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DECEMBER 2015 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
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DRIVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
BY ACHEVING A++ WER
GGF Appoints
New Health,
Safety And
Facilities
Manager
The Glass and Glazing Federation
(GGF) is pleased to announce the
appointment of Phil Pinnington as
Health & Safety and Facilities Manager.
With over 18 years’ experience working
within the charity, energy and transport
sectors, Phil has a been successful in developing and implementing Health and Safety
strategies within diverse organisations to
nurture positive perspectives on Health and
Safety
In addition to his experience, Phil holds
qualifications from NEBOSH (National
Examination Board in Occupational Safety
and Health), British Safety Council, IOSH
(Institute of Occupational Health and Safety,
and BSI (British Standards Institute).
On Phil’s appointment Giles Willson,
GGF Managing Director commented: “I am
delighted that Phil has joined the Federation as our new Health, Safety and Facilities
Manager. With his solid experience, qualifications and skills, I am sure he will bring
a huge amount to this very important role
within the GGF.”
Phil’s remit will include working on
consolidating the expertise within the GGF
Health and Safety Committee, growing the
subscription to GLASS Charter, developing the GGF’s library of Health and Safety
publications and working in partnership
with HSE (Health and Safety Executive) on
industry issues.
On his new position, Phil commented:
“I am excited to have joined the GGF and
look forward to combining my practical
approach to health and safety and broad
experience to support GGF Members.”
For further information go to: www.ggf.
org.uk
Modus is one of two
systems from Eurocell
to achieve the BRFC’s
most recent and stringent
Window Energy Rating
(WER) of A++. Modus
designs with the new A++
rating include casement,
reversible and tilt and
turn, together with the
Eurologik 70 casement.
These windows are among the first
to achieve the ‘A++’ band in England and Wales for WERs since the
British Fenestration Rating Council
(BFRC) launched the new rating
in May 2015. A++ is only given
to those windows with an energy
index value equal to or greater than
+20.
“Achieving the ratings band underlines
the fact that Eurocell is driving forward
energy efficiency innovations,” said Ian
Kernaghan, Product Design Manager.
Among the first PVCu window and door
systems in the UK to offer a 12-year guarantee, Modus features a 75mm six-cham-
ber profile system so it can achieve
a U-value as low as 0.7 W/m²K using
triple-glazed units.
It is available in nine solid and woodgrain effect colours, all offered with white
internal finishes, while more than 40 solid
and woodgrain effect finishes can also
be ordered, with colour both internally
and externally. The range consists of 50%
post-consumer recycled PVCu as standard,
and so has a smaller carbon footprint than
products made or recycled outside the UK.
www.eurocell.co.uk
A WIN
WIN for
Thermoseal
Group
Thermoseal Group, one of the UK’s
leading manufacturers of warm edge
spacer systems and supplier to the
insulated glass (IG) industry was
announced winner in two categories
at the Glass and Glazing Industry’s
prestigious G15 Awards event at the
London Hilton on Park Lane on Friday
27th November 2015– ‘Component
Supplier of the Year’ and ‘Training and
Development Initiative of the Year’.
Thermoseal Group’s Managing Director,
Gwain Paterson commented: “I am absolutely delighted to have ach ieved both of
these awards and am particularly pleased
that the hard work and dedication of the
whole Thermoseal Group team has been
recognised in both of these categories. As
a leading component supplier to insulated
glass manufacturers, this award is ideal
for us and we will be sure to publicise our
win as a mark of the high quality of the
products and service that we supply to our
customers.
“The ‘Training and Development Initiative
of the Year’ award is testament to our spacer bar manufacturing sites in Wigan where
we have built a bespoke operation which
has required a strong emphasis on training
and development to ensure the high quality
of our products. At these sites, we operate
a Kaizen method of lean manufacturing
where every single member of our teams
have either completed or are currently enrolled in external training courses. All staff
are also part of a mentoring system. Our
dedication to training has had a real impact
on productivity and reduced wastage.”
Call +44(0)121 331 3950 or
visit www.thermosealgroup.com