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DECEMBER 2013 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
www.proinstaller.co.uk
FIT SHOW
LAUNCHES
MASTER FITTER
CHALLENGE
FOR 2014…
And asks
installers: Just
How Good
Do You Think
You Are?
This year’s inaugural FIT Show proved
its credentials as the event for the
people in the front line of the window, door and conservatory industry
through the first ever Master Fitter
Challenge in association with FENSA,
the ultimate test of installation skills.
For June 2014 the format will be similar:
during the first two days of The FIT Show
(Telford, June 10, 11, 12 2014) eight installers
will work to strict criteria established by assessors GQA in association with Andy Clegg
of Fenestration College. They will be expected to install a window and a residential door,
with the additional ‘tripping hazard’ of a resi’
door that has some devious faults built in.
The tests are not about outright speed, but
fast and efficient installation whilst observing
installation best practice, health and safety
procedures and of course, great customer-care. And of course, all under the watchful
gaze of their peers, thousands of visitors to
The FIT Show.
The winner will walk away with £5,000,
with £3,000 and £2,000 for the second
and third places respectively. Winners will
be announced during the FIT Show Gala
dinner.
Full details at: www.fitshow.co.uk
Glass
Manufacturing
Set To Cease
Following a review of the
European Architectural
Business, Pilkington
United Kingdom Limited
has announced proposals
to cease manufacture and
to mothball the Cowley
Hill Float Manufacturing
line (CH2) in the UK.
The current economic downturn has
impacted severely on Float glass
volumes resulting in overcapacity, reduced prices and lack of profitability
in the float product segment for the
Company in the UK.
As a result, a decision has been taken to
adjust production capacity to match profitable customer demand. It is anticipated that
approximately 140 jobs will be affected.
The new Off-line coating line, as well
as Silvering, Laminating and associated
Warehousing and Engineering activity will
continue on the Cowley Hill site.
The Company will continue to manufacture Float glass at its larger line at Greengate (UK5), also in St Helens. The Company
will be opening a voluntary redundancy
window to mitigate the impact of compulsory redundancies. Discussions have commenced with employees and their representatives.
Matt Buckley, Managing Director UK and
Ireland, said, “This is a very difficult decision for the Company. Demand for Architectural glass (replacement windows, new
houses and new offices) is insufficient to
warrant the number of Float lines in the UK.
This segment of our business is hugely loss
making and we have had to address it in
order to protect the rest of our business.”
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