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Finalist status for Epwin Glass
Epwin Glass has been confirmed as a finalist for the Glass
Company of the Year award at this year’s prestigious G18 Awards.
» » KATRINA EARL,
National Sales Manager of
Epwin Glass, said: “The newly-
formed Epwin Glass draws
on the company’s 30 years of
experience in glass manufacture
as we continue to support some
of the largest and most respected
domestic and commercial window
manufacturers and installers in
the UK. To reach finalist status
is a huge achievement by the
business and celebrates the hard
work and effort by our team.”
Epwin Glass has undergone
an impressive transformation
in the past 12 months. It has
consolidated its facilities onto
one site in Northampton and
seen a seven-figure investment
that has remapped the factory,
and changed the layout of the
shopfloor to optimise the space
and reduce the travel time for
glass around the factory. There
is also a brand-new vehicle fleet
comprising four articulated
vehicles and four 18t and 7.5t
vehicles. The investment has
improved turnaround time,
efficiency and productivity,
all of which has enhanced the
offering to customers even
further.
www.epwin.co.uk
HOME QUALITY MARK FOR BRICKET WOOD BUILD
» » A NEW BUILD
development featuring WarmCore
windows and doors in Bricket
Wood, Hertfordshire, has been
awarded a Home Quality Mark
by the BRE.
Lancaster Grange is a collection
of two-bedroom apartments, plus
three and four-bedroom homes,
with Unique Window Systems
supplying WarmCore aluminium
windows and bi-fold doors to
reflect the modern architecture.
The Home Quality Mark
(HQM) demonstrates high
standards of new build homes
and indicates to house buyers
the overall expected costs, health
and wellbeing benefits and
environmental footprint associated
with living in the home.
Sunil Patel, Joint Managing
Director at Unique Window
Systems, said:“We chose the
WarmCore window and door
system for its contemporary
appearance and excellent thermal
values. With a PVC-U core and
hardwearing aluminium exterior,
it combines the benefits of both
worlds and is well suited to new
build developments which want
to improve overall environmental
impact and sustainability. We’re
delighted but not surprised that the
Lancaster Grange project has been
awarded a Home Quality Mark.”
For more information about the
WarmCore range of products
and their benefits, please visit
synseal.com/our-brands
Gold in Glass Charter
» » THE WINDOW COMPANY
(Contracts) Ltd has become the first ever GGF
Member to achieve a Gold rating in the GGF
GLASS Charter Merit Scheme, taking a giant
leap into the health and safety record books.
Described as ‘the pinnacle of good Health
and Safety management’, the Gold level of the
GGF GLASS Charter Merit Scheme is awarded
only to companies that can demonstrate that
a health and safety culture is embedded right
across their business and that the very highest
standards are adhered to at every level.
For this reason the GGF is proud to
announce that The Window Company
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(Contracts) Ltd has become the first ever GGF
Member to graduate from Silver to Gold in
the GGF’s roadmap scheme for continuous
Health & Safety improvement.
David Thornton, chair of The Window
Company (Contracts) Ltd is justifiably proud
of the company’s achievement. He said:
“We have enjoyed the challenge of reaching
the Gold standard and the incremental
improvements we have made will certainly
make a difference to our fitters. With so many
of our clients increasingly recognising the
value of this GGF scheme, I expect it to have
commercial benefits for us in time as well.”
www.ggf.org.uk