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Cambridge based Mighton Products has announced Jim Herrington as its Marketing Director.

“Jim joins us from the Telecoms industry and has varied experience working on a range of prestigious projects and events, including a major project for the 2012 Olympics,” explained Mighton Chairman Mike Derham. “Jim’s an award winning Chartered Marketer with rich experience and in-depth knowledge, gathered from several sectors, which puts him in a great position to creatively lead our Marketing department and help drive the Mighton brand forward. We are very pleased to welcome him on board.”

Herrington commented: “It’s a great opportunity to join a well-established professional team who have put in some fantastic work to date. Because of the strength of the foundation that has already been built, we’ll be looking at a number of different activities where we can target key areas, which I expect will have a notable impact on the business. Mighton has reached an incredibly interesting point in terms of its growth and I am excited to be joining the company at this time to help take things to the next level.”

A revolutionary new coating from Saint-Gobain Building Glass will enhance the method of glass processing by transforming coated glass into more durable and robust products at no extra cost.

SGG EASYPRO has been developed to enhance the robustness of Saint-Gobain’s “to be tempered” SGG COOL-LITE II products which are primarily used to deliver high performance solar control.

Adrian Adams, Facades Market Manager at Saint-Gobain Building Glass said: “Traditionally high performance glass coatings can sometimes be vulnerable to damage at numerous stages of the supply route such as during transport, unloading or whilst handling and processing. SGG EASYPRO is a coating innovation that provides added protection to the SGG COOL-LITE II range during those critical stages. This added protection helps provide our customers with the confidence that our SGG COOL-LITE II range of products are more durable and robust with a coating that is unique to the UK market.”

SGG EASYPRO is able to protect the SGG COOL-LITE II solar control coating against issues such as mechanical damage and ageing up until the tempering phase of production. The SGG EASYPRO coating remains on the glass and is simply burnt away during the actual tempering process, leaving behind a high quality SGG COOL-LITE II product as it exits the tempering furnace.

Adrian Adams continues: “SGG EASYPRO helps increase product durability and productivity at no additional cost to our customers. The SGG EASYPRO product also features a number of other benefits that can help reduce waste and enhance productivity with faster tempering cycle times.

“We are constantly innovating our products and services and exploring new ways to enhance our customer’s experience. SGG EASYPRO significantly improves the handling and processing abilities of our products to help provide our customers with greater confidence and value. We believe that the SGG EASYPRO coating could ultimately revolutionise the way that glass coatings are produced and processed in the future.”

Contact Saint-Gobain Glass on 01977 666118 to see how SGG EASYPRO can start benefiting your business uk.saint-gobain-glass.com/

Endurance^® Doors are again supporting National Home Security Month in October, for what is now the fifth year for the important consumer facing campaign, sponsored by Yale. Home security remains the number one key driver in entrance door sales and with hardware partners Avocet, ERA and Yale part of the Endurance^® Doors product proposition, the company can boast one of the most secure composite doors in the sector. With a solid LVL timber core, it’s also a product that’s even passed a thorough sledgehammer test.

National Home Security Month was created to help raise the importance of home security and this year there are five mini campaigns across the month of October. There will also be plenty of social media activity, through Twitter @SecurityMonth and consumer campaigns that will reach regional and national press.

Week one sees the launch of the campaign with incentives and discounts on home security products, before moving on to window hardware in week two and smart security in week three. Week four looks at the implications of the clocks going back an hour and finally in week five, there’s some seasonal advice around Halloween and bonfire night.

Stephen Nadin, managing director of Endurance^® Doors commented: ‘We’re again supporting National Home Security Month in October from our perspective as a diligent composite door manufacturer. Security is the number one key driver in sales and with a number of well-regarded hardware partners, we’re able to offer the trade and consumers with a very powerful product proposition.’

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Edgetech are delighted to have been shortlisted for Component Supplier of the Year at the prestigious G Awards.

The news tops off a momentous year for the Coventry company, that’s seen it not only celebrate a decade of manufacturing in the UK, but invest extensively in facilities and staff.

Back in July, Edgetech gathered local dignitaries, members of the trade press, executives from parent company Quanex, and long-standing customers and suppliers, to open a £1m extension to their HQ.

“Everyone at Edgetech is delighted that we’ve been recognised in this way,” commented Managing Director Chris Alderson. “The G Awards are the biggest and most competitive awards scheme in the industry, and even being finalists is a huge achievement.

“Coming towards the end of a year of celebration for Edgetech, it’s provided us with a valuable opportunity to look back, and see just how far both we as a company and the industry as a whole has come in a relatively short amount of time.

“Back in 2007, warm edge technology was still niche – used in as little as 5% of sealed units in the UK. Today, the market has been completely transformed. Between 70 and 80% of sealed units now incorporate a warm edge spacer – and Edgetech can take a lot of the credit for that.

“But we’re never complacent. We’re planning to ramp up UK investment even further in the months and years ahead, strengthening our position as market leaders, and are set to benefit greatly from Quanex’s new centralised R and D facility in Akron, Ohio, located ideally within close proximity to the polymer experts at the University of Akron.

“Our company is built on innovation, and we have some very exciting product developments in the pipeline. All in all, it’s an extremely exciting time for Edgetech, and our customers throughout the country.

“Good luck to all the other nominees – and we look forward to the awards night itself in November!”

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

The composite door leaf and glazing systems from Distinction Doors are major components when part of a door set and have a proven ability to achieve PAS24:2016, the industry’s enhanced security standard and a prerequisite in attaining third party certification to Secured by Design – a police initiative to protect against unlawful intrusion. This also demonstrates compliance to Document Q of the building Regulations.

Dave Walker, Technical Director at Distinction Doors, comments: “We are very proud of our door’s credentials and its ability to meet the most demanding technical requirements. What is particularly important to us is that Distinction Doors meets all these performance standards because of the overall quality and innovation in our doors.”

Dave explains: “For example, a demanding PAS 24: 2016 test element gives composite doors three minutes to survive an attack by UKAS laboratory engineers using a 6mm, 25mm chisel and or a Stanley knife in creating a 50mm diameter hole. This hole size is considered large enough to get an arm through and open the door and therefore constitutes a failure. Certain suppliers of composite doors might think the best way to protect against this was to increase the thickness of the door’s GRP skin. We believe there are better ways to do it.”

Dave points out that by increasing the GRP skin thickness there are four potential detrimental issues which fabricators should consider.

Firstly, the thermal performance/efficiency of the door will be compromised because the insulating foam core is reduced in thickness. Secondly is that GRP is an extremely hard material, and by increasing the amount used in the door leaf, it will have adverse effects in the CNC machining process of apertures, resulting in reduced tooling yield. Thirdly, any future changes to the PAS24 standard, could result in pressing tools being de-commissioned in order to carry out modifications, which could affect the supply of goods for an unspecified period of time.

Finally, by only increasing the depth of a part of the skin, there is danger that this could affect the long-term aesthetics of the door. As tooling wears through continuous use, it could start exhibiting witness/shadow lines that become evident on the skin’s surface at the junction where skins increase/reduce. This was something that Nan Ya’s experienced technical and manufacturing teams felt strongly about and were therefore very much against. It is also important to be aware that if the GRP skins have only been increased in part of the area, then it must be within the 800mm banded area (400mm above and below of the positioning of the cylinder) of Zone 1 of the attack. Should this not be the case then a sizeable proportion of door styles will be compromised and not compliant.

Dave concludes: “At Distinction Doors we believe in innovation without compromise. It is why our GRP standard Signature and revolutionary nxt-gen composite door blanks comfortably meet the latest requirements and why we remain the market leader.”

To find out more about Distinction Doors visit www.distinctiondoors.co.uk/contact-us/

Image Above: The W-Tec 3D concealed hinge from SFS, part of its range of concealed hinges for designer doors, created and manufactured to meet the needs of architects, designers and door producers, to effortlessly blend in with all door styles.

Door hinge manufacturer SFS has extended its technical support for architects, interior designers and fit-out contractors to help deliver safe, secure and compliant doorsets which take advantage of the latest hinge technology for long term reliable performance and visual appeal.

The company’s new RIBA-Approved CPD seminar is now available for bookings. Its focus on security and access for the disabled provides essential guidance on the design considerations for external and internal doorsets, and why the hinge plays a pivotal role. The 60-minute seminar recaps on the Secured by Design initiative, along with the PAS 024 security standard that underpins this, and provides practical insights into aesthetics, delivering outstanding performance, Part M and disabled access requirements, the demands of Part L and the thermal performance of windows and doors.

In addition to its new CPD seminar, SFS has also made accessing hinge product information easier, with an updated website offering downloads to all hinge technology solutions, along with direct contact information for its skilled technical team. 

SFS, which was exclusively invited to share its specification market knowledge, analysis and experience from a manufacturer’s perspective in the 2017 NBS ‘What Specifiers Want’ report, has worked closely with architects and building contractors for three decades. Its strength and depth in the specification market includes a UK-based Specification Team focused on supporting specifiers with writing NBS clauses.

David Wigglesworth, Managing Director of SFS intec’s UK business, who wrote the article in the NBS report, says: “As a designer, manufacturer and supplier of door hinges we’re well positioned to share our technical knowledge with specifiers but we know how important it is to make this information as available and useful as possible. That’s why we’ve invested in our new CPD seminar and refreshed our website.

“We were delighted to be invited to share our insights in the 2017 NBS report which will be enormously beneficial to anyone working in the specification market. The key findings of the NBS survey indicate that access to information is key, which resonates with our ethos and the way our support is structured – designed to help deliver better quality buildings and maximise client satisfaction. This is particularly so given the high proportion of specifiers who value good relationships with manufacturers and having detailed information easily accessible online.”

Expert technical support has been at the core of SFS’s success in serving the door and window market for more than 30 years with a wide range of exterior and interior door hinges, including the  Dynamic 2D range, as well as fasteners for the building envelope. Operating from its UK HQ in Leeds, the company is part of the Swiss-based SFS Group which has annual sales in excess of £1.1bn and a history dating back to the 1950s serving customers in the construction, automotive, electronics, industrial and medical products markets.

Find out more about SFS at www.sfsintec.co.uk and download the NBS ‘What Specifiers Want’ at www.thenbs.com/knowledge/what-specifiers-want-2017.