Pilkington uses FiT Show to
regain brand confidence
Pilkington UK part of the
NSG Group and a market
leader in the technology
of glass processing, has
not had the best of trading
position over the last few
years.
But, after the
implementation of a new
business strategy to make
the businesses performance
leaner, Andy McDowell,
commercial director for
Pilkington UK hopes the
industry will join them in
making Pilkington UK the
success it once was.
Andy explains: “We wanted
our customers old and new
to know that the business
is back in the game. It is no
big secret that for a time
the whole business was
impacted on by the global
economic slowdown and
like many other companies
we had to make some
difficult choices to make our
organisation work.
“For us, the 2014 FiT
show is not only about the
introduction of new products
but more about spending
time with the market to
regain customer confidence
and prove that we have
turned the corner. Although,
ultimately job losses were
unavoidable at the time, we
now believe that we have a
leaner and sleeker operation
in the UK, than we did
before.”
Pilkington UK is confident
they are now in a position
to offer customers the
performance levels they had
always experienced and
have made several strategic
moves toward improvement,
including; a £36m investment
to develop new products,
working closely with their
sister company in Germany
to bring down lead-times
and employing new drivers
to help keep their transport
fleet working 24/7.
Pilkington also profiled its
new products at the show, in
the form of the energiKare™
range. Already a hit with
customers and homeowners,
they have continued to
innovate and offer more
energy-efficient products
within the range.
Andy explained: “With
Pilkington energiKare™
Advantage homeowners
will receive superior thermal
performance, so they can
benefit from the sort of
energy and cost savings
previously associated
only with expensive triple
glazing. Meanwhile, window
installers, fabricators and
stockists will be able to
push these benefits to their
customers, without investing
in the additional time, cost
and raw materials required to
produce triple glazing.”
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