GQA Qualifications has boosted its team with the addition of three new members of staff. Two new highly experienced Technical Officers and a new Quality & Compliance Executive with a strong relevant field-based background have now joined the fenestration industry’s leading awarding body. The new recruits are testimony to the rapid expansion that GQA [...]
For many years edge deletion on machinery in the glass industry has been in its current format. Previously standard soft-coated glasses were mixed with hard coated products, the switch to soft coated has been market led and is now probably at its maximum. However other market demands have changed there are now new expectations for [...]
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16 January 2020 was a day to remember for Liniar and Avantek Machinery's Group Managing Director Martin Thurley. That particular Thursday marked the occasion Martin visited the New York Stock Exchange to take part in the ceremonial ringing of the bell to signal the start of trading. The reason for the momentous occasion was that [...]
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The exclusive deep 55 mm GRP cill is a beautiful feature designed to achieve the authentic appearance of an original 3” timber cill. This feature, along with patented Timberweld ® butt jointed corner construction and integral mullion for multi-light windows, completes the package that offers ‘like for like’ matching to original timber sash windows in [...]
It’s always been a proud Welsh business – and Victorian Sliders, Europe’s biggest sash window manufacturer, has got its 15th anniversary year off to a flying start by winning a prestigious regional business award. The Ammanford-based firm was named best large manufacturer at the West Wales Business Awards, an annual event that exists to honour [...]
Sash windows are a design classic. They've been around since the 17th century and they've changed very little since those days; except of course in terms of performance. Originally, the two glazed sashes, slid vertically in timber frames. As a traditional look they are as popular as when they were first created, however Masterframe [...]
There is officially no definition for a heritage window; however there are many windows referred to and claimed to be, heritage windows. Historic England does however refer to traditional windows suitable for Heritage Assets. To be suitable for a Heritage Asset such as in a conservation area, the window would have to stand up to [...]
Award winning hardware specialist VBH has expanded the greenteQ Coastline range of stainless steel pull handles with the addition of two new Oval profile designs. The stylish new Oval products offer an attractive alternative to the standard circular profile pulls that are already very popular on contemporary entrance doors. VBH advise that Oval pulls are [...]
