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FEBRUARY 2014 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
www.proinstaller.co.uk
Phoenix
Door Panels
forecasts
‘strong year’
Increasing optimism in the UK economy has led Phoenix Door
Panels, part of Masco UK Window Group Ltd, to forecast company
growth across its product portfolio of at least 13% this year.
As one of the UK’s largest composite door and
u-PVC panel manufacturers specialising in
the domestic replacement door market,
Phoenix Door Panels
is predicting a strong
2014 against a backdrop of upbeat national
growth forecasts and
growing consumer confidence.
‘Glazing industry pundits are
also heralding a return to steady
underlying growth, with AMA Research
forecasting the residential doors
market to reach around £725 million
by 2017 - abeit still approximately
19% below 2007 levels’
“We had already forecast growth this year in
line with more buoyant
market conditions and the
economy starting to pick
up,” commented Haydon
Statham, Phoenix National
Sales Manager. “However,
we may need to revise these
initial thoughts as further
evidence of our economic
recovery continues to
emerge.”
Haydon’s comments coincide with January’s sharplyincreased growth forecast
for the UK economy from
the International Monetary
Fund (IMF). It now expects
the economy to grow 2.4%
this year - faster than any
other major European economy - against its previous
forecast of 1.9%. In 2015, it
expects growth of 2.2%.
Glazing industry pundits are also heralding a
return to steady underlying
growth, with AMA Research
forecasting the residential doors market to reach
around £725 million by
2017 – albeit still approximately 19% below 2007
levels.
Haydon continued:
“People may think that the
last five years’ economic
climate is ‘normal’, but it’s
not; times have been tough.
The tide is now turning and
that’s great for everyone. We
think our forecast figures
are more than achievable.
“Phoenix has continued to
invest in its manufacturing
infrastructure and product
range; such as twin doors,
stable doors and the recent
contemporary Continental
Collection of GRP composite doors that are meeting
demand for innovative and
aesthetic designs. This puts
us in a strong position to respond to the upturn, which
is happening now.”
He added: “The house
building industry is con-
tinuing to recover and we
already know that homeowners tend to replace their
front entrance doors within
the first five years of being
in a new property. So that’s
our market secure right until the next Olympics!”
‘The tide is now
turning and
that’s great for
everyone’
Contact Phoenix Door
Panels on 01487
740469, email info@
phoenixdoorpanels.co.uk
or visit the website at
www.phoenixdoorpanels.
co.uk.
SYNSEAL LOOKS FORWARD TO A
REPEAT SHOWING AT ECOBUILD 2014
Having enjoyed a successful event at last year’s Ecobuild, Synseal will be returning to the ExCeL
exhibition centre in London’s Docklands for Ecobuild 2014, taking place on 4th-6th March.
The objective will be to
demonstrate how Synseal
PVC-U window profiles have
been designed to be as
environmentally-friendly as
possible, including multichambered designs and
plastic thermal reinforcement (PTR) specification
options for Legend, SynerJy
and Shield systems.
Featured at the show on stand
N108 will be high performance
insulated triple glass units which,
when configured with Synseal
multi-chamber profiles can
deliver a U-value of 0.7W/m2K,
a window constructed of 100%
recycled PVC-U material, and a
popular Evolve vertical sliding
sash – often specified for newbuild market applications and
projects in conservation areas
– which has been designed to
make it easier for contractors to
construct energy efficient homes
with traditional good looks.
Synseal’s exhibition team at
Ecobuild 2014 will be headed up
by Bruce Manning, the New Build
Business Development Manager,
and Brian Walker, the Fabricator
Development Manager, both of
‘Featured at the show
on stand N108 will
be high performance
insulated triple
glass units’
who are experienced commercial
specification sales specialists.