8 | DECEMBER 2019
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UKAS ACCREDITED TESTING
LABORATORY PLAYS KEY
ROLE IN COLLABORATION
ERA’s UKAS accredited testing
laboratory plays an important role in the
company’s new product development. It
also offers an invaluable service to ERA
customers developing their own new
products too. The facility demonstrated its
market-leading credentials recently as part
of a UK first for the fenestration industry
that involved a high level of collaboration
involving VEKA UK and Modplan.
The outcome of this unique collabora-
tion between PVCu systems house, trade
fabricator and security hardware expert
is a 4-pane patio door that has achieved
PAS24 2016 accreditation without the need
for additional locking devices or points.
The PAS24 2016 standard is more oner-
ous than previous iterations of it and is
therefore more difficult to achieve. VEKA’s
Imagine 4-pane patio door was fitted with
ERA’s Fab&Fix Pembroke locking patio
door handle and its Fortress 3* Euro Cyl-
inder. The project saw Modplan, a well-es-
tablished fabricator and key customer of
VEKA UK make the test frames that were
required.
Both 2-pane and 3-pane versions of this
product have now also been tested and
have also achieved the same accredita-
tion.
www.eraeverywhere.com
GGF AND FENSA SHORTLISTED
FOR INDUSTRY AWARDS
The Glass and Glazing
Federation (GGF) and its
commercial company FEN-
SA have been shortlisted
for several industry awards
as a landmark year for both
brands draws to a close.
Following the GGF’s
outstanding PR and press
campaign for MyGlazing.
com (which has reached
over 70m consumers), the
Construction Marketing
Awards has shortlisted the
campaign in two catego-
ries, ‘Best Use of Press and
PR’ and ‘Best Mid-Budget
Campaign’.
The GGF/MyGlazing.
com won the Construc-
tion Marketing Award in
2016 for ‘Best Mid-Budget
Campaign’ and over the
last three years has been
shortlisted in several
categories including best
brand campaign, best use
of research and best on-
line campaign.
FENSA has also been
recognised by the Con-
struction Marketing
Awards for ‘Best use of
Brand and Positioning’
following a successful
marketing strategy that in-
cluded a new national TV
advertising campaign and
new consumer message
‘All the Proof You Need’.
The FENSA campaign
was also shortlisted for
the G19 Awards for ‘Best
Promotional Campaign of
the Year’.
http://www.ggf.org.uk
IRISH ADVENTURE
IS GIANT CAUSE
FOR CELEBRATION
Wakefield-based fabricator, Conservatory Outlet
Ltd, has celebrated its 7th annual Gala Dinner
Weekend with a trip to the historic city of Belfast.
The weekend, which celebrates the
achievements of the entire Conservatory
Outlet Network, saw members, as well as
their wives, husbands and partners, treated
to an all expenses paid trip, culminating in
an extravaganza at the infamous Crumlin
Road Gaol.
In the build-up to the official Gala Din-
ner, guests were treated to an excursion to
the stunning Giant’s Causeway, a location
home to the now iconic hexagonal stones
that overlook some of Northern Ireland’s
most breath-taking scenery.
At the Dinner itself, newest Conservato-
ry Outlet Network members, TWC Home
Improvements and Balhousie Glazing,
were officially welcomed to the group
and were presented with commemorative
plaques. Long-standing network member,
Hazlemere Group, was presented with an
award to mark the company’s 35th year of
trading.
Conservatory Outlet Group CEO, Greg
Kane, delivered a rousing speech on the
evening, thanking the Network for their
support over the year and commemorating
a number of key achievements from the
past 12 months. In particular, the launch
of the Extreme Solid Core Door and Flat
Roof Extension products were celebrated
as major successes for the Network.
Following a series of other award pres-
entations, the night closed with guests
left to dance the night away inside one of
Belfast’s most history-laden venues.
Conservatory Outlet Managing Director,
Michael Giscombe, said the event proved
to be another huge success for the Net-
work:
“It’s definitely been the best Gala Week-
end to date, some of the feedback we’ve
had from our friends and colleagues has
been phenomenal. Considering our previ-
ous Gala events have seen us visit the likes
of Pairs and Budapest, this is high praise
indeed.
“Our unique business model means that
we can host events like this, without fear
of competition between our members. We
pride ourselves on working closely with
each and every member to help them
achieve their goals, that’s the only way we
can continue to grow.”
www.conservatoryoutlet.co.uk