27th September 2019

September Edition of Trade Counter News.

YALE SETS THE STANDARD

Yale has announced that it is upgrading to stainless steel on all of its multipoint lock faceplates as standard, providing new user features and benefits in terms of durability, aesthetics and reduced carbon footprint.Stainless steel is instantly associated by the consumer with its anti-corrosion properties; is more durable in transportation and fabrication and is less susceptible to surface damage and corrosion, ensuring a longer lasting and sturdier locking solution.Yale’s shift to stainless steel supports the ASSA ABLOY group’s sustainability initiatives, tackling industrial processes that are present and challenging throughout the hardware industry today.

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Alimatic Architectural Aluminium Systems, a successful and growing commercial aluminium fabricator in Braintree, Essex, has just invested in a new Spring S4 4 Axis Machining Centre, a TT405 Double Mitre Saw and a HP114 Corner Crimping Machine from Haffner Murat.

Sean Folley, Director at Alimatic said: “We’re a commercial fabricator so product quality and manufacturing efficiency are fundamental to our continued success. As we continue to grow, we needed to invest in further high-quality fabrication machinery to maintain the quality and turnaround time we’re known for. We turned to Haffner Murat as their machines offer excellent value and are made to the highest quality with reliability.”

Sash UK, based in Barnsley South Yorkshire and serving customers up and down the country, is proud to announce they are now fabricating VEKA UK’s ‘next generation’ Imagine Vertical Slider.The long established company decided to manufacture the VS allowing them to offer the full Imagine suite from VEKA UK, giving customers the many fabrication and installation benefits that come with the newly launched Imagine Vertical Slider.John Riordan Managing Director explains: “Our customers already love the Imagine Patio Door and Imagine Bi-Fold Door System that we offer and when we saw all the benefits of the brand new Imagine Vertical Slider, we decided it was time to offer the complete suite from VEKA UK.

Work is well underway on the new 300,000 sqft warehouse and distribution centre for leading systems supplier, Epwin Window Systems.   Based in Telford, Shropshire the large-scale new build facility is due to be completed and operational by the end of the year. 

The impressive 18-acre site will be home to both the new warehouse and distribution centre and the new 160,000 sqft aluminium finishing plant which opened in September 2019.

The new Construction Minister Nadhim Zahawi MP is set to make his first industry appearance at UK Construction Week (UKCW), the UK’s largest built environment event, at the NEC in Birmingham on Wednesday 9 October.

A survey of over 900 construction professionals conducted by UKCW  asked respondents what their one request to the Construction Minister and the Government would be.

The results of the survey revealed an increasingly impatient industry still focused on Brexit, but split between those who want the Government to ‘Get Brexit completed’ (37%, with the vast majority of those favouring a “no ifs or buts” approach), and those who want to ‘Cancel Brexit altogether’ (32%).

Leading fenestration systems manufacturer Senior Architectural Systems has welcomed more trade customers on board, as the aluminium revolution continues to take the domestic residential market by storm and more customers ‘ask for ali’.

Offering a practical and stylish alternative to PVCu and timber systems, aluminium windows and doors have become a popular choice with homeowners across the UK.

Andrew Wright Windows, a long-standing VEKA fabricator based in Irvine has adopted VEKA UK’s M70 profile for the benefit of customers across Scotland.

Andrew Wright Windows added this popular bevelled system to the company’s already extensive offering in order for trade customers to access the coveted profile from a local supplier.

Charlie Berry, Owner of Andrew Wright Windows explains: “we’re happy to have added the bevelled M70 to our sales portfolio so that customers have even more product choice bearing the globally renowned VEKA name. M70 provides clean lines and modern style, and there are only one or two M70 fabricators currently...

Whilst Freefoam building products have traditionally been available from specialist PVC suppliers the more ambitiousroofing and general builders merchants are now seeing the potential and benefits of stocking fascia, soffit and gutter alongside their existing ranges.

Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has announced that its automated gate safety campaign, Gate Safety Week, has become Gate Safety Month.  The Tamworth-based trade association launched the initiative in 2014; since then, the campaign has received increasing national attention and the support of some of the most influential organisations in the security, enforcement, inspection, education and safety sectors, such as HSE and The British Safety Council.