INDUSTRYNEWS
Warm Edge Specialist Connects
with IGU manufacturers at FIT
This year’s FIT Show was an excellent
opportunity for the Technoform Glass
Insulation team to promote its new
bendable warm edge spacer, TGI®-Spacer
M, to IGU manufacturers, fabricators and
installers.
Visitors were shown all the benefits of
TGI®-Spacer M, manufactured using a
combination of polypropylene and stainless
steel, with added wires for enhanced rigidity.
Its properties allow the TGI®-Spacer M to be
processed easier and more efficiently, with
important savings in time and costs. The
Jörg Lenz,Yash
Naik, Petra
Sommer,
Andrew
Jenner
and Simon
Rawlins.
TGI®-Spacer M is available in sizes from 8mm
to 24mm, as well as in six different RAL
colours.
Amongst the products on display was a unit
incorporating the warm edge integral blind
solution, developed in collaboration with
Pellini, one of the world-leading integral blind
manufacturers.
Technoform Glass Insulation has a long
standing tradition in trade show exhibition,
presenting its latest innovations internationally
at Glasstec, Fensterbau and Vitrum.
Visitors to Telford also had the chance to
speak with global General Manager, Petra
Sommer, who came specifically for the show.
Call 0121 506 9740 or visit
www.glassinsulation.co.uk.
New brochure
attracts new members
to Network VEKA
Network VEKA has unveiled a brand new
brochure detailing the many benefits
available to member companies.
Network VEKA MD John Ogilvie explains:
“We’ve been around so long that we thought
it was time to remind people exactly what
Network VEKA offers to its membership!
“The new brochure details all the training
we offer, such as CE Marking workshops,
NVQs, and refresher courses along with
the business support package available. This
includes industry-leading guarantees, an
arbitration service, account management
support, consumer finance packages and
much, much more.
“Perhaps the most easily-recognisable benefit
is the expansive range of marketing support
services we offer, so we dedicated a substantial
amount of the brochure toward this. Also, two
of the key statements are that our members
have an average customer satisfaction rating
of 97% compared to the industry average of
83% and an average purchase value of £3300
compared to the industry average of £2800.
“We also felt that the brochure should
feature quotes from existing members, to give
a genuine account of what they find the most
helpful aspects.”
Call 01282 473170 or visit www.
networkveka.co.uk
SCHUECO/RIBAJ AWARDS TO
BECOME ANNUAL EVENT
The winners of the first-ever
Schueco Excellence Awards for
Design and Innovation were
announced at a lunch held in
the Grand Saloon at Tate Britain
on Thursday 19th June.
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AUG 2014
As a result of the interest that
the Awards have generated among
building professionals, Schueco
UK has announced that the
competition will now become a
regular annual event.
Run in conjunction with RIBA
Journal, the awards celebrate the
very best in UK building design
with special emphasis on the
use and installation of Schueco
systems and on best construction
practice, as evidenced by
demonstrable collaborative
teamwork between architects,
main contractors, specialist subcontractors and suppliers.
The awards are open to
all architects and specialist
contractors in Great Britain
and Ireland; eight individual
categories ensure all major sectors
of the market are covered and
there is one Special Award for
Overall Excellence which in 2014
went to Ortus, a £4.65 million
health education building in
Camberwell, London designed
by Duggan Morris Architects
for Maudsley Learning with
KCC Architectural the specialist
contractor, admired by the
judges as an ‘accomplished’ and
‘distinguished’ building.
For further details of the
Awards, e-mail mkinfobox@
schueco.com
www.schueco.co.uk
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