Clearview National January 2016 - Issue 170 | Page 12

INDUSTRYNEWS

Upturn in sales reflects a promising 2016
»»Leading specialist frame
manufacturer, Mercury Glazing has witnessed
an unprecented upturn in sales of its
aluminium products over the past twelve
months increasing sales over 50%.
Chris Reeks, Sales and Marketing Director
of the Gloucester-based manufacturing
company is not surprised by this growth and
said: “The aluminium market has experienced
an upturn in recent years and sales of our
products have certainly exceeded current
trends.”
The company’s aluminium bi-folding door
has itself achieved a 15% growth in twelve
months. Chris explains: “During 2015

demand for our aluminium bi-folding door
continued to grow and shows little signs of
slowing down.”
Mercury Glazing manufacture the Smart’s
range of aluminium products which includes
casement and tilt and turn windows, bifolding doors, sliding doors, residential doors,
patio doors, commercial doors, curtain walling
and louvres.
The established specialist fabricator of
aluminium and PVCu products offers reliable
delivery across the UK as well as offering an
installation service for commercial contracts
in the new build, public and private sector
markets.

www.mercuryglazing.co.uk

Smile, Camera, Action
»»Global supplier of
aluminium building systems,
Hueck, has awarded a prestigious
photography contract to Purplex,
the full service marketing agency.
The work which involves a string
of architectural projects across
London, is a first for the marketing
agency, and marks its expansion
in highly specialised photography/
videography services.
Leon Friend, Hueck
commercial director, commented:
“Our HQ in Germany requested
high-quality imagery of our

London portfolio, and we
appointed Purplex to take a set
of photographs within specific
brand guidelines. The work was
delivered on time and on budget,
and we’re delighted with the
results.”
Sam Cross, Purplex account
director, said: “Architectural
photography is one of the most
technical variations of photography,
and requires skill and preparation,
as well as high-quality equipment.
As an agency specialising in the
build environment we need to

provide clients with exceptional
creative work, so investing in our
own photography and videography
studio ensures we can offer an even
better service.”
With offices in London and
Bristol, Purplex employs over
40 staff and provides an array of
marketing services including PR
and social media, creative work,
web and digital marketing, and
video production.
Call 01934 808132 or visit
www.purplexmarketing.com

Big Moves in Place for Aluminium Division
»»Hardware specialist
VBH has invested £250,000
expanding its distribution facility
in Kent.
The new storage facility,
in Gillingham which will be
completed in spring 2016 will
enable VBH to carry an additional
800 pallets of fast moving stock.
The company has also made a
change to its warehouse layout,
set to be implemented at the same
time and designed to speed up
goods-in and out processes and
improve picking accuracy.

The creation of the additional
storage capacity and the associated
warehousing efficiencies has also
led to a decision to incorporate
VBH’s specialist Architectural
Aluminium division, currently
situated in Birmingham.
VBH (GB) Managing Director
Peter Rowlands said: “The
Gillingham expansion gives us
huge benefits in terms of capacity
and efficiency. Our Aluminium
division sends orders to customers
throughout the UK and the
added space makes it possible to

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house all components under one
roof.”
VBH (GB) currently delivers
98.6% of order lines for catalogue
items on-time and in-full.
Of the relocation of the
Aluminium division, Peter
continues: “Relocating the
division to Kent was a decision
we did not take lightly due to the
inevitable job losses. However,
the restructuring is vital to enable
VBH to offer our customers in
the UK an even better service
now and longer term.”

www.vbhgb.com