Clearview National August 2019 - Issue 213 | Page 42

PROUD SPONSOR OF DOORS & WINDOWS
DOORS&WINDOWS
Dynamic New Website
» » THE PANORAMIC GROUP HAS
unveiled a stylish new website, which
showcases its innovative product range, with
a dedicated trade area offering exclusive
unique products to their trade partners.
As well as looking more sophisticated,
the new website is also far more responsive,
working seamlessly across all platforms
including desktop computers, mobiles
and tablets. Panoramic Group has also
streamlined the content in order to
reduce page numbers and to ensure all the
information on the site is delivered more
effectively.
Ben Errington, marketing manager,
commented: “The new website, which was
designed and built entirely in-house, mirrors
the striking aesthetics of our product range
and also allows our customers to communicate
with us on several platforms in clear and
concise way. Our retail customers, for
instance, can learn more about the exciting
design features, extensive options and pricing
of our doors and windows thanks to some
first-class imagery, and informative videos. It’s
not just about new products though, there’s
the opportunity to keep up to date with
the news from across the Group, as well as
our ‘Stay in the Loop’ blog for the latest in
product innovation, lifestyle trends, home
design tips, product tips and more.”
panoramicgroup.co.uk
GROUP ACQUISITION
AN INVESTMENT IN
DOOR GROWTH
1960s Cheshire building
transformed into
stylish modern housing
» » OVER 1,000 PROFILE 22
Optima Chamfered Windows
have been used in the
transformation of a disused 1960s
office building into 184 studio,
one and two bed ultra-high
quality apartments aimed at
young homeowners in Cheadle
Hulme.
With the focus on quality,
throughout, the choice of window
was critical. The specification was
for 1,050 PVC-U foil wrapped
windows in Anthracite 7016
textured foil on the exterior
and white on the interior.
The windows needed acoustic
treatments to address noise from
a busy town centre location
and incorporate louvres for
mechanical extraction.
The Optima system delivers a
1.2 W/m 2 K U-value as standard,
with U-values as low as 0.8 W/
m 2 K possible. It achieves PAS24
2016 Enhanced Security and
there are Secured by Design
options when security is a
concern.
To meet the specification
requirements on this particular
project, the 1,050 windows
were glazed with a soft coat low
emissivity glass, a warm edge
spacer and argon gas to optimise
thermal efficiency. Louvres
were also glazed within the
window system for mechanical
extraction.
www.epwin.co.uk
42 » AUG 2019 » CL EARVI E W- UK . C O M
» » CUSTOMADE GROUP
Trading Limited (Customade)
has acquired the manufacturing
assets of Worcester-based GBW
Panels Ltd from administrators
Leonard Curtis. The
manufacture of GBW panels
will be moved to Customade’s
Virtuoso Doors division, the
Birtley based manufacturer of
composite door sets and PVCu
door panels.
These changes come into
effect immediately and the
GBW panel additions will
further enhance the extensive
range of PVCu door panels
already available from Virtuoso.
Any former customers of GBW
are welcome to contact Tony
Craggs, MD of Virtuoso Doors
(on 0191 410 9333 or sales@
virtuoso-doors.co.uk) who
will work with them to ensure
continued availability.
David Leng, Customade
CEO, said: “Virtuoso Doors
has been a huge success over the
last few years with spectacular
growth in both composite doors
and panels, benefitting from
more than £1 million of capex
investment from Customade.
We continue to invest heavily
in our composite door factory,
most recently with a new
Stuga machine centre being
installed this month. Acquiring
an extensive range of assets to
support growth in our panel
sales is a great opportunity.”
www.customade.co.uk