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PRO INSTALLER APRIL 2016
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CJR solves install or fabricate dilemma
Go on fabricating or
start buying in and
concentrate on installing? It may be a dilemma for many companies but not for CJR
Glass & Glazing. The
Southampton based
company decided on
a strategic plan to do
both and now, with the
help of trade fabricator
Glazerite Windows Ltd,
the strategy is paying
dividends.
CJR is still manufacturing
white casements as well as
resi and French doors but
now turns to Glazerite for
all other coloured foils and
window styles, including
vertical sliders and Residence 9 as well as composite doors and bi-folds.
Founder Clive Ret explained: “I didn’t want to get
out of fabricating altogether.
For one thing, we get a lot
of council emergency work
such as break-ins. So now, I
can still make and install a
white window or door in 24
hours but at the same time,
offer customers a wider
range than ever.”
The move was part of
a consolidation overhaul
that also saw the company
change over to the Veka
system and move from two
separate factories into a single, much bigger premises.
Also the new unit includes
a showroom, which means
CJR can show its newly
expanded range of products
at their best, especially with
support from Glazerite on
showroom display materials.
Glazerite Director Jason
Thompson said: “We have
encouraged many small fabricator-installers to shut the
factory and concentrate on
what they do best – selling
and installing. And now
here is a company that has
found its own twist on that
philosophy and it is doing
very nicely as a result.
“Getting out of fabricating is still the best option
for many but we realise
it’s a big decision to make.
CJR has shown how it is
possible to make the best
of both. Fabricating white
frames in core designs gives
them a simple in-house process with low stock levels
and no complications, while
buying in coloured foils and
the premium and specialist
systems g