The company reports an excellent first half of the year and says that is largely down to the introduction of new products . As well as the factory where Flair manufactures its Kommerling PVCu and Smarts aluminium products , there is also a wellstocked trade counter where local customers can order anything from windows and doors , trims and roofline , to workwear and cleaning cloths . Customers from further afield can order through the Flair online shop . Flair recently introduced the Kommerling PremiFold slide and swing system , which pairs the chamfered C70 and ovolo O70 profile suites with the greenteQ Invisifold Slide & Fold hardware system . The company launched PremiFold / Invisifold at the FiT Show – with a door and an outward opening window on the stand - and received positive feedback . Adrian said : “ We took lots of firm enquiries from installers and

our sales team has been busy following those up since . We ’ re at the point now where everyone has been quoted and most are now buying . We ’ re making three or four PremiFolds a week at the moment from a standing start a couple of months ago and we know that will continue to grow . We ’ ve made various configurations including a really nice six pane door and have had to create more fabrication space to cope with anticipated demand .” Flair customers have the option of buying a standard Premi- Fold door or can upgrade to the PAS24 / Document Q version . Adrian said : “ Because we ’ re using standard profiles we can fit our normal resi-door lock to keep stock down , but upgrading to PAS24 is really easy as we just need to follow the locking system specification laid out in VBH ’ s PAS24 certification . Of course , offering a PAS24 / Document Q approved door opens up the whole new-build market to us and our customers .”

Space is being made in Flair ’ s large on-site showroom for PremiFold doors and windows . Trade customers are always welcome to bring their own customers to the showroom so everyone can try before they buy . Adrian said : “ Because the greenteQ Invisifold hardware is all concealed it means we can make PremiFolds on any of our nine stocked colours . Anthracite

grey is particularly popular . The end users love the colour options and the fact that they can choose how many door leaves to open , and whether to fully fold them or just slide for ventilation . It ’ s a truly flexible door . Feedback from installers is that PremiFold is very easy to fit , so time taken on site is kept to a minimum .” Flair has also started manufacturing the Smarts Visofold aluminium

bi-fold door , using greenteQ Clearspan hardware . Clearspan offers plenty of adjustment so , like PremiFold , is easy to install . This is making it another hit with installers and a separate area has also been created for Visofold production .

More on Flair ’ s product range can be found at www . flairwindows . com

Following a competitive tender , Camden Group , the UK ’ s leading trade frame manufacturer , is delighted to announce that it has been appointed as the window and door supplier to Evander Group , one of the UK ’ s leading specialists in glazing , doors and windows . Through its national infrastructure of 19 depots , Evander provides 24 / 7 , emergency response and fulfilment services to UK

domestic insurers ( including major brands such as Aviva , LBG and RSA ), the commercial sector and direct to consumers . “ Because of the nature of its business - around two-thirds of Evander ’ s business comes through insurance claims - the Evander contract presents fresh new challenges for Camden ,” says Sales Manager , Roy Harrison . “ Generally , with a major customer the size of Evander , you ’ re manufacturing and delivering large

numbers of windows and doors to a specific site or depot . “ However , as Evander is an emergency service provider , our work with Evander flips the normal supply model on its head and requires us to fulfil a very large number of orders - usually consisting of a single replacement door or window - and deliver those orders across their full depot network , from Aberdeen to Plymouth .” “ From a manufacturing perspective , it ’ s not that

much of a difference as every product we produce is tailor-made anyway . But from an IT , project management and logistics perspective , it ’ s a very different ball game , and our ability to deliver such a complex contract is testimony to the innovation and investment Camden has made in our IT and management infrastructure and logistics capabilities over the past couple of years . All of which goes to show that , for Camden , no order is too small !”