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Coloured PVC-U profiles represent a high demand design opportunity as homeowners now seek more differentiation in their choice of windows. To help meet this demand, Eurocell has expanded its standard colours range to include new ‘on-trend’ finishes such as Anteak and Cream White; while ever popular colours such as Cream, Rosewood and Anthracite Grey are all available from stock. New made to order colours include a taupe, Windsor, and the greys Kensington, Balmoral and Buckingham.

The entire colour selection can be viewed in Grow With Colours from Eurocell which showcases the wealth of possibilities offered by the enhanced range of coloured profiles across market-leading products. The new colours have been added to selected items within the Eurocell range, such as Modus and Eurologik window profiles, roofline and finishing trims.

Examples of new product colours include Modus in Agate Grey on White; Eurologik 70mm Chamfered profile in Anthracite Grey Smooth and Slate Grey Smooth; and the addition of Irish Oak to the Dales Collection of composite doors.

Even greater choice is available with the Made to Order range, which offers up to 32 options with a lead-time of only three weeks. Whether the client requires the natural appearance of woodgrain finishes or cool greys, greens and blues, Eurocell can guarantee colour matching across all its PVC-U products.

These include the Eurocell range of external cills and end caps, which are available in three sizes and are colour matched to a wide range of window systems within the industry. Plus, there is a wide range of complementary ancillary products, including decorative add-on products and window finishing trims in foam and rigid options, so that windows and doors can be tailored to meet any requirement.

Grow with Colours can be downloaded from the Eurocell website at www.eurocell.co.uk  or is available from any one of over 170 Eurocell branches throughout the UK.

It was a double victory for Real Aluminium and one lucky visitor to the Real Aluminium stand at this year’s FIT Show.

The show was the exciting finalé to a viral campaign for Real Aluminium in which the brand won the coveted title of ‘Best Creative FIT 2017 Marketing Campaign’ at the gala dinner on the Wednesday evening.

The winning campaign called upon all competitive show-goers to visit the stand during the three-day show to try and fly their paper plane the furthest in the ‘Fly with Real Paper Plane Challenge’. On the final day of the show, the winner was announced as Steve Bramhill, business development director at Wintech Engineering. Steve flew his plane a staggering 23 metres down a specially designed runway on the Real Aluminium stand and out into the gangway beyond, beating his nearest rival by almost a metre!

The multi-channel campaign built excitement in the run-up to the show and underlined the core message of Real – ‘aluminium can be as easy as child’s play’ and ‘installers will see their aluminium sales fly’ with Real.

The ‘nostalgic’ campaign is said to have reached thousands of fabricators, installers and retailers in the industry and took many of them back to the days of making paper planes in their childhood.

Real beat off stiff competition from rivals AluK, Epwin Window Systems and Camden Group to steal the title of best marketing campaign at the annual FIT Show awards.

Gareth Thomas, sales and marketing director at Customade Group, said: “In the weeks before the show, we were really shouting about Real Aluminium and how it can make the move into aluminium ‘as easy as child’s play’ for installers so we’re absolutely thrilled to have won a top industry award for this terrific campaign. The aim of our competition was to bring a bit of friendly rivalry to the stand and get people talking about how to make the perfect paper plane. Judging by the number of entries we had and the level of competitive spirit we saw, I think we can say it was a success!

“Of course, the main message of the campaign was to stress to installers that their businesses can really fly when they make the leap in to aluminium and we’re now following up on hundreds of leads from people who want to achieve just that. For many installers, the FIT Show was their chance to start flying ahead and I’m sure that we’ll be welcoming many new customers on board because of this campaign.”

www.real-aluminium.co.uk

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UK Construction Week, billed as ‘the largest gathering of the UK’s built environment community’ will return to Birmingham NEC from 10 – 12 October 2017.

Set to be its biggest yet with nine specialist shows under one roof, the show already has a stellar line up of speakers secured from Urban Splash, NHS, Heathrow, Cast Consultancy, Kier and Network Rail.

In the face of change and political uncertainty, UK Construction Week’s main stage will host debates on the industry’s leading issues and trends, including the housing shortage, diversity, how to tackle the skills crisis, building in a pre and post Brexit Britain, and adopting modern methods of construction. Commanding audiences of more than 300, the panel discussions will be anchored by leading journalists and industry commentators including architect and TV star George Clarke, award winning broadcaster Steph McGovern and renowned architecture critic Tom Dyckhoff, while the individual shows will explore sector-specific issues and solutions.

Offsite construction will be a major theme, with a new dedicated offsite theatre and awards programme supported by Modular and Portable Building Association (MPBA) and Structural Timber Association (STA). As the industry continues to embrace the latest technologies that allow it to build quicker, more efficiently and at a quality not achievable before, the show will feature hundreds of exhibitors specialising in offsite, including Portakabin, Containex, and Wernick Group, making it the perfect opportunity for visitors to find out why offsite construction will become the way to build in the future.

Nathan Garnett, event director at Media 10, which runs the show, said: “The UK’s construction industry is more topical than ever. Not only is it at the forefront of political debate and public opinion, it’s also clear that we’re moving towards a new age of innovation and change with topics such as off-site construction, modular and BIM driving so many conversations. This will be our biggest event to date, and we’re looking forward to bringing the industry together to debate, learn and do business, as well as showcase a diverse range of products and services.”

One of UK Construction Week’s main aims is to act as a showcase for innovation in the industry, whether it’s new ways of working, sustainable products or evolving technologies. The Innovation Trail will bring visitors the latest products, services and innovations that are changing the way we build and have never previously been showcased in the UK. Companies can apply for their product to feature on the Innovation Trail by visiting the website.

A number of new, specialist awards will also feature at this year’s event. These include: Low Carbon Vehicles Awards, BIM Awards, Offsite Awards and the WAN Transport, Concrete in Architecture and Adaptive Reuse Awards. The UK’s best companies in the industry will also be recognised at the Construction Enquirer Awards on the opening night of the show.

Consisting of Build Show, Timber Expo, Civils Expo, Plant & Machinery Live, Energy 2017, Smart Buildings 2017, Surface & Materials Show (featuring Kitchens & Bathrooms Live), HVAC 2017 and Grand Designs Live, UK Construction Week caters for the entire spectrum of the industry from builders, architects, innovators and consultants, each show provides exhibitors with the opportunity to network alongside decision makers and purchasers while showcasing their services and products to thousands of visitors.
Running into the evening, entertainment will include a casino night at the Genting International Casino with exclusive discounts for exhibitors and visitors, a dodgeball tournament and the return of the popular beer and ale festival.

UK Construction Week 2017 says it will deliver its ‘most comprehensive and diverse’ show to date with support from associations including The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Construction Products Association (CPA) and Builders Merchants Federation (BMF).

For more information and free registration visit www.ukconstructionweek.com

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ODL Europe have had yet another record breaking attendance at FIT Show with increased activity and more orders, particularly on the first day when particular interest was shown for their Blink enclosed blind product and their range of PAS24:2016 composite doors.

This year’s show represented a much bigger investment in a larger stand enabling the company to show off more of its top brands including Capstone door slabs through Aperture Solutions, Blink enclosed Blinds, and their market leading TriSYS glazing cassette system, as well as Spotlight contemporary glass frames.

As Mark Towers, ODL Europe’s Managing Director comments, “We had a very good show overall and it was good to receive many positive comments on the stand as well as the high levels of interest and orders secured over our attendance. It was also useful to meet and network with our many industry partners, who were also there. Although it’s early days after the show, we have some very good new business leads we are following up in the coming days and weeks.”

The company held a prize draw on the stand for 3 picnic hampers, which was another very popular draw for visitors, the company receiving many entries, they will be announcing the lucky winners via their social media channels over the coming days.

Steve Kendall, Director of sales for the composite doors division further comments, “It was great to be able to demonstrate our innovative doors first hand to the many customers visiting the stand and to introduce them to our new division Aperture Solutions. We had several international enquiries, as well as those from the UK, so it was an excellent show for us which we are now following up. We expect some very good opportunities to arise from the show.”

FIT 2017 was perfectly timed for ODL Europe as the company has seen rapid expansion over the last few months with greater manufacturing capability, machinery and warehousing expansion. The company now has the internal resources for rapid order preparation and delivery to tight timescales across the UK and internationally.

Mark Towers is available for comments or questions on 0151 933 0299.

Dan Culley (2nd from right) with dog Tactic, and team mates (L-R): Ross with Nimbus, Ashley with Oz, Gaz, Sarah, and Kate with Luna.

Burnley based PVC-U systems supplier, the Veka UK Group, says it was barking up the right tree when it sponsored production planner Yvonne Gray’s flyball team ‘WOW Wonderdogs’.

Flyball is a fast-paced sport that sees dogs race over hurdles to reach a spring-loaded box, which releases a tennis ball that must be brought back to the start. Teams of four dogs race against each other in a relay format and the first team to have all dogs cross the finish line, without error, wins the heat. Yvonne’s son Dan and his wife established the team in 2009 and were proud to recently host a well-attended seminar for followers of the sport.

Dan explained: “The Veka UK Group has been kind enough to sponsor us for a number of years and this allows us to buy new equipment and develop systems to support the club and the training of its dogs. It enables us to keep on top of the best and most current training methods.

“We recently organised a seminar where we invited the flyball world record holders over from Las Vegas – Touch N Go flyball team. These are the best in the business and offered some great training tips that lots of teams are sure to benefit from.

“The weekend after the seminar we also broke the UK and European record, making us the number one fastest team ever in the history of European racing! It was actually our own record, but we have now taken even more time off it since December, getting it down to 15.49 seconds and then smashing that record once again at 15.16 seconds.

“This was all the more special as it was an achievement I had promised my stepfather, Shane, before he sadly passed away last July. Shane was a key part of the team as well as being The Veka UK Group’s supply chain director, and I know he would be pleased to see the company continuing to support our efforts.”

Head of marketing, Simon James, commented: “The Veka UK Group has the capacity to support a diverse range of teams, clubs, charities and individuals and we love to hear about their many successes. We’d like to congratulate Dan and his team and look forward to seeing what records they’ll break next!”

www.vekauk.com

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Mighton Products recently made its catwalk debut at a prestigious London fashion show on 18th May, thanks to an unusual request for clothing materials from a student studying at Central Saint Martins College.

Student, Harry Gibbs, who is in his final year at the renowned arts college, was researching alternative materials for the university’s end of year runway show, when he stumbled across Mighton’s stainless steel sash chain. After originally planning to use the sash chain for jewellery, he actually ended up creating a full outfit from the product, and contacted the hardware specialist with a request for sponsorship in order to help him realise the designs.

As the UK’s longest established sash window hardware specialist, and a company that prides itself on its excellent customer service, Mighton Products is used to going the extra mile in order to keep its new and existing clients happy – and while Harry’s appeal was definitely one of the most bizarre to ever land in the company’s inbox – arrangements were made to supply a total of thirteen 15m rolls of sash chain to help with his project.

Mighton’s Kelly Softley said: “We are used to dealing with all kinds of requests, from businesses of all sizes, and we’re extremely proud not just of our market leading products, but our world class service as well. With that in mind this is definitely the first time we – or anyone in the industry for that matter – have been asked to contribute to a fashion show, but after considering Harry’s request and realising the effort and dedication he’d put in to his work, we were only too happy to help.”

Harry’s garments, which will take around 70 hours in total to complete, will be part of the Central Saint Martins College fashion show – an event that’s previously been judged by the likes of Celine and Luis Vuitton and covered by Vogue – and will be exhibited by the University as part of a degree show attended by around 75,000 people.

Established in 1983, Mighton Products manufactures and distributes products specially designed for timber sash and casement windows. As the UK’s oldest established sash window hardware specialist, it offers a comprehensive range of over 2,000 high quality sash, casement and door products.

Synseal Group has launched a new all-inclusive trade website which incorporates its full portfolio of products including Masterdor and WarmCore brands.

With the most comprehensive range of products available in the industry, the website now showcases the full range of Synseal Group’s window profiles, doors, roof products, glass offer and additional ancillaries.

This includes the WarmCore range, Masterdor Craftsman and Benchmark doors, as well as four leading PVC-U systems and Global, K2 and Stratus roofs.

Andy Jones, Group Sales and Marketing Director at Synseal Group, said:

“Over the years we have acquired a number of brands and their websites which has meant our customers have needed to visit numerous places online to find the information they need. Our new all-inclusive website puts all of the Synseal Group brands and individual products on display in one place for the first time, making it really easy for fabricators, installers, specifiers and architects to find everything they are looking for.

“Across every industry, websites have become the go-to location to find out about a company, their products and their services. Now when our current and prospective customers search online for Synseal, they will find an innovative, responsive site which reflects the quality and diversity of our product ranges and makes it very simple for them to access all the information they need.”

The new website will also include an accessible, easy-to-use portal for customers to log in and keep up-to-date with the latest developments specific to their product offering. Once a customer has registered, their portal will be pre-loaded with news and product updates along with the customer’s named Synseal contacts, giving them all the information they need in one place.

Explore the new site at www.synseal.com

Phil Coppell Limited will be taking on board the Supalite tiled roof to drive growth in its business in the coming years.

Phil Coppell said: “We are extremely pleased to announce that Phil Coppell Limited has taken a commercial decision to manufacture the Supalite tiled roofing system as part of our roofing product portfolio as we progress forward within our business.

“Following many months of research, we firmly believe that Supalite as our key roofing supplier offers both ourselves and our customers a real opportunity to drive our respective businesses forward in a forward thinking pro-active manner and with a product range that is far reaching in its capability, whilst creating a genuine aesthetic appeal at the point of sale.

“We believe that the Supalite tiled roof is ahead of its competitors and offers our customers real choice in terms of style and design and technical capability and is value engineered to provide a price competitive opportunity.

“We genuinely are excited at what lies ahead and look forward to working with Supalite on the same over the coming years.”

Speaking for Supalite, managing director, Dave Watters, said: “You cannot escape the fact that PCL is one of the most widely recognised names in the roofing business, and for them to choose us and our products as the basis of their future growth strategy is great news.

“I am particularly pleased that it is our innovative approach to product development which has really appealed to them. This is something we have championed since the outset and will continue to do so going forward. Developing new products is so important to maintain growth in any market, and we are wholly committed to it.”

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The Folding Sliding Door Company’s focus on detail has driven its partnership with Extrudaseal. Windows Active investigates 

“Specialism has been key to our strategy,” says Kehinde Jolaoso, MD, The Folding Sliding Door Company. Resisting the temptation to expand into associated products, The Folding Sliding Door Company has been singular in its philosophy, focusing on the manufacture of bi-folding doors. “Back in 2001 there were very few bi-fold doors on the market and many people were not giving bi-folds the attention they deserved, mainly producing french doors & patios – there was no real pedigree,” continues Kehinde. “We saw opportunities across the trade, retail and commercial sectors by becoming a specialist manufacturer.”

This vision has driven rapid growth. The Bradford-based business has gone from start-up in 2001 to manufacture more than 300 bi-fold panels each week. These are fabricated in aluminium, timber, PVC-U, glass composite and Ali-Clad – the novelty being that in this case the systems are its own. “Strategically, we have always wanted to own the whole manufacturing process from the systems to hardware because that way we own the whole process and we can guarantee the quality of the products that we manufacture,” explains Kehinde.   The business was founded by owner Paul Shearman, whose ‘apprenticeship’ as a joiner and engineer in the German door industry, was important in defining The Folding Sliding Door Company’s future philosophy.

Developing its first door in timber then on to further develop the UK’s first PVC-U in-line bi-folding door with no face-fixed hardware and concealed running gear in 2003.   “It sounds so mainstream now but we were the first bi-fold manufacturer to develop a PVC-U system with concealed running gear,” continues Kehinde. “It looked so much better; it improved the reliability and the operation of the door and most importantly the security. This is why our original idea has been copied and adopted by so many other systems.”

Cue the company’s own designed and branded Fold ‘N’ Slide hardware offering. A dedicated universal hardware system, compatible with all materials. The Part Q accredited system features easily adjustable rollers, security hardware and flush threshold options.   Fold ‘N’ Slide hardware is suitable for use across leading PVC-U and aluminium systems plus timber and timber/aluminium and aluminium/PVC-U composites. “We supply Fold ‘N’ Slide hardware to systems companies, other fabricators – we work with almost everyone,” says Kehinde.   “Fold ‘N’ Slide hardware is compatible with Veka, Spectus Swish, Rehau, Deceuninck and aluplast name a few as well as aluminium systems. It’s the product of 15 years or more research and development and the detail that we have applied to bi-fold door technology and manufacture.”

This focus on detail has driven its partnership with Extrudaseal. As another specialist manufacturer it extruded more than 20,000 km of gaskets in the last year, tapping into economies of scale to offer its customers on average savings of 30-40% on gasket costs compared to buying-in from systems companies.  “Price is an important part of it but we don’t buy from Extrudaseal just because of price, it’s about service, support and relationships,” says Kehinde.   “We use Extrudaseal push-in and wedge gaskets across our systems. They’re also universal; plus weatherseals on panels.  Where we have really seen value is in their R&D process. They have their own teams in-house, who we’ve worked with to develop and refine solutions and they have always been very responsive.”

Extrudaseal manufactures gaskets for a wealth of systems, including amongst others Smart, AluK, Metaltech, Senior and Ikon. As well as offering reduced costs, it has pioneered a number of highly innovative solutions to deliver installation efficiencies and enhanced through-life performance.   This includes its new aluminium bi-fold door threshold gasket. Compatible with leading aluminium systems, including AluK, it uses a specially extruded semi-rigid PVC foot, to deliver an enhanced fit and better weather sealing, also significantly reducing the risk of callbacks.   It’s also recently announced the launch of AeroSeal, its pioneering new through-colour aluminium bi-fold door foam gasket.   Ideally suited to dynamic applications, high performance foam provides greater ‘memory’ than traditional gasket systems. This is combined with a co-extruded rigid foot, which prevents the foam from being stretched during installation. This is simplified further through either click-and-fit or slide-in options.

Tel: 0121 356 8733 

E: info@extrudaseal.co.uk

Tel: 0845 644 6630

E: sales@foldingslidingdoors.com

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