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It was a hugely successful LockExpo for Brisant Secure, with locksmiths eager to see the unrivalled features of both Lock Lock and Ultion and to benefit from several show deals and free next day delivery. 

Brisant Secure claims it has become the go to brand for unrivalled security thanks to the Sold Secure Diamond, 3 Star, Secured by Design accredited Ultion and the unprecedented £1,000 security guarantee that comes with it. But LockExpo was primarily used for the promotion of Lock Lock, the only door security handle that carries Sold Secure certification from the Master Locksmiths Association.

Lock Lock has been designed with a registered edgeless design, which means greater security as there are no surfaces in which would be burglars can get a fixing on to remove the handle. It’s also now passed the 6,000-hour mark in a salt spray chamber as against the 240/480 industry standard, providing long-term good looks in the face of pitted handles that have plagued the door industry for decades.

Nick Dutton CEO of Brisant Secure was enthused about the show success and commented: ‘We had a great show, reflecting the incredible loyalty and sales success that our customers have with Lock Lock and Ultion, along with our unrivalled next day service. With the recent announcement that we’ve become the official Federal Lock stockist in the UK, we’re now well set to building our following further with both door manufacturers and locksmiths across the country.’

For further information visit www.brisant-secure.com  where there are links to the Lock Lock and Ultion websites and you can also register for online ordering. You can e-mail them directly at sales@brisant-secure.com  or phone 01924 410200 and can follow them on Twitter @BrisantSecure @LockLockSecure and @UltionLock.

Fast-growing sash window specialists Roseview have been shortlisted for Business of the Year at the SME Buckinghamshire Business Awards.

It’s the second year in a row the Olney firm has been nominated for the award scheme’s most prestigious gong, and in 2017 they went on to win.

Founded in the 1970s, Roseview has gone on to become a world-leading sash window innovator, producing the first-ever uPVC sash window product in 1985, and launching its acclaimed Rose Collection in 2013.

Today, the firm employs 100 people, and, in 2017, produced 25,000 sash windows, and topped £9m turnover for the first time.

Roseview Sales Director Richard Burrells commented: “It’s great to have been shortlisted for Business of the Year for the second year in a row. We’re extremely proud to be recognised as one of Buckinghamshire’s leading businesses.

“After years of dedicated product development, we’re now a highly profitable, multimillion-pound business with a nationwide reputation – and have created a range of high-quality timber-alternative sash windows that are the most authentic on the market.”

The winners will be announced in April, at a glitzy black-tie gala dinner in Milton Keynes.

Roseview’s award-winning Rose Collection windows are widely regarded as the highest performing and most authentic uPVC sash window products available in the UK, if not the world.

Competitively priced and highly versatile, the Eurocell-based Charisma Rose is the perfect fit for everything from upgrading existing windows on older properties to installing on ambitious Grand Design-style projects.

The superbly authentic Heritage Rose, based on the REHAU system, has been accepted for use in conservation areas as discerning as the London boroughs of Chelsea and Kensington, Lincoln, Worcester, and Cambridge – while the G Award-winning, run-through sash horn-equipped Ultimate Rose is the pinnacle of timber-effect uPVC, boasting features as detailed as external putty lines, full mechanical joints and the new market-leading 35mm meeting rail.

For more information visit www.roseview.co.uk or call 01234 712657

REHAU’s AGILA sliding door has gone on display at ERA’s brand new customer suite in Wolverhampton, to demonstrate the bespoke security hardware featured on the popular door system.

ERA’s custom-made hardware for the AGILA sliding door meets the requirements of PAS24 and includes security handles, a 12-point locking system and additional corner hooks for added security. ERA is so confident it’s the best on the market that the hardware comes with a Total Security Guarantee, giving customers a replacement door free of charge, plus £5,000 compensation should they suffer a break-in due to the failure of the hardware.

To showcase this market-leading hardware to ERA customers, an AGILA Sliding Door was fitted in the newly refurbished customer suite by REHAU Fabricator and Authorised Partner, Fenster Trade Frames. The AGILA Sliding Door now forms part of the ERA Home section of the showroom, where the latest products and innovations can be seen on actual doors and windows, allowing clients to try the products out for themselves.

Clare Higgins, Product Manager from REHAU, said: “The ERA hardware and lifetime guarantee is a key selling point for our AGILA Sliding Door, and more and more REHAU customers are now choosing these large span sliding doors, confident that they meet the grade for style and security. We hope that the inclusion of the AGILA sliding door in the ERA customer suite encourages others to follow our lead and improve the security specification of their patio doors to give customers absolute peace of mind.”

The new customer suite is part of a brand new purpose built premises for ERA, which opened on January 31st. The new layout, presentation and technology offers customers the chance to try out a product for themselves and there is a number of product displays and an interactive smartware wall  to enable customers to get to grips with the entire ERA range.

Darren Waters, CEO at ERA, said: “Our brand-new home is a great fit with our long-term business strategy and will help to differentiate our brand, both as an innovative supplier and as a responsible employer.

“The new site is home to our state-of-the-art research and product development hub, manufacturing and warehousing, as well as test and training facilities.

“In addition, our bespoke Customer Suite showcases the entire ERA Total Security portfolio.“

For more information visit rehau.uk/AGILA

Morley Glass & Glazing is once again the proud sponsor of the North Leeds Charity Beer Festival, which will be returning with a new twist to North Leeds Cricket Club from 6-7 April. 

Now in its seventh year, the annual community charity fundraising festival, featuring food, drink and music festival will this year debut a gin bar alongside 35 real ales from seven breweries and seven ciders. As always, the fine selection of real ale, cider and gin will be complemented by pork pies and vegetable samosas, as well as a fantastic programme of local bands.

Initially created with an aim to showcase interesting and unusual beers from Yorkshire micro and independent breweries, the festival has since achieved so much more. From humble beginnings in 2012, the event has raised over £30k to enable the Rotary Club of Roundhay to support many projects in the local area and further afield.

Ian Short, Managing Director of Morley Glass & Glazing says: “We are delighted to be able to sponsor the 7th Annual North Leeds Charity Beer Festival and welcome the fact that gin is on the menu to help appeal to an even wider audience – and help raise more funds.  This is exactly the type of initiative we like to be involved with as it perfectly reflects our ethos of giving back to local communities. I will be rolling up my sleeves and helping alongside the Rotarians and I am very much looking forward to the event. I wish NLBF and the Rotary Club of Roundhay every success.”

The Leeds-based sealed unit manufacturer and ScreenLine® integral blinds supplier also sponsors many other local charities, sports clubs and good causes and is this year celebrating its 20^th anniversary.

For more information, visit www.morleyglass.co.uk.

Image Above: Rob Bennett, Sales Director, Darren Frost, Commercial Director and Lionel Grant Managing Director.

Aluminium glazing specialists Bennett Architectural are celebrating ten years at their premises at Rosevale Business Park.

The family owned and family run business has been around since 1960, previously residing at a unit on Parsonage Street in Tunstall.

Lionel Grant, Managing Director at Bennett Architectural commented,

“We’re delighted to be celebrating ten years at Rosevale Business Park. 

“Moving to these premises has allowed us to expand our workforce and portfolio of work for various sectors. I’d also like to thank our dedicated workforce for making light work of so many technically challenging projects.”

In the ten years since moving to Rosevale Business Park, Bennett Architectural has taken on award winning projects for the Maggie’s Centre in Manchester, the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the expansion of Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium amongst others.

Also during this time Bennetts has raised nearly £10,000 for local charity The Donna Louise.

Bennett Architectural are specialist in the design, fabrication and installation of aluminium doors, windows and curtain walling.

In recent years, the structure of the IGU market has seen some dramatic changes.

Since 2007, the number of companies manufacturing glass units in the UK has dropped by one third to just 848. But, despite this, in recent years the total number of units being fabricated has seen a steady increase.

Many of your readers will surely be wondering how this is possible and here at Edgetech, we believe that automation is largely responsible.

For a long time, energy efficiency and high performance in glass units was the exception – the mark of a truly extraordinary product. New innovations such as polyamide thermal breaks and warm-edge spacer bars were introduced and, consequently, standards soared.

Now, however, these high standards have become the norm – the baseline that manufacturers must not only hit but surpass. 

The result of these now commonly-held, elevated standards – combined with an ongoing decrease in the number of IGU manufacturers operating in the UK – was a new pressure to produce large volumes of windows, all offering unbeatable levels of energy efficiency and great all-round performance.

This led to a heightened interest in automation and, at Edgetech, in applying our flexible Super Spacer product on automated lines.

One of the automated lines available boasts an incredible turnaround time of just 15 to 20 seconds per IGU when using Super Spacer and this has proven particularly popular in the US. In the near future, we anticipate that this level of investment in automation will be echoed in the UK too. 

As we move into an increasingly competitive economic climate, more and more companies will begin choosing automation as a way to drive their business forward. As a method of manufacturing, it offers customers not just faster lead times but also improved quality and greater consistency. 

The opportunities that automation offers are limitless. In the future, those companies embracing this technology will set an important example for others in their sector, helping to move us ahead and create a forward-thinking industry that will not be left behind in today’s information age. 

Yours sincerely,

Chris Alderson

Precision-engineered Dynamic 2D door hinges by SFS are helping The Residence Collection become one of the market leaders with its premium window and door range.

Having rapidly established itself as one of the favoured brands for high-end windows and doors, The Residence Collection open-in doors are complemented by premium quality Dynamic 2D door hinges manufactured by SFS.

Residence 9 authentically replicates the traditional style of 19^th century flush sash windows, whilst the Residence 7 and Residence² Collections provide the market with more contemporary, yet equally visually stunning windows and doors. SFS were chosen as a partner for their inward opening doors, with their Dynamic 2D hinges providing the perfect blend of strength, security, aesthetics and long term reliability thanks to a highly-engineered construction and bespoke sash plates. This means the installer can ‘fit and forget’.

Sarah Hitchings, sales and marketing director of The Residence Collection said: “Developing The Residence Collection has brought together the best technical minds, with SFS playing a key role. It was vitally important to get the door hinges right, to reflect the quality of the Residence Collection brand – and that’s why we partnered with SFS for their Dynamic 2D hinges. These hinges have enabled us to create open-in doors which combine fantastic looks with smooth opening and closing, and the long term assurance of robustness and security.”

As a manufacturer of door hinges, SFS was able to work closely with The Residence Collection to achieve the perfect match. By developing bespoke sash plates, SFS has ensured a precise and secure attachment to the open-in sash for an attractive result that characterises the brand and protects against door ‘sagging’ over the door’s long, hassle-free lifespan.

Dynamic 2D’s design and build quality also enables Residence Collection doors to offer enhanced security, being successfully tested to the requirements of BS-PAS 024 and allowing for Secured by Design licensing.

Nigel Wood, Director of Sales – Hinge and Fastening Technology at SFS adds: “The Residence Collection is a superb portfolio of window and door systems that we are delighted to make a contribution to and we are thrilled to be working closely with them.”

Find out more about the Dynamic 2D range, which also offers solutions for flush fit composite and timber doors, rebated aluminium doors and flush composite doors, at www.sfsintec.co.uk.

PatioMaster, the nation’s favourite patio door brand, has just launched a new website. Carmen Velilla, Brand Manager of PatioMaster, said: “Our new website builds on everything that worked well from the previous site to deliver a new platform that is more engaging and informative. It is aimed at both trade and end users and its overarching aim is to increase lead generation for our customers.”

The new site has a fresh, high quality, personable style that reflects PatioMaster’s brand personality. It has been designed to be easy to navigate, including the use of clearly defined calls to action at the end of each page that direct visitors to more information that may aid their decision-making process. A Door Builder platform allows homeowners to design their own door, a feature that will help them become much more engaged when on the site. A regular programme of content marketing, including case studies and blogs, will ensure traffic will be consistently driven to the site to boost visitor numbers and lead generation opportunities.

PatioMaster dealerships have been highlighted throughout the site to emphasise one of the brand’s USPs of the reassurance of a trusted major brand that still allows homeowners to support their local economy. The move will also mean it will be much easier for homeowners to find details of their nearest dealer and get in touch, something that will ensure PatioMaster customers are immediately connected with prospective customers.

One of the biggest features of the new site is the Technical Hub. It’s a dedicated area for trade customers that contains valuable technical and marketing support in the form of wall charts, manuals, bulletins, brochures, renders, installation images and more. Unlike many similar hubs on trade websites, this one has been designed to be quick and easy to access and navigate.

Carmen concludes: “Quality, service and style are the three factors that define the PatioMaster experience and they’re the reasons why we’ve become one of the UK’s leading patio door manufacturers. They are factors that are reflected in our new website and I’m delighted it’s now live.”

www.patiomaster.co.uk