23rd April 2021

April Edition of Trade Counter News.

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Following on from the announcement in September 2020, Endurance Doors have reaffirmed their 3mm bowing guarantee for their range of solid core composite doors, despite recent weather. This move was widely welcomed by Installer Partners at the time, as it represented complete confidence in the Endurance Doors product proposition, and it was also a pledge that reflected the fact that customer call-backs have been near on eliminated. The unique Moisture Barrier System (MBS), CoolSkin PVCu door skins and a wet seal glazing process has done much to elevate the performance of every Endurance Door.

This month, VEKA plc has unveiled plans to grow usage of recycled material beyond its existing Infinity system. VEKA has been the industry leader in recycling and sustainability throughout its history with the first VEKA recycling plant opening in Germany in 1993. In 2007, VEKA Recycling opened its doors, the UK’s first windows recycling plant. Last year, the company’s ongoing commitment to sustainability has seen VEKA Recycling invest £150k in six new silos to increase the storage capacity at its state-of-the-art Wellingborough recycling plant, the most advanced of its kind in Europe.

Building Our Skills – Making Fenestration A Career of Choice (BOS) has embarked on a recruitment drive with a difference, highlighting the need for the industry to come together and help eliminate its ever-growing skills gap. Continuing, to build on the key objective to heighten awareness of the Fenestration industry to new and young people, the organisation is encouraging individuals from the industry’s community to make a pledge by signing up to its ‘I commit, to Inspiring The Future ’campaign. The campaign, which focuses on recruiting volunteers working within the Fenestration sector is backed by competent person scheme FENSA and will showcase many of its existing campaign supporters over several social media channels.

Endurance Doors have just launched a new high performance FD30 fire door, after a two-year research and development programme which has realised a product solution that exceeds the latest standards. The physical testing of the doors was carried out by Efectis, who are a global player in fire science, covering all aspects of fire safety through testing and modelling, certification, inspection, education and expertise. To support the launch, there’s a 39-page test report available to download from Endurance Doors at...

Picture above: Dawn Stockell VEKA plc’s Marketing Director, Dawn Stockell explains how the company is repositioning the business and helping to create a new global message bringing together the whole VEKA Group family. ‘We Care | We Act’ is unveiled as the new company ethos for VEKA and as Dawn explains is a much stronger statement communicating the caring nature of the family-owned business as it takes action to build a stable, sustainable future.

Glazerite UK Group’s Group Marketing Manager, Michelle Wright, tells Glass News about its comprehensive portfolio and how offering a choice for installers can open doors to new business.