ODL Europe takes Best New Product of the Year at G21 Awards
ODL Europe has won the Best New Product of the Year at the G21 Awards for Guardsman, its new composite fire door. Billed as a gamechanger for the 30-minute composite fire door market, the Guardsman Fire Door More...
G-Award for the perfect commercial residence
The Residence Collection came away from the returning G-Awards with the honour for Best Commercial Project for their Sewell Park Academy development using R9 windows, specified at the request of the client. The More...
We’re going to need a bigger shelf!
The Window Company (Contracts) has extended its record-breaking success at the G-Awards, winning the Installer of the Year title for an unprecedented fourth time. In one of the few categories where an independent More...
Emplas claims Best Fabricator Award at G21
Emplas has been named Best Fabricator at this year’s G21 Awards. Held at the Hilton Park Lane, London at the end of November, the G-Awards are a celebration of achievement and innovation in the window and More...
Winners of British Woodworking Federation Awards 2021 announced
The winners of the prestigious British Woodworking Federation (BWF) Awards 2021 have been revealed at an evening of celebration held at the Kimpton Fitzroy London Hotel. This year marks the 13th anniversary More...
Triumphant winners celebrate as G-Awards makes its highly anticipated return
The fenestration industry’s primary awards made a welcome return to the sectors events calendar, as the G-Awards made its much anticipated glitzy return to the Park Lane Hilton in London. Key industry figures More...
Increase in fabricator start-ups predicted as capacity issues continue
Andrew Scott, industry consultant and CEO of Insight Data, predicts an increase in fabricator start-ups as capacity problems plague existing fabricators. His prediction follows data revealed at the recent Glazing More...
Is ‘just-in-time’ proving just enough?
Many manufacturing industries have become accustomed to just-in-time supply chain operations. Pioneered by Japanese firms over 60 years ago it now dominates global manufacturing. It became dominant in the plastics More...
Government must outlaw ‘cowboy builders’ says the Federation of Master Builders
The Government’s failure to back legislation to tackle the scourge of cowboy builders is disappointing, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to a Private Members Bill recently debated More...
Sheerline extends its Prestige range with trailblazing aluminium bi-fold
Sheerline has launched a new range of bi-fold doors, which extends its popular range of Sheerline Prestige aluminium windows and doors. The new Sheerline Prestige bi-fold combines style, security, innovation More...
Investing in youth is this industry’s saviour
Dr Sachin Saigal, Avocet Hardware Group’s Managing Director, discusses how Avocet are developing the next generation of workers through apprenticeship schemes Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, COVID19 and now simply More...
Windows Doors ETC 20% ahead of target in first year of trading
HWL Trade Frames customer, Windows Doors ETC, has said that it is 20% ahead of target for 2021 despite only opening for business at the start of the year. Mike Woodend, Managing Director of the new, Bristol-based More...