2 Regional Positions
Ideally located in either the Bedfordshire or Hertfordshire areas, or the M4 Corridor between Bristol and Reading.
Great Package for the Right Candidate
Basic + Commission
Please forward your CV and covering letter to steve.hacking@supaliteroof.co.uk or call 01772 828060 for further details.
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People in Glazing Society (PIGS) saw another hugely successful event at the Castlefield Rooms in Manchester on 2 March 2017.
The first 2017 event drew in people from across the entire glazing industry for drinks, nibbles and networking.
PIGS organiser and client strategy director at Balls2 Marketing, Sarah Ball, said: “I’m properly chuffed with the turn-out in Manchester this year. It’s always one of our most popular PIGS events but I think this has been our best-attended yet.
“We’ve almost hit the 200 attendees mark and it’s great to see faces old and new enjoying a drink and a good chat.”
As usual, PIGS received fantastic support from the industry. 36 companies and organisations dipped their hands in their pockets to sponsor the event. All of the money went behind the bar to start the PIGS party.
Sarah continued: “PIGS doesn’t make a profit – it’s all about getting people in glazing together for a good time. As ever, we have our fantastic industry sponsors to thank for making PIGS happen.
“An extra thanks to GAP, who gave us a boost of funds when the bar ran dry on the night – much appreciated!”
There are three further PIGS events planned for 2017. The next is in London on 11 May. There will be a first-time PIGS in Glasgow event in the summer and Birmingham will finish off the year’s events.
Sarah added: “I would like to say thank you to everyone who supports and attends PIGS and I’d also like to thank the Balls2 Marketing team for helping me with the organisation and promotion of PIGS.”
If you would like to sponsor a 2017 PIGS event, please email Sarah at sarah@balls2marketing.com.
www.balls2marketing.co.uk/pigs
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Modplan Ltd has just announced the latest addition to its range: the VEKA new M70 bevelled 70mm system. Heidi Sachs, Modplan’s Managing Director said of the system, “The new M70 is a 70mm fully-integrated, multi-chambered system with an updated contemporary bevel to complement any style of property. We are confident it will be a popular addition to our portfolio and feedback from our customers on the new system who attended our recent ‘open house’ event was extremely positive.”
The new M70 system is a strong addition to Modplan’s range. The additional chambers of the system increase the overall thermal performance to meet the demanding current and future requirements for more energy efficient products. A choice of couplings in plain or featured finishes gives customer choice along with a range of glazing beads in either chamfered or sculptured options. The system is Secured by Design approved, the official police approved accreditation, and meets the requirements of Document Q too. The M70 system is available in White, Rosewood, Rosewood on White, Golden Oak, Golden Oak on White, Anthracite Grey on White and Black on White. The system offers a fitter-friendly baypole system which is available in a choice of chamfered or sculptured finishes too.
The new M70 system will be manufactured in Modplan’s dedicated factory near Newport, Gwent and will be available to customers from 1st May, 2017.
The new M70 system is the latest in a line of new products being introduced by Modplan over the next couple of months. Heidi says, “It is important to us that our product range meets our customers’ needs. We continually have our finger on the pulse with product design and we are confident that the introduction of the new M70 system will be a valuable addition to our range.”
www.modplan.co.uk
The New Heart and Home of Sternfenster
Having outgrown its current residence, Sternfenster has completed a move that allows it to better accommodate for its ‘rapidly growing’ approved installer network.
The move includes a ‘cutting edge’ aluminium factory that has brought with it 25,000ft2 of extra production space, allowing aluminium capacity to increase by more than 100%. This not only brings increased strength to Sternfenster’s position in the aluminium market, it has also become the source of 47 new jobs in the Lincoln area.
This expansion has also seen Sternfenster’s staff move into a set of brand new offices. With a current staff count of 162, the company expects this to grow by over a third in the next three years.
With a happier team and greater production space at their disposal, Sternfenster promises to provide better prices, improved lead times and a better service for all of their customers.
The addition of Sternfenster’s new aluminium factory has also allowed them to offer a brand new range of high quality, long lasting colours for their aluminium range.
Mike Parczuk, managing director of Sternfenster, said: “Business growth is always exciting, so seeing one as substantial as this has been a fantastic result for us. It’s exciting to know we can meet the increasing demands of our customers, giving us the confidence to embark on important innovations for the network.”
www.sternfenster.com
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WITH optimistic forecasts for sector growth in 2017, impregnated foam tapes can be seen as an increasingly attractive alternative to traditional silicone sealants for installers looking for rapid and longer lasting sealing around windows and doors, says Andrew Swift, national sales manager for ISO-CHEMIE.
Expanding self-adhesive foam tapes are gaining traction as an alternative to wet-based sealants for the effective sealing of joints around the windows and doors in new build and refurbishment projects. Here, joint widths can vary considerably and installers can never be certain what they will face when they arrive on site, so it’s advisable to have a versatile foam sealant available that can cater for most eventualities.
The ISO-BLOCO 600 range of pre-compressed PUR impregnated foam tapes can be used by installers to quickly and easily seal joints up to 42 mm, providing a highly effective perimeter seal for windows and doors for both weather tightness and thermal/acoustic insulation, while still remaining permeable to trapped water and water vapour – similar to a flexible breathable style material for the building facade.
Installers fitting windows into multi-storey timber frame houses often have to deal with structures where they have to compensate for the large amount of differential movement (up to 36 mm) which can occur between the internal timber wall, or roofs, and the external brick or block work. Here, a solution is available with the ISO-BLOCO T-Max sealing tape which has been specifically designed for the timber frame housing market.
Incorporating fire resistant qualities, the tape provides a highly effective ‘fit and forget’ perimeter seal for windows, particularly at heads, sills and under the roof eaves for both weather tightness and thermal/acoustic insulation, while still remaining permeable to trapped water and water vapour – similar to a flexible breathable style material for the building facade.
Quick-to-apply on-site, T-Max is capable of sealing larger joints ranging in width from 11mm to 50mm in a single tape size providing excellent thermal and acoustic insulation properties and can accommodate a temperature range of -30° to +90°. It’s also impermeable to driving rain with a minimum equivalent to Storm Force 10, making it one of the best performing tapes in its class.
Another product to be considered, which delivers significant installation cost savings is the ISO-BLOCO ONE, which combines both the weather seal and airtight seal into a simple single product. Hiring access systems, with the associated health and safety issues, can add significantly to the overall cost of a new build or renovation project. However, foam tapes such asBLOCO ONE enable windows to be easily, and fully sealed from inside, avoiding the need to use time consuming and costly external access systems like scaffolding and ladders.
Moreover, because they can be used in the wet and rain, the installation of windows can be undertaken regardless of external weather conditions, avoiding time consuming and costly delays. This can lead to potential savings of hundreds of pounds per day.
ISO-CHEMIE supplies its products in a number of application specific packages such as ISO3 WINDOW SEALING SYSTEM for ease-of-use and to overcome issues relating to onsite access and conditions such as freezing temperatures in the winter months. This system is based on the European RAL principle of three level sealing, offers an external seal providing weather resistance and breathability, while the intermediate seal provides extra thermal and acoustic properties, and the internal layer meets air tightness and humidity requirements. All three levels are designed to accommodate any movement between the adjacent construction materials.
These tapes combine high performance with cost competitiveness, providing an effective sealing solution for the perimeter joint between windows, doors and walls in typical UK building. And with BS8213-2016 compliant tapes alongside the GGF’s guide to window installation and the demand for installed windows with matching energy rated gaps, they can combine to provide installers with an added value sales package, presenting an up-sell opportunity for installers to close deals by offering a more complete installation to the consumer.
ISO-CHEMIE is one of Europe’s main producers of impregnated foam sealants, specialising in the manufacturer of foam products from polyethylene (EPE), polypropylene (EPP) and polyurethane (PUR) using the latest production techniques. The company’s UK technical and distribution operation is supported by a dedicated logistics service to ensure customer orders are completed as quickly and efficiently as possible (usually next-day delivery).
www.iso-chemie.eu/en-GB/home/
Glazing specialists Balls2 Marketing has promoted Lauren Doyle MCIPR to Account Manager after she successfully completed her CIPR Advanced Certificate in Public Relations. The promotion is a mark of Lauren’s impressive progression since joining the specialist marketing agency.
Lauren joined the Balls2 Marketing team in 2014 as a PR Assistant. She has since enjoyed a rapid rise within the company thanks to her dedication to her work in and out of hours. Alongside her day-to-day role, Lauren has studied and completed her CIPR Advanced Certificate in Public Relations at Birmingham City University. She became an Accredited CIPR member recently too after passing two years of her CPD.
“We are really happy with Lauren’s progression and pleased that she is now taking the next steps in her PR career,” says Andy Ball, Managing Director, Balls2 Marketing. “Whether someone joins the team at an entry-level role, or a more senior role, we encourage them to challenge themselves and help them to get to the next level in their development.
“Lauren has done exceptionally well and her ambition has been rewarded. She is very popular with both the team, and the clients she supports and we are already seeing her shine in her new role. She balanced her extra learning alongside her work superbly, her promotion is fully deserved.”
Lauren’s CIPR Advanced Certificate in Public Relations was a 1 year course where she learnt from experienced PR practitioners. This included lectures delivered by Jason McKenzie, who has held the role of CIPR Midlands President and Philip Young, Head of Public Relations at Birmingham City University.
“The course has given me an even better understanding of the fundamentals of PR,” says Lauren. “It has helped me to develop my writing and learn new strategies to help get real business benefits from PR for clients. What I have learned is already having an impact on my new role as Account Manager. I’m already thoroughly enjoying the challenge of my new position.”
www.balls2marketing.co.uk
As a result of Brexit there is a growing interest in ‘made in the UK’ and it is currently being talked about more than for a very long time. The focus on our country being independent has brought the realisation that perhaps sourcing here may become important again. The likelihood is that the UK will leave the customs union as well as the free market making import delays and tariffs a reality for everyone here. This appears to be stated government policy even before the negotiations start.
With vehicle manufacturing being a major employer and foreign exchange earner for the UK plans are already being put in place to increase the home content of British built vehicles by increasing manufacturing on our island. This will become a critical way forward for the motor industry after Brexit or delays to supply of parts will kill this and many other industries. One of the hidden benefits of Brexit will be the creation of whole new parts supply industries.
Stuga has been pushing the parts supply factor for its machines ever since it started to manufacture and sell automated sawing and machining centers in late 1990’s but never has this been more important than it may be in future. Fabricators buying machines today need to consider what will happen in two years’ time when reality crystalises and the possible queues form at customs for lorries carrying overnight services from the continent. Stuga is aware of claims from UK dealers of foreign competitors to have all the parts in stock but do they really? Many parts come from the continent by overland ‘next day’ deliveries. Stuga resources all parts in the UK and only uses standard parts readily available from more than one supplier in this country. These parts are used in very many different industries and therefore the supply chains are well stocked, many and varied. As the manufacturer of the machines Stuga has to have parts in stock in order to build future orders. This supply of parts along with the well-known technical back-up is stated by many customers as one of their reasons for buying from Stuga. More than 170 Stuga sawing & machining center owners can verify this.
Will Brexit make it ‘cool’ to buy from British manufacturers? It is hard to answer this with any certainty but since the referendum there have been some encouraging signs that this may become more than just a passing fashion. If negotiations prove tough then perhaps the sentiment will grow which may mean more market share for British built goods. Wouldn’t that be a good thing for most of us perhaps?!
Machinery built entirely in this country under the Stuga brand has been around for more than thirty years with the well-known sawing & machining centers being strongly represented since 1999; the first ten being installed during 2000. Interestingly these first ten are still in full operation in the market place with all functions fully operational contrary to the scare stories circulated by competitors and their UK dealers back in those dark days of misinformation. Stuga machines have the backing of the factory here in Norfolk to develop new software and control systems that are backwards compatible, meaning that whatever happens to software and electronics from key suppliers a strategy will be devised to overcome it. This has happened recently with a major electronic supplier that unexpectedly went out of business and a replacement system was designed, built and tested with the minimum of delay.
Stuga machines are backed-up with a serious and well-resourced service centre that is manned with experienced technical staff. Most Stuga machines and all sawing & machining centers are supplied with sound enabled full colour cameras which are untilised through the internet to help quickly diagnose potential issues and guide customer or technician to quickly find the route cause, or send a technician with the correct spare part.
www.stuga.co.uk
The much-anticipated prospect of connectivity in power tools and measuring devices has become a solid reality with the arrival of several new Bosch Professional products on retailers’ shelves.
These tools are connected to your phone or tablet via Bluetooth – for sending, receiving and storage of information. A small Bosch connectivity module can be bought with the tool or purchased separately and simply slotted in later. Connected tools and their users communicate via the free downloadable Bosch Toolbox app, which accesses a growing range of time and effort-saving aids.
Six new connected power tools and measuring devices for the ‘Millennitool’ generation
Free Bosch Toolbox app to access time-saving and effort-saving aids
Future-proof design allowing easy upgrades to connectivity module and app
“With these connected products, we are ushering in a whole new era in the evolution of tool use,” says Steve Hillier, Marketing Director at Bosch Professional Power Tools. “In our communication materials we’ve had a bit of fun by illustrating that development as a progression from primitive ‘Neandertool’ origins through to today’s ‘Millennitool’ age with its connected tool technology.”
Planned key capabilities of the Bosch connectivity system include asset management and tool location, quick tool registration and personalised settings, fault alerts, condition and usage reports, and remote control. Importantly, the system has been designed to integrate new functionalities as they evolve.
Steve Hillier explains: “Bosch connectivity not only puts users a step ahead of their competitors today but future-proofs their businesses by equipping tools to benefit from continuing advances. The range of functions offered by the Toolbox app will go on expanding and, looking further ahead, the connectivity module will be easy to upgrade or replace if developments require it.”
Bosch is focusing this month on four new tools with connectivity: the GSB 18 V-60 & V-85 C Professional CombiDrills, GSR 18 V-85 C Professional Drill Driver and GWS 18 V-125 SC Professional Angle Grinder. Each features the latest powerful, highly efficient and long-lasting brushless EC motors, along with state-of-the-art protection and control systems. KickBack Control, Precision Clutch and LED afterglow are among the functions which can be adjusted, personalised and memorised via the Toolbox app.
As an added incentive, anyone buying one of these connected power tools complete with connectivity module before 30.06.17 can use the app to claim a versatile, stylish, ultra-modern Withings “Activité Steel” activity tracker, worth over £135.
New connected levelling devices, the GCL 2-50 C & CG Line Lasers, will hit the shops in April. Along with strong green laser light and a user-friendly design, they offer remote angle adjustment as one of their key connectivity advantages.
“These connected tools, and the comprehensive range that will follow them, offer a new way of working that’s faster, smarter, more efficient and future-proof,” Steve Hillier summarises. “Together with our Toolbox app, they will allow you to upgrade yourself as well as your equipment. Tool use is evolving, and we want to make sure you’re a Millennitool – not a Neandertool!”
For further information visit www.bosch-professional.com/upgrade. The Toolbox app can be downloaded free of charge via m.bosch-professional.com/applinks.html.
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