The launch, at Grand Designs Live, Birmingham, and SelfBuild & Improve Your Home Show, Dublin, not only completes the entire Lumi suite – alongside the existing windows, doors, French doors and bi-folds – it also takes Lumi full circle back to the system’ s debut at the Grand Designs event in London last year.“ It has been a fantastic18 months,” said Asa McGillian, MD of Apeer and creator of the Lumi system,“ Demand

for the system has kept on growing and we now have an established network of dealerships covering most of Britain and Ireland, not to mention of course winning the Product of the Year trophy in the G15 Awards.“ We began with the windows and doors, adding bi-folds soon after but now the addition of the Lumi Lift & Slide door means we have a complete suite of products so there is no application, new-build or retrofit, where a Lumi window or door would not be the ideal choice.”

The aluminium-based Lumi Lift & Slide door offers perfect water-tightness, excellent sound reduction

and burglar resistance, up to RC2( WK2), with modular profile insulation that achieves U-values of

1.1 W / m ² K. It has a stateof-the-art 50mm insulated triple glazed unit, an 80mm draught free double rebate system with a double gasket seal as standard,

making Lumi windows and doors among the most energy efficient on the market.

www. apeer. co. uk

Long-standing Epwin customer Fab Frames, has recently invested half a million pounds into new machinery. The investment also coincided with the South West trade supplier’ s changeover to Profile 22’ s new Optima system.

Fab Frames Managing Director, Mike Taylor explains:“ As we made the changeover we invested heavily into our machinery, with 500k worth of new machines coming over from Germany. These have now spread us over six factories and covers 11,000 square feet. Covering every aspect of the fabrication process, from welding to CNC machines, the new machinery has seen our capacity increase to 600 frames per week.

The company also prides itself on only using the best quality components from reputable suppliers, including Optima, Mike explains:“ We were really looking forward to changing over to the Optima system; technology continues to evolve and move at a fast pace.

Find out more at www. profile22. co. uk or visit www. fabframes. net

The enhanced security version of REHAU’ s new AGILA sliding door has achieved PAS24: 2016 accreditation. REHAU says this makes it ideal for installers in the new build sector looking for a stylish door to satisfy Document Q requirements. The AGILA sliding door is supplied with bespoke REHAU branded hardware, and there are two hardware options –‘ standard’ and‘ enhanced security’. The standard level option with 6-point locking meets the demands of the volume market, while the PAS24: 2016‘ enhanced security’ option with 12-point locking and additional corner hooks can even achieve Secured by Design certification if required. It offers end consumers the option of a ten-year guarantee. Product manager Clare Higgins said:“ Achieving PAS24 accreditation with a single door really does show just how well the whole installation would actually perform under a sustained attack. We achieved it without the need for additional top or bottom dead bolts at the interlock, making our

enhanced security option a cost effective choice.” REHAU’ s AGILA door can be used to produce up to six pane configurations for the growing sliding door market. It has large maximum sizes( up to 2.4m high and sash widths up to 2m) and, with a triple track option for openings of almost 6m, it allows a maximum amount of light into the room and panoramic views. The AGILA door is offered in white and laminate options including rosewood, golden oak,

smooth slate grey, anthracite grey and black / brown. Other woodgrain and solid colour laminate options are available to order. Trade fabricators Climatec and Polyframe have just started manufacturing the AGILA sliding doors, and a number of other companies are lined up to join them, so installers will have a choice of suppliers across the UK.

Further details at www. rehau. uk / agila