ALUMINIUM
DOOR ADDED TO ALUMINIUM OFFERING
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CONTINUING THE EXTRAORDINARY growth that saw it reach £ 1m turnover by the end of year one, and put it on course to surpass £ 2m by the end of year two, dynamic Bristol fabricator, The Window Outlet, has further expanded its impressive aluminium range with Schüco’ s stylish bonded panel doors.
Designed to deliver sleek, minimalist aesthetics and excellent all-round performance, Adeco doors feature a highly insulating foam core and double insulation glazing for exceptional thermal efficiency. Highly versatile, the range has a 70mm frame depth, is available in an extensive choice of RAL colours, and come in three types of door panel: infill, single-sided leaf enclosing and double-sided leaf enclosing.
“ The trend towards high-end aluminium has been gaining momentum for some years
now,” commented Sales Director, Clive Uppington.“ The door market was all about traditional-style timber products, then focus shifted to composite doors. Now it’ s aluminium that’ s on the rise.
“ If you go to Germany, always ahead of the curve when it comes to fenestration, futuristic looking aluminium doors with electronic locking systems and other high-tech innovations are everywhere. We think the UK will continue moving in that direction and that’ s why we’ re now offering fantastic bonded doors from Schüco.”
www. the-window-outlet. co. uk
Bi-fold specialist hits 64 doors a week
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A MANUFACTURER OF ALUMINIUM bi-folding doors recently recorded a record week of trading. TWR Bifolds hit an unprecedented sixty-four aluminium bifolding doors in one week, with the record trading period coming in August- which is historically a less busy month for the firm.
Terry Richardson, MD of TWR Bifolds, says growth at the company has paved the way for rapid expansion at the firm. He comments:“ It is amazing that in less than three years we’ ve gone from manufacturing 12 to 64 bi-folds per week. It has helped us to open a new 25 sq ft factory and employ new staff.”
Helen Richardson( left) Laura Richardson( centre) and Terry Richardson( right)
TWR recently acquired the 25,000 sq ft factory – one of the biggest dedicated bi-fold door operations in the UK. The site in Peterlee, County Durham is in addition to TWR’ s longstanding headquarters and original factory in Sunderland, and has been fitted out with stateof-theart machinery required for the production of aluminium bi-folds.
The move allows for TWR to gear up for further growth by increasing its capacity to manufacture high volumes of quality aluminium bi-folds and supply these on incredibly fast lead times. Earlier this year, TWR Bifolds launched its new premium fasttrack service.
COLOURS ADDED TO RANGE
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SMART ARCHITECTURAL Aluminium has announced the launch of a new colour range as well as a major enhancement to its customer service levels.
‘ the most advanced of their kind in the UK’
Following completion of the latest expansion to the company’ s manufacturing site, a second polyester powder coat paint line is now fully onstream. This not only increases the company’ s overall finishing capability to 630m ² per hour, but the additional flexibility also enables lead times on Smart’ s most popular colours to be brought down from 13 to just 10 days( with dual-colour profiles at 18 days).
The company has also announced the introduction of a new range of colours with the launch of the Cotswold range. Building on the popularity of the company’ s existing finishes, the elegant shades and warm tones of the new Cotswold range have been developed to provide the perfect finish properties old and new, the spectrum including shades of pastel blues, olive greens and warm creams. Smart’ s Managing Director, Eddie Robinson, said:“ Our in-house polyester powder coating facilities are the most advanced of their kind in the UK. Every finish meets the demanding marine-grade standard, enabling our systems to be used in even the most challenging environments.”
www. smartsystems. co. uk
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