading University was formerly known as the Geoscience building. It was named the Wager building after Dr Lawrence Rickard Wager, who was employed by the University in 1929 as Junior Lecturer in Geology. Wager published a seminal piece of work on petrology (the study of rocks) in 1939 that is still widely cited today, and he undertook some truly extraordinary scientific and personal feats during his time at Reading, including an expedition to the summit of Everest in 1933. The expedition reached the highest point achieved on Everest (28,100 ft) without oxygen at the time, and was not bettered until 1978.

The work on the Students Union building involves the surveying, then manufacture and installation of white powder coated Sapa Dualframe 75 SI Window Wall, vertically sliding Sapa Dualslide replacement double glazed windows (with a tilt in facility) and a thermally broken Sapa Stormframe STII commercial aluminium entrance door.

The refurbishments works to the Wager Building and Allen Laboratory are more extensive, involving the replacement of approximately 200 existing worm out non thermally broken windows and two existing tired entrance doors. The bespoke products being fabricated and fitted by Hazlemere Commercial into the Wager Building and Allen Laboratory are two hundred powder coated double glazed dual colour Sapa Dualframe 75 SI aluminium casement windows that are RAL 7011 gloss grey externally and RAL 9910 gloss white on the inside. In addition, Reading University have ordered two unique Sapa Stormframe STII dual colour high-traffic commercial aluminium entrance doors from Hazlemere Commercial that are RAL 3011 Brown Red (Ruby in colour) powder coated externally and RAL 9910 white gloss internally. Both these external access doors have a electronic entry system for high security.

Reading University Students’ Union Building, like the Wager Building and Allen Laboratory are each situated on the 320 acre Whiteknights parkland campus. The Students’ Union has a 2,000 capacity nightclub, a lively bar serving beverages and pub style food and a relaxing Cafe. The venues hold a range of activities from local bands, quiz and karaoke, comedy nights and regular parties.

All the high quality thermally broken energy efficient bespoke commercial aluminium windows and doors ordered by the University of Reading from GGF Members Hazlemere Commercial are manufactured in their modern high-tech 38,000 square foot factory premises in the nearby town of High Wycombe in South Buckinghamshire, then installed on-site by their teams of experienced commercial window and door fitters.

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