PRODUCT INNOVATIONS Lightweight trays
Lakes Bathrooms has launched a new collection of lightweight sheet moulded composite (SMC) shower trays. The new entry-level range of trays is designed as a
high volume, lower-cost option to traditional stone resin. As a new manufacturing methodology in most of the bathroom market, yet well-proven in other industries, SMC uses fibre reinforced polymers moulded with heat and pressure. Quality is consistently high says Lakes and, thanks to the impregnated fibres, the resulting shower trays are strong and yet lightweight - every design weighing in at around 50 per cent lighter than stone resin counterparts. Integral to the design of the new SMC trays is the pattern of strength-forming ribs that criss-cross the back of the tray. For more information call 01684 853870 or visit
www.lakesbathrooms.co.uk.
Abespoke solution
The versatility of Xtralite’s products and services has been highlighted thanks to the company’s involvement in providing a bespoke rooflight solution for a new £48million academy in Hull. Funded by the ‘Building Schools for the Future’ programme, the Sirius Academy required an innovative rooflight solution that could reflect its own unique, oval-shaped design. Working closely with roofing contractor Chemplas Ltd, Xtralite manufactured and installed two thermally enhanced ridgelights, measuring 33m x 28m and 24m x 28m. Sat above the school’s full-height central atrium space, the ridgelights allow
Aheavy duty platform
Based inMytholmroyd,West Yorkshire, Adventure Trailers (Europe) offers the construction sector tough, ‘off-road’, high- mobility trailers which are available in the UK and throughout Europe. The company
the maximum amount of daylight to illuminate the space below which houses an innovative learning environment plus a number of multi-use spaces. For more information call 01670 354157, email
sales@xtralite.co.uk or visit
www.xtralite.co.uk.
Designed
also say that they have the advantage of being the first to hold full EuropeanWhole Vehicle Type approval, which now applies to all trailers sold in the UK and Europe. Designed, built and assembled in Yorkshire, the Built For Off-Road®
trailers from
Adventure feature a galvanised chassis and bodywork, LED lighting, sealed wiring, stainless steel fittings and a fully- independent suspension featuring Fox Racing Shox and Eibach springs to provide apparently unsurpassed ride quality on and off-road. Various hitch options, together with an adjustable hitch height feature, optimise the trailer’s towing vehicle possibilities. For more information call 01422 881951, email
at@adventuretrailers.eu or visit
www.adventuretrailers.eu.
Fläkt comes to town
FläktWoods is delighted to announce the launch of an entirely newrange of products to the UK, none ofwhich have been readily available before. They are all nowoffered exclusively through their nationwide group of SuperLite Partners. The range includes, according to the company, a revolutionary SuperLite axial fan, a choice ofmarket leading Veloduct®
sealed fittings, Iris
dampers and an innovative roof fan aswell as fire dampers, valves and domestic fans. The inclusion of duct fittings and fire damperswithin the range,whichwere previously only available outside the UK, is expected to enable the exclusive SuperLite partners to access newmarkets. Fläkt is a supplier of energy-efficient air solutions. For more information call 01206 222619, email
sarah.hewes@flaktwoods.com or visit
www.flaktwoods.co.uk.
excellence BOS GmbH Best Of Steel frames are the key to improving specification for door sets, says the company. According to BOS, the frames have been designed in order to provide clients with durable, flexible and surprisingly attractive solutions and to provide contractors with frames that are fast and easy to fit and manufactured away from site in environmental and quality controlled conditions. BOS products, says the company, are central to the process of specification because the frame houses and accommodates all of the door elements. From the simplest door function to the most complex; features such as access control, sophisticated locking and door automation are all part of the technology of the frame. BOS say that if you think ‘frame first’, you are already on the right path. To assist you in this regard, the company also provides an ‘Architect Consulting Service’, which offers complete system solutions for the door/frame element and produces CAD drawings at short notice. BOS GmbH Best Of Steel employs over seventy people who all make sure that the company’s approach is always providing solutions to the varied demands of the industry. For more information call 0758 465 5828, email
mj@bestofsteel.co.uk or visit
www.bestofsteel.co.uk.
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