Hardware specialist VBH has added to its family of greenteQ profile cylinders, having introduced the new Orion 3 star barrel. Orion is tested to TS007 and is rated as a 3-star profile cylinder. This means that it offers full protection against drilling, picking, bumping and snapping without the need for any additional support such [...]
Building Our Skills has teamed up with the Learning Skills Partnership* in an initiative that is intended to attract newcomers into roles in the fenestration industry that go beyond those of the well-known hands-on site-based variety. Going forwards, Building Our Skills will offer a range of apprenticeships run by the Learning Skills Partnership in [...]
Being in the middle of another lockdown is hardly how anyone wished this year to begin, but here we are once again. The HEGLA team fully appreciates the difficulties, hard times and uncertain prospects that face us all. Now, however, is the perfect time to re-evaluate manufacturing procedures to see how production can be [...]
Hardware expert VBH has added the Q-Smart electronic smart handle to its range of premium quality window and door hardware and furniture. It’s a keyless product which gives the homeowner 3 methods of gaining access. The first is a proximity fob that communicates with a reader built into the handle unit; the second is [...]
Integral blinds manufacturer Morley Glass & Glazing has started the New Year with a 50% increase in volume compared with last year. Increased demand from existing customers and an influx of new customers have seen manufacturing capacity rise from an average of 2,500 to 3,500 integral blinds a week. Managing director Ian Short said: [...]
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our former colleague and dear friend Clive Smith who died suddenly on Tuesday 29th December 2020. Clive had worked in the glazing industry for many years and prior to his retirement in 2017 was Technical Sales Manager at Trojan Manufacturing Group. Clive was [...]
Following their third place in the 2019 National Fenestration Awards for Composite Door Manufacturer of the year, Endurance Doors have this year taken the crown as the overall winner, in what was one of the most hotly contested categories in the event. Over the past 27 years, Endurance Doors has invested considerably across the [...]
Morley Glass & Glazing is celebrating having achieved three first-place finishes at the 2020 National Fenestration Awards. The integral blinds manufacturer came out on top in all three categories it was nominated in: Integral Blinds Company, Best Use of Video and IGU Manufacturer, which it shared jointly with Clayton Glass. It is the business’s [...]
Leading machinery experts Haffner Murat has just been announced as the joint winner of the Machinery Supplier of the Year category of the National Fenestration Awards 2020. Dave Thomas, Managing Director of Haffner Murat, said: “We are delighted to win this award, particularly as it’s voted for by our industry peers, so it’s a [...]
In what was the most highly anticipated event of the UK fenestration calendar, the winners of the 2020 National Fenestration Awards were announced in a landmark video premiere in collaboration with FENEX via their YouTube channel. The winners were announced after the biggest NFA campaign in the history of the awards. More than 400 [...]
