19th November 2021

November Edition of Trade Counter News.

UAP LTD REVAMPS INTELLIGENT HARDWARE ‘ESSENTIAL’ RANGE TO BOOST PICK AND GO SALES POTENTIAL

Window and door smart-sensor pioneer, Kubu, has partnered with revolutionary online smart home insurance provider Hiro, to bring prevention-first insurance to the glazing and fenestration industries.

Available with a compact, flat-packed and easy to assemble point of sale (POS) display to help entice customers to buy, the Intelligent Hardware Essential Range includes over 100 products across internal door hardware, external door hardware and window safety. All items are clearly branded and labelled, with eye-catching graphics for ease of identification and blister packaging for ease of display and robust protection of the product.

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Whilst homeowners take pride in their home, and want it to look it’s best, it can sometimes come at a price. Many are looking for low maintenance options to free up precious time and save money over the years. One such family in Banbury, Oxfordshire, turned to local Freefoam Registered Installer Ricky Romera of Professor Windows to help them with an ongoing issue with their property. The house featured ten dormer windows around the front and back elevations covered in painted concrete render. With constant exposure to the elements cold frosts caused the render to separate and become cracked and discolored. Consequently to keep the property water tight and tidy this meant the homeowner was spending thousands of pounds every year on scaffolding and repair. They needed a long term solution.

Blairs Windows & Doors, a KÖMMERLING manufacturing partner and part of the Saveheat Group, is pleased to announce that they have joined Secured by Design, which is the official police security initiative that works to improve the security of buildings and their immediate surroundings to provide safe places to live, work, shop and visit. Founded in 1913, Blairs Windows & Doors have developed a long-standing reputation for quality windows, conservatories, and door sets. With over 100 years industry experience, they produce superior timber, aluminium and PVCu products that are unrivalled in quality and design. Blairs supply to contractors, general builders, and individuals, and have a wealth of knowledge to help guide clients and specifiers through design, planning, procurement and fabrication stages, alongside their Blairs approved installers.

It’s 1986. The year the late Diego Maradona knocked England out of the World Cup; and the year that VEKA Plc and Window Warehouse opened their doors in the UK. Fast forward quite a few years later, Malcolm Cake, Managing Director of Window Warehouse in Portsmouth, was discussing his ambitions for the company with Neil Evans, the (then) Sales Director (now Managing Director) at VEKA Plc. He also reminded Neil of a key growth milestone that the previous owners of the Halo Brand, prior to acquisition by VEKA, had promised to celebrate with Fish and Chips.

proStratoTec is the new technology from KÖMMERLING and with their System 88 tilt and turn platform they can now achieve the Passive House according to Dr. Feist Standard in full colour. Thanks to an innovative manufacturing process, the high-tech material Ultradur® from BASF is firmly integrated into the profile structure using a tri-extrusion process, making it possible to completely do without steel even with coloured and foiled profiles.