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Masonite International Corporation have completed the acquisition of DW3 Products Group and its subsidiaries or an undisclosed sum. DW3 Products Group is one of the most exciting businesses in the UK fenestration sector, boasting highly respected door brands including Solidor, Residor and Nicedor, with a manufacturing facility based in Stoke-On-Trent. The well-regarded window division is represented by The Residence Collection and Window Widgets which operate from Gloucester.

Masonite International have a number of business interests in the UK with Door-Stop International, Hickman Industries, Performance Door Set Solutions and Premdor. The introduction of DW3 Products Group fits exceptionally well with Masonite’s vision to be the best provider of building products in the eyes of all stakeholders including customers, employees, shareholders, suppliers and communities. The existing DW3 Products Group management team are all staying in their current roles and are looking to share operational knowledge and expertise collectively, to create improved and growing UK business interests for Masonite International, who are a public company, traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Gareth Mobley, CEO of DW3 Products Group commented: “The acquisition of DW3 by Masonite International is good news for all. They have a proven track record with companies such as Door-Stop International who have grown strongly post-acquisition and without question, are the perfect fit for the group.” He continued: “Little will change across the group whether you are a customer of Solidor, Residor, Nicedor, The Residence Collection and Window Widgets. With the resources of Masonite behind us and opportunities to share knowledge and ideas, it will make for a very strong, stable and successful future.”

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FIT Events, organiser of the FIT Show, has announced changes in its shareholding structure. Angus Montgomery, which has been organising events globally since 1895, has become the majority shareholder. Co-founders Matthew Glover and Paul Godwin remain shareholders and directors of the company with Matthew as Chairman, as does Event Director Nickie West. John Beaty, an investor in the business since 2015, has relinquished his shareholding and left the business. In most other respects the business remains unchanged. Matthew Glover explained the decision: “The FIT Show has gone from strength to strength thanks to tremendous support from the industry, whose loyalty we hope we have returned by producing a show that connects the whole of the window, door and related glass and glazing industry. With growth of the FIT Show in such a relatively short time, coupled with ambitious plans for its future development, it became clear that we would benefit from expertise and investment. One of our shareholders expressed a desire to leave the business and that left us with the opportunity to seek other partners and Angus Montgomery, a well established, highly experienced international organiser of a large portfolio of events, expressed a keen interest to become involved. Paul, Nickie and I have looked closely at what Angus Montgomery can bring to the FIT Show and Visit Glass and we are unanimous in our decision to join with them.

“Other than the ownership structure of the company there will be few discernible changes: The FIT Show will continue not just as it has done in the past but with the sales, marketing, operations and administration team all remaining in place. However, we are now strengthened through more robust internal systems and structures and through the expertise that will come through working with one of the world’s longest established exhibition organisers.”

Angus Montgomery is a fifth generation family business. It is responsible for events within the building and construction sector including ‘W’, the UK national show for the joinery and furniture industries, Surface Design Show, Interbuild Africa and Glass Expo Africa, the latter of which take place in Johannesburg biennially. The company has events in a wide range of other sectors including Art and Photography, Food and Drink, Hospitality, Security and many others, operating a total of 55 events worldwide. Angus Montgomery’s MD Damion Angus said: “We have been very aware of the FIT Show and the tremendous success that the event has become since its first show in 2013; it is greatly admired in the exhibition industry. Becoming involved with the event and the people behind it will greatly enhance our activities in the sector specifically and our events overall and we believe we can offer a great deal of experience to the FIT Show and its exhibitors – this is very much a two-way arrangement. We are very excited to be working with Matthew, Paul and Nickie and the rest of the team.”

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Visit the UK Pavilion at Fensterbau Frontale 2018 

The GGF is all set for an extremely busy week (21-24 March) at Fensterbau Frontale, the world’s largest window exhibition held every two years in Nuremberg, Germany.

With 200 square metres showcasing the best of British, the GGF is hosting the UK Pavilion, taking the theme “Britain Means Business” to the international industry and bringing together 12 prominent UK brands who will be presenting and demonstrating their latest products and services.

One of the key features of the UK Pavilion is the British Reception which is sponsored by RegaLead, Europe’s leading colour experts and paint manufacturers for the glass and glazing industry. RegaLead is one of 12 co-exhibitors on the UK Pavilion and will be showcasing their cutting edge ColorSpray Aqua glass and PVC-U paint technology.

The 12 co-exhibitors on the UK Pavilion are:

Clearview Magazine  www.clearview-uk.com  www.lockex.org.uk 

FIT Events www.fitshow.co.uk

Glazpart www.glazpart.com

GQA Qualifications www.gqaqualifications.com

HOPPE UK www.hoppe.com

The Jackloc Company www.jackloc.com

Made forTrade www.madefortrade.co

Reddiplex www.reddiplex.com

RegaLead www.regalead.co.uk

RITEC International www.ritec.co.uk

Roseview Windows www.roseview.co.uk

Window Ware www.windowware.co.uk  

Have “An Afternoon G&T” at Fensterbau Frontale

All UK visitors are cordially invited to visit the UK Pavilion Stand for a very British afternoon of G&T with nibbles and to network with the Best of British!

British Reception – Sponsored by RegaLead, Hosted by GGF

Thursday 22^nd March, 2.00pm – 6.00pGGF UK Pavilion Stand 305, Hall 4a

We look forward to seeing you at the British Reception on the GGF UK Pavilion Stand!

GGF UK Pavilion, Stand 305, Hall 4a

FENSTERBAU FRONTALE, Exhibition Centre, 90471 Nürnberg, Germany

Show Times
Wednesday 21^st March, 10am – 6pm

Thursday 22^nd March, 10am – 6pm

Friday 23^rd March, 10am – 6pm

Saturday 24^th March, 10am – 5pm

ABOUT FENSTERBAU FRONTALE

Fensterbau Frontale in Nuremberg is one of the world’s leading trade fair for windows, doors and facades, their associated technologies, components and assemblies as well as associated equipment and services program. Together with the Holz-Handwerk, there are more than 12,000 exhibitors representing more than 40 countries and 110,000 are key decision making visitors from the Fenestration industry.

XtremeDoor, the composite door from award-winning manufacturers Vista, is helping to refurbish Liverpool’s historic Victorian Welsh Streets of Toxteth. Now, thanks to award winning developers Placefirst, the Welsh Streets are seeing a remarkable revival as the properties are turned in to high-quality homes for working families to rent.

Vista’s signature door is the door of choice for fellow Merseyside firm Warwick Development (North West). The Eurocell fabricator has installed XtremeDoors in a range of colours during the first phase of redevelopment. Warwick has also fittingly installed Eurocell profile Slate Grey windows to the properties originally built by the migrant Welsh developers and Welsh labour.

The next stage will see a total of 299 homes refurbished including number 9 Madryn Street, the home and birth place of the former Beatle Ringo Star.

“We are absolutely thrilled to be involved in such a fantastic project and a worthwhile scheme which is revitalising an iconic area of Liverpool, and providing great, high-quality homes to rent,” comments Ian Smith, Vista’s Marketing and Business Development Manager.

“As a Merseyside firm, we are incredibly proud to be supporting this local project, working with the fantastic guys at Warwick and the dedicated team at Placefirst. This major redevelopment will ensure this important part of Liverpool’s heritage will continue for generations to come. It’s great to see XtremeDoor play a part in that.”

In 2015 plans were made for the major regeneration project with award-winning property specialists Placefirst. Their business strategy is to build great quality homes for rent at rates that are accessible to nurses, care workers, teachers and others that are usually priced out of good-quality housing.

Placefirst have recombined the traditional houses to make homes of two, three and four bedrooms. Backyards, alleys and rear extensions have all been cleared to make fantastic communal gardens.

Once again the Welsh Streets were in the public eye recently as Powis Street was closed off and painted soot black to provide the backdrop to the hit BBC drama Peaky Blinders. Hollywood stars Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy walked the cobbles as it became Watery Lane, the Shelby family’s headquarters in Small Heath.

You can learn more about this project by visiting www.xtremedoor.co.uk.

Velux is offering people who buy white painted roof windows for their home renovation or extension projects rewards, redeemable at top brand retailers and restaurants, during March and April.

The promotion will reward installers, builders and homeowners across the UK and Ireland who choose Velux white painted products.

The rewards of £25 in the UK are redeemable at a range of retailers and restaurants. In the UK, this includes M&S, Argos, Thomas Cook, Curry’s PC World and Tesco.

Customers have a two-month window from 1 March until 30 April to buy white painted products, perfect for homeowners wanting a lighter, brighter living space.

Richard McArthur, marketing manager from Velux said: “We have timed the offer to coincide with spring, which is traditionally the time of year when many families start sketching their plans to transform their homes, from smaller projects such as replacing windows through to large-scale single storey extensions.

“We’re urging our customers to take advantage of the offer, which includes the entire VELUX white-painted roof window range, from manual, centre-pivot and top-hung standard roof windows to combination solutions, and automatic electric and solar VELUX INTEGRA® roof windows.”

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On 25^th May 2018, the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes law and it will affect practically every business in the UK.

This is a new set of rules governing how companies can gather and use personal data such as names, email addresses, credit card details and more.

It is important for consumer-facing businesses to understand the impact these reforms will have on their operations, as failure to comply could result in significant fines.

To help GGF members prepare for this incoming legislation, the GGF is running a one-day GDPR Awareness Workshop this April aimed at helping consumer-facing businesses fully understand their data protection obligations.

The GGF has partnered with Cybercrowd – specialists in information, cyber security and data protection – to run this special one-day GDPR workshop this April in Solihull.

The workshop has been designed to help companies get up to speed with GDPR and what changes they’ll need to make to ensure compliance.

The agenda will include a general background to GDPR and sections on accountability, legal requirements, the significance of all aspects of data processing, and what to do if you get a subject access request.

GGF Head of Membership and Training Richard Hearn commented:  “We appreciate that GGF Members and others in the glass and glazing industry are busy running their businesses, so we wanted to make it easy for consumer-facing companies to get a useful overview of the new GDPR legislation.”

The workshop will take place at the Arden Hotel, Solihull on April 11 and will include interactive break-out sessions and open discussion forums.

GGF Members can attend for free

The GGF’s GDPR Awareness Workshop is free to attend for GGF Members. Non-Members can also attend at a cost of £245.

GGF Members may nominate the individual or individuals from their business they would like to attend. This is likely to prove popular so we will take bookings on a first come, first served basis.

Reserve your place in the GDPR Awareness Workshop

To register your interest in attending our GDPR Awareness Workshop, please contact Richard Hearn, Head of Membership and Training.

Worthing-based family firm, PBM Exteriors, has been named Kestrel approved installer of the year for its work across Sussex.

Paul Milligan, who owns PBM Exteriors with business partner, Chris Owen, explained that his business had grown through word of mouth: “We carry out 12-15 installations a month on private houses and get two out of three of those jobs through personal recommendation.

“The way I see it, our business is as good as our word, so we have to know that the products we use will stand the test of time. The extended 35-year guarantee on Kestrel white profiles, certainly does that!”

Kestrel business development manager for the south coast, Keith Hart, explained that it was PBM’s commitment to quality that really shone through.

“The projects they submitted to the installer competition were outstanding and they are a real example of the benefits of the scheme,” Keith said.

“PBM Exteriors makes sure that every job is submitted to Kestrel and explain the guarantees to give their customers peace of mind. The fact that so much of their work is through referrals really does speak volumes about the quality of their installations.”

Kestrel has announced that it is due to launch its 2018 approved installer of the year competition. www.kbp.co.uk

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