DOORS&WINDOWS
PROFINE’S PORTFOLIO MAKES A STRONG START
» AS JUNE CAME TO A CLOSE FOR
profine UK and its expanded product
portfolio that now includes a suite of
KÖMMERLING products - in addition to
WarmCore, Evolve and Legend - the company
has reported strong sales across all brands.
This is at a time when the industry looks to
getting back to the basics of manufacturing,
installation and sales. The new profine facility
in Huthwaite is already extruding profiles,
laminating and carrying out other important
business processes, whilst the detailed UK
integration plans are put into place.
Brian McDonald, sales director of profine
UK said: “There’s been considerable increased
traffic on the internet for windows and doors
as measured by the latest Google statistics,
while social media engagements have increased
notably across the industry as a trade platform,
along with consumers too, but we have to
remain cautious.
“While we have had an exceptional start,
we realise that there are other pressures within
the industry including furlough strategies, the
payment of bills on time and ultimately the
movement of cash from the consumer up the
supply chain.”
www.kommerling.co.uk
Record searches for patio
doors good news for installers
» REPORTS OF RECORD LEVELS OF
interest in patio doors despite the impact
of COVID-19 will be good news for savvy
installers. That’s the view of Allan Little,
Production Director of Gloucester-based
aluminium specialists CDW Systems.
The company’s marketing partner Purplex
is constantly tracking Google search data and
has reported the term ‘Patio Door’ is at its
highest compared to previous 2015 records
and was searched by more people in the last
12 months, with a big spike going into June as
the summer approaches.
According to Allan, CDW Systems range of
different patio door products from some of the
most respected aluminium systems companies
will provide a valuable route to market for
ambitious installers.
CDW Systems range of easy functioning
sliding patio doors includes the Sapa Technal
Crown Sliding Patio Door; Reynaers CP130
Lift & Slide system; and the Slide 2000 Patio
Door and Visoglide Plus Thermally Broken
system, both from Smart.
The trade and commercial fabricator also
offers full technical back up and customer
assistance, as well as UK delivery direct to the
customer.
www.cdwsystems.co.uk
CONTEMPORARY DOOR DESIGNS PROVE POPULAR
» ODL EUROPE OFFERS A WIDE
range of contemporary door styles but
Suzanne Nicholl, Business Development
Manager reports two styles are proving to
be particularly popular: Flint and Monroe.
Both are available in smooth and grained
options so consumers can replicate wood or
aluminium depending on the look they want
to achieve.
As with all ODL Europe products, the
pedigree of their products is second to none.
The door slabs have a 2mm thick impactresistant
GRP SMC skin. Stiles and rails are
manufactured from a water-resistant pure
PVC polymer and reinforced using LVL
(Laminated Veneered Lumber) timbers. They
are capable of achieving a U value as low as
0.8W/m2k when part of a doorset assembly
and when used with an ODL glazing system
they achieve PAS24:2016.
Alongside the door slabs, ODL Europe also
offers the ZEEL™ glazing cassette, which is the
perfect match for contemporary door styles.
Suzanne explained: “ZEEL™ features a sleek,
flat-profile design that allows the glass to take
centre stage. The clean low-profile offers an
alternative to flush-glazed doors and is ideally
suited to contemporary door styles.”
www.odl.com/europe.htm
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