Pro Installer July 2014 - Issue 16 | Page 43

43 PRO INSTALLER JULY 2014 PRO PRODUCTS @proinstaller1 Masco UK WG selects Link-Vent from Glazpart Banbury-based Glazpart, is a specialist injection moulding company producing millions of mouldings each month. Masco UK window group Ltd has selected the Link-Vent product range as its standard trickle vent for future window background ventilation. Glazpart launched this product at the FIT SHOW 2013. Masco UK Window Group Ltd is the first major UK fabricator to integrate the products into its system from Duraflex which significantly reduces the part numbers used on its volume production. The Link-Vent 2500 allows group fabricators to standardise on one 204mm x 13 mm rout detail and replace the traditional 2000mm2 AND 4000mm2 (free area) products, with one 236.5 mm ventilator delivering 2500 EQA, a similar performance to 4000mm2 vents but with a similar length of a 2000mm2 vents. Smaller windows for non-habitable rooms can also now be compliant to building regulations, as 2500 EQA can now be delivered even through the sash of, for example, a typical downstairs toilet window. Roadshows strengthen links Staff within Jewson branches across the south of England and Wales are now better equipped to provide their customers with access to the wide range of glass products and services from Glassolutions, thanks to a series of recent roadshow events. The five roadshows were organised to help Jewson staff improve their knowledge of sister company Glassolutions, so their building industry customers can buy more of what they need from within the Saint-Gobain group. Strengthening the links between the two companies, more than 250 members of staff from Jewson attended the roadshows, with many immediately identifying ways in which they could help their regular customers with their glass requirements. Stephen Huntly, regional general manager for Glassolutions in the South, was involved in delivering the roadshows. He said: “By bringing Jewson and Glassolutions closer together, we have taken another important step along the road to making it easier for customers to do business with Saint-Gobain. The group is large and diverse, so it is important that staff within the different businesses know as much as possible about each other – that’s where these roadshows have proved extremely useful.” ‘making it easier fo ȁ