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The appointment of David Patrick as Commercial Strategy Manager, by Vencel Resil, producer of the well-known Jablite range of insulation, signals the company’s intentions to achieve ambitious new expansion targets over the next three years. “David is the first of several senior level appointments,” explains Richard Lee, Sales Director, “Our range of expanded polystyrene insulation products are uniquely well-placed to help meet the government’s climate change objectives to create a low carbon economy.
ELECTRIC SPARKS SUCCESS Enquire Here
Heating specialist Heat Electric has announced an 18% increase in sales this year despite the economic downturn. Housing Associations and developers are turning to the company’s 100% efficient water filled electric radiators as an alternative to both storage heaters and fossil fuel systems and to future proof their properties. Each unit looks like a conventional radiator but hides an internal mini boiler and pump transforming it into a self-contained heating system. The units can also be delivered at the end of a project.
PLANS FOR DOMOTEX 2010 Enquire Here
F. Ball and Co. Ltd will be using its presence at Domotex 2010 to present the results of its £8 million investment programme in new manufacturing and training facilities, and the benefits these will deliver to its customers throughout Europe. The new 30,000ft2 factory has enhanced F. Ball’s production capacity to meet the increased demand for its high performance Stopgap subfloor preparation products, including the reformulated, latex-free Stopgap Green Bag and Stopgap Blue Bag smoothing underlayments.
IMPORTANT CHANGES TO BRAND Enquire Here
ASSA ABLOY is giving early warning to architects, specifiers and contractors that the Chubb brand will be replaced with other leading ASSA ABLOY brands on most locks and secondary security products.
TWO RIBA ACCREDITED CPDʼS
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Protan (UK) Ltd now provide two diverse CPD presentations, ‘Green Roof: Bio-diverse green systems for flat and pitched roofs’ and ‘Single Ply: Roofing Membranes…On the Crest of a Wave’. The first, ‘Single Ply Roofing Membranes…On the Crest of a Wave’ demonstrates the great design flexibility single ply can offer in conjunction with sustainable performance. The Green Roof CPD focuses on the benefits of bio-diverse and green turf roofs for both flat and pitched roofs used in Scandinavia for hundreds of years where Protan have gained unique experience, making them ideally suited for such projects.
THE IMPORTANCE OF COLOUR Enquire Here
Freefoam Plastics, has reported that sales of its coloured roofline products continue to increase significantly in all geographic markets including the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. This growth reflects the fact that 76% of the market now believes offering a colour range is
important.Freefoam is one of the few manufacturers to offer ten colours as standard: white, black, leather brown, wine red, rustic green, regal blue, pale gold, sable, storm grey and dark grey.
In addition, all
colours are eligible for Freefoam’s 20-Year extended guarantee.
NEW BOARD APPOINTMENTS Enquire Here
Burlington has announced two new senior management appointments to elevate their presence in the markets they serve both in the UK and overseas. Responsible for the day-to-day operation, whilst overseeing the strategic direction of Burlington’s business interests, is former production director, Rob Irwin, who now assumes the position of Managing Director. Reporting to Rob is newly-appointed Sales & Marketing director, Nick Williams who will help deliver Burlington’s vision for the future.
NO NOISE IS GOOD NOISE The locks
will continue to be manufactured and readily available and only the name will change from August 2010. The exception will be the range of specialist detention locks sold by Chubb Locks Custodial Services Ltd, mainly to prisons, the police and other high security operations, which will continue to use the Chubb brand.
WERNICK BUYS ROLLALONG HIRE Enquire Here David Wernick,
Chief Executive of the Wernick Group of Companies
Wernick Hire is delighted to announce the acquisition of Rollalong Hire. This significant acquisition is just the latest of Wernick’s key purchases in recent years that all have a good strategic fit in the rapidly expanding organization, which has nationwide coverage from St Austell up to Inverness. Already positioned as the largest independent company supplying portable and modular buildings in the UK, Wernick Hire is now poised to make further significant inroads into the portable accommodation market.
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The Pilkington Sound Simulator is an animated interactive online tool allowing users to hear simulated effects different types of glass have on external noise reduction. Log on to
www.pilkington.co.uk/tools & choose which type of noise pollution is most relevant to their building e.g. air traffic, road or factory noise. The Pilkington Sound Simulator then plays back the sound heard by the building’s occupants through different types of Pilkington glazing.
DAWSON JOINS MWA TECHNOLOGY Enquire Here
Independent metering specialist, MWA Technology, has appointed Ian Dawson Business Development Director. In his new role
Ian will drive growth for the company
concentrating on increasing market share, turnover and new products and services. “We intend to be much more proactive in this new phase of development,” he explained. Martin Wardell, MD of MWA said: “We are delighted to have Ian on board. His vast experience and knowledge will be invaluable in helping us achieve our growth plans.”
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