Clearview National October 2015 - Issue 167 | Page 32

INDUSTRYNEWS

Partnership brings
‘Transparency’ to manufacturing
»»Emplas has teamed-up with
Pilkington to bring increased transparency
to its manufacturing process, giving its
customers’ new ‘end-to-end’ order visibility.
Now after a two-year project delivered
in partnership with Pilkington, Emplas has
established a new interface with Pilkington’s
own factory management system.
This allows Emplas to pull-in data on glass
orders from Pilkington, which means its
customers can track the end-to-end progress
of their order through Window Designer,
including glazed units in addition to frames.

Mike Crewdson, Sales and Marketing
Director, Emplas said: “Rapid turnaround is
part and parcel of our business now, installers
need that flexibility. The integration of
Pilkington’s bar coding system with our own
and with Window Designer helps us to deliver
it.
“The benefits are twofold; the whole workflow is fully integrated and because we can
check or access any orders at any time, the
manufacturing process becomes seamless. That
makes us more efficient and gives benefits that
we can directly pass onto our customers.

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Visit www.emplas.co.uk or call 01933 674880

Growing Demand Means
Further Investment
»»Leading specialist
glass processor, TuffX has made
further investments in advanced
technology with the installation of
a new Intermac master 33 CNC
centre.
As demand for the company’s
premium processed glass range
continues to increase, senior
management has increased
production capacity and efficiency
with an eye on the developing glass
market.

The new equipment is highly
adaptable and allows the company
to achieve greater manufacturing
parameters of up to 4000mm on
a variety of glass from 6mm to
25mm.
Graham Price comments: “As
design and performance continue to
become more dynamic across the
glazing and construction industries,
it is imperative that we can meet
and exceed customer expectation.
Technical investment for TuffX

enables us to give our customers
greater business scope.
“We believe that as a market
leader we must continuously
evaluate the market and adapt
production methods accordingly to
meet demand.This investment helps
us to further establish the TuffX
brand.”
Visit www.tuffxprocessedglass.
co.uk, www.ambiglass.co.uk or
call 0845 3 400 200

The Imminent Launch
»»Following the initial launch
of the mysterious new brand, Räum,
speculation has rose in the glass and glazing
press questioning which well-known company
is behind it. Installers in particular have
expressed an interest in Räum, with hundreds
registering with the holding page website
www.raumdesigns.co.uk
With the industry anxious to know more, a
spokesperson for Räum has confirmed that the
official launch is imminent. The spokesperson
commented: “Following our teaser campaign
in the press, we’ve had a surge of registrations
from installers looking to gain an advantage in
the competitive home improvement market.

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“We’ve been working hard in the
background preparing for the launch and
I’m pleased to announce all will be revealed
very soon. We are very excited to be only a
few weeks away and we urge anyone not yet
registered to get in touch if they want to gain a
serious edge over the competition.”
Räum is a collection of premium products
designed to help fabricators and installers
capitalise on the most profitable areas of the
high-end home improvement market. The
name Räum is influenced by the German
word for ‘space’ and it encapsulates the
stand-out aesthetics of the high pe rformance
products within the brand.

Visit www.raumdesigns.co.uk