INDUSTRYNEWS
Roto online shop for Great Britain
Great Britain now has its
own Roto online shop, as of
the spring of 2013: “This is
a great new service that will
support our trade partners in
the country,” explains Ferry
van Wezel, Marketing Manager
Western Europe.
As was expected, the online
shop has proven itself to be a
practical purchasing tool for
small businesses; it also smoothly
complements dealer operations.
The internet is the clearinghouse
for standard products requiring
little or no explanation – and
which account for a minority
of the regular range of Roto
trade partners in Great Britain.
These include Open Out espags,
simple window handles and door
accessories. More products are
constantly being added; partners
can look forward to friction
hinges, glazing blocks, hinges,
etc.
The online shop also provides
the opportunity to order spare
parts, via a simple request form to
be filled out by the manufacturer.
“The new online offerings
have been designed for smaller
operations to produce, maintain
or repair individual windows,”
says Ferry van Wezel. “Products
generally take five or six days
from time of order to reach the
recipient.”
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GLAZERITE HITS THE
HUNDRED MILLION
WITH THISTLE
Leading trade fabricator Glazerite
Windows Ltd is celebrating reaching
£ 100million sales in less than 14 years
since it was founded.
The nine-figure milestone marks one more
step in the rapid growth of this progressive
company which has shown impressive
sales increases year after year, not only
from a growing customer list but also from
customers growing their own businesses with
the fabricator’s backing.
The milestone sale was with Aberdeenbased Thistle Windows & Conservatories
and Glazerite’s Peter Smith flew up with a
bottle of champagne to mark the occasion.
Thistle is no stranger to celebration; the
company has won Network VEKA’s annual
Customer Satisfaction Award a recordbreaking 11 times and was also a finalist
for UK Conservatory Installer of the Year
at last year’s G13 Awards. MD Ian Bruce
said: “From the very beginning we have
installed VEKA and began sourcing from
Glazerite last July. Thistle has always put
great importance of the level of service we
deliver to our own customers so it is really a
pleasure to deal with a fabricator that thinks
the same way.”
AN ALUSTAR IS BORN
Kömmerling new AluStar, an aluminiumclad outward opening PVCu window based
on its market-leading C70 Gold® and O70
Gold® platforms, is fresh from the Group
R&D facility in Germany.
This latest development adds a new
dimension for finishes. Customers have a near
unlimited range of RAL colours, plus features
such as enhanced levels of thermal and sound
insulation and extended longevity, particularly
when specified with a marine grade powdercoated finish.
The AluStar technology is not new for
Kömmerling - it is available on the KBE System
88 product, with U-values as low as 0.6 W/
22
MAY 2014
m2K and has been proven on Passivhaus
projects. It won the SolVin Award for PVC
Innovation in the recycling category in 2010.
For manufacturers and commercial specifiers,
this new hybrid can be used for projects
previously specified in aluminium only, yet
with the benefits of lead-free PVCu, including
woodgrain foils on the internal face. There’s
also the added design option of an Ovolo or
Chamfered internal glazing bead.
For the fabricator, AluStar requires little
capital investment, integrating easily into
existing manufacturing processes, and can be
glazed with standard 28mm or 36mm and
40mm triple glazed units.
www.kommerling.co.uk
To read more, visit www.clearview-uk.com