NEWS | Round-up NEWS IN BRIEF
• Swift Electrical Wholesalers has redesigned its website to improve the user experience. Customers can now use a secure login to access their accounts 24/7, allowing them to check stock in real time, download invoices or brochures.
• The AvanTech YOU drawer system from Hettich has won the 2021 Interzum Award in the “High Product Quality” category for outstanding design merit. The system will be available in the UK later this year and features integrated lighting.
• Abode has launched a new Filter Recycling Scheme for its Pronteau 4 in 1 range. The scheme is simple to use – all consumers need to do is send off their used fi lter to Abode, where it will be passed on to a recycling partner.
• KitchenEx products will now be available on ArtiCAD-Pro software. The Sheffi eld-based appliance supplier says it is pleased to be part of the CAD design company’s Supplier Partnership Programme.
• Whirlpool has been supporting the Northamptonshire based Niamh’s Next Step (NNS) children’s charity by donating appliances, including a washing machine, to its new shop in Wellingborough. NNS was founded to raise awareness and funds for neuroblastoma, which is a rare form of cancer that affects around 100 children every year.
• 2020 has launched a new Interior Design Trends webinar series with presenters from top brands such as AEG, Symphony and Utopia. The series can be accessed via the 2020 Spaces website.
• Grohe has launched its Grohe Installer Vocational Training and Education (GIVE) programme to help deal with the current skills gap across the EMENA region and provide training to young people. To date Grohe has worked with 26 institutions to offer training.
• Bertazzoni will feature in an exclusive book published by renowned American institution, Rizzoli New York. Bertazzoni: Cooking is an Art, is part of a limited series comprising other stylish household names, including Ferrari and Ducati.
• Since Franke launched the Icon tap in January, it has landed two top awards – the Red Dot Award in the Kitchen Taps and Sinks category and an iF Design Award in the Product Design cayegory.
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Crystal Doors wins Queen’s Award for sustainability
UK MANUFACTURER Crystal Doors has been presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development for its commitment to achieving net zero manufacturing.
The company is one of just 17 organisations to receive the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development ahead of the UN’s COP26 climate summit in November. Crystal Doors is a small company with 34 employees who all live within three miles of its HQ in Rochdale. Managing director Richard Hagan (pictured) said: “The science says we only have a few years of inaction left before achieving our global agree- ments on greenhouse gas emissions become impossible. This is our collective responsibility as businesses, and we want to show that even smaller organisations with tight purse strings can play their part. “We’re proud of our industrial heritage here in Rochdale and the wider North. It’s even more important we kick-start the transition to a green
economy in economically deprived areas like ours, where we can create high-quality, green jobs for local communities.”
The sustainability features within the
factory include smart autonomous machinery,
energy-effi cient tech-
nologies, solar panels, electric vehicles, carbon literacy training and biomass heating fuelled by the factory’s own waste. These efforts have reduced Crystal Doors’ direct carbon footprint by nearly 80% in just under fi ve years.
The efforts have also saved the company £200,000 a year through innovative green technology and employee engagement.
By the time of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26) in November, Crystal Doors plans to reach full carbon neutrality across its entire supply chain. The company has also taken a stand against customers or suppliers w ho refuse to commit to net zero by the end of 2021 and have ended their professional relationships with them.
Rochdale MP Tony Lloyd said: “Rochdale has set an ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2038, far ahead of the UK’s 2050 target. If the Government puts the right policies in place, the North of England has enormous potential to use its industrial expertise to drive a green industrial revolution and green recovery in the UK. Congratulations to Richard and Crystal Doors for their well-deserved Queen’s Award win and for showing us all what’s possible.” The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise was established in 1965 and the Sustainable Development category was fi rst introduced in 2000.
• Richard Hagan writes a monthly sustainability column in kbbreview.
For more on sustainability see our special focus, starting on page 31
Mind over matter as HPP director tackles 50km charity run
DAN MOUNSEY, director of marketing and business develop- ment at furniture com ponents manufacturer and distributor Hill’s Panel Products (HPP), is taking on a 50km running challenge to raise funds for a mental health charity in memory of his late mother.
Mounsey (pictured) – who only took up running during last year’s early lockdown – is taking part in an off-road 50km Ultra Trail challenge around the Holmfi rth and Marsden district near Huddersfi eld on July 10. He is running in memory of his
mother, Gillian (inset picture), a former primary school teacher who died last year and whose funeral was held on the fi rst day of the fi rst national Covid- 19 lockdown. She had suffered from mental health issues for 20 years. Mounsey is hoping to raise money for the Tameside, Oldham and Glos- sop branch of the national charity Mind, which offers advice and help to
people affected by mental health issues.
He said: “My mum passed away last year and I was keen to raise some money for a charity in her memory. Awareness of mental health has grown in recent years and the impact of the pandemic lockdowns and restrictions have high- lighted its relevance. The pan demic will have an impact on mental health for a signifi cant time to come. “Through my own family’s experi- ences and those of wider society during the pandemic, I feel that running the 50km Ultra Trail to support a mental health charity is a good thing. I’m sure these feelings will strike a chord with many other people who have faced their own hardships and worries too. I hope they will sponsor my run to support Mind.” To donate, visit Dan Mounsey’s Just Giving page: https://www.justgiving. com/fundraising/danielmounsey
· June 2021
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