32 APPOINTMENTS & NEWS  BSI recognises Ancon’s ongoing commitment


Structural steel fixings manufacturer, Ancon Building Products, has had its commitment to business excellence further recognised with long tenure awards for two of the industry’s key systems management standards. The awards, which were presented by BSI (British Standards Institution), mark


over 20 years of continuous certification of Ancon’s quality management system under ISO 9001 and over 10 years’ tenure of ISO 14001 certification for its environmental management system. To maintain these internationally recognised certifications, Ancon has demonstrated effective control and improvement in every area of its business.


0114 275 5224 www.ancon.co.uk The environment tops the agenda


The environment is top of the agenda for Designer Contracts. The company’s award-winning recycling scheme sees all waste removed from site and taken back to its 12 regional centres, saving a staggering 250 tonnes of waste going to landfill every year. The programme not only includes


flooring. Designer Contracts has invested £40,000 in a baling machine that helps to recycle 70 tonnes of cardboard and 20 tonnes of plastic every year. At the company’s national distribution facility in Kettering, which holds £2m worth of stock, it uses a computerised planning system to ensure maximum efficiency and to reduce waste.


01246 854577 www.designercontracts.com 118 116 Double success for Vent-Axia


Leading British ventilation manufacturer Vent-Axia is celebrating winning not one, but two categories in the presti- gious H&V News Awards 2017. Within the Air Movement category the company scooped the award for its Lo-Carbon Revive, designed specifically for social housing ventilation. Meanwhile, in the


Domestic Ventilation Product of the Year category, Vent-Axia collected the award for its innovative Sentinel Kinetic Advance Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) unit. The Sussex-based company received the accolades hosted by comedian Russell Kane.


0844 856 0590 www.vent-axia.com 117 Demonstration vans display Ecoslide with style


As part of an additional £1.5 million investment in increased Sales & Marketing initiatives, Victorian Sliders have introduced a dynamic way to demonstrate their product quality to installers and homeowners. A new fleet of mobile showrooms is now out and about on UK


roads, professionally kitted-out with stylish sample ECOSlide vertical sliding sash windows and informative display graphics. Designed for Trade Installers and their homeowner customers who want to see a sample before placing an order, these special sales demonstration vans provide the perfect way to closely inspect ECOSlide PVC-U vertical sliding sash windows and review foil colour and hardware finish options.


01269 846200 www.victoriansliders.co.uk Westbury products sound & secure


Westbury Windows & Joinery has recently published its latest in a string of successful test results. Following on from its energy and security (PAS24) achievements in 2016 Westbury’s products have now also had acoustic assessment too. The products, including casement and sliding sash windows, and French doors, were independently tested at a UKAS-accredited laboratory and performed well across the board; particularly in the reduction of traffic noise. However, the unexpected star of the show was the French doorset; a product that is notorious, industry-wide, for poor sound insulation. To our knowledge, no other timber door manufacturer has published an acoustic test result for a French doorset, yet Westbury’s has proved to be as effective as a casement window, scoring 38Rw on the Weighted Sound Reduction Index (meaning it reduces sound by approximately 38 decibels!). Westbury’s combination of classic, heritage design with high tech performance, makes its windows and doors the ideal solution for any new build or renovation project located near to a busy road, railway, flight path or factory. Videos of the testing in action can be found on the website.


01245 326510 www.westburyjoinery.com/performance/acoustic MEDITE SMARTPLY announces major investment in new factory


In a significant move, MEDITE SMARTPLY, producers of innovative timber panel products, has signed a commit- ment as part of a consortium planning the construction of the world’s first Tricoya® wood chip acetylation plant. To be built in Hull, the plant will produce the raw material for the manufacture of MEDITE® TRICOYA® EXTREME, the market leading high performance wood panel. The consortium is between MEDITE SMARTPLY, chemical technol- ogy group Accsys, venture capitalists BP Ventures and Acetyl industry leader BP Chemicals. The plant, due to come on stream in 2019, will produce Tricoya Wood Elements using Accsys’ proprietary technology for the acetylation of wood chips and particles. These acetylated elements are used to manufacture the high performance MEDITE TRICOYA EXTREME Medium Density Fibre panels. The panels exhibit outstanding durability and dimensional stabil- ity which allow them to be used in exterior and wet area applications once limited to products such as concrete, plastics or metals. With the added benefits of light weight, sustainable raw materials and a guarantee of up to 50 years above ground and 25 years in ground, these revolutionary panels provide entirely new construction material, allowing great design flexibility and endless opportunities for creativity.


01322 424900 www.mdfosb.com WWW.HBDONLINE.CO.UK 121 120 119


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