fit show preview
Simplifying window replacement
The most important three days this year in the management of window replacement programmes - The FIT Show, 12-14 April
and security of a property. Fortunately these days it is difficult to find a poor window or door, the principle element in any failure continuing to be poor installation. For private and social landlords the cost of replacement windows and residential doors has never been more competitive, while the choice has never been so varied. And as legislation continues to tighten in respect of energy and security performance, especially in the public sector, it is crucial for landlords and their officers to ensure they are both aware of the legislated
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igh quality windows and doors are one of the key elements not only in tenant satisfaction but also in the performance
requirements as well as the availability of appropriate products. The Fabricator Installer Trade (FIT) Show is a
solution to those needs: The event first appeared in 2013 and since then has become the essential UK showcase for the industry, to sell to itself of course, but more importantly to show, quite literally, what it is made of to specifiers of new buildings and of course, to those tasked with the replacement of windows and doors for residential buildings of all types. As such the organisers of the event insist that one or two days spent at the event can significantly solve a specification programme compared with months conventionally finding and interviewing potential suppliers. Paul Godwin, Managing Director of The FIT
Show makes the case: “With 180 exhibitors taking part in four halls at The FIT Show we are presenting a cross-section of the window and door supply market that is simply not available through any other means. An Internet search will simply not reveal the breadth and depth of suppliers simply because it is not structured to do so. The FIT Show will focus all of these companies in the same place, at the same time and all under the same roof. They are showing literally hundreds of brand new windows and doors, the components, hardware, glass systems – everything – most of which are being seen for the first time anywhere in the world.
“The FIT Show is designed to allow professionals to focus their attention on everything glass and glazing in a short, sharp and highly focused burst”
“The event also offers the possibility to meet suppliers face-to-face, to create relationships with companies to ensure a full understanding – partnerships in fact – that have proven to be more beneficial in long term business relationships.” Essentially, The FIT Show is designed to allow professionals to focus their attention on everything glass and glazing in a short, sharp and highly focused burst. Is it going to be worth your while? Most of the major brands of windows and composite doors and their derivatives available in the UK will be on show, together with legions of hardware and other components suppliers and, in increasing numbers, commercial manufacturers and suppliers of finished products. After almost two years since the last FIT Show
the industry has clamoured to develop hundreds of new products and systems in time for the April show, including at least four new window systems that have previously never been shown there,
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