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FEBRUARY 2014 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
www.proinstaller.co.uk
SGGUK’S TRAINING
& DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME
DELIVERS G13 WIN
Continuing the company’s winning
streak – it picked up the 2011
Retail Promotional Campaign of
the year award – Saint-Gobain
Glass UK has been presented with
the Training & Development Initiative of the Year trophy at the G13
ceremony.
The G-Awards judges decided that
SGGUK’s ‘MKT2’ (Manufacturing Knowhow through Transfer & Training) online
training system, designed specifically
for the company, was a worthy winner.
Although it is used throughout SaintGobain Glass’ 36 glass plants across the
world, the UK plant in Eggborough is
the leader of the project with its modules used as templates worldwide. The
MKT2 program allows flexibility for the
company’s operators and its continuous
improvement philosophy is what sets it
apart from other training programs. The
company’s people train monthly enabling operational insight to be quickly
shared across all shifts. Evaluations and
feedback are a key part of the learning cycle as they can check knowledge
retention and identify training gaps.
Evaluations are built into MKT2 as all
operators take an ‘Initial evaluation’ before starting training on a new skill and
once finished training, they retake this
evaluation.
www.saint-gobain.co.uk.
SYNSEAL’S IMPROVED PATIO
DOORS WILL BOOST INSTALLATION
AND PERFORMANCE
Synseal’s popular patio doors have benefited from a series of profile design
improvements in preparation for the 2014 home refurbishment season.
In response to customer
feedback, a new fitterfriendly J-bead has been introduced to make site glazing of Synseal patio doors
both easier and quicker.
The PVC-U patio sliding sash
profile has been redesigned with
an internal web added to create
a triple-chambered design for
greater thermal efficiency. This
also improves the U-value for
a standard patio glazed with
28mm double glass including
aluminium spacer bar from 1.6
W/m2K down to 1.5 W/m2K.
The central chamber houses a
2mm steel reinforcement to give
increased rigidity and an external
drainage slope has been added
to efficiently route rainwater to
the concealed drainage slots and
optimise weather performance.
While patio doors with external
sliding sashes will always remain
the most popular specification,
an internal slider option has now
been added to cater for occasional market demand.
The new improvements are
completed by low threshold
options in thermally-broken
aluminium, to provide a comprehensive range of access solutions
for Synseal patio doors. Available in a choice of Gold or Silver
anodised finish, these sturdy
aluminium low thresholds can be
selected with an internal trim and
external ramp, as well as ramp/
ramp and trim/trim configurations. Compared to a standard
PVC-U sill, the new low threshold designs lower the step-over
height by 47.5mm, ensuring ease
of access for all the family.
Mark Schlotel, Synseal’s Head
of Marketing, commented: “These
profile design improvements
which were introduced from February 3rd 2014 and are certain
to be welcomed by all our many
patio door customers, from bar
length fab &