DERREN TAKES UK REINS

Derren Gittins will be joining Synseal Group to head up its UK-wide glass operations .

Derren ’ s new role as glass managing director includes overseeing the four glass production facilities owned by Synseal Group - Village Glass , based in Essex , and the three Global Glass factories based in Nottinghamshire , Wigan and Blackburn , which houses the UK ’ s largest specialist roof glass production line .

With more than 25 years of experience in glass processing , Derren has spent most of his career in high profile positions at Pilkington , including as the head

‘ continue to meet the growing demand ’

of downstream manufacturing , before taking up the post of managing director at Glass Systems Group .

David Leng , CEO of Synseal Group , welcomed Derren and said : “ In recent years we have expanded our glass offer , including the acquisition of Village Glass late last year , now giving us over 200,000 sq ft of glass production facilities across four UK sites with more

than 50,000 sealed unit capacity weekly . We have invested more than £ 10m over the past four years in machinery , infrastructure and production capability and we will continue to be acquisitive in this area of the industry .

“ It is right that we appoint someone of Derren ’ s calibre to manage this large-scale operation and ensure we continue to meet the growing demand for high quality double and triple glazed insulated glazed units for window , door and conservatory applications .”

MAKING ITS MARK

Ecologic Windows is going from strength to strength since setting up in 2014 , with several stunning Residence 9 installations under its belt .

TONY LOCKS ON TO NEW ROLE

Davenport Burgess - the trade only supplier of keys and key related accessories - has welcomed Tony Wilkin on board in his new role as business development manager .

Tony will be embedded into the company ’ s existing rapid growth strategy and will further enhance the current customer focussed technical support model applied by the business .

With almost two decades in the industry , Tony brings with him knowledge on all aspects of key cutting and locksmithing for

the domestic and auto markets . He said : “ I will be looking to help Davenport ’ s customers with my knowledge of diagnostics and cloning , including the car key range , locksmithing tools and locks and all aspects of key cutting including key machines , key identification and key cutting .”

www . davenport-burgess . com

The Worcestershire-based company was set up by Fred Doodey , who boasts plenty of industry experience , and as Glazerite ’ s group director Jason Thompson explains , has delivered some memorable projects this year : “ With the number of installations completed , Fred has now managed to get Ecologic Windows ranking on the R9 installer website , with the ‘ over 20 installations ’ badge displayed on its profile , something which can make the business stand out against the other companies listed . It is a great achievement and the company should be very proud .”

As Fred explains : “ 40 % of Ecologic Windows ’ work comes from the website Checkatrade . com , and we are also very proud to be approved by the Worcestershire Trading Standards via

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It is a great achievement and the company should be very proud

’ the Checkatrade website . Additionally , we have recently been invited to join ‘ Which ’ as a trusted trader , and are in the process of getting everything confirmed . Customer recommendations also account for 40 % of our work , and the remaining 20 % comes from R9 installations .”

www . ecologicwindows . co . uk www . glazeritewindows . co . uk

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