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conference was held on 22nd May and was
attended by 400 business leaders from across
the glass and glazing industry. The conference
was a ‘who’s who’ with CEOs and stakeholders
from the industry’s most influential companies
attending, with combined UK annual sales of
over £1 billion.
The conference had nine sessions including
key-note speakers and panel discussions
featuring some of the industry’s most
influential people, followed by a VIP Leaders
Dinner in the evening, with after-dinner
speaker and iconic businessman Gerald Ratner
gaining a rapturous applause.
Discussions ranged from materials and
products to technology and innovation, with the
final discussion of the day focused on mergers
and acquisitions - included panellists David Leng
from Customade Group and Rob Crews from
Momentum Corporate Finance sharing their
views on private-equity backed businesses.
Other speakers throughout the day included
Andy Jones from Synseal, Paul Atkinson from
Yale, Chris Alderson from Edgetech, Window
Ware’s Samantha Nuckey, and Russell Yates
from AluK.
The keynotes included Jade Greenhow
from Insight Data who gave an expert
overview of the industry and outlined further
consolidation across all sectors. Jade also
highlighted product trends and changes
within the supply chain with the rise of trade-
counters and local builders now capturing
more market share from traditional double-
glazing installers.
One of the UK’s leading economist’s Dr
Walter Boettcher from Colliers International
gave a powerful presentation on the UK
economy and construction sector after Brexit,
with encouraging data showing an underlying
strong economy.
The conference was organised by Insight
Data and Purplex Marketing. CEO Andrew
Scott commented: “This was breaking new
ground, the industry has never had a major
business conference but as the market matures
and becomes more professional, a platform for
CEOs and business leaders to come together,
learn and share information has become
paramount.
“With several different sectors represented
and a diverse range of companies of every
shape and size it is impossible to provide
content relevant to every delegate on every
session, but our aim was that delegates would
take away at least some valuable pearls of
wisdom and connect with industry leaders
and from the feedback this was definitely
achieved.”
www.glazingsummit.co.uk
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