22nd March 2019

February Edition of Trade Counter News. ERA RAISES OVER £11,000 FOR MIDLANDS AIR AMBULANCE

2018 saw ERA, the Wolverhampton-based security expert, raise £11,262.86 for the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, having made the organisation its chosen charity for the year. At the outset ERA had set a £10,000 target, and staff at the company are over the moon to have exceeded this figure.

Each life-saving mission undertaken by the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity costs the charity approximately £2,500. The money raised by ERA therefore is enough to cover four such missions.

Employees used their ingenuity to come up with a broad variety of fund-raising activities, including a book sale, a Valentines’ raffle, a Grand National competition, a World Cup raffle and sweepstake, a Christmas raffle, a sponsored Snowden walk and the use of collection tins. In addition, ERA’s suppliers kindly made donations.

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Prefix Systems have launched their new super slim, flat performance rooflight, under the OPAL brand.  It has been designed to offer maximum daylight, with minimal framework and is available from any one of their four regional branches.

Freefoam Building Products are delighted to announce a collaboration with the Ideal Home Show and Off Site Factory Homes.  Working with the designers of this year’s show, Freefoam X-Wood Urban cladding has been used to stunning effect on the prestigious show home  and Theatre – the focal point of the whole show.

2019 has got off to a good start for Freefoam customers, with the addition of Square and Ogee gutter in the popular Anthracite Grey colour option, to help them gain market share in a growing sector. Designed to complement the existing Round and Deep gutter systems and manufactured to Ral No. 2016 the ranges offer an exact match to door and window systems, giving customers the range to satisfy the growing demands of homeowners and developers.

Trade customers of Stevenswood are benefiting from assured fastener quality in both the manufacture and installation of windows and doors thanks to a total supply chain partnership with Rapierstar.

When it comes to new challenges, UPVC roofline brand Kestrel’s business development manager for the North East doesn’t do things by halves.

Richard Barrett started the new role in January, after moving house, welcoming a new baby and just months before he ties the knot.

Psychology graduate Nathan Hassall has tied the knot with roofline brand Kestrel by becoming its latest business development manager.

The former hotel wedding supervisor, joined the cladding, soffit and fascia brand in January to cover the North West.

With a background in quarries and construction, you could say that Kestrel’s new business development manager for South Wales and the Midlands is used to digging for business.

After managing quarries, Lindsay Haines believes the sky’s the limit for the roofline brand and is keen to get on the road and meet Kestrel’s clients across the region.

Foam tape sealant specialist ISO-CHEMIE stand (N35) will be marking 10 years in the UK at the FIT Show 2019 with plans for an ‘exciting’ new partnership and displays of high-performance airtightness and energy efficiency solutions for windows and doors.

A distinctive pink livery from Window Widgets will be on display at the FIT Show this May, where the company will showcase a wide range of ancillaries for PVCu and aluminium window and door systems, along with other industry product solutions.

If you have a unique entrance, Force 8 has the frame and the door for you. All this provides the modern aesthetics that you are looking for, giving you the perfect door.

Dennis Sumner, Managing Director of Force 8 comments “We are the only company to be able to offer you fully and part arches that are suitable for any entrance. Every composite door that is available from Force 8’s exclusive ranges can have an arched frame which will allow you to expand the choices that you can have”.

When it comes to installing rooflines on the windy East Anglian coast, Mike Rundle knows that he can rely on the very best quality products from Kestrel.

Following 25 years’ experience in the business, Mike’s company Elite Plastics UK has been named Kestrel Installer of the Year – and he couldn’t be happier.

Celuform, the UK’s first manufacturer of PVC-UE roofline products, has launched a new product overview for specifiers.

Following a major overhaul of the brand, the 28-page product overview illustrates the complete range of fascias, cladding, soffits and window line trims, with added technical and product details.