Clearview National August 2016 - Issue 177 | Page 52

PROFILESYSTEMS

Future-proof high
performance windows
»»PROFILE 22 HAS
launched two of the industry’s
most eagerly awaited window
and door systems. Hailed
as the biggest new product
introduction in the window
industry for a decade, Profile 22
has unveiled Optima, developed
to be the most advanced
products of their type available
in the UK today.
Developed specifically with
commercial sectors in mind,
and backed by the Profile 22
Approved Window Contractors
scheme, Optima offers a
compelling choice for the
professional specifier. Behind
this launch is a radical rethink
of each of the key processes in
the production of a window
and door system for the 21st
Century: extrusion processes
that ensure superb quality and
consistency whilst protecting the
environment through reduced
energy and ecological impact
and products that easily satisfy
current technical and aesthetic
demands by anticipating those of
many years ahead.
The two product streams are
characterised by the Optima
Chamfered System and the
Optima Sculptured System, from
which a large number of options
are available including a brand
new Flush Casement to compete

in the burgeoning ‘heritage’ flush
sash timber replacement sector.
The systems offer a 6-chamber
outer frame (up to 8 with
RCM inserts) and a 5-chamber
sash (6 with RCM), structures
that provide optimal thermal
performance and rigidity with
the capability of U-values as low
as 0.8 W/m2K with appropriate
Argon filled IGUs. Around these
basic structures will be the widest
range of ancillaries and add-ons
of any system on the market to
allow the production of windows
in every style, for every property
type. Important niche products
such as a fully reversible window;
a vertical sliding sash; flush tilt &
turn; a flush casement; composite
door; French door sets; and a patio
door may be manufactured by
combining existing profiles with
the Optima suite. Performance is
to A++ Window Energy Rating.
Andrew Reid, Commercial
Sales Director of Profile 22, says:
“We designed the new products
around the needs of the specifier
for slim, modern and stylish
aesthetics, whilst offering the
most technologically advanced
product features and performance
capabilities to future-proof our
product range in meeting future
Building Regulations.”
www.profile22.co.uk

IT’S BETTER TOGETHER
»»ONE RECENT
installation serves as a
perfect example of how
various companies can work
collaboratively to bring a
modernisation project to life.
With the help of suppliers,
one of Arcoframes customers,
The Discount Window Centre
Liverpool, recently installed four
arched windows and a composite
door within an arched frame in a
1950s built house.
The use of contemporary
products has greatly improved
the look of the property,
transforming it into an appealing
modern home, whilst maintaining
the traditional feel of a 1950s
build.
The door installed in the
arched frame is a Wentworth
Composite, with a stainless
steel pull handle. The four
arched frames were fabricated
in Deceuninck 2500 chamfered
profile, then glazed and
completed by Dekko Window
Systems with a bevelled astragal
bar externally and ogee bar
internally to match the internal
bead. A great job all round and a
very satisfied customer.

NORTH WEST PROFILE
BENDING SPECIALIST
Back in 2003, Arcoframe Ltd
identified a gap in the PVCu
market for arched, circular or
indeed any shaped frame that
required the profile to be bent
during the manufacturing process.
What began as a small but
dedicated team has increased

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over time and now boasts
a committed and expanding
workforce. The company believes
that being family-run has been
the major contributing factor in
its success.
Established with the customer
in mind, Arcoframe recognises
the need to complete orders in
a shorter timescale, to a higher
specification, combined with that
all important customer service.
The company’s purpose-built
factory is clean and efficient,
utilising quality-led processes that
result in frames meeting exact
specifications, delivered when
promised and in perfect order.
Acroframe’s highly trained
personnel, combined with
Quality Management Systems,
have evolved into the UK’s fastest
growing profile bending company.
Delivering all over the UK by its
own fleet of vans by courteous
staff that will deliver frames
safely packaged and ready for
installation.
www.arcoframe.co.uk