A Whole New Weld For Dekko’s Infinity UPVc Range As Sales Skyrocket By 80%

In what has already been one of the firm’s most successful years in its history,  fabricator Dekko Window Systems is celebrating rocketing sales of its premium, Infinity uPVC range.

The firm which specialises in premium uPVC and aluminium products, has seen sales of its Infinity range of seamlessly welded uPVC windows grow by an impressive 80% compared to the same period last year. Kurt Greatrex, Sales Director at Dekko, believes Infinity’s success is attributed to creating a strong upselling opportunity for installers and a viable route to market to meet extensive consumer demand for premium products:

“It comes as no great surprise for us to see Infinity continue to soar, because it provides installers with the optimal solution to break into the thriving premium market,” explains Kurt. “Infinity helps installers rise above their competitors by offering something that is truly unique and far beyond the standard white uPVC windows their rivals are selling down the street.”

The Infinity range is Dekko’s unique stamp on Deceuninck’s high-performance 2500 and 2800 systems, combining three distinct styles; chamfered, sculptured and the star of the range, the flush sash. What separates Infinity from its rivals is a pioneering seamless weld, achieved by innovative graf welding technology – still new to the UK. This eliminates the ugly corner grooves which are synonymous with uPVC and allows Infinity to succeed in the high-end, premium market.

The smooth, timber-like appearance, along with a stunning range of premium woodgrain foils including Irish Oak, Rosewood and Nut Tree, all come together to create one of the most authentic timber-alternative collections on the market. Traditional aesthetics can be taken even further with heritage ironmongery, optional Georgian bars and dummy peg stays.

“Our approach at Dekko has always been customer-first, because if they are thriving then so are we,” adds Kurt. “That’s why we’ve developed three strong brands in Infinity, The Residence Collection and Räum, our aluminium range – offering installers everything they could possibly need to raise their profile, make more sales and ultimately take their business to the next level.”

“I believe the success can be attributed to the combination of quality products and all-encompassing marketing support thanks to our ‘Make It Yours’ initiative. This isn’t just overprinting brochures like many fabricators offer, this is an expansive strategy including fully customisable material which matches the installer’s brand and helps to build a stronger identity. Installers instantly have more authority thanks to professional point of sale material, online content and powerful showroom support.”

For more information contact Kurt Greatrex on 07770967355 or visit www.dekkowindows.com

Sliders UK has announced the launch of a new ultra-energy efficient aluminium window as part of the strategic expansion of its specialist product portfolio.

The 66mm Ultimate EVO XT window, is available in multiple sash options, accommodating double and triple-glazed insulated units of up to 48mm.

This, combined with its patented thermal break technologies, means that the Ultimate EVO XT achieves u-Values as low as 0.85 W/m²K – a Passive Haus equivalent standard of performance. It’s also fully tested to PAS24 and is part Q compliant.

Steve Mines, Sales Director, Sliders UK said: “The thermal performance that we’re able to achieve with a triple or even a double-glazed unit is incredibly impressive.

“We can do this because the Ultimate EVO XT features a very smart thermal breaking system and insulated foam core.

“This combined with slim sightlines, plus a wide choice of finishing options and purchase from list price, makes the case for adding the Evolution XT to your retail offer compelling.”

Exclusively available through the specialist manufacturer in the UK, the Evolution XT is tested to BS 6375 – 2: 2009 including air classification to 600pa; water tightness to 900pa and wind resistance to EA2400. It has also been fully tested to 20,000 opening and closing cycles.

Available in white or anthracite grey as standard, plus dual colour options and any RAL colour as special order, Ultimate Evolution XT windows from Sliders UK are polyester powder coated to a marine-grade finish and come with a 10-year guarantee.

The Ultimate Evo XT is also available in Golden Oak, Rosewood, Worn Ash, Teak, Cherry and Dark Oak, Decoral woodgrain options. Far more hard-wearing and robust than PVC-U foils, Decoral finishes also come with a 10-year guarantee.

The launch of the Ultimate Evolution XT sits within a wider programme off strategic product development set by Sliders UK last year and accelerated following April’s MBO.

It already includes the launch of the Ultimate Evolution bi-fold, which offers ultra-slim sightlines plus a highly innovative fully adjustable jamb option. This makes squaring and setting faster – cutting installation time to as little as 45 minutes.

Sliders UK has also recently added the new Ultimate Rooflite to its portfolio, which is based on the tried and tested BBA approved Ultraframe Classic roofing system and is suitable for installation as either part of a new build orangery or retro-fit to a flat-roof.

“As a specialist, we see it as in our customers’ and our own interests, to expand our product range, where see it will deliver opportunities for them”, continued Mines.

“The Evolution XT window is illustrative of this approach. The performance that it delivers is exceptional but as an aluminium system, and one which we’re combining with flexible finishing options, it delivers positive differentiation at a time when differentiation in window retail is thin on the ground.”

For more information contact sales@sliders-uk.com or visit the website at www.sliders-uk.com.

To continue its 40 year celebrations, the GGF has announced the launch of ‘The GGF Lifetime Achievement Award.’

This award will be presented at the G17 Awards gala dinner on 17 November at the Park Lane Hilton Hotel, London, to a person who has ‘contributed significantly’ to the glass and glazing industry.

The GGF Lifetime Achievement Award is not exclusive to GGF members – anyone can enter.

To enter yourself or on behalf of someone you think is deserving of the award, the nominee has to have worked most of their working life in the glass and glazing industry and can clearly show a history of achievement in the industry and some examples of their exceptional work.

Entries from all backgrounds and sectors are welcome. The GGF says it could be an expert with a background in technical work, sales and marketing, operations, human resources, customer service, general management and so on.

For an entry form please contact marketing@ggf.org.uk.

The closing date for entry is 29th September 2017.

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Trade fabricator Dungannon Window Company is celebrating 30 years in business this year and Spectus, which has been part of the Dungannon story for the past 20 years, was keen to celebrate the achievement. Carmen Velilla, Spectus Brand Manager, said: “We’re delighted to see one of our longest-standing customers celebrating such a milestone anniversary. Dungannon is one of the UK’s most respected fabricators of our market-leading Vertical Slider.”

Dungannon fabricates the Spectus Vertical Slider under the Eurosash brand name and the status and expertise of Dungannon is reflected in the part it has played in the history of the market-leading vertical slider. It was recently the first company in the UK to achieve a BFRC A++ energy rated vertical slider, something it achieved using the Spectus Vertical Slider. It was a development that built on previous achievements – Dungannon developed the 12-part sealing system for the Spectus VS in 2009, something that helped it to be the first Spectus fabricator to produce a BFRC A rated vertical slider. Other notable developments include being the first Spectus company to use the cream foiled profile – an early indication of how popular colour would become.

Dungannon fabricates around 300 frames a week from its 20,000 square foot manufacturing plant in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and is a leading fabricator in Great Britain and Ireland for domestic and commercial contracts. Alongside the Spectus Vertical Slider they also fabricate the Spectus Elite 70, Casement and Tilt & Turn windows plus the Flush Casement, Flush Tilt & Turn systems and the residential door.

While the company is busy celebrating its milestone anniversary, it’s also planning the next phase in its history. Its premises recently underwent expansion, something that included investment of £750,000 in new machinery to take product quality to an even higher level, and a new showroom is planned to help its customers grow their businesses.

Spectus is a systems house renowned for building longstanding relationships with its customers and this is something that is perfectly in evidence in its relationship with Dungannon. What’s also clear is that such relationships deliver benefits to both companies – as well as the wider market.

www.spectus.co.uk

Fabricating your own sliding doors may seem to make perfect business sense, but by buying them in you can benefit from increased profit margins in addition to working with a patio expert. Carmen Velilla, Brand Manager at PatioMaster, explains: “As a specialist patio door manufacturer we take away all the unexpected overheads, hidden costs and sheer disruption of fabricators producing their own sliding doors in-house, leaving them to concentrate on their core product range. Furthermore, in PatioMaster you are working with a nationally recognised and trusted brand.”

PatioMaster’s business model is particularly attractive because of its network of regional fabricating centres. Each fabricator is a patio door expert and operates to the same high standards that mean every door is precision made-to-measure. As Carmen explains: “This means fabricators get the quality and reputation of a national brand with the expertise and support of a fabricator that is local to them.”

Patio doors are seeing a resurgence in popularity at the moment and the PatioMaster door is a best-in-class product, as you’d expect from a specialist fabricator and the nation’s favourite. It’s available in two, three and four pane configurations and features 28mm double glazing. The easy-glide tracking system ensures smooth and effortless use, which makes it a pleasure to use. The Palette colour range delivers 28 shades, 10 of which are stock colours on a 10 day lead time while there is no minimum order quantity on non-stock colours.

A six point lock and ‘anti-jacking’ system means the door is one of the most secure on the market and a Secured by Design option is also available, offering a perfect solution for fabricators that fulfil high security contracts.

The PatioMaster product range is backed up with strong customer support. There’s extensive marketing support, a typical five day turnaround time and the reassurance of a fabricator who’s never far away.

In short, PatioMaster offers the perfect way to make patio doors work for you.

www.patiomaster.co.uk

The Conservatory Outlet Group has made its second acquisition of 2017 with a deal that welcomes North West retailer, Clearview Home Improvements, to the family, taking the Group’s combined revenue to more than £40million.

This latest deal is described as a ‘firm stake in the ground’ from Group CEO Greg Kane and Conservatory Outlet’s managing director, Michael Giscombe, reportedly bringing together the ‘best of regional’ with the ‘scale of national’.

The purchase of Clearview, combined with the recent acquisition of Pennine Home Improvements, is said to give the Group a ‘sizeable inroad’ to consumer sales. This in turn allows fabricator Conservatory Outlet to pick up valuable insight from two of the North’s leading retail and installation companies to bring the customer closer to the business than ever before.

Greg explained: “We’re absolutely delighted to welcome our long-standing Network partners Clearview to the CO Group. With an unbeatable reputation for local excellence in the North West, the team at Clearview will continue to augment their unique approach to home improvement, imparting their innovative solutions with our Network to stimulate wider growth, we never thought possible a year ago.”

Clearview, with showrooms in Warrington, Preston and Nantwich, has reportedly seen its sales double to around £14million since joining the Network in 2009. The new combined turnover represents a six-fold growth for the Conservatory Outlet Group in just seven years.

Exiting as shareholders of Clearview, Chris Mitchell (managing director) and Andrew Ross (installations director) will remain in their day-to-day roles beyond the deal, together with sales director Gary Oakes, with a longer-term succession plan to follow.

Chris Mitchell said: “We’re thrilled to be part of the Conservatory Outlet Group and the opportunities that it brings for our company. Greg and Michael were the obvious choice to purchase our business, we trust them implicitly and know that they’re as passionate about our company as we are – this move is very much about accelerating our growth.”

Conservatory Outlet says it will remain a B2B company ‘with a strong understanding of the retail market’ – with both Clearview and Pennine running side by side as sister companies within the CO Group. As with Pennine, Clearview will retain exclusivity of its trading area within the network, so the deal does not conflict with any of the group’s 23 other retail partners around the UK.

Greg concluded: “Our existing network of retail installers should be truly motivated by this latest move – the opportunities for growth with CO are stronger and more real than ever before, with a unique culture emerging that sets aside our family as a cut above the rest.

“We’re continuing to actively seek new retailers in untapped areas of the UK – this is a really exciting time to become part of our Network.”

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General All-Purpose Plastics (GAP), the Lancashire based manufacturer, stockist and distributor of PVC-U roofline, doors and windows, has announced the acquisition of SIG Building Plastics and SIG Windows from SIG UK Exteriors.

The deal reportedly includes 66 depots and business units plus the staff and the sales and marketing teams that support them directly.

SIG Building Plastics and SIG Windows are made up of four specialist areas of drainage, sheet materials, windows and roofline. They include Scotplas, Omnico, CFS, PBM-DQS, Summers, Armour, Roplas, Toogood, Drainex, Plastics Pipe Supplies and Project Plastics. SIG’s Formerton sheet sales and specialised fixings businesses are also included in the deal. Ownership of all the brand names and trading styles transfers to GAP.

Launched 24 years ago by co-founders Simon Bird and Charles Greensmith, GAP services 31,000 customers nationwide – including several of the UK’s national and regional house builders, maintenance contractors and housing associations – through two factories and a 46 depot network; which is said to have been expanding at the rate of one new facility per month.

GAP co-founder, Simon Bird, said: “Charles and I set out to build a business based on passion and people, and we remind ourselves every day that we owe our success to hiring and retaining amazing staff. Anyone who takes pride in putting customers at the centre of their working day and who thrives in a friendly, supportive, lively and fun environment, will enjoy being part of the growing GAP family.”

GAP’s group sales and marketing director, Paul Sowerby, added: “From the first meeting with SIG we saw a well-organised, profitable business and a focus on supporting local tradesmen with the best quality products at the keenest possible prices. Their network of busy depots is particularly strong in the South of England and so provides us with reach but limited overlap with our own existing network. It all makes for a perfect fit.”

SIG UK Exteriors managing director, Andrew Wakelin, said: “The business environment is highly competitive and constantly changing. This means companies need to be agile, flexible and responsive to the needs of customers. This move is a positive affirmation of those principles and absolutely in line with our commitment to the development and success of our business. We’re confident that the Building Plastics and Windows product ranges have found a good home within GAP.”

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