Clearview South January 2014 - Issue 146 | Page 76

BUSINESSNEWS

Impressive £800m sales mark reached
The staggering milestone comes after
Somerset-based Network VEKA member,
Turner Windows of Somerton Ltd registered
an installation to take the organisation’s
aggregated sales to more than £800m.

Karen Lund of Network VEKA paid a visit
to the installer member to present Craig with
a bottle of champagne to mark the occasion.
Director Craig Turner says: “We only joined
Network VEKA earlier this year, but it has
already proved really beneficial to us, and we
are thrilled to have helped achieve such a great
landmark in Network VEKA’s history.”
The organisation’s Managing Director John
Ogilvie comments: “Passing the £800m mark
is without a doubt, a great achievement for
Network VEKA and makes a strong statement
of the quality of Network VEKA and its
members as a whole. We know that our
members are some of the most highly-trained,

trustworthy companies in the country – and
these sales figures are the proof of this. The
growth of the Network has not come at the
expense of our core focus on customer service
excellence.”

‘A great achievement’
This was the 218,927th installation by
members, since Network VEKA was formed
in 1996.
Network VEKA, 01282 473170,
www.networkveka.co.uk

Aluminium specialist ends year on a high
One of the UK’s leading and longest
established aluminium specialists ended the
calendar year for 2013 on a high.
The CDW Systems group has posted record
figures for turnover in the final quarter of the
calendar year, with the flourishing commercial
and domestic aluminium sector and improved
economic conditions playing a part.
Demand for the company’s products is so
high CDW Systems has recently employed
new personnel in logistics and fabrication; as
well as appointing a new surveyor in our retail
division.
The good news coincides with the annual
Insight Data Fabricator and Installer report that

shows an increase in the number of fabricators
now diversifying into manufacturing and
supplying aluminium windows and doors;
following increasing demand in both the
commercial and domestic sector.

But CDW Systems Managing Director Jerry
Webb believes his company’s focus on one
material has also been a crucial factor in the good
trading figures.
Jerry comments: “Manufacturing aluminium
requires a completely different mind-set to
PVCu. We often get asked how we’re doing so
well during these testing times – and I believe
this specialist approach and sole focus on
aluminium, along with new product launches
and commitment to innovation that has been
key.”
Call 01452 414853 or
visit www.cdwsystems.co.uk

THE LATEST ADDITION
The Cornwall Glass & Glazing
Group has extended its glass
network and is proud to
announce the recent acquisition
of Opaletch, the decorative glass
company. Opaletch produces
sophisticated glass in which the
designs are both innovative and
contemporary.
Opaletch designs are etched
into the glass by acid, where by
using this process gives the glass a
greater variety of detailed patterns
along with a varying transparency
levels and diffusion of light giving

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truly creative pieces of glass. The
glass can be applied to both the
living and working environment
in internal and external
applications, from kitchen
splashbacks and bathroom shower
screens to room partitions and
glazed units. With 12 innovative,
elegant and engaging designs,
they can help you achieve desired
themes and atmospheres in a
room and building. Opaletch
takes glass beyond the ordinary.
The decorative glass, which
uses specialist processing

techniques and designs, are now
manufactured at the groups
Highbridge branch, M5 Glass
Centre, in Somerset. This range of
glass furthers the extensive stock
holding of glass and mirror at the

Cornwall Glass & Glazing Group
and this new acquisition takes the
group to exciting new levels of
glass processing and design.
www.ukglasscentre.co.uk.

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